• This marks the 16th time in 51 Dolphins seasons they’ve had a five-game winning streak. It also happened from 1970-75, from 1983-85, in 1990, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2005 and 2008.
• The Dolphins finished with a winning record in every season and made the playoffs in 13 of those seasons (the exceptions were 1975, 1993 and 2005).
• This is the third time the Dolphins began a five-game winning streak after having a losing record. It happened in 1975 when they won seven consecutive games after starting the season 0-1 and in 2005 when they were 3-7 before winning their last six games to finish 9-7.
• As is the case this year, the Dolphins had a first-year head coach in 2005 with Nick Saban. Adam Gase is now the fourth head coach with a five-game winning streak in his first season with the Dolphins after Tony Sparano (2008), Nick Saban (2005) and Don Shula (1970).
• Defensive end
Cameron Wake
had 6.5 sacks in the five victories, the fourth-highest total in the NFL from Week 6-11 behind the 8.5 by Kansas City’s Dee Ford, the 8 by Seattle’s Cliff Avril and the 7 by Oakland’s Khalil Mack. It should be pointed out that Ford and Avril played six games during that span, while Wake and Mack each had a bye.
• RB
Jay Ajayi’s 685 rushing yards during the five-game winning streak easily was the highest total in the NFL between Weeks 6-11. Dallas rookie Ezekiel Elliott had the second-highest total at 556 yards. Ajayi also had the highest yards-per-carry average during that span at 6.12 yards, almost a full year better than second-place Jeremy Hill of the Cincinnati Bengals (5.34).
• The Dolphins’ top four defensive performances of the season in terms of yardage allowed have come during the winning streak, topped by the season-low 227 yards they gave up against the Rams on Sunday. The Dolphins also allowed a season-low 15.38 third-down conversion rate in that game.
• The five lowest completion percentages allowed by the Dolphins all came during the winning streak.
• Quarterback
Ryan Tannehill has a 99.3 passer rating and a 67.8 completion percentage during the winning streak, compared to an 83.6 rating and a 64.1 completion percentage in the first five games.
