By JOHN WAWROW
AP Sports Writer

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y.(AP) -- Offense is back in fashion in Buffalo
now that Perry Fewell - a defensive coordinator, of all people -
has taken over as interim head coach.

In delivering Fewell his first career win, the Bills erupted for
24 points in the fourth quarter in a 31-14 victory over the
Miami Dolphins on Sunday.

And all Terrell Owens could wonder after he helped seal the rout
with a 51-yard touchdown catch was what might have been if Bills
owner Ralph Wilson had fired Dick Jauron a few games earlier.

"Well, he's two weeks too late," Owens said, crediting Fewell
who took over when Jauron was fired Nov. 17. "I've been wanting
to be aggressive all year."

After taking their first lead on Rian Lindell's career-best
56-yard field goal with 3:35 left, the Bills didn't let up.
Owens scored on the next possession after Chad Henne threw his
first of three interceptions. And Fewell was spotted along the
sideline demanding another touchdown, which came after Fred
Jackson sealed the rout by scoring on a 7-yard run with 1:20
remaining.

"How sweet it is, baby," said Fewell, who has never been a head
coach at any level. "We've been talking about finishing. That's
what we did today."

The win evened Fewell's record at 1-1, and came in a week in
which the Bills tagged former Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan
as a potential candidate to take over.

Not so fast.

"I'm not going to say that right now," safety Donte Whitner said
when asked if this was a players' statement favoring Fewell.
"But I know we can run a couple off in a row, and then we'll
talk about that."

The Bills (4-7), who snapped a three-game skid, have little time
to enjoy the victory as they prepare to "host" the New York Jets
at Toronto on Thursday.

The Dolphins (5-6), meanwhile, suddenly face a must-win
challenge next week when they host the division-leading
Patriots. This wasn't the position Miami expected to be in after
climbing back into contention by winning five of seven to
overcome an 0-3 start.

"Our team knew exactly what was at stake when we came in here to
play this ballgame," coach Tony Sparano said. "We did things,
quite honestly, that 3-7 teams do in the fourth quarter. I've
got to take responsibility. It's my fault."

The Dolphins couldn't take advantage of Ricky Williams' third
consecutive 100-yard rushing game. Williams finished with 115
yards and a touchdown, but also threw an interception to end the
Dolphins' opening drive on first-and-goal from the 3.

And so much for all the pressure Miami's defense provided in
taking advantage of Buffalo's young and injury-depleted
offensive line. Linebacker Joey Porter, who had 2 1/2 of Miami's
six sacks, declined to speak following the game.

"We dropped the ball. We can't blame anybody but ourselves,"
Jason Taylor said. "Obviously, what we're doing now is not the
trick."

Give credit to the Bills, too.

"They came out and fought like dogs," cornerback Nathan Jones
said. "They took advantage of our mistakes and beat us fair and
square. There are no excuses."

After the teams traded first-half touchdowns, the Dolphins
appeared to take control by opening the third-quarter with a
16-play, 83-yard drive capped by Williams' 1-yard plunge.

For a team with little but pride to play for, the Bills
responded with an impressive drive as Jackson scored on a 3-yard
run to cap a 13-play, 74-yard march.

The Dolphins managed four first downs the rest of the way.

Fitzpatrick had his second consecutive solid outing since taking
over after Fewell benched starter Trent Edwards. He finished 17
of 26 for 246 yards and helped the Bills generate 336 yards
offense - the second straight week Buffalo's broken 300 yards.

Fewell was particularly impressed with Fitzpatrick's decision to
go deep to Owens, something the quarterback called at the line.

"I love it," Fewell said. "I told him, `You have some big
(guts).' "

Spotting Owens lined up one-on-one with rookie cornerback Vontae
Davis, quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick threw a bomb up the right
sideline in a play reminiscent to T.O.'s 98-yard touchdown in an
18-15 loss at Jacksonville last week.

"Well yeah, I think we were hitting at that last week, and we
just came up a little bit short," said Owens, who finished with
five catches for 96 yards. "But we were very confident even
though we lost. ... We prepared hard and it showed out there."

NOTES: Fitzpatrick also showed he could run with a 31-yard
touchdown on a bootleg up the right sideline. It was the Bills'
longest TD rushing since RB Marshawn Lynch scored on a 56-yarder
on Nov. 4, 2007. ... Taylor was credited with a half-sack,
upping his career total to 126 1/2, moving into a tie for 11th
on the NFL list with Hall of Famer Derrick Thomas. ... Williams
matched a season best by scoring his ninth TD rushing.