- 1994 Miami Dolphins season
Infobox NFL_season
team = Miami Dolphins
year = 1994
record = 10-6
division_place = 1st Place, AFC East
coach =Don Shula
stadium =Joe Robbie Stadium
playoffs = Lost AFC Divisional PlayoffRegular Season
eason Schedule
eason Standings
Postseason
AFC Wild Card
* Miami Dolphins 27, Kansas City Chiefs 17Linescore Amfootball
Road=Chiefs
R1=14
R2=3
R3=0
R4=0
RT=17
Home=Dolphins
H1=7
H2=10
H3=10
H4=0
HT=27"at
Joe Robbie Stadium ,Miami, Florida "
*Game time: 4:00 p.m. EST
*Game weather: convert|72|°F|°C, clear
*TV announcers (ABC):Al Michaels ,Frank Gifford , andDan Dierdorf
*Referee:Jerry Markbreit
*Game attendance: 67,487After a 17-17 tie at halftime, the Dolphins forced two turnovers in the second half to stop any Chiefs scoring threat. Both teams scored on each of their first 3 possessions of the game. Kansas City quarterback
Joe Montana , playing in his last NFL game before retiring, threw two touchdowns in the first half: a 1-yard completion to tight end Derrick Walker and a 57-yarder to running backKimble Anders . Meanwhile, Kansas City kickerLin Elliot made a 21-yard field goal. For Miami in the first half, running backBernie Parmalee scored a 1-yard touchdown, quarterbackDan Marino threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to tight end Ronnie Williams, and kickerPete Stoyanovich made a 40-yard field goal.The Dolphins then took the opening kickoff of the second half and marched 64 yards to score on wide receiver
Irving Fryar 's 7-yard touchdown reception. Stoyanovich then kicked a 40-yard field goal to give Miami a 27-17 lead. Early in the fourth quarter, Dolphins defensive backJ.B. Brown intercepted a pass from Montana at the goal line. Then with 7:31 left in the game, Dolphins defensive back Michael Stewart wrestled the ball away from Chiefs running backMarcus Allen at the Miami 34-yard line with 7:31 left to stop a second Kansas City scoring threat.Montana finished his final postseason game with 314 passing yards and 2 touchdowns, with 1 interception.
Marino evened his post-season record vs. Montana at 1-1(Montana having won
Super Bowl XIX ).AFC Divisional Playoff
Awards and Honors
* Dan Marino, 1994 NFL Comeback Player of the Year
* Dan Marino, 1994UPI AFL-AFC Player of the Year
* Dan Marino, AFC Pro Bowl Selection
* Dan Marino, All-Pro SelectionNotes and references
* [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/mia/1994.htm?redir Miami Dolphins on Pro Football Reference]
* [http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/results.nsf/Teams/1994-mia Miami Dolphins on jt-sw.com]
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