Postgame Notes
Miami Dolphins at Buffalo Bills
New Era Field
December 17, 2017 | 1 PM
POSTGAME NOTES
LANDRY MOVES INTO SECOND PLACE ON SINGLE-SEASON RECEPTIONS LIST
- WR Jarvis Landry caught 10 passes for 99 yards (9.9 avg.) today, giving him 98 receptions on the season. The 98 receptions moves him into second place in team history. Landry now owns the three highest single-game reception totals in Dolphins annals:
DOLPHINS SINGLE-SEASON RECEPTIONS LEADERS
| RNK | PLAYER | YEAR | REC. |
| 1. | Jarvis Landry | 2015 | 110 |
| 2. | JARVIS LANDRY | 2017 | 98 |
| 3. | Jarvis Landry | 2016 | 94 |
| 4. | O.J. McDuffie | 1998 | 90 |
- As of the end of today’s 1 p.m. games, Landry’s 98 receptions were second in the NFL this season.
- With 99 receiving yards today, Landry now has 844 for the season. He is just 156 receiving yards shy of becoming the first player in Dolphins history to total 1,000 receiving yards in three straight seasons.
- Landry continues to be the only player in the NFL with at least five receptions in every game this season.
- His 386 receptions in his career are the most in NFL history in a player’s first four seasons.
WAKE TOPS 90 CAREER SACKS
- DE Cameron Wake brought down Bills QB Tyrod Taylor on a third down in the first quarter, forcing a Bills punt. It was his ninth sack of the season.
- Wake now has 90.5 career sacks, the second-most in team history. His 90.5 career sacks are also second-most among an undrafted player in NFL history (not including supplemental draft picks).
- In Wake’s past 25 games, he has recorded 19.5 sacks. Entering today, he was tied for third in the NFL with 18.5 sacks dating back to Week 6 of the 2016 season.
- Wake’s 90.5 sacks since 2009 are the most in the NFL in that time.
PARKEY KNOCKS THROUGH HIS 10TH STRAIGHT FIELD GOAL
- K Cody Parkey made all three of his field goal attempts today and has now made 10 straight field goals.
- Parkey’s 94.7 field goal percentage (18-of-19) this season is tied for third in the NFL and leads the AFC at the end of today’s 1 p.m. games.
- His only miss this season was a 50-yard attempt at Baltimore on Oct. 26, 2017.
- Parkey also had another successful onside kick in the fourth quarter of today’s game, recovered by P Matt Haack. He now has three successful onside kicks this season. No other kicker in the NFL has more than one.
ONE OF THE COLDEST GAMES IN DOLPHINS HISTORY
- The temperature at kickoff today was 22 degrees, making this tied for the third-coldest regular season game in Dolphins history and tied for the fourth-coldest game overall. Here is a list of the coldest games in Dolphins history:
| DATE | TEAM | W/L | SCORE | TEMP./COND. |
| 12/21/08 | at Kansas City | W | 38-31 | 10 deg., sunny |
| 12/11/77 | at New England | L | 10-14 | 14 deg., clear |
| 1/8/17** | at Pittsburgh | L | 12-30 | 17 deg., partly cloudy |
| 12/17/17 | at Buffalo | L | 16-24 | 22 deg., mostly cloudy |
| 12/12/82 | at New England | L | 0-3 | 22 deg., snowy |
| 12/8/85 | at Green Bay | W | 34-24 | 23 deg., cloudy |
| 12/18/88 | at Pittsburgh | L | 24-40 | 23 deg., overcast, light snow |
| 12/3/89 | at Kansas City | L | 21-26 | 23 deg., clear |
| 12/27/92 | at New England | W | 16-13 (OT) | 23 deg., clear |
** AFC Wild Card playoff game
INJURIES REPORTED IN THE PRESS BOX
MIAMI DOLPHINS
- S T.J. McDonald, fourth quarter– shoulder – questionable (did not return)
CAPTAINS
- LS John Denney, TE MarQueis Gray, C Mike Pouncey, WR Kenny Stills, DT Ndamukong Suh, DE Cameron Wake
QUICK HITS
- There were 62,202 tickets distributed to today’s game.
- LS John Denney played in his 206th consecutive game, extending his team-best streak, which is tied for third among all active NFL players. Denney’s 206 career games are second-most in Dolphins history.
- DT Ndamukong Suh started his 97th consecutive game. It’s the longest games started streak among active NFL defensive tackles.
- DT Ndamukong Suh had a season-high three tackles for loss today. It’s tied for the third-most in a game in his career.
- CB Xavien Howard had the first sack of his career, bringing down Bills QB Tyrod Taylor in the third quarter.
- S T.J. McDonald recorded the 20th pass defensed of his NFL career today.
- TE MarQueis Gray had two carries against the Bills today and became the only tight end in the NFL to have multiple rushing attempts in a game in 2017.
- He joined Charles Clay (Nov. 11, 2013 vs. Pittsburgh) and Larry Seiple (Sept. 28, 1968 vs. Kansas City) as the only tight ends in Dolphins history to have two rushing attempts in a game.
