Visitor: Cleveland Browns

Home: Miami Dolphins

Date: December 24, 1972

AFC First Round Playoff

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Team 1 2 3 4 Final

CLE 0 0 7 7 14

MIA 10 0 0 10 20

Visitor playmakers:

QB Mike Phipps, Fair Hooker

Home playmakers:

Charles Babb, Jim Kiick, Doug Swift, Dick Anderson, Curtis Johnson

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Notes: Jim Kiick scored the winning touchdown on an eight-yard run as Miami came from behind in the fourth quarter to nip Cleveland 20-14 for its fifteenth straight victory. The Miami defense intercepted five of Mike Phipps’ passes, two each by Doug Swift and Dick Anderson and one by Curtis Johnson. Charles Babb, a rookie, blocked a Don Cockroft punt in the first quarter and carried the ball in for a touchdown. The Dolphins led 10-0 at halftime and 13-7 early in the final period before Phipps hit Fair Hooker with a 27-yard touchdown pass to put Cleveland ahead for the first time. Kiick’s winning score climaxed a drive featured by a great catch by Paul Warfield and a costly interference penalty against the Browns. A final Cleveland threat ended with Swift’s second interception in the closing seconds.

Thanks Rick!

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