New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins
October 6, 2002
| Quarter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
| New England Patriots | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| Miami Dolphins | 6 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 26 |
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| 1st Quarter | ||||
| 14:52 | Mia | TD | Jay Fiedler 8 run (Kick Blocked) | Mia 6, NE 0 |
| 2nd Quarter | ||||
| 3:22 | Mia | TD | Chris Chambers 7 pass from Jay Fiedler (Olindo Mare Kick) | Mia 13, NE 0 |
| 13:49 | Mia | FG | FG Olindo Mare 40 | Mia 16, NE 0 |
| 3rd Quarter | ||||
| 5:25 | NE | TD | David Patten 34 pass from Tom Brady (Pass Failed) | Mia 16, NE 6 |
| 13:55 | Mia | TD | Randy McMichael 1 pass from Jay Fiedler (Olindo Mare Kick) | Mia 23, NE 6 |
| 4th Quarter | ||||
| 10:19 | NE | TD | David Patten 25 pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri Kick) | Mia 23, NE 13 |
| 13:35 | Mia | FG | FG Olindo Mare 33 | Mia 26, NE 13 |
Attendance: 73,369
Missed Field Goals: Mia - Olindo Mare 45| Team Statistics | ||
| New England Patriots | Miami Dolphins | |
| First downs | 16 | 21 |
| Rushes - yards | 17 - 37 | 44 - 137 |
| Passing | 208 | 182 |
| Punt returns | 0 - 0 | 3 - 39 |
| Kickoff returns | 6 - 126 | 2 - 49 |
| Interception returns | 0 - 0 | 2 - 1 |
| Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted | 17 - 31 - 2 | 17 - 27 - 0 |
| Sacked - yards lost | 3 - 32 | 1 - 8 |
| Punts | 4 - 45.8 | 3 - 38.0 |
| Fumbles - lost | 2 - 1 | 2 - 1 |
| Penalties - yards | 6 - 49 | 5 - 35 |
| Time of possession | 20:01 | 39:59 |
| Passing | ||||||||||
| New England Patriots | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Tom Brady | 31 | 17 | 240 | 7.74 | 2 | 2 | 34t | 3 | 32 | 74.7 |
| Miami Dolphins | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Jay Fiedler | 27 | 17 | 190 | 7.04 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 8 | 108.6 |
| Rushing | ||||||
| New England Patriots | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Kevin Faulk | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Antowain Smith | 9 | 14 | 1.6 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| J.R. Redmond | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Marc Edwards | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Brady | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Patten | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Ricky Williams | 36 | 105 | 2.9 | 12 | 0 | 4 |
| Jay Fiedler | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 11 | 1 | 2 |
| Robert Edwards | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Rob Konrad | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| New England Patriots | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| David Patten | 5 | 102 | 20.4 | 34t | 2 | 5 |
| Deion Branch | 4 | 61 | 15.2 | 24 | 0 | 4 |
| Kevin Faulk | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| Christian Fauria | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| Cameron Cleeland | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| Marc Edwards | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Donald Hayes | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Antowain Smith | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Chris Chambers | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 17 | 1 | 4 |
| Randy McMichael | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 18 | 1 | 3 |
| Oronde Gadsden | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| Rob Konrad | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| James McKnight | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | 1 |
| Dedric Ward | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| Robert Edwards | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky Williams | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kickoff Returns | ||||||
| New England Patriots | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Kevin Faulk | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Deion Branch | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Jarvis Green | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Travis Minor | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Punt Returns | ||||||
| New England Patriots | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Kevin Faulk | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Dedric Ward | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 1 | 26 | 0 |
| Punting | ||||||||||
| New England Patriots | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Ken Walter | 4 | 183 | 45.8 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 3 | 39 |
| Miami Dolphins | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Mark Royals | 3 | 114 | 38.0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Defense | ||||||||||
| New England Patriots | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Lonie Paxton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Donald Hayes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Ted Johnson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tebucky Jones | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Law | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Lyle | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.R. Redmond | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Martin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Phifer | 9 | 6 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie McGinest | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawyer Milloy | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Hamilton | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Seymour | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Green | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Otis Smith | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarvis Green | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Givens | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Tedy Bruschi | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Vrabel | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Patrick Surtain | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sam Madison | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Thomas | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Taylor | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jed Weaver | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Derrick Rodgers | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adewale Ogunleye | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Bowens | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Burnett | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Chester | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arturo Freeman | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Galyon | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Morlon Greenwood | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jermaine Haley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Bowens | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Marion | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott McGarrahan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Shawn Wooden | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2002 NFL Scoreboard - Week 5
Sunday, October 6, 2002
| Washington | 31 |
| Tennessee | 14 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Pittsburgh | 29 |
| New Orleans | 32 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| New England | 13 |
| Miami | 26 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Cincinnati | 21 |
| Indianapolis | 28 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| NY Giants | 21 |
| Dallas | 17 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Arizona | 16 |
| Carolina | 13 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Oakland | 49 |
| Buffalo | 31 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Tampa Bay | 20 |
| Atlanta | 6 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Kansas City | 29 |
| NY Jets | 25 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| San Diego | 9 |
| Denver | 26 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| St. Louis | 13 |
| San Francisco | 37 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Philadelphia | 25 |
| Jacksonville | 28 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Baltimore | 26 |
| Cleveland | 21 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
Monday, October 7, 2002
| Green Bay | 34 |
| Chicago | 21 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
