Miami
Dolphins
1-0
52
FINAL
43
San Francisco
49ers
1-0
AI Recap
AI RECAPThe Miami Dolphins outlasted the San Francisco 49ers 52-43 in a Week 2 shootout that never bothered to slow down. Ninety-five combined points went up on the board, and Miami needed every one of its 52 to walk out of the Bay Area with the win. For a franchise still setting its early-season tone, this was a statement of firepower, if not restraint.
Cade Klubnik was the engine, piling up 370 passing yards and keeping the Dolphins in attack mode from start to finish. Caleb Douglas was the beneficiary, torching the San Francisco secondary for 216 receiving yards and consistently turning short throws into chunk plays. San Francisco answered with Brock Purdy, who threw five touchdown passes and had his offense trading haymakers deep into the fourth quarter. Bijan Robinson added 187 rushing yards on the ground, giving the game its second dimension and forcing defenders to respect every look.
Defense was scarce on both sidelines, which is precisely why the few stops that did happen mattered so much. Malik Mustapha led all defenders with four total tackles, Ronnie Harrison Jr. recorded the game's lone sack, and JuJu Brents came away with the only interception of the afternoon. That takeaway proved to be the swing moment, handing possession back at a point when neither offense could afford to give one away. In a game decided by nine points and almost nothing else, the single turnover was the difference.
Passing
| Player | Pos | ATT | CMP | YDS | TD | INT | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cade Klubnik | QB | 24 | 19 | 370 | 4 | 1 | 140.9 |
| Brock Purdy | QB | 26 | 16 | 356 | 5 | 1 | 129.0 |
| Bijan Robinson | HB | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | โ |
Rushing
| Player | Pos | ATT | YDS | YPC | TD | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bijan Robinson | HB | 24 | 187 | 7.8 | 3 | 65 | 0 |
| Christian McCaffrey | HB | 7 | 41 | 5.9 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| Cade Klubnik | QB | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Brock Purdy | QB | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Juwan Johnson | TE | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Pos | REC | YDS | YPR | TD | LNG | DROP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caleb Douglas | WR | 7 | 216 | 30.9 | 2 | 72 | 0 |
| Mike Evans | WR | 8 | 203 | 25.4 | 1 | 44 | 0 |
| Juwan Johnson | TE | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Christian Kirk | WR | 1 | 76 | 76.0 | 1 | 76 | 0 |
| Christian McCaffrey | HB | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 2 | 19 | 0 |
| Tory Horton | WR | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| Bijan Robinson | HB | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 2 | 21 | 0 |
| Ricky Pearsall | WR | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 1 | 18 | 0 |
| Kyle Juszczyk | FB | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| George Kittle | TE | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Defense
| Player | Pos | TKL | SACK | INT | FF | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renardo Green | CB | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronnie Harrison Jr | WILL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JuJu Brents | CB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Malik Mustapha | FS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osa Odighizuwa | DT | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dre Greenlaw | WILL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mykel Williams | REDG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrell Baker Jr | CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joshua Uche | REDG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Warner | MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kenneth Grant | DT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ji'Ayir Brown | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Divine Deablo | MIKE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deommodore Lenoir | CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lorenzo Styles Jr. | FS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lonnie Johnson Jr | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Upton Stout | CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Jones | CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Martin | WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrick Forrest | FS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trey Moore | REDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marques Sigle | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ja'Whaun Bentley | MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kicking
| Player | Pos | FGM | FGA | XPM | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddy Pineiro | K | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Nick Folk | K | 1 | 1 | 7 | 42 |

