"The Falcons get set for a matchup against an inter-conference foe when they welcome the Miami Dolphins to the Mercedes-Benz Stadium for the first since the inaugural season of that stadium's inception. These teams have played plenty of preseason matchups against one another over the past decade, but have just 14 regular season matchups in their history, with Miami owning the advantage with a 9-5 mark."
"The Falcons were coming off their bye week and looking to claw back to .500 in Arthur Smith's first season as head coach when they traveled down south to Miami for a date with Brian Flores' struggling 1-5 Dolphins. Miami took the ball to start the game and went right down the field on a 75-yard drive for a touchdown."
The Falcons and Dolphins have met 14 times in the regular season, with Miami leading 9-5. Miami dominated a 25-year span, winning six of seven meetings, while four of those wins were by one score. After Atlanta's 1998 victory, results since 2000 are split evenly. In a 2021 matchup, Atlanta entered off a bye trying to reach .500 under Arthur Smith and faced a 1-5 Miami team under Brian Flores. Miami opened with a 75-yard touchdown drive. Atlanta led 13-7 at halftime and extended the lead after a long Matt Ryan to Russell Gage score. Tua Tagovailoa mounted a second-half comeback with multiple touchdown passes, and Tua had 16 touchdown passes during the entire 2021 season and a quarter of them came in this game. Matt Ryan produced a late fourth-quarter response to counter Miami's go-ahead score.
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