The 7-3 Miami Dolphins, who are in first place in the AFC East, head to New Jersey this holiday week to face the New York Jets in the NFL’s first-ever Black Friday game. Interestingly enough, this will be Miami’s fifth regular season game on a Friday in team history.
The first two were in 1966 against the Oakland Raiders on September 2, and the second was against the Jets on September 9.
Miami and New York met again on a Friday on the last game of the regular season in 1983 (December 6).
Most recently, the Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs moved up their regularly scheduled game two days due to Hurricane Wilma and played Friday, October 21, 2005.
As far as the all-time series between the rivals, the Dolphins have won 11 of the past 14 games against the Jets, including four of the past five.
Here are a few more notes heading into Friday: