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New England at Miami

7:00 pm EDT Mon Sep 12, 2011

  • TV: ESPN
  • Fair Miami Gardens, FL 83°F

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New England 38 at Miami 24

38
New England Patriots
1-0 (Won last 1)
Final
New England Patriots @ Miami Dolphins
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
New England Patriots 7 7 14 10 38
Miami Dolphins 7 0 10 7 24
24
Miami Dolphins
0-1 (Lost last 1)

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter NE - MIA
Scoring Summary: New England Patriots @ Miami Dolphins, 1st Quarter
Time Team Scoring Type Description Score
7:42 Miami Dolphins MIA TD

Chad Henne rushed up the middle for 9 yard gain (Dan Carpenter made PAT)

 0 - 7
4:14 New England Patriots NE TD

BenJarvus Green-Ellis rushed to the right for 4 yard gain (Stephen Gostkowski made PAT)

 7 - 7
2nd Quarter NE - MIA
Scoring Summary: New England Patriots @ Miami Dolphins, 2nd Quarter
Time Team Scoring Type Description Score
14:09 New England Patriots NE TD

Tom Brady passed to Rob Gronkowski to the right for 10 yard gain (Stephen Gostkowski made PAT)

 14 - 7
3rd Quarter NE - MIA
Scoring Summary: New England Patriots @ Miami Dolphins, 3rd Quarter
Time Team Scoring Type Description Score
12:29 Miami Dolphins MIA TD

Chad Henne passed to Brian Hartline down the middle for 10 yard gain (Dan Carpenter made PAT)

 14 - 14
8:23 New England Patriots NE TD

Tom Brady passed to Wes Welker to the left for 2 yard gain (Stephen Gostkowski made PAT)

 21 - 14
3:36 Miami Dolphins MIA FG

Dan Carpenter kicked a 20-yard field goal

 21 - 17
0:10 New England Patriots NE TD

Tom Brady passed to Aaron Hernandez down the middle for 1 yard gain (Stephen Gostkowski made PAT)

 28 - 17
4th Quarter NE - MIA
Scoring Summary: New England Patriots @ Miami Dolphins, 4th Quarter
Time Team Scoring Type Description Score
11:02 New England Patriots NE FG

Stephen Gostkowski kicked a 20-yard field goal

 31 - 17
5:44 New England Patriots NE TD

Tom Brady passed to Wes Welker to the left for 99 yard gain (Stephen Gostkowski made PAT)

 38 - 17
3:39 Miami Dolphins MIA TD

Chad Henne passed to Reggie Bush to the right for 2 yard gain (Dan Carpenter made PAT)

 38 - 24

Passing

Team Statistics: Passing for New England Patriots
New England Patriots Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int Rating
Tom Brady(notes) 32 48 517 66.7 10.8 1 1 4 1 121.6
Team Statistics: Passing for Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int Rating
Chad Henne(notes) 30 49 416 61.2 8.5 4 26 2 1 93.6

Rushing

Team Statistics: Rushing for New England Patriots
New England Patriots Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL
Danny Woodhead(notes) 14 69 4.9 9 0 0
BenJarvus Green-Ellis(notes) 7 34 4.9 13 1 0
Tom Brady(notes) 1 3 3.0 3 0 0
Team Statistics: Rushing for Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL
Chad Henne(notes) 7 59 8.4 19 1 0
Reggie Bush(notes) 11 38 3.5 13 0 0
Lex Hilliard(notes) 2 1 0.5 2 0 0

Receiving

Team Statistics: Receiving for New England Patriots
New England Patriots Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL
Wes Welker(notes) 8 160 20.0 99 2 0
Aaron Hernandez(notes) 7 103 14.7 30 1 0
Deion Branch(notes) 7 93 13.3 24 0 0
Rob Gronkowski(notes) 6 86 14.3 23 1 0
Matthew Slater(notes) 1 46 46.0 46 0 0
Chad Ochocinco(notes) 1 14 14.0 14 0 0
Julian Edelman(notes) 1 9 9.0 9 0 0
Danny Woodhead(notes) 1 6 6.0 6 0 0
Team Statistics: Receiving for Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL
Brandon Marshall(notes) 7 139 19.9 31 0 0
Davone Bess(notes) 5 92 18.4 26 0 0
Anthony Fasano(notes) 5 82 16.4 25 0 0
Reggie Bush(notes) 9 56 6.2 16 1 0
Brian Hartline(notes) 4 47 11.8 16 1 0

