DETROIT LIONS (4-10) AT MIAMI DOLPHINS (7-7)
SERIES
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LIONS |
DOLPHINS |
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SERIES LEADER |
7-2 |
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STREAKS |
Past 5 |
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COACHES VS. OPP. |
Schwartz: 0-0 |
Sparano: 0-0 |
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LAST WEEK |
W 23-20 at Buccaneers (OT) |
L 17-14 vs. Bills |
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LAST GAME |
11/23/06: Dolphins 27 at Lions 10. Miami QB Joey Harrington passes for 3 TDs in his return to Detroit on Thursday night as Miami wins 4th consecutive game. |
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LAST GAME AT SITE |
9/8/02: Dolphins 49, Lions 21. Miami QB Jay Fiedler passes for 3 TDs & RB Ricky Williams rushes for 2 in his Dolphins debut. |
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BROADCAST |
FOX (1:00 PM ET): Dick Stockton, Charles Davis, Laura Okmin (Field reporter). SIRIUS: 155 (Det.), 122 (Mia.). XM: 109 (Mia.). |
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STATS
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PASSING |
Sh. Hill: 215-351-2,206-13-11-78.6 OR Stanton: 69-119-780-4-3-78.4 |
Henne: 266-430-2,952-14-16-77.6 |
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RUSHING |
Best (R): 155-497-3.2-4 |
R. Brown: 182-683-3.8-4 |
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RECEIVING |
C. Johnson: 73-1,068 (2C)-14.6-12 (T1C) |
Marshall: 71-815-11.5-3 |
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OFFENSE |
342.2 |
321.1 |
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TAKE/GIVE |
+2 |
-8 |
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DEFENSE |
347.2 |
298.0 (3C) |
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SACKS |
Avril, Suh (R): 8 |
Wake: 14 (1L) |
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INTs |
A. Smith: 5 |
Sapp: 2 |
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PUNTING |
Harris: 44.5 |
Fields: 46.3 (3C) |
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KICKING |
Rayner: 37 (10/10 PAT; 9/12 FG) |
D. Carpenter: 105 (21/21 PAT; 28/38 FG) |
NOTES
LIONS: QB DREW STANTON aims for 3rd consecutive win. Had career-high 252 yards last week. QB SHAUN HILL has passed for 608 yards (304 per game) in past 2 vs. AFC... RB MAURICE MORRIS rushed for 109 yards & TD last week. RB JAHVID BEST is only rookie with 400+ rush (497) & 400+ rec. (411) yards...WR CALVIN JOHNSON had 10 catches for 152 yards last week. Is 1st Lion with 2 seasons with 1,000+ yards & 12+ rec. TDs. Has 11 rec. TDs in past 11. Has 29 rec. TDs since 2008, tied for 2nd most in NFL. Has 209 yards (104.5 per game) in past 2 vs. AFC & aims for 3rd in row vs. AFC with TD. TE BRANDON PETTIGREW ranks 3rd among NFL TEs with 64 catches, most in season by Lions TE. KR-PR STEFAN LOGAN is 4th in NFL with 28 KR avg. & is 5th with 12 PR avg. Only player to rank in top 5 in both...DT NDAMUKONG SUH leads NFL rookies with 8 sacks, most by Lions rookie. Needs 3 to set NFL rookie DT record (10.5, DANA STUBBLEFIELD). DE CLIFF AVRIL has 7 sacks in past 6. DE LAWRENCE JACKSON has 4.5 sacks in past 5 & aims for 3rd in row with sack.
DOLPHINS: Club is 4-0 all-time at home in series...Mia. has won 4 of past 5 vs. NFC...In past 3 vs. NFC, QB CHAD HENNE is 3-0 & has completed 49 of 83 passes (59.0 pct.) for 517 yards w/ 4 TDs vs. 1 INT & 88.3 rating...RB RONNIE BROWN (15) needs 100-yard rush game to surpass Pro Football HOFer LARRY CSONKA (15) for 2nd-most such games in Dolphins history (RICKY WILLIAMS, 24). WR BRANDON MARSHALL had season-best 11 rec. last week. Aims for 3rd straight game w/ TD. Marshall (71) & WR DAVONE BESS (71) are 1st Dolphins duo to reach 70 rec. apiece in season since MARK CLAYTON (70) & MARK DUPER (70) in '91. Bess leads AFC & ranks 2nd in NFL w/ 26 rec. on 3rd down (RODDY WHITE, 28)...DE CAMERON WAKE has NFL-best 14 sacks this season. Needs sack to become 6th Dolphins player w/ 15+ sacks in season since '82.