Dolphins-Jaguars Postgame Notes

Miami Dolphins In The Community

 

WHAT:         Hometown Huddle with the Miami Dolphins and United Way

EVENT:        Monday Oct. 27, 2014 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Orange Bowl Field at Joseph C. Carter Park – 1450 W Sunrise Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311

DETAILS:      Miami Dolphins players, cheerleaders, mascot T.D., Miami Dolphins Women’s Organization members and United Way volunteers, alongside 350 kids from Sunland Park Elementary School, will participate in the Hometown Huddle. The event will include a Gatorade Junior Training Camp featuring football stations for the Sunland Park Elementary students. The students will   run through football drills and create thank you cards for military packages to be distributed at the Dolphins’ Nov. 13 Salute to Service game against the Bills. In addition, the kids will be given the Dol-fit message on education, physical fitness and positive choices.

 

The Miami Dolphins Schedule For Monday, October 20

 

Monday, October 20, 2014

12:45 p.m.      Head Coach Joe Philbin

1:15 p.m.        Coordinators

 

         

• Today’s paid attendance was 65,633.

 

• With today’s 27-13 win, Miami is now 4-2 in regular season action against the Jaguars.

 

• With the 27-13 victory over the Jaguars, the Dolphins improved their overall record against their two in-state rivals, Jacksonville and Tampa Bay, to 9-8. The Dolphins have improved their record against the Jaguars to 4-3 (including playoffs), while they remained deadlocked with the Buccaneers at 5-5.

 

DOLPHINS vs. STATE OF FLORIDA ALL-TIME

DAY   DATE           RESULT        MIA             OPP             MIA    OPP

Sun      10/24/76         W                     Dolphins         at Buccaneers 23        20

Mon     11/29/82         L                      Dolphins         at Buccaneers 17        23

Sun      10/20/85         W                     DOLPHINS     Buccaneers      41        38

Sun      10/30/88         W                     Dolphins         at Buccaneers 17        14

Sun      12/1/91           W                     DOLPHINS     Buccaneers      33        14

Sun      9/21/97           L                      Dolphins         at Buccaneers 21        31

Mon     10/12/98         L                      Dolphins         at Jaguars       21        28

Sat       1/15/00           L                      Dolphins         at Jaguars       7          62

Sun      12/10/00         L                      DOLPHINS     Buccaneers      13        16

Sun      10/12/03         W                     Dolphins         at Jaguars       24        10

Sun      10/16/05         L                      Dolphins         at Buccaneers 13        27

Sun      12/3/06           L                      DOLPHINS     Jaguars           10        24

Sun      11/15/09         W                     DOLPHINS     Buccaneers      25        23

Sun      12/13/09         W                     Dolphins         at Jaguars       14        10

Sun      12/16/12         W                     DOLPHINS     Jaguars           24        3

Mon     11/11/13         L                      Dolphins         at Buccaneers 19        22

Sun    10/26/14      W                Dolphins      at Jaguars     27      13

 

• With the victory over the Jaguars, the Dolphins have posted the franchise’s 26th winning record in the month of October. Miami’s record in the month of October has improved to 110-82-3. The 110 victories over the franchises’ 49-year history are the second-most wins in a month, behind the 111 the team has recorded in the month of November.

 

• After today’s game, Miami is now 67-49 against the teams currently in the AFC South in the regular season.

 

MIAMI VERSUS OTHER NFL DIVISIONS, REGULAR SEASON

Division        Wins   Losses          Ties    Win %

NFC West       32        13        0          0.711

NFC North      31        15        0          .674

NFC South      23        15        0          0.605

AFC South    66      49      0        0.578

AFC North      38        29        0          0.567

AFC West        53        45        2          0.541

NFC East        23        20        0          0.535

AFC East         152      134      2          0.531

Total            418    320    4        0.566

 

• After today’s 27-13 victory, Miami has now totaled 174 points on the season for an average of 24.9. The Dolphins’ 24.9 average is on pace to be tied for the sixth-highest single season average in franchise history and most since the team averaged the same amount in 1995.

