New Orleans 33, Miami 30

Score by Quarters  1st  2nd  3rd  4th   Total
Miami               0   10    7   13      30
New orleans         7    6   13    7      33     

FIRST QUARTER

• NOR - TD: Mario Bates 1 Yd Run (chip Lohmiller Kick), 1:13. Drive: 2 plays, 36 yards in 0:48. Key plays: Saints Turnbull recovery of Kirby fumble at Miami 36; Bates 35-yard run to Miami 1. Saints 7, Dolphins 0

SECOND QUARTER

• NOR - TD: Michael Haynes 23 Yd Pass From Jim Everett (pat FAILED), 1:16. Drive: 7 plays, 84 yards in 4:09. Key plays: Everett 22-yard pass to Early to New Orleans 38; Everett 14-yard pass to Early to Miami 48; Wilmsmeyer 18-yard pass to Newman on fake punt to Miami 23. Saints 13, Dolphins 0

• MIA - TD: Eric Green 31 Yd Pass From Bernie Kosar (pete STOYANOVICH KICK), 5:01. Drive: 6 plays, 78 yards in 3:45. Key plays: Kosar 15-yard pass to Parmalee to Miami 37; Kosar 18-yard pass to Clark to New Orleans 45. Saints 13, Dolphins 7

• MIA - FG: Pete Stoyanovich 20 Yd, 14:53. Drive: 12 Plays, 55 yards in 4:17. Key plays: Kosar 21-yard pass to McDuffie to New Orleans 38; Kosar 8-yard pass to Clark to New Orleans 30; Kosar 12-yard pass to Fryar to New Orleans 11. Saints 13, Dolphins 10

THIRD QUARTER

• NOR - TD: Quinn Early 25 Yd Pass From Jim Everett (two-point conversion failed), 3:45. Drive: 4 plays, 30 yards in 1:37. Key plays: Tubbs recovery of Kirby fumble at Miami 30. Saints 19, Dolphins 10

• MIA - TD: Oj Mcduffie 12 Yd Pass From Bernie Kosar (pete STOYANOVICH KICK), 8:17. Drive: 5 plays, 26 yards in 2:56. Key plays: Armstrong recovery of Neal fumble at New Orlaens 26; Kosar 11-yard pass to Spikes to New Orleans 15. Saints 19, Dolphins 17

• NOR - TD: Michael Haynes 22 Yd Pass From Jim Everett (CHIP LOHMILLER KICK), 10:11. Drive: 1 play, 22 yards in 0:07. Key plays: Buck recovery of McDuffie fumble at Miami 22. Saints 26, Dolphins 17

FOURTH QUARTER

• NOR - TD: Irv Smith 12 Yd Pass From Jim Everett (chip LOHMILLER KICK), 3:00. Drive: 5 plays, 11 yards in 2:00. Key plays: Dixon 9-yard interception return to Miami 11. Saints 33, Dolphins 17

• MIA - TD: Bernie Kosar 1 Yd Run (two-point Conversion FAILED), 6:55. Drive: 10 plays, 84 yards in 3:55. Key plays: Kosar 7-yard pass to McDuffie on 3rd-and-5 to Miami 43; Kosas 15-yard pass to Kirby to New Orleans 42; Kosar 22-yard pass to Fryar to New Orleans 20; Kosar 19-yard pass to Clark to New Orleans 1; Kosar 6-for-8 for 83 yards. Saints 33, Dolphins 23

• MIA - TD: Terry Kirby 16 Yd Pass From Bernie Kosar (pete STOYANOVICH KICK), 13:06. Drive: 10 plays, 77 yards in 2:38. Key plays: Kosar 18-yard pass to McDuffie to Miami 41; Kosar 15-yard pass to Clark to Miami 48; Kirby 12-yard run to New Orleans 40. Saints 33, Dolphins 30

