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Dolphins set numerous records in their blowout win over Broncos
but miss out on a few more
By JOSH DUBOW in a game, coach Mike ton in 1940. The only other
AP Pro Football Writer McDaniel had Mike White team to score 70 was the
The records kept getting take a knee on fourth Rams in 1950 against Balti-
set almost as fast as the down from the Denver 27 more.
Miami Dolphins scored last with 33 seconds left. The kneel down also cost
week against the Denver That’s in stark contrast to Miami a chance to have
Broncos. the decision Washing- the most yards per play in
The first team ever with 10 ton coach Otto Graham a game in the last 50 years.
touchdowns from scrim- made the last time a team The Dolphins finished at
mage, the first to gain at scored 70 points in a game. 10.23 after taking a 1-yard
least 350 yards through the Graham sent out kicker loss, slightly behind the 10.3
air and on the ground, a Charlie Gogolak for a 29- for Kansas City in a 38-31
record-tying two players yard field goal in the clos- loss to the Jets on Dec. 3,
with four touchdowns. ing seconds of a 72-41 win 2017.
The Dolphins fell short of a over the Giants on Nov. 27, The Dolphins finished with
few other notable marks 1966. 350 yards rushing and 376
in the 70-20 victory thanks Had McDaniel done the yards passing for 726 in the
in part to mercy by the same, the Dolphins could game. Officially, the only
coaching staff and a statis- Miami Dolphins running back De’Von Achane (28) celebrates have set the mark for points team to gain more was the
tical quirk. after scoring a touchdown during the second half of an NFL in a regular-season game. Rams with 735 against the
football game against the Denver Broncos, Sunday, Sept. 24,
With a chance to become 2023, in Miami Gardens, Fla. The Dolphins defeated the Broncos The overall record is 73 by New York Yanks in 1951.
the first team since 1966 70-2 Chicago in the NFL title But as the Pro Football
to top the 70-point mark Associated Press game win over Washing- Journal discovered, that
total doesn’t include a 13-
yard sack taken by Norm
Van Brocklin that under
current scoring rules would
have left the Rams with 722
total yards.
That doesn’t diminish what
the Dolphins accom-
plished on a day when Tua
Tagovailoa had more TD
passes (four) than incom-
pletions (three), Tyreek Hill
had his 33rd TD of at least
40 yards and Raheem Mo-
stert and De’Von Achane
became the second set of
teammates each to score
four TDs in the same game.
Priest Holmes and Derrick
Blaylock did it for Kan-
sas City on Oct. 24, 2004,
against Atlanta.
THE NEED FOR SPEED
Any talk about what fuels
the Dolphins’ offensive suc-
cess has to include speed
as a prominent factor.
Miami features several of
the fastest players in the
NFL, and that shows up in
the NFL’s NextGen player
tracking stats.
The Dolphins feature the
five fastest speeds for ball
carriers this season, led by
Achane’s 21.93 mph on
his 67-yard touchdown run
against the Dolphins.
That’s followed by Hill’s
21.66 mph on a 47-yard TD
catch in Week 1, Mostert’s
21.62 mph on a 43-yard TD
run in Week 2, Hill’s 21.52
mph on a 35-yard TD catch
in Week 1 and Achane’s
21.5 mph on a 3-yard TD
run on Sunday. q
