Final
Falcons kick off preseason slate with win over Dolphins
Aug 9, 2014 - 2:49 AM Atlanta, GA (SportsNetwork.com) - Sergio Castillo kicked a pair of second-half field goals to provide the winning margin in the Atlanta Falcons' 16-10 preseason victory over the Miami Dolphins at the Georgia Dome.Castillo capped a 13-play, 76-yard drive with a 21-yard boot that snapped a 10-10 deadlock late in the third quarter. He added a 34-yard field goal on the Falcons' next possession, a kick set up by Sean Renfree's 57-yard pass to rookie running back Devonta Freeman.
The Dolphins marched down to the Atlanta 4-yard line with under three minutes to play, but quarterback Seth Lobato mishandled a center exchange and the Falcons' Nosa Eguae pounced on the fumble to kill the scoring opportunity.
Matt Ryan played just one series for Atlanta but was flawless, going 7-for-7 for 53 yards on a 15-play sequence that ended in a Jacquizz Rodgers 2-yard run that tied the game at 7-7 near the end of the opening quarter.
Ryan Tannehill also excelled on his lone drive for Miami, hitting on all six of his throws for 62 yards on a jaunt the quarterback culminated with a 6-yard touchdown strike to Brandon Gibson.
The Dolphins regained the lead on Danny Hrapmann's 42-yard field goal midway through the second quarter, which came four plays after Miami's Marcus Thigpen returned a punt 48 yards to the Falcons' 28.
T.J. Yates helped draw Atlanta even by halftime by engineering a 14-play, 85- yard drive that consumed only 2:08 of the game clock. Yates' 26-yard completion to Bernard Reedy with time winding down enabled Matt Bryant to kick a 21-yard field goal on the final play of the half for a 10-10 tie.
Yates finished 7-of-16 for 127 yards, while Freeman rushed for 50 yards on 10 carries.
- MIAMI: 10
ATLANTA: 16
Final
Aug 8 10:24 PM - MIAMI: 10
ATLANTA: 13
End of 3rd
Aug 8 9:19 PM - MIAMI: 10
ATLANTA: 10
Halftime
Aug 8 8:33 PM - MIAMI: 7
ATLANTA: 7
End of 1st
Aug 8 7:37 PM - Atlanta Touchdown - 2-yard run by Jacquizz Rodgers. (Matt Bryant kick).
Dolphins 7, Falcons 7 1st - 0:45Aug 8 7:33 PM - Miami Touchdown - 6-yard pass from Ryan Tannehill to Brandon Gibson. (Danny
Dolphins 7, Falcons 0 1st - 10:01Aug 8 7:17 PM - MIAMI: 0
ATLANTA: 0
1st Quarter - 15:00
Aug 8 7:11 PM
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