ESPN.com · Sep 10, 2018
Lightning, weather delays makes Titans-Dolphins longest game on record
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- It's appropriate that in a contest that featured a kid running from the stand to the field during one of two lengthy lightning delays and two kickoff return touchdowns, the Tennessee Titans-Miami Dolphins game set a record for the longest game in NFL history. The game, which resulted in a 27-20 Miami win, lasted seven hours and eight minutes. That cruised past the previous long of Baltimore Ravens-Chicago Bears (5 hours, 16 minutes) on November 17, 2013.
The first lightning delay occurred with 1:11 left in the second quarter. It lasted one hour, 57 minutes. The second lightning delay occurred with 6:47 left in third quarter. It lasted two hours and two minutes.
