Game Time: Miami Dolphins at Detroit Lions Quick Facts, Odds, Injury Report & Key Info

DOLPHINS (4-3) and LIONS (1-5)

Kickoff: 1 p.m., Sunday, Hard Rock Stadium

television: CBS (Chs. 4 in Miami-Dade, Broward; 12 in Palm Beach); RADIO: WQAM (560 AM), KISS (99.9 FM), WQBA (1140 AM, Spanish), Westwood One

Coaches: Dolphins’ Mike McDaniel is 4-3 in his first season as head coach; Dan Campbell is 4-18-1 in his second season as the Lions’ coach and went 5-7 as the Dolphins’ interim coach in 2015.

series: The Dolphins lead the all-time series with the Lions, 7-5, but Detroit has won the last three against Miami.

Weather: Dome.

row: The Dolphins are a 3 1/2-point favorite; over/under is 51 1/2.

Injuries: Dolphins — Questionable: CB Xavien Howard (groin), DE Emmanuel Ogbah (back), TE Durham Smythe (hamstring), P Thomas Morstead (illness), S Clayton Fejedelem (groin), TE Tanner Conner (knee); Reserve/PUP: CB Byron Jones (shin); Injured reserve: S Brandon Jones (knee), OT Austin Jackson (ankle), CB Nik Needham (Achilles), DE Trey Flowers (foot), TE Cethan Carter (concussion), CB Trill Williams (knee), TE Adam Shaheen (knee ) ), FB John Lovett; Lions — Out: S DeShon Elliott (finger), DE Charles Harris (groin), CB Mike Hughes (knee), CB Chase Lucas (ankle), S Ifeatu Melifonwu (ankle), T Matt Nelson (calf); Questionable: WR Amon-Ra St. Brown (concussion protocol), G Jonah Jackson (neck); Injured reserve: WR DJ Chark (ankle) among eight players on IR.

Notable: The Dolphins play the first of back-to-back games on the road against NFC North opponents, seeking their first win against the Lions since the 2006 Thanksgiving revenge game for quarterback Joey Harrington. This is their first trip to Ford Field since 2014. …

Miami faces Dan Campbell for the first time as an NFL head coach. Campbell was the Dolphins’ interim coach when Joe Philbin was fired early in the 2015 season. He was Miami’s coach from 2011 to 2015 and an intern coach in 2010, his first year after retiring as a player. …

The Dolphins are looking to start a winning streak after snapping a three-game losing streak last Sunday night against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Miami’s first six opponents enter Sunday a combined 27-14. The Lions are the second opponent in a five-game stretch with a combined 9-23-1 record entering Sunday. …

Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa aims to shake off the rust in his second game after missing two and a half games with a concussion. He was 21 of 35 for 261 yards and a touchdown. While he wasn’t intercepted, he had numerous close calls and missed open receivers several times. …

Along with Campbell, the Lions have former Dolphins in defensive end Charles Harris, linebacker Benito Jones and center Evan Brown. Kicker Michael Badgley played for the University of Miami. Linebacker Demetrius Taylor played high school football at Miami Northwestern, practice squad wide receiver and kicker Maurice Alexander for Miami Booker T. Washington and FIU, and defensive end James Houston is a product of American Heritage, where he was coached by current Dolphins defensive assistant Patrick Certain. …

Dolphins owner Stephen Ross and CEO Tom Garfinkel are Michigan graduates.

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