AFC

SATURDAY

Buffalo (10-6) at Miami (10-6)

Time: 9:30 a.m.

TV: Channel 7

* How they got here: Buffalo was one of three AFC East teams to earn a wild-card spot; Miami is another one.

* 1998 meetings: Miami won one, Buffalo won one. In the first game, a 13-7 Dolphin victory, Olindo Mare kicked two second-half field goals and Dan Marino completed 14 of 26 passes for 159 yards as the Dolphins won their home opener. Karim Abdul-Jabbar rushed for 75 yards for Miami, while Buffalo was led in rushing by quarterback Rob Johnson, who rushed for 42 yards. The Bills had only 187 yards of total offense. In the other game, a 30-24 Buffalo victory, Doug Flutie, in his third game after replacing an injured Johnson at quarterback, passed for 206 yards and three touchdowns as the Bills rallied with 16 fourth-quarter points.

* About Buffalo: Flutie sat out Sunday’s victory over New Orleans, but will start against Miami.

* About Miami: Dolphin defensive end Jason Taylor, second on the team with nine sacks, suffered a broken collarbone in the first quarter of Sunday’s loss to Atlanta and is out of the playoffs.

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HOW THEY COMPARE

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CATEGORY BUF MIA Scoring offense 24.9 20.1 Scoring defense 20.8 16.6 Rushing offense* 136.1 99.8 Passing offense* 212.7 202.2 Total offense* 348.9 302.0 Rushing defense* 94.5 91.2 Passing defense* 193.8 181.4 Total Defense* 288.3 272.6

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*Does not include Sunday’s game

BUFFALO

(10-6)

14 At San Diego 16

7 At Miami 13

33 St. Louis 34

26 San Francisco 21

31 At Indianapolis 24

17 Jacksonville 16

30 At Carolina 14

30 Miami 24

12 At. N.Y. Jets 34

13 New England 10

34 Indianapolis 11

21 At New England 25

33 At Cincinnati 20

44 Oakland 21

10 N.Y. Jets 17

45 At New Orleans 33

MIAMI

(10-6)

24 At Indianapolis 15

13 Buffalo 7

21 Pittsburgh 0

9 At N.Y. Jets 20

21 At Jacksonville 28

14 St. Louis 0

12 New England (OT) 9

24 At Buffalo 30

27 Indianapolis 14

13 At Carolina 9

23 At New England 26

30 New Orleans 10

27 At Oakland 17

16 N.Y. Jets 21

31 Denver 21

16 At Atlanta 38