Divisional Round: Miami Dolphins at Oakland Raiders (Network Associates Coliseum), with a Conference Championship spot at stake. Kickoff: Sat January 6, 2001 at 4:05pm. 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. Miami Dolphins traveling to Oakland Raiders at Network Associates Coliseum, 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. Miami Dolphins and Oakland Raiders are two of them; the rest of the league is in scouting mode for the offseason. What happens in Network Associates Coliseum shifts the rest of the tree: a road favorite winning rearranges seeding expectations; a home upset shows the bracket math underweights heart.
Miami Dolphins versus Oakland Raiders 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 Miami Dolphins-Oakland Raiders 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Titans | 13-3 | W4 |
| Baltimore Ravens | 12-4 | W7 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 9-7 | W2 |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 7-9 | L2 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 4-12 | L1 |
| Cleveland Browns | 3-13 | L5 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | 11-5 | W1 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 10-6 | W3 |
| New York Jets | 9-7 | L3 |
| Buffalo Bills | 8-8 | W1 |
| New England Patriots | 5-11 | L1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | 12-4 | W1 |
| Denver Broncos | 11-5 | W1 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 7-9 | L1 |
| Seattle Seahawks | 6-10 | L1 |
| San Diego Chargers | 1-15 | L4 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | 10-6 | L1 |
| St. Louis Rams | 10-6 | W1 |
| Carolina Panthers | 7-9 | L1 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 6-10 | L1 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 4-12 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 11-5 | L3 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 10-6 | L1 |
| Detroit Lions | 9-7 | L1 |
| Green Bay Packers | 9-7 | W4 |
| Chicago Bears | 5-11 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | 12-4 | W5 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 11-5 | W2 |
| Washington Redskins | 8-8 | W1 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 5-11 | L2 |
| Arizona Cardinals | 3-13 | -- |
2000 RAIDERS - DOLPHINS (1-6-01) DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF
2000 AFC Divisional Playoffs Dolphins vs Raiders CBS intro
2000 NFL Divisional Playoffs; Dolphins @ Raiders; CBS
Miami Dolphins at Oakland Raiders | Divisional Round | January 6th, 2001
Madden NFL 2001 PS2 | 2000 AFC Divisional Playoff Rematch | Dolphins at Raiders
Madden NFL 2001 - Dolphins vs. Raiders | 2000 AFC Divisional
2000 AFC Divisional Playoff Miami v Oakland
1/15/2000 Miami Dolphins at Jacksonville Jaguars AFC Divisional Playoff
Rich Gannon Full 2000 AFC Divisional Game Highlights vs. DolphinsMiami Dolphins None, Oakland Raiders None
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00000 |
| Oakland Raiders | 10 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1020272727 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Raiders | Tory James 90 yard interception return ( Sebastian Janikowski kick) | 0-7 |
| Raiders | Sebastian Janikowski 36 yard field goal | 0-10 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Raiders | Sebastian Janikowski 33 yard field goal | 0-13 |
| Raiders | James Jett 6 yard pass from Rich Gannon ( Sebastian Janikowski kick) | 0-20 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Raiders | Tyrone Wheatley 2 yard rush ( Sebastian Janikowski kick) | 0-27 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| No scoring this quarter. | ||
Oakland Raiders defeated Miami Dolphins 27-0 at Network Associates Coliseum in the Divisional Round. The final scoring play was Raiders: Tyrone Wheatley 2 yard rush ( Sebastian Janikowski kick). The 27-point margin made it a one-sided afternoon. Top line of the day: Jay Fiedler: 176 pass yards on 18-of-37, 0 TD, 3 INT. Oakland Raiders move on to the conference final.[1][2]
Oakland Raiders walked out of Network Associates Coliseum as the team that survived a Divisional Round Miami Dolphins will replay in its head for the entire offseason. The scoreboard says 27-0. This was a 27-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 Raiders: Tyrone Wheatley 2 yard rush ( Sebastian Janikowski kick). Whether it was the game-decider or just the period at the end of the sentence depends on what the camera caught earlier. Oakland Raiders move on to a conference championship.
Oakland Raiders 27, Miami Dolphins 0. Round: Divisional Round. Attendance: 61998. Q1: 2 scoring plays. Q2: 2 scoring plays. Q3: 1 scoring play. Top performers:
- Jay Fiedler: 176 pass yards on 18-of-37, 0 TD, 3 INT
- Tyrone Wheatley: 56 rush yards on 19 carries
Divisional Round, played at Network Associates Coliseum. Final: Miami Dolphins 0, Oakland Raiders 27, with Oakland Raiders taking the result by 27. **First quarter**
- Raiders: Tory James 90 yard interception return ( Sebastian Janikowski kick)
- Raiders: Sebastian Janikowski 36 yard field goal
Second quarter
- Raiders: Sebastian Janikowski 33 yard field goal
- Raiders: James Jett 6 yard pass from Rich Gannon ( Sebastian Janikowski kick)
Third quarter
- Raiders: Tyrone Wheatley 2 yard rush ( Sebastian Janikowski kick)
Top performers
- Jay Fiedler: 176 pass yards on 18-of-37, 0 TD, 3 INT
- Tyrone Wheatley: 56 rush yards on 19 carries
The 27-point margin says most of what needs saying about how the day went; the box score is the rest.
| Dolphins | Raiders | |
|---|---|---|
| Team totals | ||
| First Downs | 10 | 20 |
| Total Yards | 204 | 267 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Passing | ||
| Comp/Att | 18/37 | 12/18 |
| Pass yards | 176 | 143 |
| Pass TD | 0 | 1 |
| Interceptions | 3 | 0 |
| Sacks taken | 2 | 3 |
| Sack yards lost | 12 | 16 |
| Net pass yards | 164 | 127 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rushes | 17 | 45 |
| Rush yards | 40 | 140 |
| Rush TD | 0 | 1 |
| Discipline | ||
| Fumbles | 1 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 1 |
| Penalties | 8 | 6 |
| Penalty yards | 55 | 40 |
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIA | |||||
| Jay Fiedler | 18/37 | 176 | 0 | 3 | |
| OAK | |||||
| Rich Gannon | 12/18 | 143 | 1 | 0 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIA | ||||
| Jay Fiedler | 3 | 12 | 0 | 6 |
| Autry Denson | 3 | 12 | 0 | 7 |
| J.J. Johnson | 3 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
| Lamar Smith | 8 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| OAK | ||||
| Tyrone Wheatley | 19 | 56 | 1 | 7 |
| Terry Kirby | 11 | 37 | 0 | 17 |
| Rich Gannon | 5 | 31 | 0 | 10 |
| Randy Jordan | 5 | 15 | 0 | 9 |
| Napoleon Kaufman | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Zack Crockett | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Bobby Hoying | 2 | -2 | 0 | -1 |
| James Jett | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIA | ||||
| O.J. McDuffie | 3 | 43 | 0 | 19 |
| Autry Denson | 6 | 42 | 0 | 14 |
| Oronde Gadsden | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33 |
| Tony Martin | 2 | 27 | 0 | 15 |
| Leslie Shepherd | 4 | 20 | 0 | 11 |
| J.J. Johnson | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Lamar Smith | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| OAK | ||||
| Terry Kirby | 2 | 35 | 0 | 32 |
| Andre Rison | 2 | 28 | 0 | 14 |
| Tim Brown | 2 | 27 | 0 | 15 |
| Jeremy Brigham | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| Randy Jordan | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9 |
| James Jett | 2 | 13 | 1 | 7 |
| Zack Crockett | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
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