MIAMI – A.J. Feeley was the better quarterback early. Then Drew Bledsoe began to pick apart the Miami Dolphins’ defense.

In a shootout worthy of Dan Marino and Jim Kelly, Bledsoe threw four touchdown passes, and the Buffalo Bills forced seven turnovers to maintain their late-season surge by beating Miami 42-32 Sunday.

Feeley threw three touchdown passes, all in the first 121/2 minutes. He also had a hand in six turnovers, including an interception returned 20 yards for the game’s final score by 317-pound tackle Pat Williams with 1:55 left.

The Bills (6-6) have scored 117 points in the past three games, all wins, and they’re in playoff contention despite an 0-4 start. They completed a season sweep of the Dolphins (2-10), who fell to 0-8 against AFC opponents.

Willis McGahee, playing in South Florida for the first time since a standout college career with the Miami Hurricanes that ended when he injured his knee at the Fiesta Bowl in 2003, carried 29 times for 91 yards. He lost a fumble to end a scoring threat and had a 66-yard gain on a screen pass negated by a holding penalty on Trey Teague.

Terrence McGee opened the game scoring on a 104-yard kickoff return, the longest in Bills’ history, but Miami came from behind twice early and led 24-14 less than 17 minutes into the game. The productivity was astounding from a team that totaled 23 points in its first three games this season.

The Bills sputtered early before Bledsoe warmed up. He finished 19-for-30 for 277 yards and no interceptions, while Feeley went 25-for-51 for 303 yards with five interceptions. Miami also lost two fumbles, including one on a botched handoff, and increased their turnover total this season to 35.

Bledsoe’s 21-yard touchdown pass to Lee Evans cut Miami’s lead to 24-21 at halftime. Following a punt, on the final play of the third quarter, Bledsoe threw long to a wide open Evans for a 69-yard score, putting the Bills ahead to stay, 28-24.

They scored again less than three minutes later. Rashad Baker intercepted a tipped pass for the Bills’ fifth takeaway, and Eric Moulds caught a short pass and weaved through the secondary for a 30-yard score.

Miami again tried to rally, scoring on a 15-play drive to cut the Bills’ lead to 35-32. Travis Minor ran 3 yards for a touchdown, and Feeley hit Chris Chambers with a 2-point conversion.

The Dolphins got the ball back at their 2 with 3:06 left, but after one first down, Williams intercepted Feeley and lumbered to the end zone. It was the sixth turnover by Feeley returned for a touchdown this season.

The game was announced as a sellout, but Pro Player Stadium was at least half empty, as it has been since Miami started 0-6. Fans were still settling into their seats when McGee sprung into the clear by eluding kicker Olindo Mare for his third score on a kickoff return this season, a Bills record.

Interim coach Jim Bates used some trickery to set up the Dolphins’ second score. A reverse to Jimmy Wyrick on a kickoff return produced a 65-yard gain, and four plays later Feeley hit Chambers with a 2-yard touchdown pass to make the score 14-all less than 10 minutes into the game.

Feeley also threw scoring passes of 27 yards to Bryan Gilmore and 15 yards to Donald Lee. Bledsoe’s first touchdown throw covered 15 yards to Tim Euhus.

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