Dolphins vs Bills: Game Capsule

by Matty I on Nov 25, 2009 1:10 PM EST in 2012 Miami Dolphins News

MIAMI DOLPHINS (5-5) AT BUFFALO BILLS (3-7)

SERIES

	DOLPHINS	BILLS
SERIES LEADER	52-34-1
STREAKS	Past 3	7 of past 11
COACHES VS. OPP.	Sparano: 3-0	Fewell: 0-0
LAST WEEK	W 24-17 at Panthers	L 18-15 at Jaguars
LAST GAME	10/4/09: Bills 10 at Dolphins 38. Miami RBs Ronnie Brown (115 yards, 2 TDs) & Ricky Williams (85 yards, TD) combine for 200 rush yards & 3 TDs as QB Chad Henne wins 1st NFL start.
LAST GAME AT SITE	12/9/07: Bills 38, Dolphins 17. Buffalo QB Trent Edwards throws 4 TD passes - 2 to TE Robert Royal & 2 to WR Lee Evans - in Bills' victory. (12/7/08: Dolphins 16 at Bills 3 in Toronto.)
BROADCAST	CBS (1:00 PM ET): Gus Johnson, Steve Tasker. SIRIUS: 121 (Mia.), 130 (Buf.). XM: 107 (Mia.).

STATS

PASSING	Henne: 127-218-1,337-6-4-77.7	Fitzpatrick: 56-108-659-3-6-56.8
RUSHING	R. Williams: 127-677-5.3-8 (T2C)	Jackson: 129-528-4.1-0
RECEIVING	Bess: 46-397-8.6-0	Owens: 35-563-16.1-2
OFFENSE	317.2	275.7
TAKE/GIVE	0	+1
DEFENSE	341.5	366.7
SACKS	Starks, Taylor: 5.5	Schobel: 6
INTs	V. Davis (R), N. Jones: 2	Byrd (R): 8 (1L)
PUNTING	Fields: 46.3 (3C)	Moorman: 46.6 (2C)
KICKING	Carpenter: 74 (3C) (26/27 PAT; 16/17 FG)	Lindell: 65 (14/14 PAT; 17/19 FG)

NOTES

DOLPHINS: Club is 4-1 on road against AFC East under head coach TONY SPARANO...QB CHAD HENNE is 5-2 as starter & has completed 117 of 199 passes (58.8 pct.) for 1,245 yards with 6 TDs vs. 3 INTs. Posted 92.0 passer rating on 10/4/09 in only start vs. Bills (also 1st career NFL start)...RB RICKY WILLIAMS posted 22nd 100-yard rush game w/Miami last week (most by any Dolphin) & aims for 3rd consecutive game w/100+ rush yards. Williams (8) needs 2 rush TD to reach double-digit rush TDs for 2nd time in career (16 in '02)...WR TED GINN, JR. averages 19.7 yards per catch vs. Bills (14 rec., 276)...WR DAVONE BESS (46) needs 9 receptions to surpass career-high of 54 in '08 rookie season...LB JASON TAYLOR (126) needs 1 sack to surpass DERRICK THOMAS (126.5) for 11th-most sacks all-time. Taylor has 19.5 sacks vs. Bills, most vs. any opponent...DE RANDY STARKS has career-best 5.5 sacks in '09...Rookie CB VONTAE DAVIS (Round 1, Illinois) posted 23-yard INT-TD return in only game vs. Buf...LB JOEY PORTER (4.5) needs 0.5 sack to extend streak of consecutive seasons with 5+ sacks to 10 years (longest active streak in NFL)...
BILLS: Dating back to 11/29/87, Bills have won 4 of past 5 at home in Nov. against Miami...Interim head coach PERRY FEWELL will make home debut...QB RYAN FITZPATRICK's 297 passing yards last week were 2nd most of career (310 w/StL. on 11/27/05)...RB MARSHAWN LYNCH (2,423) needs 77 rush yards to reach 2,500 career. RB FRED JACKSON averages 5.8 yards per carry vs. Mia. (34 att., 198 rush yards)...WR TERRELL OWENS (986) needs 14 catches to become 6th player in NFL history w/1,000 career rec. WR LEE EVANS is only Bill w/rec. in all 10 games this season... Bills rank 2nd in NFL w/17 INTs...Rookie S JAIRUS BYRD (2nd round, Oregon) leads NFL with 8 INTs & needs 2 to tie BILLY ATKINS (1961) & TOM JANIK (1967) for most INTs in season in franchise history (10). S GEORGE WILSON has career-high 3 INTs in '09...DE AARON SCHOBEL leads team w/6 sacks in '09 & ranks 2nd in Bills history with 74.

