MIAMI DOLPHINS AT DETROIT LIONS
FORD FIELD
OCT. 30, 2022 | 1 PM ET
POSTGAME NOTES
DOLPHINS WIN SECOND IN A ROW, DEFEAT LIONS 3 1 – 2 7
• The win improves Miami’s record to 5-3 this season, which is tied for their best eight-game start in the past decade.
The Dolphins also began the 2014 and 2020 seasons 5-3.
• The 5-3 start for Mike McDaniel is the second best by a new coach in Dolphins history. Only Dave Wannstedt, who started his tenure in 2000 at 6-2, had a better record after eight games.
• The Dolphins erased a 14-point deficit in today’s win. It marks the second time the Dolphins have won a road game after trailing by 14+ points this season, which is the first time Miami has done that since 1996.
o Miami trailed by 21 points in its Week 2 win at Baltimore.
• This is Miami’s first win at Ford Field since Nov. 23, 2006, a Thanksgiving Day game the Dolphins won, 27-10. Today was only the second time Miami has played at Ford Field since then (2014).
• The Dolphins are now 4-3 in their past seven road games.
• Miami is 8-5 against Detroit in the all-time series.
HILL AND WADDLE BREAK NFL RECEIVING RECORD
• WR Tyreek Hill finished today’s game with 12 receptions for 188 yards (15.7 avg.) while WR Jaylen Waddle totaled eight receptions for 106 yards (13.3 avg.) and two touchdowns in today’s win. It brings Hill’s season totals to 69 receptions for 961 yards (13.9 avg.) and two touchdowns and Waddle’s to 42 receptions for 727 yards (17.3 avg.) and five touchdowns.
• Hill and Waddle have combined for 1,688 receiving yards. It’s the most receiving yards by a pair of teammates in the first eight games of a season in NFL history:
MOST RECEIVING YARDS BY TEAMMATES IN FIRST EIGHT GAMES OF THE SEASON
Rk Team Year Player1 Yds Player2 Yds Total
- Miami Dolphins 2022 Tyreek Hill 961 Jaylen Waddle 727 1688
- St. Louis Rams 2000 Isaac Bruce 950 Torry Holt 729 1679 Denver Broncos 2014 Demaryius Thomas 894 Emmanuel Sanders 785 1679
- St. Louis Rams 2003 Torry Holt 978 Isaac Bruce 692 1670
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2019 Mike Evans 842 Chris Godwin 766 1608
• Hill has now topped 160 receiving yards in four games despite playing just eight for the team in his career. It’s the second-most 160-yard games in Dolphins history behind WR Mark Duper, who had six in 69 games.
• At the end of today’s 1 p.m. games, Hill and Waddle own five of the NFL’s top 10 single-game receiving yardage outputs this season. Hill owns the top two spots with 190 yards at Baltimore and 188 yards today. Hill also ranks fifth with 177 yards vs. Minnesota and ninth with 160 yards at Cincinnati. Waddle’s 171 yards at Baltimore are sixth in the league this season.
• Hill and Waddle each topped 100 yards, giving them each four 100-yard receiving games this season. That ranks them tied for seventh for the most 100-yard receiving games in a season in Dolphins history.
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT DETROIT LIONS
FORD FIELD
OCT. 30, 2022 | 1 PM ET
POSTGAME NOTES
• Hill’s 961 receiving yards are the most in Dolphins history and third in the Super Bowl era through the first eight games of the season.
MOST RECEIVING YARDS THROUGH EIGHT GAMES (SUPER BOWL ERA)
Rk. Player Team Year Rec. Yds.- Torry Holt StL 2003 63 978
- Marvin Harrison Ind. 2000 58 962
- Tyreek Hill Mia. 2022 69 961
- Wes Welker NE 2011 66 960
- Isaac Bruce StL 2000 49 950
• As of 5 p.m. today, Hill and Waddle rank first and third, respectively, in the NFL in receiving yardage this season:
MOST RECEIVING YARDS IN THE NFL THIS SEASON (as of 5 p.m.)
