MIAMI DOLPHINS (5-3) AT DETROIT LIONS (6-2) SERIES
DOLPHINS | LIONS | |
SERIES LEADER | 7-3 | |
STREAKS | 5 of past 6 | |
COACHES VS. OPP. | Philbin: 0-0 | Caldwell: 1-0 |
LAST WEEK | W 37-0 vs. Chargers | Bye (Week 8: W 22-21 at Falcons in London) |
LAST GAME | 12/26/10: Lions 34 at Dolphins 27. Detroit TE Brandon Pettigrew has 74 receiving yards & TD & RB Jahvid Best adds 53-yard TD reception. Lions LB DeAndre Levy records 30-yard INT-TD. | |
LAST GAME AT SITE | 11/23/06: Dolphins 27, Lions 10. Miami WR Marty Booker catches 7 passes for 115 yards & 2 TDs. Dolphins defense records 8 sacks & holds Lions to 220 total net yards. | |
BROADCAST | CBS (1:00 PM ET): Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts, Jenny Dell (Field reporter). SIRIUS: 92 (Mia.), 135 (Det.). XM: 229 (Det.). |
STATS
PASSING | Tannehill: 178-281-1907-14-6-90.9 | Stafford: 183-299-2216 (3C)-11-7-86.5 |
RUSHING | Miller: 106-518-4.9-5 (T2C) | Bell: 98-313-3.2-3 |
RECEIVING | M. Wallace: 35-468-13.4-5 | Tate: 55 (2C)-800 (1C)-14.5-3 |
OFFENSE | 365.8 | 338.8 |
TAKE/GIVE | +6 | +1 |
DEFENSE | 304.6 (1C) | 290.4 (1L) |
SACKS | Wake: 6.5 | Ansah: 4.5 |
INTs | Grimes: 4 (T2L) | Quin: 3 (T2C) |
PUNTING | Fields: 44.9 | Martin: 47.6 (3L) |
KICKING | Sturgis: 71 (23/23 PAT; 16/20 FG) | Prater: 21 (6/6 PAT; 5/7 FG) |
NOTES DOLPHINS: In past 5, QB RYAN TANNEHILL has 1,283 pass yards & 10 TDs vs. 4 INTs for 104.1 rating. Club is 15-1 (.938) when Tannehill has 90+ rating. Aims for 5th in row with run of 20+ yards…In past 6, RB LAMAR MILLER has 531 scrimmage yards (413 rush, 118 rec.) & 5 rush TDs. Has rush TD in 5 of past 6…WR MIKE WALLACE had TD catch in only career meeting (10/11/09 with Pit.). Aims for 4th in row with TD vs. NFC. WR BRIAN HARTLINE (4,034) had 50 rec. yards last week & became 7th player in club history to reach 4,000 career. Last week, TE CHARLES CLAY led team with 65 yards on 5 catches with TD…In past 4, DE CAMERON WAKE has 4.5 sacks, FF & FR. Has 11 sacks, 2 FF & FR in past 9 vs. NFC. Has 58 career sacks & needs 2 to surpass JEFF CROSS (59.5) for 2nd-most in club history. S LOUIS DELMAS played 5 seasons in Detroit (2009-13) & posted 328 tackles, 6 INTs & 5 sacks. CB BRENT GRIMES has 3 INTs in past 2, incl. 2 vs. SD…LIONS: QB MATTHEW STAFFORD led 21-point comeback win in Week 8. Is 1 of 3 QBs since 1966 to start 3 games in which team overcame 21+ point deficit to win. Since 2011, ranks 2nd in NFL with 16,871 pass yards. Has 120 pass TDs, most in team history…RB REGGIE BUSH played 2 seasons in Mia. (2011-12), rushing for 2,072 yards (1,036 per season) with 12 TDs & catching 78 passes for 588 yards with 3 TDs. RB THEO RIDDICK aims for 3rd in row with rec. TD. RB JOIQUE BELL has rush TD in 2 of past 3…WR CALVIN JOHNSON has 13 rec. TDs in past 14 vs. AFC. Has 84 catches for 1,521 yards (117 per game) & 11 TDs in past 13 vs. AFC. In past 16 at home, has 109 catches for 1,926 yards (120.4 per game) & 10 TDs. Since 2011, leads NFL with 5,485 rec. yards & 107.5 rec. yards per game. In past 5, WR GOLDEN TATE has 39 catches for 599 yards (119.8 per game) & 3 TDs, incl. 4 100-yard games. Has 15 catches for 250 yards (125 per game) & TD in past 2 vs. AFC…LB DE ANDRE LEVY had 30-yard INT-TD in last meeting. Leads team with 75 tackles. Has 7 INTs since 2013, most by LB. DT NDAMUKONG SUH had sack & FF in last meeting. In past 3, DE EZEKIEL ANSAH has 3.5 sacks & 2 FFs. CB CASSIUS VAUGHN had 45-yard INT in Week 8.
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