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Dolphins 19, Cardinals 16
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MIAMI (AP) -- The Miami Dolphins' defense made sure Jake Plummer didn't pull off another comeback.
Plummer threw four interceptions and Miami kept the Arizona Cardinals' offense out of the end zone for a 19-16 victory Sunday.
Plummer orchestrated the 10th comeback of his three-year career last week at Philadelphia, but Miami withstood his bid for fourth-quarter heroics. The Cardinals took over at their own 33 with 1:14 left, but two penalties and a sack pushed them back to the 25, and Plummer was intercepted by Brock Marion with 15 seconds to go.
The Dolphins, building on their season-opening win at Denver a week ago, improved to 2-0 with the sloppy but exciting win. Arizona fell to 1-1.
Miami's Olindo Mare won a field-goal duel with Chris Jacke, hitting from 39, 51, 48 and 44 yards. Jacke kicked field goals of 36, 44 and 38 yards before missing on a 33-yard attempt with 11:48 left.
Plummer finished 11-for-27 for 112 yards and now has seven interceptions in two games. He was picked off twice by Sam Madison and once in the end zone by Zach Thomas.
Dan Marino was somewhat better, going 21-for-35 for 221 yards and a touchdown. But he also threw a pair of ugly, costly interceptions.
Arizona linebacker Rob Fredrickson returned an interception 34 yards for a touchdown, and defensive end Andre Wadsworth picked off Marino to set up a field goal that gave Arizona a 16-13 lead. Neither defender was close to the intended receiver.
Miami's only touchdown followed a 71-yard drive in the final 2:13 of the first half. After a replay review changed the spot of the ball, costing the Dolphins half a yard and an apparent first down, rookie fullback Rob Konrad gained 2 yards on fourth-and-inches.
Marino hit Troy Drayton two plays later for a 10-yard touchdown, making the score 13-all at halftime.
Madison's first interception led to Mare's final field goal late in the third period, giving Miami a 19-16 lead. Madison made another interception with 91/2 minutes left after Arizona reached the Miami 41-yard line. Both passes by Plummer were behind intended receiver Rob Moore.
Plummer ended Arizona's first scoring threat when he threw into heavy coverage in the end zone and was intercepted by Thomas.
Summary
NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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ARIZONA 0 13 3 0 16
MIAMI 3 10 6 0 19 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: MIA - FG, OLINDO MARE 39 YD, 9:07. Drive: 9 plays, 36
yards in 5:21. Key plays: Marino 20-yard pass
to Martin to Arizona 45; Marino 9-yard pass to
Drayton on 3rd-and-4 to Arizona 30. MIAMI 3-0
2ND QUARTER: MIA - FG, OLINDO MARE 51 YD, 0:51. Drive: 11 plays, 47
yards in 4:40. Key plays: Marino 16-yard pass
to McDuffie on 3rd-and-9 to Miami 37; Marino
11-yard pass to Drayton to Miami 49; Collins
8-yard run to Arizona 37. MIAMI 6-0
ARI - FG, CHRIS JACKE 36 YD, 8:06. Drive: 14 plays, 62
yards in 7:15. Key plays: Murrell 12-yard run
to Arizona 32; 5-yard illegal contact penalty
on Miami's Madison on 3rd-and-7 to midfield;
5-yard offside penalty on Dolphin's Jones to
Miami 22. MIAMI 6-3
ARI - FG, CHRIS JACKE 44 YD, 9:16. Drive: 4 plays, 3
yards in 0:59. Key plays: Makovicka recovery of
Marion fumble at Miami 30. ARIZONA 6, MIAMI 6
ARI - TD, ROB FREDRICKSON 34 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN
(CHRIS JACKE KICK), 9:40. ARIZONA 13-6
MIA - TD, TROY DRAYTON 10 YD PASS FROM DAN MARINO (OLINDO
MARE KICK), 14:35. Drive: 9 plays, 71 yards in
1:48. Key plays: Marino 28-yard pass to
McDuffie to Arizona 43; Collins 16-yard run to
Arizona 21; Konrad 2-yard run on 4th-and-1 to
Arizona 10. ARIZONA 13, MIAMI 13
3RD QUARTER: ARI - FG, CHRIS JACKE 38 YD, 5:48. Drive: 4 plays, 1 yard
in 1:24. Key plays: 23-yard interception return
by Wadsworth to Miami 21. ARIZONA 16-13
MIA - FG, OLINDO MARE 48 YD, 9:49. Drive: 7 plays, 13
yards in 4:01. Key plays: Marion 50-yard
kickoff return to Arizona 42; Marino 12-yard
pass to Martin to Arizona 30. ARIZONA 16, MIAMI
16
MIA - FG, OLINDO MARE 44 YD, 10:34. Drive: 4 plays, (-5)
yards in 0:23. Key plays: Madison 15-yard
interception return to Arizona 22. MIAMI 19-16
4TH QUARTER: NONE
ATT: 73,618
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