Kicking

Team Statistics: Kicking for New England Patriots
New England Patriots XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts
Stephen Gostkowski(notes) 5 5 1 2 20 50.0 8
Team Statistics: Kicking for Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts
Dan Carpenter(notes) 3 3 1 1 20 100.0 6

Punting

Team Statistics: Punting for New England Patriots
New England Patriots Punt Avg Long Blk In20 TB
Zoltan Mesko(notes) 4 38.0 39 0 1 1
Team Statistics: Punting for Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins Punt Avg Long Blk In20 TB
Brandon Fields(notes) 6 51.2 59 0 2 0

Kick/Punt Returns

Team Statistics: Returns for New England Patriots
New England Patriots KR Yds Avg Lng TD PR Yds Avg Lng TD
Matthew Slater(notes) 1 22 22.0 22 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Julian Edelman(notes) 2 65 32.5 37 0 5 59 11.8 17 0
Rob Gronkowski(notes) 1 11 11.0 11 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Team Statistics: Returns for Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins KR Yds Avg Lng TD PR Yds Avg Lng TD
Clyde Gates(notes) 6 129 21.5 26 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Davone Bess(notes) 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 11 5.5 6 0

Defense

Team Statistics: Defensive for New England Patriots
New England Patriots Tack Ast Sack Yds FFum FumR PD Int Yds IntTD
Devin McCourty(notes) 10 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Patrick Chung(notes) 9 0 1.0 3.0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Sergio Brown(notes) 6 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerod Mayo(notes) 5 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Josh Barrett(notes) 4 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Guyton(notes) 3 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leigh Bodden(notes) 3 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Myron Pryor(notes) 2 1 0.5 4.5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kyle Arrington(notes) 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 1 5 0
Albert Haynesworth(notes) 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ras-I Dowling(notes) 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andre Carter(notes) 1 0 1.0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Anderson(notes) 1 0 1.0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rob Ninkovich(notes) 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stephen Gostkowski(notes) 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shaun Ellis(notes) 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Deion Branch(notes) 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tracy White(notes) 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matthew Slater(notes) 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vince Wilfork(notes) 0 1 0.5 4.5 0 0 0 0 0 0
BenJarvus Green-Ellis(notes) 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Aiken(notes) 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dane Fletcher(notes) 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Statistics: Defensive for Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins Tack Ast Sack Yds FFum FumR PD Int Yds IntTD
Reshad Jones(notes) 8 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Yeremiah Bell(notes) 5 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karlos Dansby(notes) 5 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Benny Sapp(notes) 4 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Vontae Davis(notes) 3 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cameron Wake(notes) 3 0 1.0 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Nolan Carroll(notes) 3 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Burnett(notes) 3 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sean Smith(notes) 2 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jared Odrick(notes) 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 1 39 0
Jimmy Wilson(notes) 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Hartline(notes) 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Starks(notes) 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Denney(notes) 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Trusnik(notes) 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Soliai(notes) 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austin Spitler(notes) 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dan Carpenter(notes) 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Koa Misi(notes) 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Davone Bess(notes) 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last Updated

Updated on Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 5:40 am ET

Top Performers

New England
T. Brady
Tom Brady(notes) QB

32-48, 517 yds
4 TDs, 1 INT

Miami
C. Henne
Chad Henne(notes) QB

30-49, 416 yds
2 TDs, 1 INT
7 Rush, 59 yds, 1 TD

Team Statistics

Team Statistics Comparison: New England Patriots / Miami Dolphins
Team Statistics New England Patriots Miami Dolphins
First Downs 27 25
Total Yards 622 488
Turnovers 1 1
Time of Possession 28:27 31:33
First Downs 27 25
Passing 20 19
Rushing 6 6
Penalty 1 0
Third Down Efficiency 8-13 2-14
Fourth Down Efficiency 0-0 4-5
Total Net Yards 622 488
Total Plays 71 73
Average Gain Per Play 8.8 6.7
Net Yards Rushing 106 98
Rushes 22 20
Average Per Rush 4.8 4.9
Net Yards Passing 516 390
Completions-Attempts 32-48 30-49
Yards Per Pass Play 10.5 7.4
Times Sacked 1 4
Yards Lost to Sacks 1 26
Had Intercepted 1 1
Punts 4 6
Average Punt 38.0 51.2
Penalties 7 8
Penalty Yards 50 60
Fumbles 0 1
Fumbles Lost 0 0
Time of Possession 28:27 31:33

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