Week 13, 1987

played in Miami, FL

84 degrees, fair, 8 mph wind

Houston Titans	0	14	10	0	-	24
Miami Dolphins	0	10	7	0	-	17

Scoring Summary
2Q: 13:34 MIA - George Rogers 1 run (Benny Ricardo extra point)
2Q: 08:51 HOU - Louis Lipps 40 pass from Neil Lomax (Norm Johnson extra point)
2Q: 02:51 MIA - Benny Ricardo 53 field goal
2Q: 02:46 HOU - Mike Friede 92 kickoff return (Norm Johnson extra point)
3Q: 07:01 HOU - Norm Johnson 31 field goal
3Q: 02:27 MIA - Marcus Allen 6 run (Benny Ricardo extra point)
3Q: 01:12 HOU - Herschel Walker 73 run (Norm Johnson extra point)

Scoring Summary
2Q: 13:34 MIA - George Rogers 1 run (Benny Ricardo extra point)
2Q: 08:51 HOU - Louis Lipps 40 pass from Neil Lomax (Norm Johnson extra point)
2Q: 02:51 MIA - Benny Ricardo 53 field goal
2Q: 02:46 HOU - Mike Friede 92 kickoff return (Norm Johnson extra point)
3Q: 07:01 HOU - Norm Johnson 31 field goal
3Q: 02:27 MIA - Marcus Allen 6 run (Benny Ricardo extra point)
3Q: 01:12 HOU - Herschel Walker 73 run (Norm Johnson extra point)

Team Statistics HOU MIA
Record 8-4 4-8
First Downs 8 26
- by Rushing 3 13
- by Passing 5 11
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 274 376
- Offensive Plays 39 85
- Yards per Play 7.03 4.42
Net Rushing Yards 139 188
- Rushing Attempts 19 44
- Yards per Rush 7.32 4.27
Net Passing Yards 135 188
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 20 - 10 - 0 37 - 23 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 135 218
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 4/30
- Yards per Pass Play 6.75 4.59
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 4/2
3rd Down Conversions 3/10 11/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 10.4 6.8
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/2
Penalties/Yards 6/36 5/35
Punt Returns/Yards 1/3 2/7
Kick Returns/Yards 3/127 4/88
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 2/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 24
Time of Possession 19:07 40:53

Team Statistics	HOU	MIA
Record	8-4	4-8
First Downs	8	26
- by Rushing	3	13
- by Passing	5	11
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	274	376
- Offensive Plays	39	85
- Yards per Play	7.03	4.42
Net Rushing Yards	139	188
- Rushing Attempts	19	44
- Yards per Rush	7.32	4.27
Net Passing Yards	135	188
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	20 - 10 - 0	37 - 23 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	135	218
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	4/30
- Yards per Pass Play	6.75	4.59
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	4/2
3rd Down Conversions	3/10	11/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	10.4	6.8
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/2
Penalties/Yards	6/36	5/35
Punt Returns/Yards	1/3	2/7
Kick Returns/Yards	3/127	4/88
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	2/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 31	OWN 24
Time of Possession	19:07	40:53

Drive Charts

Houston Titans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:04	1:15	OWN 20	3	-2	Punt
1	6:43	1:17	OWN 22	3	7	Punt
2	13:25	0:46	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
2	9:43	1:11	OWN 44	2	56	Touchdown
2	0:52	0:52	OWN 5	3	15	Half
3	15:00	2:48	OWN 13	5	11	Punt
3	10:26	3:30	OWN 20	7	66	Field Goal
3	2:20	1:26	OWN 22	3	78	Touchdown
4	8:36	4:03	OWN 29	6	21	Punt
4	1:45	0:40	OPP 40	3	-3	Punt
4	0:28	0:28	OPP 12	1	-1	Game

Miami Dolphins
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:56	OWN 26	8	19	Punt
1	8:49	2:06	OWN 27	5	16	Punt
1	5:26	7:01	OWN 36	14	64	Touchdown
2	12:39	2:56	OWN 26	6	30	Fumble
2	8:32	5:46	OWN 30	10	34	Field Goal
2	2:32	1:40	OWN 20	6	23	Punt
3	12:12	1:46	OWN 43	3	5	Punt
3	6:56	4:36	OWN 43	7	57	Touchdown
3	0:54	7:18	OWN 17	13	69	Fumble
4	4:33	2:48	OWN 3	9	37	Downs
4	1:05	0:37	OWN 2	4	4	Interception

Game MVP: Jim Jeffcoat, Houston Titans

Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Herschel Walker	15	130	8.67	73	2	1
Marc Logan	3	10	3.33	6	0	0
Neil Lomax	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0

Miami	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Marcus Allen	28	125	4.46	15	4	1
George Rogers	9	31	3.44	7	0	1
Tony Clements	6	25	4.17	6	0	0
Bill Ring	1	7	7.00	7	0	0

Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Neil Lomax	20	10	135	0/0	1	40	0	88.5

Miami	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tony Clements	37	23	218	4/30	0	36	1	67.2

Receiving Statistics

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Henry Ellard	3	6	52	17.33	31	37	0
TE Pat Beach	2	2	14	7.00	1	11	0
WR Louis Lipps	2	5	45	22.50	33	40	1
RB Herschel Walker	2	4	10	5.00	0	5	0
WR Haywood Jeffires	1	2	14	14.00	0	14	0
RB Ken Lacy	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Miami	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Ricky Nattiel	6	9	34	5.67	14	12
RB Marcus Allen	4	5	29	7.25	8	13
WR Tim McGee	3	5	45	15.00	0	36
WR Mike Sherrard	3	4	18	6.00	0	10
WR Jeff Groth	2	2	20	10.00	2	21
RB George Rogers	2	4	21	10.50	0	11
TE Mark Bavaro	2	5	38	19.00	2	22
FB Dennis Bligen	1	1	13	13.00	9	13
WR Theo Bell	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Mike Richardson	1	0	0.00	0

Miami	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force
Herschel Walker	1	0	0
Henry Ellard	0	1	0
Mike Richardson	0	1	0
Pepper Johnson	0	1	0
David Greenwood	0	0	2
Frank Manumaleuga	0	0	1
Jim Jeffcoat	0	0	1

Miami	Fumb	Recov	Force
Tony Clements	2	0	0
George Rogers	1	1	0
Marcus Allen	1	0	0
Gerry Feehery	0	1	0
Brett Maxie	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Brian Hansen	6	271	45.2	44.0	53	2

Miami	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Reggie Roby	4	197	49.3	38.5	55	2

Kicking Statistics

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Norm Johnson	1/1	0/0	0/0	31	3/3

Miami	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Benny Ricardo	1/1	1/1	1/1	53	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mike Friede	1	3	3.0	0

Miami	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Lyle Blackwood	2	7	3.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mike Friede	2	111	55.5	1
Gregg Garrity	1	16	16.0	0

Miami	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Lyle Blackwood	3	64	21.3	0
Lester Hayes	1	24	24.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DE Jim Jeffcoat	8	3	1.5	30	31
ILB Pepper Johnson	8	2	1.0	38	37
S Martin Bayless	8	3	0.0	39	35
DE Dexter Manley	7	2	1.0	35	32
S David Greenwood	7	1	0.0	40	38
ILB Randy McClanahan	5	1	0.0	29	27
CB Tory Nixon	5	1	0.0	22	31
ILB Riki Ellison	4	3	0.0	25	17
DT Bill Acker	3	2	0.5	23	22
ILB Frank Manumaleuga	3	2	0.0	17	11
CB Mickey Sutton	3	1	0.0	31	29
S Kirk Springs	2	2	0.0	26	30
OLB Scott Studwell	2	0	0.0	16	7
ILB Bill Matthews	2	0	0.0	14	11
S Bobby Kemp	1	1	0.0	6	9
CB Mike Richardson	1	1	0.0	33	31
CB Donnie Elder	1	0	0.0	15	15
DT Mike Golic	0	2	0.0	21	19
DE Darryl Sims	0	1	0.0	24	19

Miami	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Brett Maxie	6	1	0.0	14	14
ILB Billy Ray Smith	3	2	0.0	17	19
OLB Guy Frazier	2	1	0.0	11	15
ILB Eugene Marve	2	1	0.0	9	3
OLB Jeff Rohrer	2	0	0.0	7	4
TE Mark Bavaro	2	0	---	---	---
CB Lee Davis	2	0	0.0	6	7
S Lyle Blackwood	1	2	0.0	16	13
CB Lester Hayes	1	1	0.0	13	15
S Bill Graham	1	1	0.0	11	16
OLB Carl Banks	1	1	0.0	19	18
CB Ron Fellows	1	0	0.0	4	7
DE Keith Gary	1	0	0.0	12	16
DE Glen Collins	1	0	0.0	12	8
CB Lionel Washington	1	0	0.0	16	17
DT Erik Howard	1	0	0.0	8	13

Pass Rush Statistics

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Jim Jeffcoat	1.5	0	0	1	31
DE Dexter Manley	1.0	0	1	1	32
ILB Pepper Johnson	1.0	0	0	0	37
DT Bill Acker	0.5	0	2	0	22
DE Darryl Sims	0.0	1	0	0	19
ILB Randy McClanahan	0.0	0	2	0	27
ILB Riki Ellison	0.0	0	1	0	17

Miami	Block	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Carl Banks	1	0	18
DE Keith Gary	0	1	16
DT Harvey Armstrong	0	1	7
DE Glen Collins	0	1	8
DE Gary Baldinger	0	1	16

