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Dolphins at Titans: Tale of the Tape

We take a look at how the Miami Dolphins and Tennessee Titans matchup for their Week 6 contest.

By Kevin Nogle
Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports

The Miami Dolphins will get back to playing football after an off weekend in Week 5, heading to Nashville to face the Tennessee Titans in a Week 6 contest. The season has yet to go well for the Dolphins, who are 1-3 heading into this game, despite entering the season as a dark horse pick for the Super Bowl and a team expected to challenge for the AFC East division title this year.

How do the Dolphins match up with the Titans? To get a closer look at both teams, we go to the tale of the tape.

Miami Dolphins
(1-3, 4th AFC East)

2015 Standings
and Stats

Tennessee Titans
(1-3, 2nd AFC South)

28th
(314.8)

Total Offense
(Yds/Gm)

16th
(350.8)

14th
(245.5)

Passing Offense
(Yds/Gm)

22nd
(232.0)

31st
(69.3)

Rushing Offense
(Yds/Gm)

14th
(118.8)

31st
(16.3)

Scoring Offense
(Pts/Gm)

8th
(25.5)

32nd
(26.9)

3rd Down Conversions
(% Convert)

14th
(39.2)

29th
(399.5)

Total Defense
(Yds/Gm Allowed)

3rd
(283.5)

15th
(239.0)

Passing Defense
(Yds/Gm Allowed)

1st
(166.5)

32nd
(160.5)

Rushing Defense
(Yds/Gm Allowed)

23rd
(117.0)

20th
(25.3)

Scoring Defense
(Pts/Gm Allowed)

17th
(22.8)

32nd
(1)

Defensive Sacks

9th
(13)

T-20th
(-3)

Turnovers

T-17th
(--2)

And, for the individual tales of the tape:

Miami Dolphins
(1-3, 4th AFC East)

2015 Stats

Washington Redskins
(1-3, 3rd AFC South)

Ryan Tannehill
(1,080 yards, 56.7% complete, 6.3 YPA, 7 TD, 5 INT, 10 sacks, 77.1 passer rating)

Passing

Marcus Mariota
(1,020 yards, 64.1% Complete, 8.0 YPA, 8 TD, 3 INT, 14 sacks, 99.7 passer rating)

Lamar Miller
(131 yards, 37 carries, 3.5 YPC, 0 TDs)

Rushing

Bishop Sankey
(146 yards, 36 carries, 4.1 YPC, 1 TD)

Rishard Matthews
(278 yards, 17 rec, 16.4 YPC, 3 TDs)

Receiving

Kendall Wright
(242 yards, 16 rec, 15.1 YPC, 2 TDs)

Reshad Jones
(43)

Tackles

Avery Williamson
(25)

Jordan Phillips
(1.0)

Sacks

Derrick Morgan
(4.5)

3 tied
(1)

Interceptions

4 tied
(1)

Andrew Franks
(3-for-4 FGs, 75.0%, 6-for-7 XP, 15 points)

Kicking

Ryan Succop
(4-for-4, 100%, 12-for-12 XP, 24 points)

Matt Darr
(21 punts, 48.8 avg, 42.4 net, 6 in 20)

Punting

Brett Kern
(21 punts, 45.2 avg, 34.2 net, 7 in 20)

Jarvis Landry
(6 returns, 23.3 avg)

Kick Returns

Bishop Sankey
(3 returns, 16.7 avg)

Jarvis Landry
(9 returns, 20.6 avg, 1 TD)

Punt Returns

Dexter McCluster
(14 returns, 8.6 avg)

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