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Miami So Close And Still Winless

By STEVEN WINE, The Associated Press

Published: November 12, 2007

MIAMI - Dolphins nose tackle Keith Traylor sat at his locker stripped to his uniform pants, shaking his head as his enormous shoulders sagged.

That's what 340 pounds of frustration looks like.

"You have to finish a game," Traylor said. "For some reason we can't do it. It'll drive you crazy."

The winless Dolphins controlled the ball for nearly 37 minutes and led most of the game Sunday, but Rian Lindell kicked a 34-yard field goal with 46 seconds left, and the Buffalo Bills earned their fourth consecutive victory, 13-10.

The Dolphins (0-9) extended the worst start in franchise history. Five defeats have been by three points, none more wrenching than the latest.

"Who's the guy from Charlie Brown who has the gray cloud following him around?" DT Vonnie Holliday said. "Pig Pen? We're like Pig Pen."

The Dolphins committed no turnovers, allowed Buffalo to convert only two third downs and benefited from a big day by journeyman Jesse Chatman, who rushed for a career-high 124 yards. Still they lost.

When St. Louis earned its first victory by beating New Orleans, Miami became the NFL's last winless team.

"That's what stinks about it," Chatman said, "because we're so much better than this record. It's killing us."

The Bills (5-4) scored 11 points in the final 9:46. They'll take their longest winning streak since 2004 into Sunday's home game against unbeaten New England.

"This win tells a lot about our team," QB J.P. Losman said. "Our backs were to the wall, and we made enough plays when we had to."

The Bills' only touchdown came after Miami mounted a long touchdown march to take a 10-2 lead. Buffalo responded with a 66-yard drive capped by Marshawn Lynch's 3-yard run.

Buffalo	0	0	2	11	-	13
Miami	3	0	7	0	-	10

First Quarter

Mia-FG Feely 38, 9:40.

Third Quarter

Buf-Safety, Lemon sacked by Kelsay in end zone, 10:58.

Mia-Lemon 5 run (Feely kick), :00.

Fourth Quarter

Buf-Lynch 3 run (Lynch run), 9:46.

Buf-FG Lindell 34, :46.

A-70,615.

	Buf	Mia
First downs	15	15
Total Net Yards	214	269
Rushes-yards	25-63	38-143
Passing	151	126
Punt Returns	4-81	2-16
Kickoff Returns	4-71	3-40
Interceptions Ret.	0-0	1-14
Comp-Att-Int	12-23-1	16-29-0
Sacked-Yards Lost	2-6	1-5
Punts	6-46.3	5-51.2
Fumbles-Lost	2-0	0-0
Penalties-Yards	2-10	7-39
Time of Possession	23:01	36:59

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING-Buffalo, Lynch 19-61, Losman 3-1, Wright 1-1, A.Thomas 2-0. Miami, Chatman 27-124, Lemon 6-17, Cobbs 3-2, Ginn Jr. 1-0, Mauia 1-0.

PASSING-Buffalo, Losman 12-23-1-157. Miami, Lemon 16-29-0-131.

RECEIVING-Buffalo, Evans 4-65, Reed 3-40, Lynch 3-24, Gaines 2-28. Miami, Chatman 5-25, Martin 4-34, Hagan 2-29, M.Booker 2-16, Peelle 2-15, Ginn Jr. 1-12.

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