 

 

DOLPHINS HIGHEST SCORING SEASONS

Season         G       Pts     Pts/G

1984                16        513      32.1

1972                14        385      27.5

1986                16        430      26.9

1985                16        428      26.8

1975                14        357      25.5

2014            7        174    24.9

1995                16        398      24.9

1973                14        343      24.5

1994                16        389      24.3

1983                16        389      24.3

 

• With the 27-13 victory today over the Jaguars, the Dolphins have started the 2014 campaign scoring 24-or-more points in five of their first seven games for just the sixth time in franchise history (1975, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2002) and for the first time since the 2002 season. The previous five times when the Dolphins have achieved this feat, the team went on to post at least an 8-8 record and averaged 10 wins (53-25) over those seasons.

 

2014: Won 4, Lost 3         4-3; 1st 7

9/7       NEW ENGLAND        W         33-20

9/14     at Buffalo                    L          10-29

9/21     KANSAS CITY             L          15-34

9/28     at Oakland                  W         38-14

10/12   GREEN BAY               L          24-27

10/19   at Chicago                  W         27-14

10/26 at Jacksonville        W       27-13

 

2002: Won 9, Lost 7         5-2; 1st 7

9/8       DETROIT                    W         49-21

9/15     at Indianapolis            W         21-13

9/22     New York Jets            W         30-3

9/29     at Kansas City             L          30-48

10/6     New England              W         26-13

10/13   at Denver (SN)            W         24-22

10/20   Buffalo                         L          10-23

 

1986: Won 8, Lost 8                  2-5; 1st 7

9/7       at San Diego               L          28-50

9/14     INDIANAPOLIS          W         30-10

9/21     at New York Jets        L          45-51 (OT)

9/28     SAN FRANCISCO      L          16-31

10/5     at New England         L            7-34

10/12   BUFFALO                    W         27-14

10/19   L.A. RAIDERS              L          28-30

 

1985: Won 12, Lost 4       5-2; 1st 7

9/8       at Houston                  L          23-26

9/15     INDIANAPOLIS          W         30-13

9/22     KANSAS CITY             W         31-0

9/29     at Denver                    W         30-26

10/6     PITTSBURGH              W         24-20

10/14   at New York Jets (MN) L          7-23

10/20   TAMPA BAY               W         41-38

 

1984: Won 14, Lost 2       7-0; 1st 7

9/2       at Washington            W         35-17

9/9       NEW ENGLAND        W         28-7

9/17     at Buffalo (MN)           W         21-17

9/23     INDIANAPOLIS          W         44-7

9/30     at St. Louis                  W         36-28

10/7     at Pittsburgh               W         31-7

10/14   HOUSTON                 W         28-10

 

1975: Won 10, Lost 4       6-1; 1st 7

9/22     OAKLAND (MN)         L          21-31

9/28     at New England         W         22-14

10/5     at Green Bay               W         31-7

10/12   PHILADELPHIA          W         24-16

10/19   at New York Jets        W         43-0

10/26   at Buffalo                    W         35-30

11/2     at Chicago                  W         46-13

 

• For the second time in 2014, the Dolphins scored an offensive (touchdown pass from QB Ryan Tannehill toWR Rishard Matthews) and defensive touchdown (S Louis Delmas and CB Brent Grimes interception returns for touchdowns) in the same game. The feat was last accomplished in London against the Raiders in the Dolphins 38-14 victory on September 28, 2014.

 

• Miami outgained Jacksonville 270 yards to 158 yards in the second half.

 

• DE Olivier Vernon blocked a 48-yard field goal attempt on the Jaguars opening possession. The last time Miami blocked a field goal was when DT Jared Odrick blocked one vs. Carolina on Nov. 24, 2013.

 

• S Louis Delmas recorded an interception and returned it 81 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter. It was his first interception of the season and seventh of his career. The touchdown was the second of Delmas’ six-year career, the first occurred on Dec. 20, 2009 as a member of the Detroit Lions when he picked off a Kurt Warner pass and returned it 101 yards for a score. The last time Miami recorded an interception and returned it for a touchdown was when CB Brent Grimes recorded one and returned in 94 yards vs. Cincinnati on Oct. 31, 2013.

 

LOUIS DELMAS CAREER INTERCEPTIONS

Date            Opp   Int      Yds    TD

10/26/14         at Jac  1          81        1

12/29/13         at Min  1          42        0

9/29/13           Chi      2          2          0

10/14/12         at Phi   1          0          0

12/20/09         Ari       1          101      1

11/8/09           at Sea  1          29        0

 

• S Louis Delmas’ 81-yard interception return for a touchdown was the eighth-longest interception return in franchise history.

