Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots
December 24, 2000
| Quarter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
| Miami Dolphins | 3 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 27 |
| New England Patriots | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| 1st Quarter | ||||
| 5:04 | Mia | FG | FG Olindo Mare 47 | Mia 3, NE 0 |
| 10:55 | NE | TD | Tony Carter 1 run (Adam Vinatieri Kick) | NE 7, Mia 3 |
| 2nd Quarter | ||||
| 6:44 | NE | TD | Kevin Faulk 52 pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri Kick) | NE 14, Mia 3 |
| 11:20 | Mia | TD | Hunter Goodwin 9 pass from Jay Fiedler (Olindo Mare Kick) | NE 14, Mia 10 |
| 12:47 | Mia | TD | Lamar Smith 1 run (Olindo Mare Kick) | Mia 17, NE 14 |
| 14:57 | NE | TD | Terry Glenn 16 pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri Kick) | NE 21, Mia 17 |
| 3rd Quarter | ||||
| 8:43 | NE | FG | FG Adam Vinatieri 33 | NE 24, Mia 17 |
| 4th Quarter | ||||
| 10:51 | Mia | TD | Lamar Smith 1 run (Olindo Mare Kick) | NE 24, Mia 24 |
| 14:51 | Mia | FG | FG Olindo Mare 49 | Mia 27, NE 24 |
Attendance: 60,292
Missed Field Goals: Mia - Olindo Mare 47, 28| Team Statistics | ||
| Miami Dolphins | New England Patriots | |
| First downs | 25 | 18 |
| Rushes - yards | 24 - 47 | 21 - 37 |
| Passing | 263 | 311 |
| Punt returns | 2 - 67 | 2 - 10 |
| Kickoff returns | 5 - 78 | 4 - 72 |
| Interception returns | 2 - 2 | 0 - 0 |
| Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted | 31 - 46 - 0 | 18 - 35 - 2 |
| Sacked - yards lost | 2 - 8 | 1 - 1 |
| Punts | 5 - 38.2 | 5 - 33.8 |
| Fumbles - lost | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 |
| Penalties - yards | 5 - 25 | 5 - 58 |
| Time of possession | 35:39 | 24:21 |
| Passing | ||||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Jay Fiedler | 45 | 30 | 264 | 5.87 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 89.5 |
| Damon Huard | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 95.8 |
| New England Patriots | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Drew Bledsoe | 34 | 18 | 312 | 9.18 | 2 | 2 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 79.5 |
| Michael Bishop | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Rushing | ||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Lamar Smith | 20 | 26 | 1.3 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| Jay Fiedler | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| Autry Denson | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Kevin Faulk | 12 | 34 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| Terry Glenn | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| J.R. Redmond | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Carter | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 1t | 1 | 1 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Oronde Gadsden | 7 | 43 | 6.1 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| Jed Weaver | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 17 | 0 | 4 |
| O.J. McDuffie | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| Tony Martin | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 24 | 0 | 2 |
| Lamar Smith | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| Deon Dyer | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| Hunter Goodwin | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9t | 1 | 1 |
| Autry Denson | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeff Ogden | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| J.J. Johnson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Troy Brown | 8 | 102 | 12.8 | 22 | 0 | 6 |
| Jermaine Wiggins | 4 | 81 | 20.2 | 59 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin Faulk | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 52t | 1 | 2 |
| Terry Glenn | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 25 | 1 | 2 |
| J.R. Redmond | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Kickoff Returns | ||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Kevin Williams | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Autry Denson | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Hunter Goodwin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Curtis Jackson | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Punt Returns | ||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Jeff Ogden | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 0 | 56 | 0 |
| O.J. McDuffie | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Troy Brown | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Punting | ||||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Matt Turk | 5 | 191 | 38.2 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28.2 | 2 | 10 |
| New England Patriots | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Lee Johnson | 4 | 169 | 42.2 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20.4 | 2 | 67 |
| Defense | ||||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Jason Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Zach Thomas | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Bowens | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Jones | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Marion | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Wilson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Mixon | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Rodgers | 10 | 2 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Twan Russell | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Patrick Surtain | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Walker | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Izzo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Lorenzo Bromell | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Jermaine Haley | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daryl Gardener | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arturo Freeman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Trent Gamble | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Antwan Harris | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Greg Spires | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Stevens | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Chad Eaton | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Thomas | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Brown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Larry Whigham | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Otis Smith | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Slade | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Hamilton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Johnson | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Langham | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony George | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawyer Milloy | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Kato Serwanga | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harold Shaw | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Willie McGinest | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
2000 NFL Scoreboard - Week 17
Saturday, December 23, 2000
| Jacksonville | 25 |
| NY Giants | 28 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| San Francisco | 9 |
| Denver | 38 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Buffalo | 42 |
| Seattle | 23 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
Sunday, December 24, 2000
| Chicago | 23 |
| Detroit | 20 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Miami | 27 |
| New England | 24 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| St. Louis | 26 |
| New Orleans | 21 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Tampa Bay | 14 |
| Green Bay | 17 |
| Boxscore | FINAL/OT |
| Cincinnati | 7 |
| Philadelphia | 16 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Kansas City | 13 |
| Atlanta | 29 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Arizona | 3 |
| Washington | 20 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| NY Jets | 20 |
| Baltimore | 34 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Pittsburgh | 34 |
| San Diego | 21 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Minnesota | 10 |
| Indianapolis | 31 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Carolina | 9 |
| Oakland | 52 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
Monday, December 25, 2000
| Dallas | 0 |
| Tennessee | 31 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
