Divisional Round: San Diego Chargers at Miami Dolphins (Joe Robbie Stadium), with a Conference Championship spot at stake. Kickoff: Sun January 10, 1993 at 4:00pm. Winner advances to the Conference Championship. The losing team's season is over.[1][2]
The divisional round is where the bracket is supposed to take its real shape. San Diego Chargers traveling to Miami Dolphins at Joe Robbie Stadium, with the league watching to see whether the better team or the better matchup wins. Bye-week home favorites carry the weight of expectation; the visiting wild-card winner walks in with no one expecting them and nothing to lose.
The bracket has narrowed to the teams that survived the regular season. San Diego Chargers and Miami Dolphins are two of them; the rest of the league is in scouting mode for the offseason. What happens in Joe Robbie Stadium shifts the rest of the tree: a road favorite winning rearranges seeding expectations; a home upset shows the bracket math underweights heart.
San Diego Chargers versus Miami Dolphins in the Divisional Round. The teams who reach this round have already proven they survive a long schedule; the stats that matter most now are the ones that compress: scoring differential, red-zone efficiency, turnover margin. At this stage of the year, the simple math is that defenses tighten and the team that protects the ball wins more often than the team that scores the most. Whichever side of San Diego Chargers-Miami Dolphins cleans up the careless plays first usually walks out with the result. Conservative-game expectations should not surprise the reader; both staffs know exactly what worked all season and will lean hard on what travels. The early answer is the kicking game, where any swing of field position compounds.
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 11-5 | W1 |
| Houston Oilers | 10-6 | W2 |
| Cleveland Browns | 7-9 | L3 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 5-11 | L1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | 11-5 | L1 |
| Miami Dolphins | 11-5 | W3 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 9-7 | W5 |
| New York Jets | 4-12 | L3 |
| New England Patriots | 2-14 | L5 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 11-5 | W7 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 10-6 | W1 |
| Denver Broncos | 8-8 | L1 |
| Los Angeles Raiders | 7-9 | W1 |
| Seattle Seahawks | 2-14 | L4 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | 14-2 | W8 |
| New Orleans Saints | 12-4 | W1 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 6-10 | L2 |
| Los Angeles Rams | 6-10 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 11-5 | W2 |
| Green Bay Packers | 9-7 | L1 |
| Chicago Bears | 5-11 | L2 |
| Detroit Lions | 5-11 | L1 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5-11 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 13-3 | W2 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 11-5 | W4 |
| Washington Redskins | 9-7 | L2 |
| New York Giants | 6-10 | L1 |
| Phoenix Cardinals | 4-12 | L2 |
San Diego Chargers None, Miami Dolphins None
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00000 |
| Miami Dolphins | 0 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 021213131 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| No scoring this quarter. | ||
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Dolphins | Tony Paige 1 yard pass from Dan Marino ( Pete Stoyanovich kick) | 0-7 |
| Dolphins | Keith Jackson 9 yard pass from Dan Marino ( Pete Stoyanovich kick) | 0-14 |
| Dolphins | Keith Jackson 30 yard pass from Dan Marino ( Pete Stoyanovich kick) | 0-21 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| No scoring this quarter. | ||
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Dolphins | Pete Stoyanovich 22 yard field goal | 0-24 |
| Dolphins | Aaron Craver 25 yard rush ( Pete Stoyanovich kick) | 0-31 |
Miami Dolphins defeated San Diego Chargers 31-0 at Joe Robbie Stadium in the Divisional Round. The final scoring play was Dolphins: Aaron Craver 25 yard rush ( Pete Stoyanovich kick). The 31-point margin made it a one-sided afternoon. Top line of the day: Dan Marino: 167 pass yards on 17-of-29, 3 TD, 0 INT. Miami Dolphins move on to the conference final.[1][2]
Miami Dolphins walked out of Joe Robbie Stadium as the team that survived a Divisional Round San Diego Chargers will replay in its head for the entire offseason. The scoreboard says 31-0. This was a 31-point margin, which is unusual for this round of the postseason and tells a story about which staff out-prepared the other from the opening series. The final scoring play came from Dolphins: Aaron Craver 25 yard rush ( Pete Stoyanovich kick). Whether it was the game-decider or just the period at the end of the sentence depends on what the camera caught earlier. Miami Dolphins move on to a conference championship.
Miami Dolphins 31, San Diego Chargers 0. Round: Divisional Round. Attendance: 71224. Q2: 3 scoring plays. Q4: 2 scoring plays. Top performers:
- Dan Marino: 167 pass yards on 17-of-29, 3 TD, 0 INT
- Aaron Craver: 72 rush yards on 8 carries
- Ronnie Harmon: 9 catches for 73 yards
Divisional Round, played at Joe Robbie Stadium. Final: San Diego Chargers 0, Miami Dolphins 31, with Miami Dolphins taking the result by 31. **Second quarter**
- Dolphins: Tony Paige 1 yard pass from Dan Marino ( Pete Stoyanovich kick)
- Dolphins: Keith Jackson 9 yard pass from Dan Marino ( Pete Stoyanovich kick)
- Dolphins: Keith Jackson 30 yard pass from Dan Marino ( Pete Stoyanovich kick)
Fourth quarter
- Dolphins: Pete Stoyanovich 22 yard field goal
- Dolphins: Aaron Craver 25 yard rush ( Pete Stoyanovich kick)
Top performers
- Dan Marino: 167 pass yards on 17-of-29, 3 TD, 0 INT
- Aaron Craver: 72 rush yards on 8 carries
- Ronnie Harmon: 9 catches for 73 yards
The 31-point margin says most of what needs saying about how the day went; the box score is the rest.
| Chargers | Dolphins | |
|---|---|---|
| Team totals | ||
| First Downs | 10 | 18 |
| Total Yards | 202 | 324 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 1 |
| Passing | ||
| Comp/Att | 18/45 | 17/29 |
| Pass yards | 140 | 167 |
| Pass TD | 0 | 3 |
| Interceptions | 4 | 0 |
| Sacks taken | 1 | 0 |
| Sack yards lost | 8 | 0 |
| Net pass yards | 132 | 167 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rushes | 16 | 40 |
| Rush yards | 70 | 157 |
| Rush TD | 0 | 1 |
| Discipline | ||
| Fumbles | 3 | 3 |
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 1 |
| Penalties | 4 | 0 |
| Penalty yards | 39 | 0 |
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDG | |||||
| Stan Humphries | 18/44 | 140 | 0 | 4 | |
| John Kidd | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MIA | |||||
| Dan Marino | 17/29 | 167 | 3 | 0 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDG | ||||
| Eric Bieniemy | 4 | 26 | 0 | 14 |
| Marion Butts | 7 | 25 | 0 | 10 |
| Stan Humphries | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Ronnie Harmon | 4 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| MIA | ||||
| Aaron Craver | 8 | 72 | 1 | 25 |
| Bobby Humphrey | 23 | 71 | 0 | 15 |
| Bernie Parmalee | 5 | 18 | 0 | 6 |
| Mark Clayton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Mitchell | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 |
| James Saxon | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDG | ||||
| Ronnie Harmon | 9 | 73 | 0 | 18 |
| Derrick Walker | 3 | 33 | 0 | 14 |
| Nate Lewis | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6 |
| Anthony Miller | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6 |
| Shawn Jefferson | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Marion Butts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIA | ||||
| Mark Duper | 3 | 57 | 0 | 28 |
| Keith Jackson | 4 | 53 | 2 | 30 |
| Bobby Humphrey | 4 | 30 | 0 | 20 |
| Tony Paige | 5 | 14 | 1 | 4 |
| Aaron Craver | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
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