MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Cameron Wake described it as a movie moment.

If so, it would have to be classified as a drama. Third down, getting late in overtime, and the Miami Dolphins had the Cincinnati Bengals pinned deep in their side of the field.

Somehow unblocked and unnoticed, Wake sacked Cincinnati’s Andy Dalton for a safety with 6:38 left in overtime, giving the Dolphins a wild 22-20 win over the Bengals and getting Miami to .500 at the midpoint of its season.

It was just the third time in NFL history that an overtime game ended on a safety.

The Dolphins led 17-3 at one point, after Brent Grimes jumped a pass by Dalton and took off 94 yards for Miami’s longest interception return for a touchdown since 2002.

And then Miami lost the lead by giving up 17 unanswered points in what looked like just another collapse in a free fall of a season.

Giovani Bernard had a brilliant 35-yard touchdown run with 12:37 left to tie it.