2000 · Week 1
Seattle Seahawks at Miami Dolphins
Sep 3, 2000 · Pro Player Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
It wasn't close — Miami Dolphins beat Seattle Seahawks 23–0. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Dolphins (59%). Dolphins improve to 1-0; Seahawks fall to 0-1. Lamar Smith was the story of the game with 145 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD; 1 catch for 12 yards. Dolphins out-gained the opponent 315–155 in total yards. Seahawks turned it over 5 times to Dolphins's 1.
Team stats
| SEA | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | First downs | 15 |
| 155 | Total yards | 315 |
| 84 | Passing yards | 134 |
| 71 | Rushing yards | 181 |
| 10/24 | Comp / Att | 15/24 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 4 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
SEA
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Kitna | 6/15 | 54 | 0 | 4 |
| Brock Huard | 4/9 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Watters | 11 | 59 | 0 |
| Jon Kitna | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Brock Huard | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| James Williams | 1 | -5 | 0 |
| Reggie Brown | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Shaun Alexander | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Watters | 3 | 5 | 32 | 0 |
| Darrell Jackson | 2 | 6 | 15 | 0 |
| Itula Mili | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Derrick Mayes | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| James Williams | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Reggie Brown | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Shaun Alexander | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Rogers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Dawkins | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
MIA
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Fiedler | 15/24 | 134 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Smith | 27 | 145 | 1 |
| Jay Fiedler | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Thurman Thomas | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Rob Konrad | 7 | 19 | 0 |
| Bert Emanuel | 1 | -1 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Smith | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Leslie Shepherd | 3 | 4 | 30 | 0 |
| Thurman Thomas | 3 | 4 | 22 | 0 |
| Oronde Gadsden | 2 | 3 | 21 | 1 |
| Rob Konrad | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Tony Martin | 2 | 7 | 19 | 0 |
| Bert Emanuel | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 |
| Hunter Goodwin | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |