Visitor:  Miami Dolphins

Home:  Kansas City Chiefs

Date:  November 6, 2011

 

Scoring:

Team               1          2          3          4          Final

MIA                7          7          14        3            31

KC                  3          0          0          0             3

 

Visitor playmakers:

RB Reggie Bush, WR Brandon Marshall, TE Anthony Fasano, DE Jared Odrick, DT Tony McDaniel, LB Kevin Burnett, DE Cameron Wake, S Tyrone Culver

 

Home playmakers:

None

 

Network:  CBS (KCTV Kansas City)

Announcers:  Kevin Harlan, Solomon Wilcots

 

Pregame:  Yes

Halftime:  Yes

Postgame:  No

Commercials:  No

 

Grade:  9.5/10

 

Notes:  One of two winless teams left in the NFL, the Dolphins came into Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday with the cloud of two second-half collapses still hovering. They were also facing a Chiefs team that had mastered the art of the comeback: 0-3 to 4-3 in four games.

 

Matt Moore threw for 244 yards and three touchdowns, the first three-touchdown performance by a Miami quarterback since Chad Pennington in 2008. Reggie Bush ran for 92 yards and another score, and tight end Anthony Fasano hauled in two touchdown passes in the first half.

 

Brandon Marshall finished with eight catches for 106 yards and another score, once again making for a miserable afternoon for the Chiefs. The former Broncos wide receiver has 52 catches for 689 yards and seven touchdowns in eight games against Kansas City in his career.

 

The Dolphins' relentless front spent most of the afternoon in Cassel's face, sacking him five times and forcing the slow-footed quarterback to scramble nine more times. The Chiefs came into the game having allowed 13 sacks all season, tied for sixth-best in the league.

 

Running time:  2:18 (2 DVDs)