Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins
Hard Rock Stadium
December 31, 2017 | 4:25 PM
POSTGAME NOTES

LANDRY IS NFL’s RECEPTIONS LEADER AND SETS DOLPHINS RECORD

  • WR Jarvis Landry caught nine passes for 92 yards (10.2 avg.) and one touchdown today, giving him 112 receptions for the season.
  • Landry finished the season with the most receptions in the NFL:

NFL RECEPTIONS LEADERS (2017)

RNK PLAYER TEAM REC.
1. JARVIS LANDRY MIAMI 112
2. Larry Fitzgerald Arizona 109
3. Michael Thomas New Orleans 104
4. Keenan Allen L.A. Chargers 102
5. Antonio Brown Pittsburgh 101
  • Landry becomes only the second Dolphins player to lead the NFL in receptions, joining WR O.J. McDuffie, who did so in 1998 with 90 catches.
  • Landry also broke his own single-season team record of 110 receptions that he set in 2015:

DOLPHINS SINGLE-SEASON RECEPTIONS LEADERS

RNK PLAYER YEAR REC.
1. JARVIS LANDRY 2017 112
2. Jarvis Landry 2015 110
3. Jarvis Landry 2016 94
4. O.J. McDuffie 1998 90
5. Mark Clayton 1988 86
  Brandon Marshall 2010 86
  • Landry is the only player in the NFL this season to record at least five receptions in all 16 games.
  • Landry finished his fourth NFL season shattering the league record for most receptions in the first four years of a career:

DOLPHINS SINGLE-SEASON RECEPTIONS LEADERS

RNK PLAYER TEAM YEARS REC.
1. JARVIS LANDRY MIAMI 2014-17 400
2. Anquan Boldin Arizona 2003-06 342
3. Larry Fitzgerald Arizona 2004-07 330
  • With Landry’s nine receptions today, he now has 400 catches in his career. He becomes the sixth player in franchise history to have 400 receptions.

DOLPHINS PLAYERS WITH 400+ RECEPTIONS

RNK PLAYER YEARS REC.
1. Mark Clayton 1983-92 550
2. Mark Duper 1982-92 511
3. Nat Moore 1974-86 510
4. O.J. McDuffie 1993-2000 415
5. Chris Chambers 2001-07 405
6. JARVIS LANDRY 2014-17 400

CAMERON WAKE REACHES DOUBLE-DIGIT SACKS

  • DE Cameron Wake brought down Bills QB Tyrod Taylor on a third down in the second quarter. It was the 10th sack of the season for Wake. He also recorded a half-sack later in the second quarter to give him 10.5 sacks this season.
  • Wake is now the 12th player age 35 or older to record at least 10 sacks since sacks became an official statistic in 1982.
  • He’s just the fourth player age 35 or older in the past 15 years to reach double-digit sacks, joining John Abraham, Julius Peppers and Terrell Suggs.
  • Wake now has 92.0 career sacks, which are second all-time in the NFL among undrafted players and second in team history. His 92.0 sacks since entering the NFL in 2009 are the most in the league in that span.
  • It is the fifth time in his career he has recorded 10-plus sacks. He also accomplished the feat in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016.
  • Wake now has 11.5 career sacks against the Buffalo Bills, his most against any single opponent. He came into the game with 10.5 career sacks against both the New England Patriots and the N.Y Jets.
  • It is the first time in Wake’s career that he’s had double-digit sacks in consecutive seasons and also the only time he’s had double-digit sacks in an odd numbered year.

PARKEY TIES FRANCHISE RECORD FOR FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE

  • K Cody Parkey made his only field goal attempt today, a 36-yard attempt. He finished the season 21-of-23 (91.3 pct.), which ties the team record for best field goal percentage in a season (min. 15 attempts):

DOLPHINS SINGLE-SEASON FG% LEADERS

RNK PLAYER YEAR FGM-FGA FG%
1. CODY PARKEY 2017 21-23 91.3
  Jay Feely 2007 21-23 91.3
3. Olindo Mare 2001 19-21 90.5
4. Olindo Mare 2000 28-31 90.3
5. Dan Carpenter 2009 25-28 89.3
  • K Cody Parkey successfully converted his fourth onside kick attempt this season. Since records date back to 1997, the Dolphins are the only team in NFL history to successfully convert four onside kicks in a season.

GODCHAUX FINISHES THIRD IN TACKLES AMONG ROOKIE D-LINEMEN

  • With two solo tackles today, DT Davon Godchaux finished third in the NFL in tackles among rookie defensive linemen with 40:

NFL ROOKIE D-LINEMEN TACKLES LEADERS

RNK PLAYER TEAM TACK.
1. Dalvin Tomlinson N.Y. Giants 50
2. Solomon Thomas San Francisco 41
3. DAVON GODCHAUX MIAMI 40
4. Larry Ogunjobi Cleveland 32
5. Myles Garrett Cleveland 31

INJURIES REPORTED IN THE PRESS BOX

MIAMI DOLPHINS

  • LB Kiko Alonso, third quarter– neck – questionable (did not return)

BUFFALO BILLS

  • T Jordan Mills, second quarter– ankle – questionable
  • RB LeSean McCoy, third quarter – ankle – questionable downgraded to out

CAPTAINS 

  • LS John Denney, C Mike Pouncey, WR Kenny Stills, DT Ndamukong Suh, DE Cameron Wake and T Sam Young.

QUICK HITS

  • There were 65,571 tickets distributed to today’s game.
  • LS John Denney played in his 208th consecutive game, extending his team-best streak, which is tied for third among all active NFL players. Denney’s 208 career games are second-most in Dolphins history.
  • DT Ndamukong Suh started his 99th consecutive game. It’s the longest games started streak among active NFL defensive tackles.
  • QB David Fales had his first career touchdowns today – both passing and rushing.
  • DE Cameron Malveaux recorded the first sack of his NFL career in the fourth quarter.
  • RB De’Veon Smith had his first NFL receptions today.
  • G Isaac Asiata made his NFL debut today.