Cleveland Browns vs Miami Dolphins Match Player Stats On Sep 25, 2016

The Sports Xchange
Sep 25, 2016

MIAMI -- It turned out to be a lot tougher than they bargained for but after an 0-2 start to the season, the Miami Dolphins found a much-needed win on Sunday afternoon as they knocked off the Cleveland Browns 30-24 in overtime at newly renovated Hard Rock Stadium.

The game-winner came when running back Jay Ajayi scored from 11 yards out with 8:26 left in overtime. Ajayi's score was set up one play earlier when quarterback Ryan Tannehill found Jarvis Landry for a 32-yard pass play to the 11.

The Dolphins had squandered a 24-13 fourth-quarter lead.

It looked like the Browns would win in regulation when linebacker Corey Lemonier shot through and sacked Tannehill, stripped the ball and fell on it at the Miami 29 with just 22 seconds left.

But new kicker Cody Parkey, signed the day before, missed wide left from 46 yards out -- his third miss of the day -- on the final play of regulation. Cleveland fell to 0-3.

The Dolphins trailed 13-10 at the half but rallied behind Tannehill's arm. They took the lead when they went 68 yards in just four plays, Tannehill connecting with Landry, who juked a pair of Browns defenders on his way to the end zone, for a 42-yard catch-and-run score to go up 17-13 with 5:12 left in the third.

Miami extended its lead to 24-13 just 43 seconds into the fourth quarter when Tannehill found Damien Williams on a 10-yard scoring pass.

Cleveland trimmed Miami's lead to 24-21 with 10:12 left when wildcat quarterback Terrelle Pryor skirted around the left side from 3 yards out. Cody Kessler found Gary Barnidge for the two-point conversion.

Miami got on the scoreboard first when Ryan Tannehill found DeVante Parker over the middle for a 26-yard scoring pass with 10:16 left in the first quarter. Trailing 7-3, the Browns took a 10-7 lead with 6:47 left in the first half when Briean Boddy-Calhoun picked off a Tannehill pass and returned it 27 yards for a score.

NOTES: Miami RB Kenyan Drake started in place of Arian Foster, who suffered a hamstring injury during the Week 2 game against New England. ... It was homecoming day for Browns RB Duke Johnson, who played his high school football just a few miles from Hard Rock Stadium and college ball at the University of Miami. ... Officials removed Browns QB Cody Kessler from the game at one point to go through a concussion protocol. Kessler was cleared and allowed to return to the game.