Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots
December 22, 2001
| Quarter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
| Miami Dolphins | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 13 |
| New England Patriots | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| 2nd Quarter | ||||
| 0:03 | NE | TD | Antowain Smith 2 run (Adam Vinatieri Kick) | NE 7, Mia 0 |
| 4:02 | NE | TD | Patrick Pass 23 pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri Kick) | NE 14, Mia 0 |
| 10:29 | NE | FG | FG Adam Vinatieri 32 | NE 17, Mia 0 |
| 14:03 | NE | FG | FG Adam Vinatieri 23 | NE 20, Mia 0 |
| 14:57 | Mia | FG | FG Olindo Mare 36 | NE 20, Mia 3 |
| 4th Quarter | ||||
| 1:19 | Mia | FG | FG Olindo Mare 36 | NE 20, Mia 6 |
| 13:32 | Mia | TD | Jeff Ogden 10 pass from Jay Fiedler (Olindo Mare Kick) | NE 20, Mia 13 |
Attendance: 60,292
Missed Field Goals: None| Team Statistics | ||
| Miami Dolphins | New England Patriots | |
| First downs | 19 | 20 |
| Rushes - yards | 19 - 58 | 44 - 196 |
| Passing | 310 | 117 |
| Punt returns | 1 - 11 | 2 - 17 |
| Kickoff returns | 3 - 26 | 3 - 49 |
| Interception returns | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 |
| Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted | 21 - 37 - 0 | 12 - 20 - 0 |
| Sacked - yards lost | 2 - 10 | 3 - 14 |
| Punts | 4 - 35.2 | 5 - 42.2 |
| Fumbles - lost | 3 - 3 | 1 - 0 |
| Penalties - yards | 9 - 67 | 7 - 75 |
| Time of possession | 23:15 | 36:45 |
| Passing | ||||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Jay Fiedler | 37 | 21 | 320 | 8.65 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 10 | 94.4 |
| New England Patriots | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Tom Brady | 19 | 11 | 108 | 5.68 | 1 | 0 | 23t | 3 | 14 | 91.6 |
| Kevin Faulk | 1 | 1 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Rushing | ||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Lamar Smith | 12 | 33 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Jay Fiedler | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Minor | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Dedric Ward | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Antowain Smith | 26 | 156 | 6.0 | 44 | 1 | 9 |
| J.R. Redmond | 11 | 35 | 3.2 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| Troy Brown | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Marc Edwards | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Brady | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Chris Chambers | 7 | 124 | 17.7 | 44 | 0 | 4 |
| James McKnight | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 25 | 0 | 5 |
| Jed Weaver | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeff Ogden | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 18 | 1 | 2 |
| Lamar Smith | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| Dedric Ward | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Rob Konrad | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Troy Brown | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| Patrick Pass | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 23t | 1 | 1 |
| Jermaine Wiggins | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Brady | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin Faulk | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Marc Edwards | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Kickoff Returns | ||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Chris Chambers | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Deon Dyer | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ed Perry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Patrick Pass | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Punt Returns | ||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Jeff Ogden | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Troy Brown | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Punting | ||||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Matt Turk | 4 | 141 | 35.2 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 2 | 17 |
| New England Patriots | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Ken Walter | 5 | 211 | 42.2 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40.0 | 1 | 11 |
| Defense | ||||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| David Bowens | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Hendricks | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Sam Madison | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Marion | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Mixon | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Rodgers | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Ruddy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Patrick Surtain | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Taylor | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Thomas | 9 | 7 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Walker | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jermaine Haley | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morlon Greenwood | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Bowens | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Bromell | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Cousin | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Wooden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Arturo Freeman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Galyon | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernest Grant | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Ty Law | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrance Shaw | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Otis Smith | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Stevens | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrell Buckley | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Vrabel | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Hamilton | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Seymour | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Chatham | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Larry Izzo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Tebucky Jones | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie McGinest | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawyer Milloy | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Cox | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Nugent | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Johnson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Pleasant | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Phifer | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2001 NFL Scoreboard - Week 15
Saturday, December 22, 2001
| Miami | 13 |
| New England | 20 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Philadelphia | 3 |
| San Francisco | 13 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Tennessee | 13 |
| Oakland | 10 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
Sunday, December 23, 2001
| Buffalo | 30 |
| Atlanta | 33 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| San Diego | 17 |
| Kansas City | 20 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Jacksonville | 33 |
| Minnesota | 3 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Seattle | 24 |
| NY Giants | 27 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Detroit | 14 |
| Pittsburgh | 47 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| New Orleans | 21 |
| Tampa Bay | 48 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Chicago | 20 |
| Washington | 15 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| St. Louis | 38 |
| Carolina | 32 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Cincinnati | 0 |
| Baltimore | 16 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Dallas | 10 |
| Arizona | 17 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Cleveland | 7 |
| Green Bay | 30 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| NY Jets | 29 |
| Indianapolis | 28 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
