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Quick hits from Dolphins' 27-14 win over Bears

The Miami Dolphins beat the Chicago Bears 27-14 on Sunday. We take a look at some of the notes and accomplishments from the game.

By Kevin Nogle
Jonathan Daniel

A quick look through some of the notes and accomplishments from the Miami Dolphins' 27-14 win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday. The win for Miami moves them to 3-3 on the season, while Chicago falls to 3-4, and 0-3 at home.

Ryan Tannehill

  • Tannehill completed his first 14 passes of the game, the second time he has done that in a game this year. Tannehill completed his last pass attempt of the team's loss to the Green Bay Packers in Week 6, giving him 15 straight completions, the second most in team history (tied with Dan Marino). Chad Pennington (December 7 and 14, 2008 at Buffalo Bills and versus San Francisco 49ers) and Chad Henne (December 13, 2009 at Jacksonville Jaguars) are tied for the franchise record at 17.
  • Tannehill's 6-for-6 for 84 yards and a touchdown in the first quarter gave him his second career perfect 158.3 passer rating in the first quarter of a game. (September 15, 2013 at Indianapolis Colts).
  • Tannehill finished the first half with a 155.1 passer rating, his career high for the first 30-minutes of a game. He surpasses the 146.5 first half passer rating he put up against the Oakland Raiders in Week 4 of this season. It was also the third highest first half passer rating in team history, behind Jay Fiedler's 158.1 (September 15, 2002 at Indianapolis Colts) and Matt Moore's 156.0 (November 6, 2011 at Kansas City Chiefs).
  • Tannehill completed the game with a 123.6 passer rating, his career best. He surpasses his previous career high of 123.2 passer rating (December 16, 2012 versus Jacksonville Jaguars).
  • Tannehill becomes only the third player in NFL history to record at least 275 yards passing, at least a 78.0 completion percentage, and gain at least 45 yards rushing in a game (Ken Anderson - November 3, 1974, Jeff Garcia - December 4, 2003).

Charles Clay

  • Clay's 13-yard touchdown in the first quarter was his first score of the season.
  • Clay's four receptions on the day gives him 90 the last two years and he surpasses Randy McMichael (2002-2003) for the most receptions by a tight end over a two year span.

Mike Wallace

  • Wallace's second quarter touchdown reception marks his sixth score in the past seven Dolphins games, going back to last season. He becomes the first Miami player to score six touchdowns in seven games since Mark Clayton did it in Weeks 7-13 in 1984.
  • Wallace has scored in five of this year's first six games, the first time he has done that in his career.
  • Wallace's touchdown reception gives him 42 for his career, most among AFC receivers since he entered the league in 2009,

Daryn Colledge

  • Colledge extended his 134 straight games played and his 103 straight games started streaks, the second longest active streaks in the league for a guard.

Cameron Wake

  • Wake recorded a sack, forced fumble, and fumble recovery on a play in the fourth quarter. It was the 12th career forced fumble for Wake and second career fumble recovery.

Derrick Shelby

  • Shelby recorded a sack during the game, giving him three on the season, a new career high surpassing last year's 2.5 sacks.

Cortland Finnegan

  • Finnegan recorded a career high four passes defensed in the game. He surpassed his previous career high of three, which he last reached November 11, 2010 as a member of the Tennessee Titans against the Dolphins.
  • Finnegan recorded his fifth career forced fumble.
  • Finnegan surpassed 500 career solo tackles, ending the game with four tackles for a career total of 503.

Reshad Jones

  • Jones' second quarter interception was his first of the season.
  • Jones' 50 yard interception return double his previous career long (25 yards, October 6, 2013 versus Baltimore Ravens)

John Denney

  • Denney played in his 150th straight game, the longest streak in team history.

Team notes

  • Miami moves to 8-4 all time versus Bears.
  • The Dolphins' 14-0 lead at halftime marked the first time they had held a team scoreless in the first half since October 28, 2012 at the New York Jets.
  • With the win over Bears head coach Marc Trestman, Miami is now 12-8 all time against head coaches who previously served as an assistant coach with the Dolphins (Trestman was the assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach for Miami in 2004).
All stats courtesy of the Miami Dolphins.

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