Month: November 2017

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Miami Dolphins
Hard Rock Stadium
November 19, 2017 | 1 PM
POSTGAME NOTES

KENNY STILLS HAS CAREER DAY

• WR Kenny Stills finished today’s game with a career-high 180 receiving yards on seven catches (25.7 avg.) and one touchdown. His previous career high was 162 yards at Pittsburgh on Nov. 30, 2014.
• The 180 receiving yards is tied for the seventh-most in a game in Dolphins history.
• His 180 receiving yards today are the most by a Dolphin since WR Brian Hartline had a team-record 253 receiving yards at Arizona on Sept. 30, 2012.
• Stills averaged 25.7 yards per reception today, the fourth-best mark in a single game in Dolphins history (min. 7 rec.):

HIGHEST RECEIVING YARDS PER CATCH IN A GAME (min. 7 rec.)

• This was the fifth 100-yard receiving game of Stills’ career.
• Stills’ seven receptions are the second-highest of his career behind an eight-catch performance vs. Baltimore on Nov. 24, 2014.

DAMIEN WILLIAMS HAS 69-YARD RUN ON FIRST CARRY

• RB Damien Williams started today’s game with a 69-yard run on Miami’s first carry. The rush was the ninth-longest in team history and longest since an 85-yard touchdown by RB Lamar Miller Houston on Oct. 25, 2015.
• Williams also had a 24-yard reception in the game, which is his longest of the season.
• RB Kenyan Drake had a 66-yard run last week at Carolina. It is the second time in franchise history the Dolphins had 60-yard rushes in back-to-back games.
  • The last time Miami had two different players with 60-yard rushes in the same season was 2005 when RB Ronnie Brown had a 65-yarder and WR Chris Chambers had a 61-yard rush.
  • The last time the Dolphins had two different running backs with 60-yard rushes in the same season was 1978 when RB Gary Davis had a 65-yard carry (Sept. 17, 1978 vs. Buffalo) and RB Norm Bulaich had a 63-yard rush (Sept. 10, 1978 at Baltimore) in back-to-back weeks.
• This is the first time since at least 1994 the Dolphins have had three straight games with a 40-yard rush. RB Kenyan Drake had a 42-yard rush three games ago on Nov. 5 vs. Oakland.
• Williams’ 78 rushing yards today are a career high. His 10 attempts are the second-most of his career.

LANDRY’S SIXTH RECEIVING TOUCHDOWN IS A CAREER HIGH

• WR Jarvis Landry caught six passes for 95 yards (15.8 avg.) and one touchdown.
• Landry caught a 2-yard touchdown pass from QB Jay Cutler in the first quarter. The touchdown reception was Landry’s sixth of the season, a career high.
• Entering this afternoon’s games, six receiving touchdowns would be third in the NFL.
• Landry’s six receptions give him 67 for the season, which would be second in the NFL entering today’s games.

MOORE THROWS FOR 282 YARDS IN SECOND HALF

• QB Matt Moore entered the game in the third quarter and completed 17-of-28 passes (60.7 pct.) for 282 yards and one touchdown in a comeback effort that fell just short.
• Moore’s 282 passing yards are the fifth-most of his career and the second-most by a Dolphins quarterback this season behind QB Jay Cutler’s 311-yard effort vs. Oakland on Nov. 5, 2017.

INJURIES REPORTED IN THE PRESS BOX

MIAMI DOLPHINS

• QB Jay Cutler, third quarter – evaluated for a concussion – questionable (did not return)
• G/T Jermon Bushrod, third quarter – foot – questionable (did not return)
• LB Chase Allen, fourth quarter – evaluated for a concussion – questionable (returned)
• LB Stephone Anthony, fourth quarter – knee – questionable (did not return)

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS

• G Evan Smith, second quarter – evaluated for a concussion – downgraded to out in third quarter

CAPTAINS

• QB Jay Cutler, C Mike Pouncey, WR Kenny Stills, DT Ndamukong Suh, S Michael Thomas, DE Cameron Wake

