New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins
October 7, 2001
| Quarter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
| New England Patriots | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Miami Dolphins | 7 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| 1st Quarter | ||||
| 2:57 | NE | TD | Antowain Smith 9 run (Adam Vinatieri Kick) | NE 7, Mia 0 |
| 11:21 | Mia | TD | Lamar Smith 7 run (Olindo Mare Kick) | Mia 7, NE 7 |
| 2nd Quarter | ||||
| 0:39 | Mia | FG | FG Olindo Mare 19 | Mia 10, NE 7 |
| 8:18 | NE | FG | FG Adam Vinatieri 37 | Mia 10, NE 10 |
| 14:53 | Mia | TD | Jed Weaver 14 pass from Jay Fiedler (Olindo Mare Kick) | Mia 17, NE 10 |
| 3rd Quarter | ||||
| 7:02 | Mia | FG | FG Olindo Mare 34 | Mia 20, NE 10 |
| 15:00 | Mia | TD | Jason Taylor 1 fumble return (Olindo Mare Kick) | Mia 27, NE 10 |
| 4th Quarter | ||||
| 12:52 | Mia | FG | FG Olindo Mare 27 | Mia 30, NE 10 |
Attendance: 72,713
Missed Field Goals: None| Team Statistics | ||
| New England Patriots | Miami Dolphins | |
| First downs | 12 | 19 |
| Rushes - yards | 23 - 80 | 44 - 209 |
| Passing | 69 | 87 |
| Punt returns | 2 - 0 | 3 - 27 |
| Kickoff returns | 2 - 42 | 3 - 67 |
| Interception returns | 1 - 15 | 0 - 0 |
| Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted | 12 - 24 - 0 | 11 - 21 - 1 |
| Sacked - yards lost | 4 - 17 | 0 - 0 |
| Punts | 5 - 44.8 | 4 - 40.8 |
| Fumbles - lost | 3 - 3 | 0 - 0 |
| Penalties - yards | 3 - 20 | 11 - 86 |
| Time of possession | 23:39 | 36:21 |
| Passing | ||||||||||
| New England Patriots | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Tom Brady | 24 | 12 | 86 | 3.58 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 58.7 |
| Miami Dolphins | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Jay Fiedler | 21 | 11 | 87 | 4.14 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 |
| Rushing | ||||||
| New England Patriots | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Antowain Smith | 14 | 47 | 3.4 | 9t | 1 | 2 |
| Marc Edwards | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin Faulk | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Brady | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Miami Dolphins | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Lamar Smith | 29 | 144 | 5.0 | 17 | 1 | 7 |
| Jay Fiedler | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| Travis Minor | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| James McKnight | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| New England Patriots | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Troy Brown | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 15 | 0 | 2 |
| Kevin Faulk | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Torrance Small | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| David Patten | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Marc Edwards | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Antowain Smith | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Lamar Smith | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| Oronde Gadsden | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| James McKnight | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| Jed Weaver | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14t | 1 | 1 |
| Dedric Ward | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeff Ogden | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Minor | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kickoff Returns | ||||||
| New England Patriots | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Kevin Faulk | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Chris Chambers | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Punt Returns | ||||||
| New England Patriots | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Troy Brown | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Jeff Ogden | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Punting | ||||||||||
| New England Patriots | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Lee Johnson | 5 | 224 | 44.8 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35.4 | 3 | 27 |
| Miami Dolphins | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Matt Turk | 4 | 163 | 40.8 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 40.8 | 2 | 0 |
| Defense | ||||||||||
| New England Patriots | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Mike Vrabel | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Lawyer Milloy | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Johnson | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tebucky Jones | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Law | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Seymour | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Mitchell | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Pleasant | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Pass | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Lonie Paxton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Larry Izzo | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Hamilton | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrell Buckley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Cox | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Phifer | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Otis Smith | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrance Shaw | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Twan Russell | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Jason Taylor | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Thomas | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Surtain | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Rodgers | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Mixon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Cousin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Fiedler | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Jamar Fletcher | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daryl Gardener | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2.0 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morlon Greenwood | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jermaine Haley | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Madison | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Marion | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Bowens | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Walker | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2001 NFL Scoreboard - Week 4
Sunday, October 7, 2001
| Chicago | 31 |
| Atlanta | 3 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| San Diego | 16 |
| Cleveland | 20 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| New England | 10 |
| Miami | 30 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Minnesota | 15 |
| New Orleans | 28 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Washington | 9 |
| NY Giants | 23 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Arizona | 21 |
| Philadelphia | 20 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Cincinnati | 7 |
| Pittsburgh | 16 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Tennessee | 7 |
| Baltimore | 26 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Jacksonville | 15 |
| Seattle | 24 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Kansas City | 6 |
| Denver | 20 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| NY Jets | 42 |
| Buffalo | 36 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Dallas | 21 |
| Oakland | 28 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Green Bay | 10 |
| Tampa Bay | 14 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Carolina | 14 |
| San Francisco | 24 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
Monday, October 8, 2001
| St. Louis | 35 |
| Detroit | 0 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
