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BUFFALO, New York (Ticker) -- Power running and a dominant defense are the trademarks of a Super Bowl-winning team for Miami coach Jimmy Johnson. Today, he watched Antowain Smith and Bruce Smith display both for the Buffalo Bills. Antowain Smith rushed for 126 yards and Bruce Smith recorded two sacks as the Bills posted a dominant 23-3 win over the Dolphins to complete a season sweep of their AFC East rivals. The loss snapped a five-game winning streak for the Dolphins (7-2), who fell into a first-place tie with Indianapolis (7-2). The Bills won their third straight and improved to 7-3. "They beat the hell out of us," said an irate Johnson after the game. "We obviously weren't ready to play. Buffalo blocked us, we didn't block them. We couldn't tackle them." With Bruce Smith providing a strong pass rush and Phil Hansen and Sam Cowart stuffing the run, the Bills held Miami to 101 total yards, the second-lowest total in franchise history, and six first downs. Miami had a team-low 88 total yards in an October 20, 1980 game at New England. "Our defense came out today ready to play," Hansen said. "I would be hard pressed to see a better game that we played as a team against a very worthy opponent like Miami." The two sacks for Bruce Smith gave him 168 for his career, second all-time to Reggie White. He has seven in his last six games against the Dolphins. "We got a lot of hits on the QB," said Bills coach Wade Phillips. "He (Bruce Smith) is still a tremendous player and a great inspiration." Damon Huard, who was 3-0 as the Dolphins' starter for the injured Dan Marino, struggled throughout and completed just 9-of-25 passes for 65 yards with an interception. "It was just a matter of not executing today," Huard said. "We didn't make any plays offensively. We had chances, just didn't get the job done, just very frustrating. You got to make decisions. Today I didn't do that, didn't make any big plays." Bills rookie cornerback Antoine Winfield set the tone for the day when he intercepted Huard's first pass off a deflection and returned it 10 yards to the Miami 22-yard line. The turnover set up a 31-yard field goal by Steve Christie 3:31 into the game. Miami went three-and-out on its next three possessions while the Bills scored 13 points on a pair of field goals by Christie from 48 and 47 yards, respectively, and a four-yard scoring run by Jonathan Linton. The touchdown was the first allowed by the Dolphins in 16 quarters. Miami entered the game as the NFL's second-ranked team against the run, but yielded 177 yards on the ground. "We knew they had a great defense going into the game," Antowain Smith said. "Don't be afraid of them, even though the defense is ranked very highly in the NFL. We made a commitment to run the ball and we did that very effectively today." Miami recorded its first first down of the game on a 14-yard pass from Huard to O.J. McDuffie with 9:10 left in the second quarter. They finished the half with just three first downs and added only three more in the second half. Olindo Mare kicked a 30-yard field goal with 45 seconds left in the half for Miami's only points. Doug Flutie hit a wide-open Eric Moulds for a 53-yard touchdown with 4:11 left in the third quarter to cap the scoring. On a 3rd-and-1 play at the Buffalo 47, Flutie faked a handoff to Antowain Smith and lofted a short pass over the middle to Moulds, who escaped a jam by Patrick Surtain at the line of scrimmage. With Miami's safeties playing run support, Moulds was home free after cutting to the middle and easily raced into the end zone. "It was a called play," Flutie said. "We got to 3rd-and-1 then we called the play and I said 'what the heck, let's go for it.'" It marked the fifth straight game Moulds has caught a touchdown pass, tying a club record set by Elbert Dubenion in 1964. Flutie finished 10-of-20 for 157 yards and improved his career starting record in home games to 15-2. To add injury to insult, the Dolphins also lost rookie running back Cecil Collins to a broken left leg. He fractured his fibula when he was tackled by Hansen after a one-yard gain with 10:09 left in the second quarter. In the first meeting between the teams, the Bills' defense forced three turnovers in a 23-18 victory on Monday, October 4. Christie's 48-yard field goal followed a 24-yard run by Antowain Smith midway through the first quarter. His third field goal, a 47-yarder with 3:45 left in the quarter, came after a 26-yard pass interference penalty against Dolphins cornerback Terrell Buckley. "(When) you don't get to the end zone, you get some points on the board, you take them," Christie said. "Kicks like that, obviously I'm pretty happy about making them, because you don't think you'll make it from that distance, maybe 1-for-2." Linton's touchdown capped an 11-play, 71-yard drive. The key play was a 34-yard pass from Flutie to tight end Jay Riemersma to the Miami 9. Mare's field goal came after a six-play, 22-yard drive set up by Nate Jacquet's 25-yard punt return to the Buffalo 34. Miami's Tony Martin caught two passes for 27 yards, giving him 501 career receptions.
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