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Bills at Dolphins Game Capsule

The Miami Dolphins host the Buffalo Bills today. Here's a look at the all time series between the two teams, as well as how both teams have been doing this year.

Rick Stewart

BUFFALO BILLS (5-9) AT MIAMI DOLPHINS (6-8)

SERIES

BILLS

DOLPHINS

SERIES LEADER

55-37-1

STREAKS

3 of past 5

COACHES VS. OPP.

Gailey: 3-3

Philbin: 0-1

LAST WEEK

L 50-17 vs. Seahawks (Toronto)

W 24-3 vs. Jaguars

LAST GAME

11/15/12: Dolphins 14 at Bills 19. Buffalo RB C.J. Spiller posts 130 scrimmage yards & CB Leodis McKelvin has 79-yard PR-TD. Bills defense limits Miami to 184 total yards.

LAST GAME AT SITE

11/20/11: Dolphins 35, Bills 8. Miami scores 28 1st-half points as QB Matt Moore has 3 TD passes & RB Reggie Bush rushes for TD in divisional win.

BROADCAST

CBS (1:00 PM ET): Don Criqui, Randy Cross. SIRIUS: 117 (Buf.), 136 (Mia.). XM: 235 (Mia.).

STATS

PASSING

Fitzpatrick: 274-444-2,935-22-15-83.5

Tannehill (R): 249-424-2,929-10-12-75.9

RUSHING

Spiller: 161-1,047-6.5-6

Bush: 200-895-4.5-5

RECEIVING

St. Johnson: 69-891-12.9-6

Hartline: 67-1,002-15.0-1

OFFENSE

340.8

316.2

TAKE/GIVE

-10

-12

DEFENSE

369.5

348.9

SACKS

M. Williams: 10.5

Wake: 14 (3C)

INTs

Byrd: 5 (T1C)

R. Jones: 3

PUNTING

Powell (R): 44.5

Fields: 50.6 (1L)

KICKING

Lindell: 94 (34/34 PAT; 20/21 FG)

Carpenter: 92 (26/26 PAT; 22/27 FG)


NOTES

BILLS: QB Ryan Fitzpatrick (78) surpassed Jack Kemp (77) last week for 3rd-most TD passes in Bills history. Fitzpatrick (2,935) needs 65 pass yards to reach 3,000 for 3rd season in row. Needs 3 TD passes to surpass career-best of 24 in '11...RB C.J. Spiller (1,047) has reached 1,000 rush yards for 1st time in career. Averages NFL-best among RBs with 6.5 yards per carry. In past 2 vs. Mia., Spiller is averaging 148.5 scrimmage yards per game (182 rush, 115 receiving)...WR Steve Johnson (891) needs 109 rec. yards to reach 1,000 for season & become 1st Bill with 1,000 rec. yards in 3 consecutive seasons. Posted season-best in receptions (8) & receiving yards (115) last week...TE Scott Chandler (42) needs 8 receptions to become 3rd Bills TE to reach 50 in season. Has 6 TD receptions in 2012, tying his career high (2011)...DE Mario Williams (10.5) is 1st Bill since 2009 to register 10+ sacks in season. Needs 4 sacks to surpass career-best of 14 in '07. Has 5.5 sacks in 6 career games vs. Mia...PR Leodis McKelvin had 79-yard PR-TD in last game vs. Mia. McKelvin has NFL-best 18.7 PR avg...

DOLPHINS: Club has won 3 of past 4 at home vs. Bills...QB Ryan Tannehill had career-best 123.2 passer rating with 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs last week. Tannehill (2,929) has most passing yards by rookie in Dolphins history. Team is 5-1 when Tannehill has 90+ rating...RB Reggie Bush is averaging 121.3 scrimmage yards per game in December in past 2 seasons (849 in 7 games). Posted 2nd 100-yard rush game of season last week. Bush (895) needs 105 rush yards to reach 1,000 in consecutive seasons. Rushed for career-best 203 yards vs. Bills on 12/18/11...WR Brian Hartline (1,002) has reached 1,000 receiving yards for 1st time in career...Since '08, TE Anthony Fasano has team-high 23 TD receptions...DE Cameron Wake (14) needs half sack to surpass single-season career-best (14 in '10). Wake (42) has most sacks by Dolphin in 1st 4 seasons of career...LB Karlos Dansby leads team with 111 tackles...DE Jared Odrick has 3 sacks in past 4 games.

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