The Miami Dolphins are at home again this week, as they’ll host the Dallas Cowboys at Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday for a Week 16 battle.
Miami has put together a 10-4 record through the first 15 weeks of the season, setting themselves up in the top spot in the division and the second seed in the conference. A win against Dallas could catapult them into the number one seed if the Baltimore Ravens were to lose to the San Francisco 49ers this weekend.
Dallas is also 10-4 to this point in the season after losing to the Buffalo Bills last week. If they beat the Dolphins, it would be their second victory over a team with a winning record and put them into a tie for the top spot in the NFC with the San Francisco 49ers, who hold the head-to-head tiebreaker.
Before the two teams meet, we figured that we’d provide a few things that the Dolphins and Cowboys fanbases should know and think about.
Rankings
Points scored per game (2023)
- Dallas (30.8 – 2nd)
- Miami (31.5 – 1st)
Points allowed per game (2023)
- Dallas (18.9 – 5th)
- Miami (21.0 – 14th)
Yards gained per game (2023)
- Dallas (368.1 – 6th)
- Miami (414.1 – 1st)
Yards allowed per game (2023)
- Dallas (294.3 – 6th)
- Miami (293.4 – 5th)
History
The Dolphins are 7-8 all-time against the Cowboys and are 0-3 since 2010. Miami is 0-1 at Hard Rock Stadium in that span.
In their last meeting in 2019, Dallas won 31-6. Dak Prescott threw two touchdowns to Amari Cooper, and Tony Pollard ran one in. Miami’s six points came from Jason Sanders’ field goals.
Injury concerns
For Miami, Robert Hunt, Austin Jackson and Raheem Mostert didn’t participate on Thursday. Limited participants included De’Von Achane, Terron Armstead, Liam Eichenberg, Tyreek Hill, Jevo Holland, Xavien Howard, Kader Kohou, Emanuel Ogbah, Cam Smith, Durham Smythe and Andrew Van Ginkel.
For the Cowboys, Johnathan Hankins, Zack Martin and Tyron Smith didn’t practice. Limited participants included Rico Dowdle and Malik Hooker.
Connections
- Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn served as the Dolphins defensive line coach from 2005-06.
- Cowboys defensive backs coach Al Harris played for the Dolphins in 2010 and served as a coaching intern for Miami in 2012.
- Cowboys assistant special teams coach Rayna Stewart played for the Dolphins in 1998.
- Cowboys cornerback Noah Igbinoghene played for the Dolphins from 2020-22.
- Dolphins quarterback Mike White played for the Cowboys in 2018.
- Dolphins wide receiver Cedrick Wilson Jr. played for the Cowboys from 2018-21.
