Miami Dolphins at Tennessee Titans

September 9, 2001

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Miami Dolphins	10	7	7	7	31
Tennessee Titans	0	7	7	9	23

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
4:37	Mia	FG	FG Olindo Mare 37	Mia 3, Ten 0
12:48	Mia	TD	Lamar Smith 4 run (Olindo Mare Kick)	Mia 10, Ten 0
2nd Quarter
2:56	Ten	TD	Bobby Myers 14 fumble return (Joe Nedney Kick)	Mia 10, Ten 7
5:34	Mia	TD	Oronde Gadsden 23 pass from Jay Fiedler (Olindo Mare Kick)	Mia 17, Ten 7
3rd Quarter
9:04	Mia	TD	Lamar Smith 65 pass from Jay Fiedler (Olindo Mare Kick)	Mia 24, Ten 7
11:03	Ten	TD	Derrick Mason 29 pass from Steve McNair (Joe Nedney Kick)	Mia 24, Ten 14
4th Quarter
6:45	Mia	TD	Zach Thomas 34 interception return (Olindo Mare Kick)	Mia 31, Ten 14
8:51	Ten	TD	Erron Kinney 18 pass from Neil O'Donnell (Kick failed)	Mia 31, Ten 20
11:58	Ten	FG	FG Joe Nedney 51	Mia 31, Ten 23

Missed Field Goals: None

Attendance: 68,798

Team Statistics

Miami Dolphins Tennessee Titans

First downs 11 19

Rushes - yards 33 - 82 25 - 105

Passing 225 210

Punt returns 2 - 11 4 - 26

Kickoff returns 4 - 130 3 - 59

Interception returns 3 - 34 0 - 0

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 12 - 20 - 0 16 - 40 - 3

Sacked - yards lost 0 - 0 2 - 18

Punts 8 - 43.5 8 - 39.5

Fumbles - lost 2 - 2 0 - 0

Penalties - yards 9 - 128 12 - 77

Time of possession 31:07 28:53

Passing

Miami Dolphins Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Jay Fiedler 20 12 225 11.25 2 0 65t 0 0 132.3

Tennessee Titans Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Neil O'Donnell 21 9 110 5.24 1 2 18 1 9 35.9

Steve McNair 19 7 118 6.21 1 1 33 1 9 54.3

Rushing

Miami Dolphins Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Lamar Smith 25 55 2.2 17 1

Jay Fiedler 7 25 3.6 8 0

J.J. Johnson 1 2 2.0 2 0

Tennessee Titans Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Eddie George 18 49 2.7 14 0

Neil O'Donnell 2 29 14.5 15 0

Steve McNair 5 27 5.4 14 0

Receiving

Miami Dolphins Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Oronde Gadsden 4 74 18.5 31 1

Lamar Smith 3 70 23.3 65t 1

Chris Chambers 2 52 26.0 36 0

James McKnight 2 25 12.5 14 0

J.J. Johnson 1 4 4.0 4 0

Tennessee Titans Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Kevin Dyson 4 51 12.8 18 0

Chris Sanders 3 47 15.7 22 0

Erron Kinney 3 35 11.7 18 1

Derrick Mason 2 62 31.0 33 1

Eddie George 2 18 9.0 9 0

Frank Wycheck 2 15 7.5 9 0

Kickoff Returns

Miami Dolphins Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Brock Marion 4 130 32.5 0 55 0

Tennessee Titans Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Derrick Mason 2 41 20.5 0 24 0

Justin McCareins 1 18 18.0 0 18 0

Punt Returns

Miami Dolphins Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Sam Madison 1 6 6.0 0 6 0

Jeff Ogden 1 5 5.0 3 5 0

Tennessee Titans Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Derrick Mason 4 26 6.5 2 8 0

Punting

Miami Dolphins Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Matt Turk 8 348 43.5 58 0 2 0 40.3 4 26

Tennessee Titans Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Craig Hentrich 8 316 39.5 49 1 2 0 35.6 2 11

Defense

Miami Dolphins Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Zach Thomas 1 34 34.0 34t 1 0.0 0.0

Brian Walker 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0

Sam Madison 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0

Jason Taylor 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 9.0

Daryl Gardener 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 9.0

2001 NFL Scoreboard
Week 1

Sun, Sep 9, 2001

Seattle
Cleveland 9
6 Final

Indianapolis
NY Jets 45
24 Final

Carolina
Minnesota 24
13 Final

Oakland
Kansas City 27
24 Final

Pittsburgh
Jacksonville 3
21 Final

Detroit
Green Bay 6
28 Final

Tampa Bay
Dallas 10
6 Final

New England
Cincinnati 17
23 Final

New Orleans
Buffalo 24
6 Final

Chicago
Baltimore 6
17 Final

Atlanta
San Francisco 13
16 F/OT

Washington
San Diego 3
30 Final

St. Louis
Philadelphia 20
17 F/OT

Miami
Tennessee 31
23 Final

Mon, Sep 10, 2001

NY Giants
Denver 20
31 Final

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