Favortie Memory in Sports

I have had many memorable times involving sports, whether that be playing or as a spectator. However, nothing can compare to the first time I was able to watch a Miami Dolphins home game. When you add the fact we were playing our bitter rivals, the JETS!!!

Oct. 12, 2009-
1st Quarter- We started the game in terrific fashion. We came out and on our opening drive scored on a Ronnie Brown touchdown. However the Jets were able to answer back with, as much as I hate to admit, a very nice touchdown catch by Braylon Edwards. After the ensuing kickoff we were able to drive the field and set up a 35 yard field goal from Dan Carpenter, making the score 10-7 with 1:00 left in the first quarter.

2nd Quarter- The second quarter was very slow and became a battle of field position. Throughout the entire quarter the only points scored were a pair of Jay Feely field goals to put the Jets up 13-10 at the half.

3rd Quarter- After 3 punts in a row, Miami was able to finally get into the red zone as the 3rd quarter ended. Both defenses played tremendous football in the 3rd quarter.

4th Quarter- In the fourth quarter, the game really began to heat up. On the second play of the fourth quarter, Chad Henne was able to hit Anthony Fasano for short yard touchdown putting the Dolphins up 17-13. The Jets were far from finished. With two 30+ yard completions by Mark Sanchez, they were already knocking on the door after a handful of plays. This set up a Thomas Jones 1 yard touchdown to give them back the lead, 20-17. The following drive was extremely uncharacteristic of the Dolphins. We rarely had success with the deep ball. However Chad Henne dropped back and let fly a beautiful 53 yard touchdown pass to Ted Ginn Jr., beating Darrele Revis on the play. At this point I was screaming so loud that I lost my voice within moments. Up 24-20 we had stolen the momentum. After a lackluster drive by both teams the Jets were put into scoring position by an ill timed pass interference call. Thomas Jones would walk into the endzone putting the Jets back up 27-24 after the extra point. With 5 minutes left in the game, Miami turned to its Wildcat formation. While Henne dipped and dunked passes for short yardage in our conventional offense, Ronnie Brown executed the wildcat to perfection. 1st down after 1st down began to pile up until in one last triumphant moment, Ronnie Brown ran a wildcat keeper up the middle to score the final touchdown with 6 seconds remaining. 31-27 would be the ending score of this remarkable Monday Night showdown between two bitter AFC East Rivals. I had been to one NFL game prior to that game, and to many more since. None of them are as vivid in my mind as this win against the Jets.

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