Sports Update Monday: Dolphins Hold On Against Bengals
The Miami Dolphins (2-3) won their second game of the season on Sunday when Dolphins safety Rashad Jones intercepted Cincinnati Bengals (3-2) QB Andy Dalton late in the fourth quarter. After two back to back games with blown leads, the Dolphins’ defense held strong against AJ Green and Bengals the high powered passing offense and limited them to just 13 points (2 FGs and 1 TD) on the day. Dolphins rookie QB Ryan Tannehill completed 17 passes on 26 attempts for 223 yards with no touchdowns, but more importantly, no interceptions. The Dolphins defense also forced three turnovers, two interceptions and one fumble recovery. The win over the Bengals snapped a three game road losing streak dating back to week 16 of last season. Next Sunday, the Dolphins will try to raise their win percentage to .500 against the St. Louis Rams (3-2) at Sun Life Stadium.
– The Bengals only rushed for 80 yards on Sunday. This is the 19th straight game the Dolphins did not allow a 100 yard rusher. The Dolphins are also 1st in the league for opponent’s rushing yards with only 61. 4 yards per game.
– Dolphins WR Brian Hartline currently leads the NFL with 514 receiving yards.
– Dolphins leading rusher Reggie Bush had 48 rushing yards on 19 carries, including a 13 yard TD run in the third quarter. Dolphins back-up RB Daniel Thomas netted 29 rushing yards on 10 carries, and a 1 yard TD run in the second quarter. However, Thomas later left the game in the fourth quarter with a probable concussion.
– Dolphins defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle is very familiar with the Bengals passing game. He faced them in practice quite frequently, as he was the Bengals’ defensive backs coach from 2001-2011.
In Other Sports News
– The Miami Hurricanes were trounced by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 41-3 on Saturday. Miami had six dropped passes and allowed Notre Dame to net 587 total yards of offense.
– The Florida Gators are now ranked 4th overall in the AP Top 25 after beating LSU 14-6 at “The Swamp” this Saturday. The Florida State Seminoles lost this weekend to the unranked NC State Wolfpack 17-16. The “Next Year Noles” dropped to 12th overall in the AP Top 25 after being ranked 3rd previously.
– The Miami Heat opened their pre-season schedule on the road yesterday and lost to the Atlanta Hawks 92-79. The Heat’s leading scorer was Chris Bosh. Bosh had 22 points and 6 rebounds in 23 minutes. The Heat’s next two pre-season games are against the Los Angeles Clippers, and they will take place in China for the 2012 NBA China Games.
– The Florida Panthers have cancelled the first two weeks of regular season games, due to the NHL lockout.
– In MLB Playoff news, the New York Yankees took a 1-0 game lead over the Baltimore Orioles and the Oakland A’s fell down 2-0 in their series against the Detroit Tigers. In the NLDS, the Washington Nationals took a 1-0 game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds are up 2-0 in their series against the San Francisco Giants.
Local Sports Hero
This week’s LSH is former Hialeah High/Monsignor Edward Pace High School and current Washington Nationals pitcher Gio Gonzalez. Gonzalez started his first playoff game yesterday and gave up one hit and two earned runs on five innings pitched in the Nationals 3-2 win against the Cardinals. Gonzalez also finished number one overall in wins this regular season with 21. BB Insurance Marketing would like to congratulate Gio on being this week’s “Local Sports Hero”.