Hartford Courant (Sunday)

Game Capsule

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Opening line: Dolphins by 3.

Series record: Jets lead 54-50-1.

Last meeting: Dolphins won at New York 20-12 on Sept. 16, 2018.

Last week: Jets lost at Bears 24-10; Dolphins lost at Texans 42-23.

Streaks, stats, notes: Dolphins coach Adam Gase is 4-1 against the Jets. … Jets rookie Sam Darnold ranks 32nd with a passer rating of 74.5. He’s tied for the most with 10 intercepti­ons. His 55.2 completion percentage is second-lowest in the NFL among QBs who have thrown at least 130 passes. Darnold leads all rookies with 1,705 yards passing and 11 TD passes. He passed for a season-high 334 yards against Miami in Week 2. … Jets defense is third-best on third-down conversion­s at 33 percent. … Jets’ Andre Roberts leads NFL with punt return average of 18.1 yards. … New York had 207 yards of total offense last week, third-lowest total in coach Todd Bowles’ three-plus seasons. … Gase is 20-20 in the regular season at Miami. That’s the same 40-game record as his predecesso­r, Joe Philbin. ... In the past three games, Miami has given up 600 yards rushing. During the same stretch, opposing quarterbac­ks have thrown for 751 yards with 10 touchdown passes, one intercepti­on and a passer rating of 143.9. …

Miami leading rusher Frank Gore has 77 career touchdowns rushing but none this year.

Dolphins have three, more than only the

Jaguars. … Gore has 18,145 scrimmage yards and needs 46 to surpass Pro Football Hall of Famer Barry Sanders (18,190) for sixth-most in NFL history.

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