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

Missed Field Goals: Mia - Olindo Mare 47, 28

Attendance: 60,292

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

Lamar Smith 20 26 1.3 9 2

Jay Fiedler 2 22 11.0 17 0

Autry Denson 2 -1 -0.5 0 0

New England Patriots Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Kevin Faulk 12 34 2.8 9 0

Terry Glenn 1 4 4.0 4 0

J.R. Redmond 6 3 0.5 3 0

Tony Carter 2 -4 -2.0 1t 1

Receiving

Miami Dolphins Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Oronde Gadsden 7 43 6.1 11 0

Jed Weaver 5 63 12.6 17 0

O.J. McDuffie 5 44 8.8 15 0

Tony Martin 4 44 11.0 24 0

Lamar Smith 2 21 10.5 14 0

Deon Dyer 2 14 7.0 13 0

Hunter Goodwin 2 11 5.5 9t 1

Autry Denson 2 11 5.5 12 0

Jeff Ogden 1 12 12.0 12 0

J.J. Johnson 1 8 8.0 8 0

New England Patriots Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Troy Brown 8 102 12.8 22 0

Jermaine Wiggins 4 81 20.3 59 0

Kevin Faulk 2 80 40.0 52t 1

Terry Glenn 2 41 20.5 25 1

J.R. Redmond 2 8 4.0 6 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 42.3 51 0 1 1 20.4 2 67

Defense

Miami Dolphins Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Jason Taylor 1 2 2.0 2 0 0.0 0.0

Zach Thomas 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0

Lorenzo Bromell 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 1.0

New England Patriots Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Willie McGinest 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 0.0

Antwan Harris 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 8.0

2000 NFL Scoreboard
Week 17

Sat, Dec 23, 2000

Jacksonville
NY Giants 25
28 Final

San Francisco
Denver 9
38 Final

Buffalo
Seattle 42
23 Final

Sun, Dec 24, 2000

Chicago
Detroit 23
20 Final

Miami
New England 27
24 Final

St. Louis
New Orleans 26
21 Final

Tampa Bay
Green Bay 14
17 F/OT

Cincinnati
Philadelphia 7
16 Final

Kansas City
Atlanta 13
29 Final

Arizona
Washington 3
20 Final

NY Jets
Baltimore 20
34 Final

Pittsburgh
San Diego 34
21 Final

Minnesota
Indianapolis 10
31 Final

Carolina
Oakland 9
52 Final

Mon, Dec 25, 2000

Dallas
Tennessee 0
31 Final

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