QUICK HITS

• There were 65,089 tickets distributed to today’s game.
• The Dolphins held Tampa Bay to just 53 rushing yards, the third time this season Miami has held an opponent to less than 70 rushing yards.
  • It was Tampa Bay’s second-lowest rushing output of the season.
• LB Kiko Alonso set a career high with 10 tackles (eight solo).
• DT Jordan Phillips recorded his first full sack since Nov. 8, 2015 at Buffalo.
• CB Cordrea Tankersley recorded a career-high two passes defensed today. Tankersley now has seven passes defensed on the season, which leads the team and would rank sixth among NFL rookies entering today’s games.
• LS John Denney played in his 202nd consecutive game, extending his team-best streak, which is tied for fourth among all active NFL players. Denney’s 202 career games played are third in team history.
• DT Ndamukong Suh started his 93rd consecutive game. It’s the second-longest games started streak among active NFL defensive linemen behind Domata Peko’s 122 straight starts.
• WR Kenny Stills started his 50th NFL game today.
• WR Kenny Stills recorded the 200th reception and 25th touchdown of his career this afternoon.
• TE Julius Thomas started his 50th NFL game today.
• DT Ndamukong Suh tallied his 400th career tackle in this afternoon’s contets.
• DE Cameron Wake recorded his 300th career tackle in today’s game.

Miami Dolphins at Carolina Panthers
Bank of America Stadium
November 13, 2017 | 8:30 PM
POSTGAME NOTES

LANDRY ADDS TO HIS RECEPTIONS TOTAL

• WR Jarvis Landry had five receptions for 42 yards (8.4 avg.) and one touchdown tonight. It brings his season totals to 61 receptions for 472 yards (7.7 avg.) and five touchdowns.
• Landry’s 61 receptions lead the NFL after Week 10.
• Landry’s 349 career receptions are the most by any NFL player in the first four seasons of their career and are seventh all-time in Dolphins history.

LANDRY TIES CAREER HIGH IN TOUCHDOWNS

• With a 9-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter, WR Jarvis Landry tied his career high with five touchdown receptions this season.
• Landry also had five touchdown catches as a rookie in 2014.
• All five of his touchdown receptions have come in the Dolphins’ last six games.

TIMMONS TOPS 1,000 CAREER TACKLES

• LB Lawrence Timmons had eight tackles (two solo) in tonight’s game, giving him 1,001 for his career.
• Timmons becomes the 47th NFL player since 1994 to total 1,000 career tackles and just the sixth active one.

JULIUS THOMAS SCORES IN SECOND STRAIGHT WEEK

• TE Julius Thomas caught a 2-yard touchdown on a shovel pass from QB Jay Cutler with 2:12 left in the second quarter. The touchdown was the second in as many weeks for Thomas, his first two as a Dolphin.
• Thomas has now caught 35 touchdown passes since 2015, tying Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski for second-most in the NFL in that span:

NFL TIGHT END TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION LEADERS (2013-17)

KENYAN DRAKE SCORES ON THE LONGEST RUN OF HIS CAREER

• RB Kenyan Drake scored on a 66-yard touchdown run in the third quarter. It was the longest run of his career.
• Prior to tonight, the Panthers had not allowed a run for longer than 25 yards this season.
• It was Drake’s first rushing touchdown this season. He had two as a rookie in 2016.
• The 66-yard score was tied for the 12th-longest run in team history and tied for the sixth longest in a road game in team history.

INJURIES REPORTED IN THE PRESS BOX

MIAMI DOLPHINS
None

CAPTAINS

• S Walt Aikens, C Mike Pouncey, WR Kenny Stills, DT Ndamukong Suh, S Michael Thomas, DE Cameron Wake

QUICK HITS

• There were 72,790 tickets distributed to today’s game.
• S Reshad Jones recorded his 600th career tackle tonight.
• LB Rey Maualuga recorded his 600th career tackle tonight.
• LS John Denney played in his 201st consecutive game, extending his team-best streak, which is tied for fourth among all active NFL players. Denney’s 201 career games played are third in team history.
• DT Ndamukong Suh started his 92nd consecutive game. It’s the second-longest games started streak among active NFL defensive linemen behind Domata Peko’s 121 straight starts.