MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The Miami Dolphins didn’t have a once-a-generation game Sunday against the Denver Broncos.
They had a once-a-half-century game — and maybe even that might be selling them short.
In addition to putting a scare into the NFL’s single-game record for points scored and yards gained, they broke or tied a staggering 13 franchise records, per the team’s postgame notes compiled by Brett Brecheisen, the team’s excellent senior manager of football communications.
Miami Dolphins Records Set vs. Denver Broncos
Those 13 records set or tied (including the postseason) are:
- Most points in a game in team history: 70
- Most touchdowns in a game in team history: 10
- Most total yards in a game in team history: 726
- Most rushing yards in a game in team history: 350
- Most points scored in the second half of a game in team history: 35*
- Most PATs in a game in team history: 10
- Most touchdowns in a game by a rookie: 4 – De’Von Achane
- Most points scored in a game: 24* – Raheem Mostert, De’Von Achane
- Most touchdowns in a game: 4* – Raheem Mostert, De’Von Achane
- Most rushing yards in a game by a rookie: 203 – De’Von Achane
- Most passing yards through three games in Dolphins history: 1,024 – Tua Tagovailoa
- Most receiving yards through three games in Dolphins history: 412 – Tyreek Hill
- Most PATs in a game: 10 – Jason Sanders
* tied team record
The @MiamiDolphins are 3-0 for the second straight year.
It’s the first time the Dolphins have back-to-back 3-0 starts since 1994-96, when they were 3-0 to start three consecutive seasons.
— Brett Brecheisen (@bbrech) September 24, 2023
Other Amazing Stats From Broncos-Dolphins
But there’s more.
The Dolphins also scored the most points (70) by any NFL team since 1966 and tied for the third-most in any game in NFL history: 1. Chicago, Dec. 8, 1940, at Washington 73; 2. Washington Nov. 27, 1966 vs. N.Y. Giants 72. (The Bears’ 73 points came in the playoffs.)
Miami’s 726 total yards were the second-most in a game in NFL history and most since 1951: L.A. Rams, Sep. 28, 1951 vs. N.Y. Yankees, 735.
The Dolphins’ 130 points and 1,651 total yards are the most through three games of any NFL season since at least 1970.
The Dolphins won for the 13th time in their last 15 games at home, which is the team’s best 15-game stretch at Hard Rock Stadium in the regular season since going 13-2 from Oct. 7, 2001 to Dec. 15, 2002.
On Sunday, the Dolphins improved to 11-1 in games that Tua Tagovailoa starts against teams with a head coach that won a Super Bowl, including 10 wins in a row.
The 203 rushing yards by @ffvmousvon_ today are the most in the Super Bowl era (since 1970) by a player in his first or second career game. pic.twitter.com/zwAaYHltup
— Brett Brecheisen (@bbrech) September 24, 2023
Running backs De’Von Achane and Raheem Mostert are the second pair of teammates in NFL history to score four touchdowns each in the same game. The other? Chiefs backs Priest Holmes and Derrick Blaylock, who did so on Oct. 24, 2004 vs. Atlanta.
Achane and Mostert become the fourth and fifth players in Dolphins history to total four touchdowns in a game.
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Achane’s 203 rushing yards were the most by any NFL player in the first or second game of his career in the Super Bowl era (since 1970). He had one career carry prior to Sunday.