Rk. Player Team Rec. Yds. Avg.
- Tyreek Hill Mia. 69 961 13.9
- Justin Jefferson Min. 52 752 14.5
- Jaylen Waddle Mia. 42 727 17.3
- A.J. Brown Phi. 39 659 16.9
- Stefon Diggs Buf. 49 656 13.4
• Waddle had touchdown receptions of five and 29 yards today. It was the third multi-touchdown game of his career and second this season.
o Waddle has five touchdown receptions this season, which are the most by a Dolphins player in the team’s first eight games since 2014, when WR Mike Wallace also had five.
o The five touchdown receptions are tied for fourth-most in the NFL this season as of 5 p.m.
• Waddle’s 17.3 yards per catch average ranks third in the NFL as of 5 p.m. (min: 14 receptions).
• It was Waddle’s third consecutive game with at least 85 receiving yards.
• Hill’s 69 receptions also lead the NFL as of 5 p.m.
• Hill now has totaled seven or more receptions in five consecutive games.
• Hill joined St. Louis WR Roy Green (1984) as the only two players in NFL history to have 150+ receiving yards in four of his team’s first eight games of a season.
• It’s the fourth time this season Hill has totaled 10+ receptions and 160+ receiving yards in the same game, which is tied with Detroit WR Calvin Johnson in 2012 for the most such games in a single season despite Hill having nine games still remaining.
• As of 6 p.m., Hill and Waddle’s 1,688 combined receiving yards are more than 10 different NFL teams have from all their players combined all season.
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT DETROIT LIONS
FORD FIELD
OCT. 30, 2022 | 1 PM ET
POSTGAME NOTES
• Hill had 142 receiving yards in the first half, which was the second-best mark in his career and the best by a Dolphins player since at least 1991.
TAGOVAILOA HAS FIFTH CAREER 300 – YARD GAME
• QB Tua Tagovailoa completed 29-of-36 passes (80.6 pct.) for 382 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions, good for a rating of 138.7. The 138.7 rating was the highest in a single game in his career, breaking his previous career high of 124.1 at Baltimore earlier this season.
• It was his second 300-yard game of the season (469 at Baltimore) and the fifth of his career.
• Tagovailoa had touchdown passes of five yards to WR Jaylen Waddle in the first quarter, 29 yards to Waddle in the second quarter and 11 yards to TE Mike Gesicki in the third quarter.
• As of 5 p.m., Tagovailoa leads the NFL in passer rating this season:
NFL PASSER RATING LEADERS (2022, min. 100 attempts)
Rk. Player Team Rating
- Tua Tagovailoa Mia. 112.7
- Patrick Mahomes KC 109.5
- Josh Allen Buf. 109.1
- Jalen Hurts Phi. 105.1
- Geno Smith Sea. 104.6
• As of 5 p.m., Tagovailoa ranks third in the NFL in completion percentage:
NFL COMPLETION PERCENTAGE LEADERS (2022, min. 100 attempts)
Rk. Player Team Att Cmp Pct.- Geno Smith Sea. 233 168 72.1
- Matthew Stafford LAR 246 177 72.0
- Tua Tagovailoa Mia. 186 130 69.9
- Joe Burrow Cin. 270 186 68.9
- Matt Ryan Ind. 297 203 68.4
• Tagovailoa completed 17-of-22 passes (77.3 pct.) for 253 yards and two touchdowns in the first half today, good for a 144.7 passer rating.
o The 253 passing yards and 144.7 rating were the best in a first half in his career.
• Tagovailoa now has a 90+ passer rating in all five games he has started and finished this season.
• Tagovailoa improved his all-time numbers against NFC teams to 6-1 with 1,686 passing yards, 14 touchdowns and a 111.6 rating in seven games.
