The 49ers (6-4) travel to Joe Robbie Stadium for a 1:00 ET kickoff against the Miami Dolphins (7-3). Dan Marino is the starter. Bernie Parmalee is the back. Gary Clark and O.J. McDuffie are the receivers. The Dolphins come off four of five wins.
Elvis Grbac is the starter for the fifth straight week.[1][2]
Dan Marino comes to Joe Robbie Stadium in his fourteenth NFL year at thirty-four. The Dolphins' offense, with Marino at quarterback, has produced 23 points per game across the start. Gary Clark and O.J. McDuffie share the WR1 duties. The 49ers' Sunday at Joe Robbie is the most-anticipated road game of the title-defense year. Marino's pocket reads against the 49ers' defensive front are the matchup that, in calendar 1995, the staff has been pointing toward since the offseason.
Week 12 has the conference's most-anticipated AFC-NFC road game plus a slate where the playoff race is settling. The Cowboys sit at 9-1; the Packers 8-2; the Lions 7-4. The AFC East has the Dolphins at 7-3 and the Bills 6-5. Conference reading list the storyline is the Cowboys' chase of the NFC's one-seed. The 49ers' Sunday at Joe Robbie is the only AFC-NFC road game on the slate.
Through ten games the 49ers sit at 6-4 with a plus 112 point differential. Grbac is the listed starter. Rice has caught 60 passes for 1,026 across the first ten. The Dolphins are 7-3 with Marino averaging 245 passing per game and Parmalee 3.7 a carry. Vegas opens the 49ers as 1-point road underdogs. Tracking today: Rice's chase of 1,500 receiving yards.
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 6-4 | W3 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 4-6 | W1 |
| Cleveland Browns | 4-6 | L2 |
| Houston Oilers | 4-6 | L1 |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 3-7 | L2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | 7-3 | W2 |
| Miami Dolphins | 6-4 | L1 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 5-5 | L2 |
| New England Patriots | 4-6 | W2 |
| New York Jets | 2-8 | L2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | 9-1 | W6 |
| Oakland Raiders | 8-2 | W3 |
| Denver Broncos | 5-5 | L1 |
| San Diego Chargers | 4-6 | L2 |
| Seattle Seahawks | 4-6 | W2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 6-4 | L1 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 6-4 | W1 |
| St. Louis Rams | 6-4 | W1 |
| Carolina Panthers | 4-6 | L1 |
| New Orleans Saints | 4-6 | W3 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | 6-4 | L2 |
| Green Bay Packers | 6-4 | W1 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 5-5 | W2 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5-5 | L3 |
| Detroit Lions | 4-6 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 8-2 | L1 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 6-4 | W1 |
| Arizona Cardinals | 3-7 | -- |
| New York Giants | 3-7 | L2 |
| Washington Redskins | 3-7 | L2 |
Elvis Grbac threw for 382 yards and four touchdowns, Jerry Rice caught 8 for 149 with two scores and the 49ers blew out the Miami Dolphins 44-20 at Joe Robbie Stadium. Derek Loville ran for 51 with a touchdown. Dan Marino threw for 255 with two touchdowns. The 49ers led 27-7 at halftime.[1][2]
Elvis Grbac threw four touchdowns at Joe Robbie Stadium and the 49ers won 44-20. The third-year backup's four-touchdown afternoon is the kind of breakout the staff has been projecting since training camp. Jerry Rice caught 8 for 149 with two scores. Derek Loville added a rushing touchdown.
Dan Marino threw for 255 with two touchdowns. The 49ers' defensive front produced two sacks. The Dolphins' offense produced 20 points across the full sixty minutes. The defensive secondary held Gary Clark to 89 receiving and O.J. McDuffie to 66.
The 49ers walk back to the airport 7-4 with the home game against the Rams on Sunday next. The wire copy is going to spend the column on Grbac's four touchdowns. The film room is going to spend the week on the offensive line's pocket on his 41 dropbacks.
49ers 44, Dolphins 20. Margin: plus 24. Record: 7-4.
A 44-20 road blowout at Joe Robbie Stadium. The 49ers improve to 7-4.
How it unfolded
Grbac opened with a Rice 24-yard touchdown. A Marino touchdown to Clark tied at 7. Grbac added a second Rice touchdown to make it 14-7. A Loville rushing touchdown made it 21-7. A Grbac touchdown to Stokes pushed it to 27-7 at the half. The third quarter saw a Grbac fourth touchdown to make it 34-13. A closing Wade Richey field goal made it 37-13. The Dolphins added a fourth-quarter touchdown to make the final 44-20 (with a closing 49ers touchdown).
The turning point
The first-quarter Rice second touchdown. With the 49ers up 7-7 and the offense facing third-and-six at the Dolphins' 18, Grbac found Rice on a deep cross. The 14-7 cushion put the visitors in script-the-clock posture from the first quarter forward.
By the numbers
Grbac 31-of-41 for 382 with four touchdowns and no interceptions; the cleanest passing line of his career and the highest single-game passing yardage. Rice 8 catches for 149 with two scores; his seventh 100-yard receiving day. Loville 51 on 15 carries with a touchdown plus 78 receiving on 8 catches. Stokes 5 catches for 75. Defensively the front produced two sacks of Marino.
Personnel watch
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | |||||
| Elvis Grbac | 31/41 | 382 | 4 | 0 | |
| MIA | |||||
| Dan Marino | 23/38 | 255 | 2 | 1 | |
| Bernie Kosar | 3/4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | ||||
| Derek Loville | 15 | 51 | 1 | 13 |
| Ricky Ervins | 8 | 48 | 0 | 13 |
| Adam Walker | 3 | 19 | 0 | 16 |
| Elvis Grbac | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| MIA | ||||
| Bernie Parmalee | 9 | 34 | 1 | 13 |
| Terry Kirby | 4 | 12 | 0 | 4 |
| Dan Marino | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO | ||||
| Jerry Rice #80 | 8 | 149 | 2 | 47 |
| Derek Loville | 8 | 78 | 0 | 17 |
| J.J. Stokes | 5 | 75 | 0 | 21 |
| Brent Jones #84 | 4 | 42 | 2 | 23 |
| John Taylor #82 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 14 |
| Adam Walker | 3 | 19 | 0 | 9 |
| Chris Dalman | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 |
| MIA | ||||
| Gary Clark | 4 | 89 | 1 | 42 |
| O.J. McDuffie | 6 | 66 | 1 | 22 |
| Eric Green | 3 | 49 | 0 | 21 |
| Terry Kirby | 8 | 44 | 0 | 14 |
| Randal Hill | 2 | 15 | 0 | 9 |
| Bernie Parmalee | 2 | 13 | 0 | 8 |
| Keith Byars | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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