2009 Week 5 · Mon, Oct 12, 2009 · Dolphin Stadium

New York Jets

Miami DolphinsWinner

NYJ -3 upsetO 36 ✓Jets closed -3 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.

Miami Dolphins 31–27.

Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · MIA

Chad HenneQB

20/26, 241 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT

13.4 expected points added · +11.5% completion over expected

Passing · NYJ

Mark SanchezQB

12/24, 172 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT

3.9 expected points added · -2.5% completion over expected

Rushing · MIA

Ronnie BrownRB

21 att, 74 yds, 2 TD

3.7 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · MIA

Ricky WilliamsRB

11 att, 68 yds, 0 TD

3.2 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · NYJ

David ClowneyWR

4/4 for 72 yds, 0 TD

18% of team targets · 4.6 expected points added

Receiving · MIA

Ricky WilliamsRB

3/3 for 70 yds, 0 TD

11% of team targets · 4.4 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

New York Jets

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Mark Sanchez	12/24	172	1	0	1	3.9

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Leon Washington	10	44	4.4	0	-1.4
Thomas Jones	13	42	3.2	2	0.1
Steve Weatherford	1	26	26.0	0	4.3
Brad Smith	1	12	12.0	0	2.6
Shonn Greene	3	8	2.7	0	-0.3
Mark Sanchez	2	6	3.0	0	1.4

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
David Clowney	4	4	72	0	18%	4.6
Braylon Edwards	5	9	64	1	41%	4.8
Brad Smith	1	2	19	0	9%	0.3
Leon Washington	1	2	13	0	9%	0.0
Jerricho Cotchery	1	2	4	0	9%	-0.9
Thomas Jones	0	2	0	0	9%	-0.9
Dustin Keller	0	1	0	0	5%	-1.2

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	PD
Bart Scott	9	1	0
David Harris	6	1	0
Jim Leonhard	4	1	0
Howard Green	2	2	0
Calvin Pace	4	0	0
Darrelle Revis	4	0	0
Kerry Rhodes	3	0	1
Kris Jenkins	3	0	0
Sione Po'uha	2	0	0
Wallace Wright	2	0	0

Miami Dolphins

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Chad Henne	20/26	241	2	0	0	13.4
Ronnie Brown	1/2	21	0	0	0	1.0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Ronnie Brown	21	74	3.5	2	3.7
Ricky Williams	11	68	6.2	0	3.2
Pat White	1	6	6.0	0	0.3
Lousaka Polite	2	4	2.0	0	0.6
Patrick Cobbs	1	-1	-1.0	0	-0.7

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Ricky Williams	3	3	70	0	11%	4.4
Ted Ginn	2	2	57	1	7%	6.0
Anthony Fasano	4	7	38	1	25%	1.5
Greg Camarillo	3	3	33	0	11%	3.6
Davone Bess	3	3	18	0	11%	1.3
Joey Haynos	1	2	17	0	7%	0.6
Ronnie Brown	3	4	14	0	14%	-1.0
Brian Hartline	1	2	10	0	7%	-0.5
Patrick Cobbs	1	1	5	0	4%	0.0
Lousaka Polite	0	1	0	0	4%	-1.4

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	PD
Gibril Wilson	9	1	0.0	0
Yeremiah Bell	3	3	0.0	0
Channing Crowder	3	1	0.0	0
Will Allen	3	0	0.0	1
Randy Starks	3	0	1.0	0
Nate Jones	2	1	0.0	0
Kendall Langford	1	1	0.0	0
Vontae Davis	2	0	0.0	0
Sean Smith	1	1	0.0	1
Jason Taylor	2	0	0.0	0

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: NYJ -3
Closing total: 36
NYJ moneyline: -154
MIA moneyline: +139

Jets closed -3 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.

Total closed 36; the game landed 58 — over by 22.0.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: Dolphin Stadium
Roof / surface: outdoors · grass
Kickoff weather: 83°F, wind 7 mph
Referee: Alberto Riveron
Rest: NYJ 8 days · MIA 8 days
Coaches: Rex Ryan vs Tony Sparano

Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.