HOUSTON -- As the owners of the NFL's 32 teams arrive in St. Petersburg this week for their fall meetings, the Dolphins are again scheduled to be among the topics of discussion on the agenda.

The eventual transfer of ownership from Wayne Huizenga to Stephen Ross is expected to take another step toward completion, as owners will hold a vote to ultimately pave the way for Ross to take over 100 percent of the team.

Team spokesman Harvey Greene said the vote does not mean a date for the full transfer has been set.

Instead, Greene said a vote in favor of the transfer is simply one more step toward Huizenga eventually turning over his remaining 50 percent.

Ross purchased 50 percent of the team and Dolphin Stadium during the offseason.

It is possible the complete transfer could be made as early as 2009.

DOLPHINS' LAST TD

Dolphins running back Ronnie Brown, who scored with 1:45 left to play, said there was never any deliberation or contemplation about whether he should take a knee or run out of bounds before entering the end zone as a way to chew up the clock.

Had the Dolphins not gotten into the end zone -- and instead were forced to kick a field goal -- they would have led 24-23 instead of 28-23.

That would have meant Houston would have only needed a field goal rather than the touchdown it ultimately scored.

''We wanted to score,'' Brown said. ``We didn't really want to kick a field goal because we know from the last couple [of] years they're capable of making those long field goals.

``We scored -- and we scored kind of early. And they made the most of it.''

AN UNUSUAL DAY

You would believe as often as Dan Marino threw to Tony Nathan and Keith Byars, a Dolphins running back would have had a two-touchdown reception game more recently than 1975.

But Dolphins running back Patrick Cobbs, 25, and on the receiving end of 53- and 80-yard touchdowns, was still more than seven years from being born the last time it happened.

That was Nov. 9, 1975, when Norm Bulaich had touchdown catches of 59 and 7 yards in a 27-7 win against the Jets.

THIS AND THAT

• No Dolphins players had to be taken to the locker room for injuries during the game.

Linebacker Channing Crowder walked off the field with a shoulder injury in the third quarter, but was back in two plays later.

• Inactives for the game included wide receivers Ernest Wilford and Derek Hagan. It's the second time each has been inactive, so combined they have missed four games.

That equals the number of combined catches they have this season, four, for 66 yards.

In some ways, the Dolphins have not played in a game like Sunday's since some of their most infamous losses:

• They haven't given up 485 yards of offense in the regular season since giving up 497 to San Francisco in a 44-20 pasting in 1995. Counting playoff games, you only have to go back to the 62-7 AFC Divisional Playoff loss to Jacksonville on Jan. 15, 2000, (coincidentally, referee Ed Hochuli worked that game, also).

• The 371 passing yards Houston rolled up were the most against Miami since the Jets had 376 in the Monday Night Miracle defeat in 2000, when the Dolphins blew a 30-7 lead and lost 40-37.

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