 

TEN LONGEST INTERCEPTION RETURNS

103t     Louis Oliver (10/4/92 at Buffalo), Jim Kelly

100t     Brock Marion (1/6/02 vs. Buffalo), Travis Brown

96t       Dick Anderson (11/24/68 at Boston), Tom Sherman

94t       Brent Grimes (10/31/13 vs. Cincinnati), Andy Dalton

91t       Terrell Buckley (10/13/96 at Buffalo), Jim Kelly

86t       Dick Anderson (12/20/70 vs. Buffalo), Dennis Shaw

86t    William Judson (60t), Mike Kozlowski (26, lateral), (9/9/84 vs. New England), Steve Grogan

81t     Louis Delmas (10/26/14 at Jacksonville), Blake Bortles

76t      Troy Vincent (58t), Gene Atkins (18, lateral), (12/12/94 vs. Kansas City), Steve Bono

74t       Terrell Buckley (12/21/03 at Buffalo), Drew Bledsoe

 

• S Louis Delmas recorded an interception and a fumble recovery today. The last time a player recorded an interception and a fumble recovery in the same game was S Reshad Jones when he recorded an interception and two fumble recoveries vs. Buffalo on Dec. 23, 2012.

 

• LB Jonathan Freeny recorded the first sack of his career for a loss of four yards in the second quarter.

 

• LB Jelani Jenkins caused his second forced fumble of the season and his career in the second quarter, which was recovered by S Louis Delmas. It was Delmas’ sixth fumble recovery of his career and second of the season.  The Dolphins extended their lead over the Jaguars to 10-3 on the drive following the Delmas recovery on a 43-yard K Caleb Sturgis field goal. The scoring drive was the second time this season that Miami has scored after Delmas has recovered a fumble. The first was a third quarter, 14-yard touchdown reception byWR Mike Wallace from QB Ryan Tannehill on Sept. 7, 2014 in a 33-20 Dolphins victory over the Patriots.

 

• DE Cameron Wake recorded a sack for a loss of three yards in the second quarter to improve his season total to 5.5 sacks. That sack moved him past Trace Armstrong for sixth-most sacks in franchise history. He currently has 56.

 

• CB Brent Grimes recorded an interception and returned it 22 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter. It was his second interception returned for a touchdown in his career, with the last one occurring Oct. 31, 2013 vs. Cincinnati.

 

• With S Louis Delmas’ 81-yard interception return for a touchdown and CB Brent Grimes’ 22-yard interception returned for a touchdown, this is the fifth time in team history that the Dolphins have returned two interceptions for touchdowns in a game. The last time was Dec. 6, 1998, at Oakland when LBs Zach Thomas (1 yard) and Robert Jones (14 yards) returned interceptions for touchdowns.

 

MOST INTERCEPTIONS RETURNED FOR A TD, SINGLE GAME, DOLPHINS HISTORY

2          12/3/73 vs. Pittsburgh

2          9/12/82 at N.Y. Jets

2          12/16/83 vs. N.Y. Jets

2          12/6/98 at Oakland

2        10/26/14 at Jacksonville

 

• S Reshad Jones recorded his first sack of the season in the third quarter for a loss of eight yards. He has now recorded 6.5 sacks in his career, tied for the second-most sacks among a defensive back in franchise history.

 

MOST SACKS BY A DEFENSIVE BACK, DOLPHINS HISTORY                  

PLAYER                  YEARS                   SACKS

1. Yeremiah Bell         2004-11           11.0

2t. Reshad Jones    2010-14       6.5

2. Patrick Surtain        1998-2004       6.5

4. Liffort Hobley         1987-93           6.0

5. Jerry Wilson            1996-2000       5.5

6. Will Allen                2006-11           4.0

 

• WR Mike Wallace recorded a 50-yard reception in the third quarter. His 50-yard reception was the team’s longest play from scrimmage this season.

 

• WR Rishard Matthews recorded a 3-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter, his first of the season. It was the third touchdown reception of his career.

 

• DE Terrence Fede recorded the first sack of his career in the fourth quarter for a loss of four yards.

 

• RB Lamar Miller recorded a 30-yard rushing attempt today, tied for the third-longest rush in his career.