Pass Defense Statistics

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Pepper Johnson	4	0	0	37
CB Mickey Sutton	3	1	0	29
ILB Randy McClanahan	3	0	0	27
S David Greenwood	3	0	0	38
S Kirk Springs	2	0	0	30
ILB Riki Ellison	2	0	0	17
S Martin Bayless	2	0	0	35
CB Tory Nixon	1	1	0	31
OLB Scott Studwell	1	0	0	7
DE Dexter Manley	1	0	0	32
DE Jim Jeffcoat	1	0	0	31
CB Mike Richardson	0	1	1	31

Miami	Caught	PPlay
ILB Billy Ray Smith	2	19
CB Lee Davis	2	7
CB Lester Hayes	1	15
OLB Guy Frazier	1	15
S Bill Graham	1	16
OLB Jeff Rohrer	1	4
CB Lionel Washington	1	17
S Brett Maxie	1	14

Blocking Statistics

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Dennis McKnight	3	4	1	17	20
Dave Studdard	1	3	0	15	14
Jeff Bostic	1	2	0	17	19
Jewerl Thomas	1	2	0	7	7
John Alt	0	3	0	14	16
Rob Taylor	0	2	0	8	9
George Lilja	0	1	0	17	13
Pat Beach	0	1	0	7	12

Miami	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Chris Hinton	3	7	43	0	37
Gerry Feehery	3	6	38	1	32
Dennis Bligen	3	6	23	0	16
Fred Dean	3	4	39	0	34
Craig Wolfley	2	6	37	1	31
Bruce Wilkerson	1	5	38	1	37
Mark Bavaro	1	1	39	0	27
Kevin Gogan	0	3	13	0	15
Gregg Rakoczy	0	1	6	1	9
Joe Conwell	0	1	6	0	10

Special Teams Tackles

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Kirk Springs	2	12
Keith McKeller	1	16
Bobby Kemp	1	15
Mike Friede	1	14
Jewerl Thomas	1	14

Miami	Tackles	STPlays
Bill Ring	1	20
Mark Bavaro	1	11
Bruce Wilkerson	1	5

Participation

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
David Greenwood	---	---	40	38	2	80
Pepper Johnson	---	---	38	37	1	76
Martin Bayless	---	---	39	35	1	75
Mike Richardson	---	---	33	31	6	70
Dexter Manley	---	---	35	32	1	68
Kirk Springs	---	---	26	30	12	68
Mickey Sutton	---	---	31	29	5	65
Jim Jeffcoat	---	---	30	31	---	61
Randy McClanahan	---	---	29	27	2	58
Tory Nixon	---	---	22	31	1	54
Darryl Sims	---	---	24	19	5	48
Bill Acker	---	---	23	22	1	46
Mike Golic	---	---	21	19	4	44
Jeff Bostic	17	19	---	---	7	43
Riki Ellison	---	---	25	17	1	43
Neil Lomax	19	20	---	---	---	39
Donnie Elder	---	---	15	15	8	38
Frank Manumaleuga	---	---	17	11	9	37
Dennis McKnight	17	20	---	---	---	37
Bill Matthews	---	---	14	11	11	36
Dave Studdard	15	14	---	---	7	36
Louis Lipps	17	19	---	---	---	36
George Lilja	17	13	---	---	5	35
Henry Ellard	17	17	---	---	---	34
Herschel Walker	16	17	---	---	1	34
Bobby Kemp	---	---	6	9	15	30
John Alt	14	16	---	---	---	30
Jewerl Thomas	7	7	---	---	14	28
Scott Studwell	---	---	16	7	3	26
Haywood Jeffires	9	12	---	---	4	25
Rob Taylor	8	9	---	---	7	24
Pat Beach	7	12	---	---	4	23
Marc Logan	3	3	---	---	15	21
KD Dunn	8	7	---	---	4	19
Brian Brennan	6	3	---	---	8	17
Keith McKeller	0	0	---	---	16	16
Ralph Williams	4	7	---	---	4	15
Mike Friede	0	0	---	---	14	14
Gregg Garrity	1	0	---	---	9	10
Ken Kaplan	3	2	---	---	5	10
Ken Lacy	4	3	---	---	2	9
Brian Hansen	0	0	---	---	7	7
Norm Johnson	0	0	---	---	6	6
Joel Williams	---	---	0	0	4	4
Will Cureton	0	0	---	---	---	0
Unknown	---	---	0	0	---	0