Team Statistics


                              MIA            NOR
FIRST DOWNS                    23             18
Rushing                         3              2
Passing                        19             13
Penalty                         1              3
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY          7-12           6-15
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY           0-0            1-2
TOTAL NET YARDS               381            331
Total plays                    63             65
Average gain                  6.0            5.1
NET YARDS RUSHING              28             76
Rushes                         18             31
Average per rush              1.6            2.5
NET YARDS PASSING             353            255
Completed-attempted         29-43          21-33
Yards per pass                7.8            7.5
Sacked-yards lost            2-15            1-5
Had intercepted                 2              0
PUNTS-AVERAGE              3-43.7         3-37.3
RETURN YARDAGE                107            122
Punts-returns                 2-2            1-2
Kickoffs-returns            6-105          5-108
Interceptions-returns         0-0           2-12
PENALTIES-YARDS              5-41           6-45
FUMBLES-LOST                  3-3            3-2
TIME OF POSSESSION          28:30          31:30

MISSED FIELD GOALS: Miami (Pete Stoyanovich 54); New Orleans (Chip Lohmiller 47, 52, 29)

MIAMI RUSHING: Terry Kirby 4-15, Bernie Parmalee 8-9, Keith Byars 1-2, Irving Spikes 3-1, Bernie Kosar 2-1

NEW ORLEANS RUSHING: Derek Brown 18-41, Mario Bates 10-37, Lorenzo Neal 2-minus 1, Jim Everett 1-minus 1

MIAMI PASSING:

• Bernie Kosar 29-42 for 368 yards, 2 INT, 3 TD Rating: 100.1
• Dan McGwire 0-1 for 0 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD Rating: 39.6
• Team: 29-43 for 368 yards, 2 INT, 3 TD Rating: 97.8

NEW ORLEANS PASSING:

• Jim Everett 20-32 for 242 yards, 0 INT, 4 TD Rating: 125.3
• Klaus Wilmsmeyer 1-1 for 18 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD Rating: 118.8
• Team: 21-33 for 260 yards, 0 INT, 4 TD Rating: 127.5

MIAMI RECEIVING: Oj Mcduffie 7-86, Irving Fryar 5-83, Gary Clark 4-60, Keith Byars 4-26, Terry Kirby 3-37, Bernie Parmalee 3-25, Eric Green 2-38, Irving Spikes 1-13

NEW ORLEANS RECEIVING: Quinn Early 6-84, Wesley Walls 4-59, Irv Smith 4-25, Michael Haynes 2-45, Derek Brown 2-20, Anthony Newman 1-18, Torrance Small 1-15, Derrick Ned 1-minus 6

MIAMI TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS (UNOFFICIAL): Chuck Klingbeil 7-1-0, Dwight Hollier 6-1-0, Michael Stewart 4-3-0, Jb Brown 6-0-0, Gene Atkins 4-1-0, Bryan Cox 4-1-0, Marco Coleman 4-0-1, Chris Singleton 3-1-0, Louis Oliver 3-2-0, Tim Bowens 2-1-0, Jeff Cross 1-2-0, Trace Armstrong 1-0-0, Terrell Buckley 1-0-0, Frankie Smith 2-0-0, Troy Vincent 1-0-0, Sean Hill 1-0-0, Keith Byars 2-0-0, Calvin Jackson 1-0-0, Jeff Kopp 1-0-0, Tim Ruddy 1-0-0, Robert Wilson 1-0-0

NEW ORLEANS TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS (UNOFFICIAL): Richard Harvey 10-2-1, Winfred Tubbs 5-4-0, Ernest Dixon 5-1-0, Wayne Marttin 4-0-0, Eric Allen 2-1-0, Tyrone Hughes 2-1-0, Jimmy Spencer 2-1-0, Tyrone Legette 3-0-0, Sean Lumpkin 2-0-0, Renaldo Turnbull 1-1-1, Vince Buck 4-1-0, Willie Broughton 1-0-0, Robert Goff 1-0-0, Joe Johnson 1-0-0, Anthony Newman 1-0-0, Israel Stanley 1-0-0, Ron Childs 1-0-0, Brian Jones 2-0-0, J. J. Mccleskey 2-0-0, Shane Pahukoa 1-0-0.

INTERCEPTIONS: New Orleans (Ernest Dixon 1 for 6 yards, Winfred Tubbs 1 for 6 yards)

FUMBLES LOST: Miami (Terry Kirby 2, Oj Mcduffie); New Orleans (Irv Smith, Lorenzo Neal)

OPPONENT'S FUMBLES RECOVERED: Miami (Trace Armstrong, Dwight Hollier); New Orleans (Renaldo Turnbull, Winfred Tubbs, Vince Buck)