NFL: MIAMI (0-0) at WASHINGTON (0-0) <h3>Cameron makes coaching debut as Dolphins meet Redskins</h3> Miami (6-10) at Washington (5-11) Sunday 1:00 pm EDT LANDOVER, Maryland (Ticker) - Cam Cameron makes his coachingdebut Sunday when the Miami Dolphins visit the WashingtonRedskins in the season opener for both teams. After Nick Saban bolted South Beach for the Alabama job, theDolphins interviewed at least 13 candidates before finallysettling on Cameron. Other candidates for what long has been considered one of theNFL's better coaching jobs included Georgia Tech coach ChanGailey, Dolphins defensive coordinator Dom Capers, formerAtlanta Falcons coach Jim Mora Jr. and former Alabama coach MikeShula, the son of ex-Dolphins coach Don Shula. Cameron had served as offensive coordinator of the San DiegoChargers the last five seasons, helping build one of theleague's better offenses. San Diego led the league in scoring this last season, averaging30.8 points en route to a franchise-best 14-2 record. But in Miami, Cameron takes over a team that was one of theNFL's biggest disappointments last season. Miami finished inlast place in the AFC East with a 6-10 mark. Cameron also will be hard-pressed to duplicate the offensivesuccess he had in San Diego with Miami, which was 29th inscoring last season, averaging 16.3 points. After releasing Daunte Culpepper in the offseason, the Dolphinsacquired veteran Trent Green from Kansas City to be their newstarting quarterback. The 37-year-old Green, who suffered a severe concussion in theseason opener last season, wound up playing in eight games lastcampaign, throwing for seven touchdowns and nine interceptions. One building block offensively for Cameron will be running backRonnie Brown, who rushed for 1,008 yards and five touchdownslast season. On the other side of the ball, the Dolphins are led by JasonTaylor, who was the NFL's Defensive Player of the Year lastseason. The defensive end registered 13 1/2 sacks, collectedtwo interceptions that he returned for touchdowns and forcednine fumbles last season. A season after making the playoffs, the Redskins finished inlast place in the NFC East with a disappointing 5-11 record. Since coming out of retirement, Redskins Hall of Fame coach JoeGibbs has gone 21-27 in three seasons. Gibbs will be relying on third-year quarterback Jason Campbellas his starter. The 2005 first-round pick played in seven gameslast season, throwing for 10 touchdowns and six interceptions. Gibbs also will be looking for a return to health for runningback Clinton Portis, who was limited to eight games last seasonby hand and shoulder injuries. He rushed for 523 yards andseven TDs before going down last season. The biggest problem for Gibbs last season was a defense thatproduced just 12 takeaways - the fewest in NFL history in a16-game season. The Redskins, who ranked 31st overall, alsoregistered a franchise-low 19 sacks.
NFL: MIAMI at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL MIAMI 0 WASHINGTON 0 14:55 LEFT, 1ST QTR MIA BALL ON MIA 17 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: MIAMI at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL MIAMI 0 WASHINGTON 0 13:59 LEFT, 1ST QTR WAS BALL ON WAS 37 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: MIAMI at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL MIAMI 0 WASHINGTON 0 12:30 LEFT, 1ST QTR MIA BALL ON WAS 39 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: MIAMI at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL MIAMI 0 WASHINGTON 0 9:58 LEFT, 1ST QTR WAS BALL ON WAS 6 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: MIAMI at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL MIAMI 0 WASHINGTON 0 8:22 LEFT, 1ST QTR MIA BALL ON MIA 18 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: MIAMI at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL MIAMI 0 WASHINGTON 0 3:56 LEFT, 1ST QTR WAS BALL ON WAS 20 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: MIAMI at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL END, 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- MIAMI 0 0 WASHINGTON 0 0 END, 1ST QTR</div>
NFL: MIAMI at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL FG WAS SHAUN SUISHAM 31 YD MIAMI 0 WASHINGTON 3 12:14 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>