Miami	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Tony Clements	44	41	---	---	---	85
Chris Hinton	43	37	---	---	---	80
Bruce Wilkerson	38	37	---	---	5	80
Fred Dean	39	34	---	---	5	78
Mark Bavaro	39	27	---	---	11	77
Gerry Feehery	38	32	---	---	---	70
Ricky Nattiel	36	33	---	---	---	69
Craig Wolfley	37	31	---	---	---	68
Brooks Williams	24	28	---	---	14	66
Tim McGee	27	21	---	---	5	53
Marcus Allen	31	21	---	---	---	52
Dennis Bligen	23	16	---	---	9	48
Lyle Blackwood	---	---	16	13	11	40
Carl Banks	---	---	19	18	2	39
Billy Ray Smith	---	---	17	19	1	37
Theo Bell	16	20	---	---	---	36
Jeff Groth	8	13	---	---	15	36
Gary Baldinger	---	---	14	16	6	36
Lionel Washington	---	---	16	17	2	35
Lester Hayes	---	---	13	15	5	33
Kevin Gogan	13	15	---	---	5	33
Guy Frazier	---	---	11	15	5	31
Bill Graham	---	---	11	16	3	30
Brett Maxie	---	---	14	14	2	30
Keith Gary	---	---	12	16	1	29
Mike Sherrard	3	11	---	---	14	28
George Rogers	12	15	---	---	---	27
Ron Fellows	---	---	4	7	15	26
Eugene Marve	---	---	9	3	10	22
Lee Davis	---	---	6	7	9	22
Bill Ring	1	0	---	---	20	21
Glen Collins	---	---	12	8	1	21
Joe Conwell	6	10	---	---	5	21
Erik Howard	---	---	8	13	---	21
Gregg Rakoczy	6	9	---	---	5	20
Harvey Armstrong	---	---	11	7	1	19
Patrick Hunter	---	---	5	6	8	19
Jeff Rohrer	---	---	7	4	4	15
Vernon Maxwell	---	---	0	1	14	15
Tom Cousineau	---	---	3	5	6	14
Benny Ricardo	0	0	---	---	5	5
Reggie Roby	0	0	---	---	4	4
Gene Atkins	---	---	1	0	2	3
Tinker Smith	0	0	---	---	1	1
Steve Grogan	0	0	---	---	---	0
Randall Morris	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	87	12.4
Middle	3	5	1.7
Right	8	48	6.0
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	14	72	5.1
Middle	26	97	3.7
Right	4	19	4.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Neil Lomax	20	10	2	2	3	0	4	0	0

Miami	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tony Clements	37	23	3	0	2	3	6	2	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	8	114	8.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	2	21	3.0
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	5	23	3.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	9	49	3.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	6	67	6.7
Long (19+ Yds)	5	3	79	15.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Henry Ellard	6	3	1	52	1	17
WR Louis Lipps	5	2	1	45	1	19
RB Herschel Walker	4	2	1	10	0	17
TE Pat Beach	2	2	0	14	0	12
WR Haywood Jeffires	2	1	0	14	0	12
RB Ken Lacy	1	0	0	0	0	3

Miami	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Ricky Nattiel	9	6	0	34	0	33
RB Marcus Allen	5	4	1	29	0	21
TE Mark Bavaro	5	2	1	38	1	27
WR Tim McGee	5	3	0	45	1	21
RB George Rogers	4	2	0	21	0	15
WR Mike Sherrard	4	3	0	18	0	11
WR Jeff Groth	2	2	0	20	1	13
WR Theo Bell	1	0	0	0	0	20
FB Dennis Bligen	1	1	0	13	0	16

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Neil Lomax	1	-1	-1.00	-1.00
Herschel Walker	1	-2	-2.00	8.67

Miami	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
George Rogers	5	11	2.20	3.44
Marcus Allen	5	19	3.80	4.46

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Neil Lomax	2	1	3	1.50	6.75

Miami	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tony Clements	3	2	10	3.33	5.89

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Pat Beach	1	1	3	3.00	7.00
RB Herschel Walker	1	0	0	0.00	2.50

Miami	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB George Rogers	1	0	0	0.00	5.25
WR Tim McGee	1	1	8	8.00	9.00
WR Ricky Nattiel	1	1	2	2.00	3.78

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Herschel Walker	5	2
Marc Logan	1	0

Miami	Rushes	Conversions
Marcus Allen	3	3
Tony Clements	3	3

Third Down Passing Statistics

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Neil Lomax	4	1	1

Miami	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tony Clements	12	7	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Henry Ellard	2	1	1
RB Herschel Walker	1	0	0
WR Haywood Jeffires	1	0	0

Miami	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Ricky Nattiel	3	2	1
TE Mark Bavaro	2	2	2
WR Tim McGee	2	1	1
WR Mike Sherrard	2	1	0
WR Theo Bell	1	0	0
WR Jeff Groth	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 67,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,500 (21,400)
End Zone 14,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,500 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,000 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,200 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	67,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,500 (21,400)
End Zone	14,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,500 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,000 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,200 (3,300)