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The First Dan Marino vs. Ken O'Brien matchup....

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... was, incredibly, also a Dolphins home game on Monday Night Football.

November 26, 1984.

The Jets apparently jumped out to a first quarter lead on a Ken O'Brien pass to Freeman McNeill. Marino then struck back with a touchdown pass to Mark Clayton. When the Jets responded with a field goal, Marino threw another touchdown before halftime, this one to Bruce Hardy.

In the second half Marino threw two more touchdowns (no surprise there, this was 1984, after all), while the Jets could only add a rushing touchdown, making the final score 28-17.

Of course, there are a lot of story lines and bits of incidental garbage floating around about this game (Crowder vs. Ryan... sigh), but although a lot has been made of the fact that Mark Sanchez and Chad Henne are starting their first games against the Dolphins and Jets, respectively, I hadn't heard that the first game between Dan Marino and Ken O'Brien as starting quarterbacks had been on Monday night, and (best of all) had been a Dolphins victory.

Let's turn this bizarre stat into a streak, huh? After all, that season the Jets ended up going 7-9, while the Dolphins made the Super Bowl. And at the end of the day, one starting quarterback got elected to the HOF, while the other, uh, didn't.
 
Thanks for bringing back a great memory.:thanks:

Man I wish I could live 1984 all over again.To watch Dan in his prime was a thing of beauty,
 
While we are posting history, the last tme Miami beat the Jets in prime time was a Sunday Nighter in Dec of 1992. The famous petet Carroll choke game after Stoyanovich missed the extra point.

Since then:

1998 at Mia Sun Night: Jets 21 Miami 16
1999 at Mia Mon Night: Jets 38 Miami 31
2000 at NY Mon Night: Jets 40 Miami 37(OT)
2002 at NY Sun Night: Jets 13 Miami 10
2004 at NY Mon Night: Jets 41 Miami 14
2006 at Mia Mon Night: Jets 13 Miami 10
 
nyjunc said:
While we are posting history, the last tme Miami beat the Jets in prime time was a Sunday Nighter in Dec of 1992. The famous petet Carroll choke game after Stoyanovich missed the extra point.

Since then:

1998 at Mia Sun Night: Jets 21 Miami 16
1999 at Mia Mon Night: Jets 38 Miami 31
2000 at NY Mon Night: Jets 40 Miami 37(OT)
2002 at NY Sun Night: Jets 13 Miami 10
2004 at NY Mon Night: Jets 41 Miami 14
2006 at Mia Mon Night: Jets 13 Miami 10
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all the games but 1 were close dogfights.. i expect the same tonight.. I think quarterback play will have a huge part in deciding the game.. both teams have solid well above average defenses (jets have better pass D, miami has better rush D) Both teams are OK on offense (Jets have better passing O, Fins have better rushing O) special teams both teams are average overall but both have well above average kicking game (FG anyway, feely and carpenter both aren't great on kickoffs)
 
nyjunc said:
While we are posting history, the last tme Miami beat the Jets in prime time was a Sunday Nighter in Dec of 1992. The famous petet Carroll choke game after Stoyanovich missed the extra point.

Since then:

1998 at Mia Sun Night: Jets 21 Miami 16
1999 at Mia Mon Night: Jets 38 Miami 31
2000 at NY Mon Night: Jets 40 Miami 37(OT)
2002 at NY Sun Night: Jets 13 Miami 10
2004 at NY Mon Night: Jets 41 Miami 14
2006 at Mia Mon Night: Jets 13 Miami 10
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This game is the start of an era -- two new starting quarterbacks, two franchises on the rebound -- not the end of one.

I mean, if we really want to discuss history, we could start with the Jets' pathetic 45% franchise winning percentage.
 
nyjunc said:
While we are posting history, the last tme Miami beat the Jets in prime time was a Sunday Nighter in Dec of 1992. The famous petet Carroll choke game after Stoyanovich missed the extra point.

Since then:

1998 at Mia Sun Night: Jets 21 Miami 16
1999 at Mia Mon Night: Jets 38 Miami 31
2000 at NY Mon Night: Jets 40 Miami 37(OT)
2002 at NY Sun Night: Jets 13 Miami 10
2004 at NY Mon Night: Jets 41 Miami 14
2006 at Mia Mon Night: Jets 13 Miami 10
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uh, we beat you last year, in your house on prime time :up:
 
Was that the game where O'Brien tried to run one in and then flinched on the goal line as Louis Oliver crushed him?
 
nyjunc said:
While we are posting history, the last tme Miami beat the Jets in prime time was a Sunday Nighter in Dec of 1992. The famous petet Carroll choke game after Stoyanovich missed the extra point.

Since then:

1998 at Mia Sun Night: Jets 21 Miami 16
1999 at Mia Mon Night: Jets 38 Miami 31
2000 at NY Mon Night: Jets 40 Miami 37(OT)
2002 at NY Sun Night: Jets 13 Miami 10
2004 at NY Mon Night: Jets 41 Miami 14
2006 at Mia Mon Night: Jets 13 Miami 10
Click to expand...

God I am glad you said that out loud! Sounds like the perfect time to end that! I can only hope the announcers make reference to it also!
 
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