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wow..on paper, we're fairly evenly matched! but in reality, we're in another league! (btw, I'll be at this game!)

I know we are SUPPOSED to win this game and are favoured and we fully expect to win but game in Buffalo ALWAYS scare me… are past there is not the greatest when it’s late november or later, in the past 15 years.
I go to this game almost every year (I live in Toronto) and just got tickets to go to it this Sunday too! But I’m leary of a letdown. They have nothing to lose… a new (interim) coach…a close game last week.. Owens finally busted out.. it’ll be (cool) and possibly windy up in Buff… I do expect to win but i’m uneasy nonetheless… I hope we blow em out!!

by dolphinsfan4life on Nov 25, 2009 2:04 PM EST reply actions

This is where Henne's

cannon arm will really help us out. Wind cant knock down a bullet pass like it can a floater. Ricky always seems to run well against the Bills too (I think I remember a couple 200+ yards games against them during his magical year). Oh, and I played on the same team as Fitzpatrick in school…kinda funny. I used to terrorize him in practice. Suit me up Sparano, I got Ryan’s number!!! LOL. Looking forward to stuffing my face and watching the finz smash the bills.

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by Dragon27az on Nov 25, 2009 2:30 PM EST up reply actions

I'll be there too

I’ll be in Buffalo around 11:30AM….ive got great seats – 6th row on Lower Sideline….if anyone wants to meet up to Tailgate let me know! Let’s Go Dolphins!

by MarinoNeedsRB on Nov 25, 2009 4:20 PM EST up reply actions

yes!

Gus Johnson!

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by Little Nicky 21 on Nov 25, 2009 2:40 PM EST reply actions

yup

i knew a lot of you would be pumped for that. lol

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by Matty I on Nov 25, 2009 3:33 PM EST up reply actions

That guy could get me excited about watching grass grow

by DaMiamiDolphinz on Nov 25, 2009 4:53 PM EST up reply actions

Can't place him

There is nothing so bitter that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it

by Nayru'sSolace on Nov 25, 2009 5:00 PM EST up reply actions

voice of the wildcat

announcer for the Wildcat Coming Out Party vs NE last season. he’s the man

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by Little Nicky 21 on Nov 25, 2009 8:19 PM EST up reply actions

Jesus we own this series

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T.Lex doesn't want to be fed, he wants to hunt. Can't just suppress sixty five million years of gut instinct.

by Patssuck456 on Nov 25, 2009 3:26 PM EST reply actions

You beat us for an entire decade for crying out loud! 1970s. Anyone? :-)

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by MattRichWarren on Nov 25, 2009 9:08 PM EST up reply actions

well whose fault is that?

Current Phinsider Feud Points: 23

T.Lex doesn't want to be fed, he wants to hunt. Can't just suppress sixty five million years of gut instinct.

by Patssuck456 on Nov 26, 2009 11:20 AM EST up reply actions

A lot of really bad drafts. :-)

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by MattRichWarren on Nov 27, 2009 12:28 PM EST up reply actions

I think Miami should

play a 4-3 on run downs to help with the absence of Ferg. w/Solia and McDanields. Thats all I have for the week.

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by okokokaay on Nov 25, 2009 4:06 PM EST reply actions

not a bad idea

I think all our DL could play DT in the 4-3, and you could play Wake and JT at DE’s, which is their natural positions. I just wonder if we have the LB’s for the 4-3 (Crowder in the middle, Torbor and Ayodele outside?)

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by Little Nicky 21 on Nov 25, 2009 8:20 PM EST up reply actions

anyone know what the weather is going to be there?

I don’t think we’re playing in the canada dome this year lol

by finslifer on Nov 25, 2009 6:16 PM EST reply actions

The weather is unseasonably warm for then

It is suppose to be 7 degrees celsius. Sorry I am Canadian eh. I will be at the game and am looking forward to it. Last yr this time there was lots of snow. Dolphins lucked out this yr again.

by bow33 on Nov 25, 2009 7:15 PM EST up reply actions