 

MILLER LONG RUNS

Date            Opp   Lg

9/22/13           Atl       49

10/31/13         Cin      41

10/26/14      at Jac 30

10/20/13         Buf       30

12/23/12         Buf       28

9/21/14           KC       24

 

• RB Lamar Miller is having his best season rushing and receiving, after his first seven games of 2014 he has 605 yards from scrimmage (469 rushing and 136 receiving), more than he did after his first seven games in 2013 (391 yards from scrimmage – 343 rushing and 48 receiving) and 2012 (158 yards from scrimmage – 145 rushing and 13 receiving).

 

• TE Dion Sims recorded a career-long 38-yard reception in the fourth quarter.

 

• QB Ryan Tannehill finished today by completing 16-of-29 passes for 196 yards, one touchdowns and one interception, for a quarterback rating of 73.3. Over the past four games (Weeks 4-8) Tannehill has completed 84-of-123 passes (68.3 percent) for 995 yards, seven touchdowns and four interceptions. His 98.1 passer rating during the four-game stretch is the second-highest of any four-game stretch in his career.

 

TANNEHILL HIGHEST PASSER RATING OVER A FOUR-GAME STRETCH IN HIS CAREER

Date            Opp   Att     Cmp   Pct     Yds    TD     Int      Rate

11/24/13         Car      42        28        66.7     310      1          1          86.4

12/1/13           at NYJ 43        28        65.1     331      2          1          94.2

12/8/13           at Pit   33        20        60.6     200      3          1          95.5

12/15/13         NE       37        25        67.6     312      3          0          120.6

Totals                    155    101    65.2   1153  9        3        98.7

 

Date            Opp   Att     Cmp   Pct     Yds    TD     Int      Rate

9/28/14           at Oak 31        23        74.2     278      2          1          109.3

10/12/14         GB       31        20        64.5     244      2          2          83.3

10/19/14         at Chi  32        25        78.1     277      2          0          123.6

10/26/14      at Jac 29      16      55.2   196    1        1        73.3

Total                      123    84      68.3   995    7        4        98.1

 

Date            Opp   Att     Cmp   Pct     Yds    TD     Int      Rate

9/15/13           at Ind   34        23        67.6     319      1          0          107.4

9/22/13           Atl       35        24        68.6     236      2          1          94.5

10/31/13         Cin      28        20        71.4     208      0          0          92.6

11/11/13         at TB   42        27        64.3     229      2          1          84.3

Totals                    139    94      67.6   992    5        2        94.2

 

• QB Ryan Tannehill’s 48 rushing yards equaled his total from last week at Chicago and were tied for the fourth-most in his career.

 

TANNEHILL CAREER HIGH RUSHING YARDS, SINGLE GAME

Date            Opp   Att     Yds    Avg    Lg

12/8/13           at Pit   3          56        18.7     48

12/16/12         Jac       8          52        6.5       30

10/12/14         GB       3          49        16.3     40

10/26/14      at Jac 5        48      9.6     30

10/19/14         at Chi  6          48        8.0       30

9/30/13           at NO  4          48        12.0     26

 

 

• WR Jarvis Landry continued his fast start on kick returns today. His one return for 32 yards (32.0 avg.) put his season total at 16 returns for 490 yards (avg.). His 30.6 average is on pace to be ranked second all-time in franchise history.

 

HIGHEST SINGLE SEASON KICKOFF RETURN AVERAGE IN FRANCHISE HISTORY

*minimum 14 returns

Player                    Season         Returns         Yards           Avg.

1. Duriel Harris           1976                17                    559                  32.9

2. Jarvis Landry      2014            16                490              30.6

3. Gary Davis              1977                14                    414                  29.6

4. Mercury Morris       1970                28                    812                  29.0

 

• DE Dion Jordan made his season debut today and finished with two solo tackles.

 

• G Daryn Colledge extended his consecutive games played and starts streak, which now stand at 135 and 104 games, the longest and second-longest active NFL streaks respectively among guards.

 

• LS John Denney extended his consecutive games played streak to 150, most in franchise history.

 

• S Reshad Jones surpassed the 300 career total tackle mark today. He needed seven total tackles today and finished with eight (six solo).

 

• LB Koa Misi started the 50^th game of his career.

 

• DE Olivier Vernon surpassed 100 career total tackles today. He needed one going into the day and finished with four tackles.

 

MIAMI DOLPHINS INJURIES REPORTED IN PRESS BOX

• G Nate Garner – questionable (stinger), second quarter – returned in fourth quarter
• G Daryn Colledge – taken to locker room to be evaluated for head symptoms, third quarter
• G Daryn Colledge – doubtful (migraines), third quarter – did not return