LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS
HARD ROCK STADIUM
AUG. 20, 2022 | 7 PM
POSTGAME NOTES
DOLPHINS PASS FOR 300 – PLUS YARDS
• The Dolphins passed for 303 yards this evening. QB Tua Tagovailoa started the game and completed 6-of-8 passes (75.0 pct.) for 58 yards.
o It was Miami’s most passing yards in a preseason game since Aug. 29, 2021 at Cincinnati (319).
• Miami also had two quarterbacks top 100 passing yards tonight as QB Skylar Thompson completed 9-of-10 passes (90.0 pct.) for 129 yards and one touchdown and QB Teddy Bridgewater completed 10-of-20 passes (50.0 pct.) for 119 yards.
o The last time Miami had two quarterbacks with at least 100 passing yards in the same preseason game was Aug. 31, 2017 at Minnesota when QB David Fales passed for 193 yards and QB Brandon Doughty threw for 106 yards.
• WR Erik Ezukanma recorded six receptions for 114 yards (19.0 avg.) tonight, becoming the first NFL player to record at least 110 receiving yards in a preseason game since Aug. 9, 2019 when Tampa Bay WR Spencer Schnell had 119 receiving yards at Pittsburgh.
o The last time a Dolphins player had at least 100 yards in a preseason game was WR Jakeem Grant who had 141 receiving yards on Aug. 31, 2017 at Minnesota.
SANDERS BOOTS 57 – YARD FIELD GOAL
• K Jason Sanders made two second-quarter field goals, including one from 57 yards with 3:06 remaining in the first half.
• It’s the longest field goal Sanders has made in a Dolphins uniform. His regular-season career-high is 56 yards, set on Nov. 8, 2020 at Arizona.
• If kicked in a regular-season game, it would have been the fourth-longest field goal in Dolphins history and longest since K Dan Carpenter made a 58-yarder on Jan. 1, 2012 vs. the N.Y. Jets.
o There was one postseason kick longer than 57 yards – a 58-yarder from K Pete Stoyanovich on Jan. 5, 1991 vs. Kansas City.
DEFENSE LIMITS RAIDERS TO 145 NET PASSING YARDS
• The Dolphins held the Raiders to just 145 net passing yards and an opponent passer rating of 84.4. It was the fewest passing yards allowed by Miami in a preseason game since the Aug. 21, 2021 win vs. Atlanta.
o The 84.4 passer rating allowed was also the lowest by Miami in the preseason since the Aug. 21, 2021 win vs. Atlanta.
• Miami recorded four sacks tonight, three of them by newcomers: DE Owen Carney Jr., LB Porter Gustin, DT Zach Sieler and DL Ben Stille*.
o Stille and LB Andrew Van Ginkel had multiple quarterback hits in the game.
- indicates newcomer
CAPTAINS
MIAMI DOLPHINS
• CB Keion Crossen, S Jevon Holland and QB Tua Tagovailoa
QUICK HITS
• There were 64,521 tickets distributed to today’s game.
• CB Kader Kohou made his NFL preseason debut today.
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