• His 382 passing yards today give him 6,145 for his career, which surpasses QB David Woodley (5,928) for the sixthmost passing yards in Dolphins history.
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT DETROIT LIONS
FORD FIELD
OCT. 30, 2022 | 1 PM ET
POSTGAME NOTES
• He’s now averaging 9.02 yards per attempt, which leads the NFL this season and is second-best in a season in Dolphins history. QB Earl Morrall holds the Dolphins record with 9.07 yards per attempt in 1972.
• Tagovailoa also had an 18-yard rush today, the second-longest of his career.
DOLPHINS DEFENSE CLAMPS DOWN IN SECOND HALF
• After surrendering 27 points and 326 yards to the Lions offense in the first half, Miami’s defense completely turned it around in the second half by limiting Detroit to zero points and just 67 total yards.
• The Dolphins have now shutout back-to-back opponents in the second half of games after allowing no points to Pittsburgh in the second half last week. It’s the first time the Dolphins have held consecutive opponents scoreless in the second half of games since 2020, when Miami did so against the N.Y. Jets and Cincinnati in Weeks 12 and 13.
• Detroit’s 67 total yards was its lowest output in the second half of a game since Dec. 29, 2019 vs. Green Bay when they managed 54.
o It was the fewest yards allowed by Miami in a second half since Dec. 19, 2021 vs. N.Y. Jets (54).
GESICKI MOVES INTO SECOND PLACE IN DOLPHINS TE RECEIVING CHARTS
• TE Mike Gesicki caught three passes for 38 yards (12.7 avg.) today, including an 11-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter.
• It brings his career total to 2,490 receiving yards and moves him into second-place on the team’s all-time tight end receiving chart, surpassing TE Bruce Hardy, who had 2,455 yards.
MOST RECEIVING YARDS BY A TIGHT END IN DOLPHINS HISTORY
Rk. Player Years Rec Yds TDs
- Randy McMichael 2002-06 283 3,096 18
- Mike Gesicki 2018-22 220 2,490 17
- Bruce Hardy 1978-89 256 2,455 25
- Anthony Fasano 2008-12, 2017 189 2,211 24
- Keith Jackson 1992-94 146 1,880 18
• As of 5 p.m., Gesicki’s four receiving touchdowns this season are third among NFL tight ends behind TE Travis Kelce (7) and TE Mark Andrews (5).
INJURIES REPORTED IN THE PRESS BOX
MIAMI DOLPHINS
• OL Liam Eichenberg, third quarter – knee (out)
DETROIT LIONS
• CB A.J. Parker, third quarter – hip (questionable)
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT DETROIT LIONS
FORD FIELD
OCT. 30, 2022 | 1 PM ET
POSTGAME NOTES
• TE Brock Wright, fourth quarter – evaluated for a concussion (out)
• WR Maurice Alexander, fourth quarter – ankle (questionable)
CAPTAINS
MIAMI DOLPHINS
• WR Tyreek Hill, S Jevon Holland and DT Christian Wilkins
QUICK HITS
• There were 61,447 tickets distributed to today’s game.
• T Terron Armstead started his 100th NFL game today.
• DT Zach Sieler played his 50th NFL game today.
• WR Braylon Sanders made his NFL debut today.
• FB Alec Ingold scored the first rushing touchdown of his career today on a 1-yard run in the third quarter.
• RB Raheem Mostert finished the game with 64 rushing yards, pushing him over the 2,000 career rushing yard plateau. He now has 2,062 career rushing yards.
• S Jevon Holland had a career-high 12 tackles today. It’s his third straight game with at least five tackles.
• DT Zach Sieler had the seventh full sack of his career and tied his career-high of two passes defensed in today’s contest, which was his first NFL game in his home state of Michigan.
• Miami’s 292.5 passing yards per game this season are third-best in the NFL and its 6.24 yards per play also ranks third as of 6 p.m.
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