National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New England 38, Miami 7
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 2, 2011
Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
Temperature: 47°
Head Official: Terry McAulay
Attendance: 68756
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Miami 00077
New England 141014038
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 10:36
New England TD New England 7 - Miami 0
Rob Gronkowski 13 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Shayne Graham kick)
1st Quarter - 4:12
New England TD New England 14 - Miami 0
BenJarvus Green-Ellis 1 yd. run (Shayne Graham kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:41
New England FG New England 17 - Miami 0
Shayne Graham 28 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:18
New England TD New England 24 - Miami 0
Julian Edelman 94 yd. punt return (Shayne Graham kick)
3rd Quarter - 11:30
New England TD New England 31 - Miami 0
Alge Crumpler 10 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Shayne Graham kick)
3rd Quarter - 6:33
New England TD New England 38 - Miami 0
Brandon Tate 42 yd. pass from Brian Hoyer (Shayne Graham kick)
4th Quarter - 2:11
Miami TD New England 38 - Miami 7
Davone Bess 21 yd. pass from Tyler Thigpen (Dan Carpenter kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Miami New England
1st Downs 16 24
Rushing 4 7
Passing 10 15
Penalty 2 2
3rd Down Conversions 4-13 11-17
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-2
Punts-Average 6-48.0 2-48.0
Return Yards 137 135
Punts-Returns 0-0 4-112
Kickoffs-Returns 7-137 1-23
Int-Returns 0-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 5-40 5-72
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1
Time of Possession 23:41 36:19
Total Net Yards 250 502
Total Plays 58 74
Average Gain 4.3 6.8
Net Yards Rushing 44 181
Rushes 16 45
Average/Rush 2.8 4.0
Net Yards Passing 206 321
Comp-Att 16-37 17-29
Yards/Pass 4.9 11.1
Sacked-Yards Lost 5-34 0-0
Had Intercepted 1 0
Touchdowns 1 5
Rushing 0 1
Passing 1 3
Other 0 1
Extra Points 1-1 5-5
Field Goals 0-1 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 0-0-0% 3-6-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-0-0% 2-2-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Miami Dolphins (7-9)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Thigpen 10/21 169 1 0
C. Henne 6/16 71 0 1
New England Patriots (14-2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Brady 10/16 199 2 0
B. Hoyer 7/13 122 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
T. Thigpen 3 21 7.0 0 9
R. Brown 6 14 2.3 0 10
R. Williams 6 5 0.8 0 3
L. Polite 1 4 4.0 0 4
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
B. Green-Ellis 20 80 4.0 1 11
F. Taylor 10 35 3.5 0 8
D. Woodhead 2 19 9.5 0 19
S. Morris 5 18 3.6 0 7
T. Clayton 6 17 2.8 0 5
J. Edelman 1 13 13.0 0 13
B. Hoyer 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
B. Marshall 12 5 97 19.4 0 35
M. Moore 7 2 46 23.0 0 29
R. Brown 4 3 39 13.0 0 20
D. Bess 9 3 35 11.7 1 21
R. Wallace 2 2 16 8.0 0 9
L. Polite 1 1 7 7.0 0 7
R. Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0
M. Shuler 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
R. Gronkowski 10 6 102 17.0 1 28
B. Tate 3 2 82 41.0 1 42
J. Edelman 5 3 72 24.0 0 40
T. Price 4 3 41 13.7 0 18
A. Crumpler 2 1 10 10.0 1 10
S. Morris 3 1 8 8.0 0 8
B. Green-Ellis 2 1 6 6.0 0 6
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
D. McCourty 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Sacks
  NO. YDS
V. Wilfork 2.0 16.0
R. Ninkovich 2.0 11.0
J. Mayo 1.0 7.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
T. Dobbins 8 3
P. Soliai 5 1
T. Culver 5 2
C. Crowder 4 0
K. Langford 4 2
I. Alama-Francis 3 0
S. Smith 3 0
V. Davis 3 0
Y. Bell 3 0
T. McDaniel 3 1
C. Wake 3 1
K. Misi 3 2
C. Clemons 3 2
R. Jones 3 2
R. Starks 2 0
B. Sapp 1 0
P. Merling 1 0
Tackles
  TK Ast
K. Arrington 4 0
R. Ninkovich 4 0
J. Mayo 4 2
D. Butler 3 0
V. Wilfork 3 0
D. Fletcher 3 0
G. Guyton 2 0
E. Moore 2 1
D. McCourty 1 0
J. Sanders 1 0
T. Carter 1 0
K. Love 1 0
B. Meriweather 1 0
P. Chung 1 0
M. Pryor 1 0
L. Cohen 1 0
G. Warren 1 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
T. Dobbins 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
R. Ninkovich 3.0
J. Mayo 2.0
V. Wilfork 2.0
Fumbles
  NO.
R. Williams 1
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Woodhead 1