Wild Card Round: Kansas City Chiefs at Miami Dolphins (Joe Robbie Stadium), the bracket opens here. Kickoff: Sat December 31, 1994 at 4:00pm. Winner advances to the divisional round. Loser starts the offseason early.[1][2]
Wild card weekend is the most chaotic football the calendar produces. Kansas City Chiefs at Miami Dolphins at Joe Robbie Stadium is the kind of game that decides whether a season was a long buildup or a quick exit. These are the games where the second-tier playoff teams have to prove they belong. Most don't. The few who do define the rest of January.
The bracket has narrowed to the teams that survived the regular season. Kansas City Chiefs 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.
Kansas City Chiefs versus Miami Dolphins in the Wild Card 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 Kansas City Chiefs-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 | 12-4 | L1 |
| Cleveland Browns | 11-5 | W1 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 3-13 | W1 |
| Houston Oilers | 2-14 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | 10-6 | W1 |
| New England Patriots | 10-6 | W7 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 8-8 | W2 |
| Buffalo Bills | 7-9 | L3 |
| New York Jets | 6-10 | L5 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 11-5 | W2 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 9-7 | W2 |
| Los Angeles Raiders | 9-7 | L1 |
| Denver Broncos | 7-9 | L3 |
| Seattle Seahawks | 6-10 | L2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | 13-3 | L1 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 7-9 | W1 |
| New Orleans Saints | 7-9 | W1 |
| Los Angeles Rams | 4-12 | L7 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 10-6 | W1 |
| Chicago Bears | 9-7 | L1 |
| Detroit Lions | 9-7 | L1 |
| Green Bay Packers | 9-7 | W3 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 6-10 | L1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 12-4 | L1 |
| New York Giants | 9-7 | W6 |
| Arizona Cardinals | 8-8 | -- |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 7-9 | L7 |
| Washington Redskins | 3-13 | W1 |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1417171717 |
| Miami Dolphins | 7 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 717272727 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Chiefs | Derrick Walker 1 yard pass from Joe Montana ( Lin Elliott kick) | 7-0 |
| Dolphins | Bernie Parmalee 1 yard rush ( Pete Stoyanovich kick) | 7-7 |
| Chiefs | Kimble Anders 57 yard pass from Joe Montana ( Lin Elliott kick) | 14-7 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Dolphins | Pete Stoyanovich 40 yard field goal | 14-10 |
| Chiefs | Lin Elliott 21 yard field goal | 17-10 |
| Dolphins | Ronnie Williams 1 yard pass from Dan Marino ( Pete Stoyanovich kick) | 17-17 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Dolphins | Irving Fryar 7 yard pass from Dan Marino ( Pete Stoyanovich kick) | 17-24 |
| Dolphins | Pete Stoyanovich 40 yard field goal | 17-27 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| No scoring this quarter. | ||
Miami Dolphins defeated Kansas City Chiefs 27-17 at Joe Robbie Stadium in the Wild Card Round. The final scoring play was Dolphins: Pete Stoyanovich 40 yard field goal. Top line of the day: Joe Montana: 314 pass yards on 26-of-37, 2 TD, 1 INT. Miami Dolphins advance to the divisional round.[1][2]
Miami Dolphins walked out of Joe Robbie Stadium as the team that survived a Wild Card Round Kansas City Chiefs will replay in its head for the entire offseason. The scoreboard says 27-17. The final scoring play came from Dolphins: Pete Stoyanovich 40 yard field goal. 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 advance to the divisional round.
Miami Dolphins 27, Kansas City Chiefs 17. Round: Wild Card Round. Attendance: 67487. Q1: 3 scoring plays. Q2: 3 scoring plays. Q3: 2 scoring plays. Top performers:
- Joe Montana: 314 pass yards on 26-of-37, 2 TD, 1 INT
- Marcus Allen: 64 rush yards on 14 carries
- Kimble Anders: 6 catches for 103 yards
Wild Card Round, played at Joe Robbie Stadium. Final: Kansas City Chiefs 17, Miami Dolphins 27, with Miami Dolphins taking the result by 10. **First quarter**
- Chiefs: Derrick Walker 1 yard pass from Joe Montana ( Lin Elliott kick)
- Dolphins: Bernie Parmalee 1 yard rush ( Pete Stoyanovich kick)
- Chiefs: Kimble Anders 57 yard pass from Joe Montana ( Lin Elliott kick)
Second quarter
- Dolphins: Pete Stoyanovich 40 yard field goal
- Chiefs: Lin Elliott 21 yard field goal
- Dolphins: Ronnie Williams 1 yard pass from Dan Marino ( Pete Stoyanovich kick)
Third quarter
- Dolphins: Irving Fryar 7 yard pass from Dan Marino ( Pete Stoyanovich kick)
- Dolphins: Pete Stoyanovich 40 yard field goal
Top performers
- Joe Montana: 314 pass yards on 26-of-37, 2 TD, 1 INT
- Marcus Allen: 64 rush yards on 14 carries
- Kimble Anders: 6 catches for 103 yards
| Chiefs | Dolphins | |
|---|---|---|
| Team totals | ||
| First Downs | 24 | 22 |
| Total Yards | 414 | 381 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 0 |
| Passing | ||
| Comp/Att | 26/37 | 22/29 |
| Pass yards | 314 | 257 |
| Pass TD | 2 | 2 |
| Interceptions | 1 | 0 |
| Sacks taken | 0 | 1 |
| Sack yards lost | 0 | 8 |
| Net pass yards | 314 | 249 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rushes | 23 | 31 |
| Rush yards | 100 | 132 |
| Rush TD | 0 | 1 |
| Discipline | ||
| Fumbles | 3 | 0 |
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 0 |
| Penalties | 4 | 6 |
| Penalty yards | 15 | 50 |
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAN | |||||
| Joe Montana | 26/37 | 314 | 2 | 1 | |
| MIA | |||||
| Dan Marino | 22/29 | 257 | 2 | 0 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAN | ||||
| Marcus Allen | 14 | 64 | 0 | 11 |
| Kimble Anders | 5 | 17 | 0 | 7 |
| Greg Hill | 2 | 14 | 0 | 12 |
| Joe Montana | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| MIA | ||||
| Bernie Parmalee | 18 | 57 | 1 | 16 |
| Irving Spikes | 9 | 49 | 0 | 23 |
| O.J. McDuffie | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| Dan Marino | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Aaron Craver | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAN | ||||
| Kimble Anders | 6 | 103 | 1 | 57 |
| J.J. Birden | 4 | 56 | 0 | 21 |
| Marcus Allen | 5 | 49 | 0 | 16 |
| Keith Cash | 3 | 38 | 0 | 22 |
| Derrick Walker | 3 | 27 | 1 | 15 |
| Lake Dawson | 3 | 21 | 0 | 9 |
| Greg Hill | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Willie Davis | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| MIA | ||||
| Irving Fryar | 6 | 71 | 1 | 18 |
| Aaron Craver | 4 | 35 | 0 | 15 |
| Bernie Parmalee | 2 | 34 | 0 | 26 |
| Keith Jackson | 2 | 29 | 0 | 20 |
| Mike Williams | 2 | 28 | 0 | 19 |
| O.J. McDuffie | 2 | 25 | 0 | 17 |
| James Saxon | 2 | 24 | 0 | 9 |
| Scott Miller | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Ronnie Williams | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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