MIAMI DOLPHINS AT BUFFALO BILLS
HIGHMARK STADIUM
DEC. 17, 2022 | 8:15 PM ET
POSTGAME NOTES
DOLPHINS HAVE 100 – YARD RUSHER AND RECEIVER IN SAME GAME
• Miami’s offense accomplished something tonight that the team hasn’t done since the 2018 season – have a 100-yard rusher and a 100-yard receiver in the same game.
• RB Raheem Mostert had 136 rushing yards on 17 carries (8.0 avg.), including a 67-yard rush.
o It was the second-most rushing yards he’s had in a regular-season game in his career and his second 100-yard game of the season.
• Mostert had 101 rushing yards on eight carries (12.6 avg.) in the first quarter.
o He became the first Dolphins player since at least 1991 to rush for more than 100 yards in the first quarter of a game.
o The last Dolphins player to rush for at least 100 yards in any quarter of a game was RB Lamar Miller (106 in second quarter) vs. Houston on Oct. 25, 2015.
o He was the first NFL running back since Indianapolis RB Jonathan Taylor (106) on Jan. 3, 2021 against
Jacksonville to top 100 rushing yards in the first quarter of a game.
• Mostert’s 67-yard run was the longest by a Dolphins player since RB Kalen Ballage had a 75-yard touchdown run on Dec. 16, 2018 at Minnesota.
• WR Jaylen Waddle caught three passes for 114 yards (38.0 avg.) including a 67-yard touchdown from QB Tua Tagovailoa.
o It was the longest reception of Waddle’s career.
• Waddle went over 100 yards receiving for the fifth time this season, joining WR Tyreek Hill (six) as the only pair of teammates in Dolphins history to have at least five 100-yard games in the same season.
• It was Waddle’s seventh touchdown of the season, tying his career high from 2021.
• Waddle now has 1,117 receiving yards this season, surpassing his career high of 1,015 from 2021, and ranking fifth among all players in the NFL this year.
• Waddle is now averaging 18.0 yards per reception this season, the best in the NFL.
• It was the first time the Dolphins had a 100-yard rusher and 100-yard receiver in the same game since Oct. 14, 2018 vs. Chicago, when RB Frank Gore rushed for 101 yards and WR Albert Wilson had 155 receiving yards.
PHILLIPS STRIP – SACKS ALLEN TO FORCE TURNOVER
• Early in the fourth quarter with Miami holding a 26-21 lead, LB Jaelan Phillips strip-sacked QB Josh Allen near midfield and the ball was recovered by DT Christian Wilkins.
• It was the first forced fumble of Phillips’ career and Wilkins’ first fumble recovery of the season.
• The good field position set Miami up to make a 47-yard field goal and extend its lead to 29-21.
• Phillips now has at least a half-sack in four straight games and leads the team with 7.0 sacks this season.
HILL GOES OVER 1,500 RECEIVING YARDS FOR THE SEASON
• WR Tyreek Hill entered tonight’s game already holding the Dolphins franchise record for most receiving yards in a season and added to it with nine receptions for 69 yards (7.7 avg.) and one touchdown.
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT BUFFALO BILLS
HIGHMARK STADIUM
DEC. 17, 2022 | 8:15 PM ET
POSTGAME NOTES
• His effort tonight put him over 1,500 yards for the season at 1,529 yards.
• That also tops his career high of 1,479 receiving yards in 2018 with the Chiefs.
• His 1,529 receiving yards are second in the NFL only to Minnesota WR Justin Jefferson this season (1,623).
• Hill is also second in the NFL with 109 receptions. It’s just two shy of his career high of 111 in 2021 and three shy of the Dolphins record of 112 set by WR Jarvis Landry in 2017.
• Hill’s touchdown gives him a score in three straight games. Hill joins WR Randy Moss as the only wide receivers in NFL history with at least seven touchdowns in each of his first seven seasons.
• Hill is now tied for the third-most touchdowns by a receiver in his first seven NFL seasons:
MOST TOUCHDOWNS BY A RECEIVER (FIRST 7 NFL SEASONS)
PLAYER TEAM(S) TDs
Jerry Rice SF 97
Randy Moss Min. 91
Tyreek Hill KC/Mia. 75
Lance Alworth SD 75
Terrell Owens SF 74
TAGOVAILOA POSTS SEVENTH 100+ RATED GAME THIS SEASON
• QB Tua Tagovailoa completed 17-of-30 passes (56.7 pct.) for 234 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions today, giving him a passer rating of 104.0.
• It’s his seventh game with a 100+ rating this season in his 12 starts.
• Tagovailoa has now played four straight AFC East games without throwing an interception and posting a 90+ passer rating.
• He has now thrown multiple touchdown passes in four of his past five road games.
• Tagovailoa’s 67-yard touchdown pass to WR Jaylen Waddle in the third quarter was the 50th touchdown pass of his career.
SANDERS MOVES INTO FIFTH IN SCORING IN TEAM HISTORY
• K Jason Sanders made all three of his field goals and both of his extra point attempts, totaling 11 points in the game.
• It gives Sanders 539 points in his career, moving him past K Dan Carpenter (535) for the fifth-most points scored in team history.
• Sanders has now made his last 10 straight field goals and hasn’t missed since Nov. 6, 2022 at Chicago.
• His 83.4 career field goal percentage (121-of-145) is the best in team history.
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT BUFFALO BILLS
HIGHMARK STADIUM
DEC. 17, 2022 | 8:15 PM ET
POSTGAME NOTES
INJURIES REPORTED IN THE PRESSBOX
MIAMI DOLPHINS
• DB Keion Crossen, first and fourth quarters – knee (questionable)
• S Jevon Holland, second quarter – neck (questionable)
• WR Jaylen Waddle, fourth quarter – forearm (questionable)
• LB Jerome Baker, fourth quarter – ankle (questionable)
BUFFALO BILLS
• C Mitch Morse, third quarter – being evaluated for a head injury (downgraded to out)
CAPTAINS
MIAMI DOLPHINS
• T Terron Armstead, WR Tyreek Hill and DT Christian Wilkins
QUICK HITS
• There were 70,794 tickets distributed to today’s game.
• WR Trent Sherfield played in his 75th career game today.
• The Dolphins improved their sack streak to 12 straight contests, including six consecutive games with multiple sacks.
Miami has 15 sacks in its past four games.
• Miami’s 188 rushing yards today was the team’s second-highest total of the season behind 195 rushing yards on Nov. 13, 2022 vs. Cleveland.
• LB Elandon Roberts totaled four tackles today, giving him 84 for the season. It surpasses his career high of 83 set in 2021.
• DT Christian Wilkins had six more tackles, giving him 27 in his past three games. His 81 tackles this season lead all NFL defensive linemen.
• P Thomas Morstead pinned three of his four punts inside the 10 and had a 41.8 net average today.
• RB Salvon Ahmed scored on an 11-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. It was his first touchdown since Jan. 3, 2021, also at Buffalo.
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