Awesome game reference. One of my favorites of all time. Marino, a great passer, vs Kelly, a great quarterback.
The Bills had 343 yards rushing. Miami had 14 rushes. Miami threw the ball 66 times for 422 yds. Kelly vs Marino on display. "The great" Shula never figured out how to use Marino, or never had the will to get it done. Cox was, well, cox. Thurman sliced and fell forward, time after time, for an extra yard or two.
My memory: This game was won before the opening kickoff. I tailgated in a lot along the road the Miami bus used to enter the stadium hours before the game. Cold, snow, breakfast grills and beer. The bus entered the lot and slowly drove past 100s of screaming, bare chested, painted, fanatics. I saw each row of Dolphins in the bus, huddled in recently purchased fancy bubble parkas, their glum, disbelieving, faces leaning cheek to window, watching the madmen scream. They were already dreaming of the flight home, warmth, glamorous clubs on Ocean drive, and an escape from the weird frozen Thunderdome that was Rich Stadium.