NFL: MIAMI at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL MIAMI AT WASHINGTON NOTE: REDSKINS TACKLE JON JANSEN LEAVES THE GAME WITH AN APPARENT ANKLE INJURY.</div>
NFL: MIAMI at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL MIAMI 0 WASHINGTON 3 12:08 LEFT, 2ND QTR MIA BALL ON MIA 27 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: MIAMI at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL MIAMI 0 WASHINGTON 3 9:58 LEFT, 2ND QTR WAS BALL ON WAS 47 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: MIAMI at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL MIAMI 0 WASHINGTON 3 7:50 LEFT, 2ND QTR MIA BALL ON MIA 20 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: MIAMI at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL MIAMI 0 WASHINGTON 3 5:30 LEFT, 2ND QTR WAS BALL ON WAS 24 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: MIAMI at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL MIAMI 0 WASHINGTON 3 4:23 LEFT, 2ND QTR MIA BALL ON MIA 38 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: MIAMI at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">CORRECTION NFL TD MIA JUSTIN PEELLE 1 YD PASS FROM TRENT GREEN (JAY FEELY KICK) MIAMI 7 WASHINGTON 3 0:00 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>
NFL: MIAMI at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- MIAMI 0 7 7 WASHINGTON 0 3 3 HALFTIME SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: NONE 2ND QUARTER: WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 31 YD, 2:46. Drive: 13 plays, 71 yards in 6:42. Key plays: Campbell 35-yard pass to Randle El on 3rd-and-3 to Miami 38; Campbell 1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Miami 28. WASHINGTON 3-0 MIA - TD, JUSTIN PEELLE 1 YD PASS FROM TRENT GREEN (JAY FEELY KICK), 15:00. MIAMI 7-3</div>
NFL: MIAMI at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NFL HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- MIAMI 0 7 7 WASHINGTON 0 3 3 HALFTIME SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: NONE 2ND QUARTER: 2:46 WAS - FG, S Suisham 31 Yd. Drive: 13 plays, 71 yards in 6:42. Key plays: Campbell 35-yard pass to Randle El on 3rd-and-3 to Miami 38; Campbell 1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Miami 28. Washington 3-0. 15:00 MIA - TD, J Peelle 1 Yd Pass From T Green (J Feely Kick). Drive: 11 plays, 62 yards in 4:23. Key plays: Green 23-yard pass to Chambers to Washington 39; Green 14-yard pass to Chambers to Washington 25; Booker 12-yard run to Washington 13; Green 8-yard pass to Chatman on 3rd-and-7 to Washington 2 Miami 7-3. Miami - Washington End 2nd Qtr Statistics TEAM STATISTICS Miami Washington FIRST DOWNS 9 6 Rushing 2 2 Passing 7 4 Penalty 0 0 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-7-43% 3-7-43% TOTAL NET YARDS 152 110 Total offensive plays 33 27 Average gain per play 4.6 4.1 NET YARDS RUSHING 37 48 Rushing attempts 13 16 Average gain per rush 2.8 3.0 NET YARDS PASSING 115 62 Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-6 2-13 Gross passing yards 121 75 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 19-12-0 9-4-1 Avg gain per pass play 5.8 5.6 PUNTS: Number and Average 4-39.3 3-49.7 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-25 0-0 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 0-0 TOUCHDOWNS 1 0 Rushing 0 0 Passing 1 0 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0 Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-0 1-1 SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 16:58 13:41 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Miami Washington RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M BOOKER 1 12 12.0 12 0 C PORTIS 8 24 3.0 7 0 R BROWN 6 9 1.5 3 0 L BETTS 6 19 3.2 6 0 J CHATMAN 5 9 1.8 4 0 M SELLERS 1 4 4.0 4 0 T GINN JR. 1 7 7.0 7 0 J CAMPBELL 1 1 1.0 1 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T GREEN 12-19-121 0 1 23 J CAMPBELL 4- 9- 75 1 0 35 Sacked-Yards Lost: T GREEN 1-6. Sacked-Yards Lost: J CAMPBELL 2-13. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C CHAMBERS 3 51 17.0 23 0 A RANDLE E 2 51 25.5 35 0 J CHATMAN 3 34 11.3 22 0 L BETTS 1 16 16.0 16 0 M BOOKER 2 16 8.0 8 0 S MOSS 1 8 8.0 8 0 J PEELLE 2 12 6.0 11 1 D MARTIN 1 7 7.0 7 0 R BROWN 1 1 1.0 1 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- J FEELY 1/1 0/0 S SUISHAM 0/0 1/1 Dist.: 31</div>
