Dolphins Get All They Hoped For

The Miami Dolphins couldn’t have asked for much more from their 28-7 exhibition victory over the Washington Redskins on Thursday night at Miami.

The Dolphins jump-started their struggling running game, came up with three interceptions and got the big play Coach Jimmy Johnson has been looking for.

Charles Jordan ran back a punt 96 yards for one score and Sam Madison picked up a fumble and scrambled 58 yards for another.

Washington committed five turnovers in the first half and looked far from ready for the regular season.

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Curtis Martin and Sedrick Shaw got the New England Patriots’ first rushing touchdowns of the exhibition season as New England beat the Philadelphia Eagles, 28-14 at Philadelphia.

Shaw, a third-round draft choice from Iowa, put the Patriots up for good, 21-14, on a one-yard touchdown run with 8:38 left in the third quarter. Lovett Purnell’s 16-yard touchdown catch in the fourth quarter made the score 28-14.

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Playing for the first time in three weeks, Sean Dawkins caught four passes and scored a second-quarter touchdown that helped the battered Indianapolis Colts to a 16-3 exhibition victory over the Detroit Lions at Indianapolis.

Detroit managed only a 45-yard field goal by Jason Hanson.