Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots

December 29, 2002

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Final
Miami Dolphins	7	14	0	3	0	24
New England Patriots	0	10	3	11	3	27

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
11:43	Mia	TD	Ricky Williams 8 run (Olindo Mare Kick)	Mia 7, NE 0
2nd Quarter
6:08	Mia	TD	Ricky Williams 14 run (Olindo Mare Kick)	Mia 14, NE 0
12:35	NE	TD	Antowain Smith 11 run (Adam Vinatieri Kick)	Mia 14, NE 7
13:54	Mia	TD	James McKnight 32 pass from Jay Fiedler (Olindo Mare Kick)	Mia 21, NE 7
15:00	NE	FG	FG Adam Vinatieri 41	Mia 21, NE 10
3rd Quarter
11:23	NE	FG	FG Adam Vinatieri 36	Mia 21, NE 13
4th Quarter
10:01	Mia	FG	FG Olindo Mare 28	Mia 24, NE 13
12:14	NE	TD	Troy Brown 3 pass from Tom Brady (Christian Fauria Pass from Tom Brady)	Mia 24, NE 21
13:51	NE	FG	FG Adam Vinatieri 43	NE 24, Mia 24
Overtime
2:03	NE	FG	FG Adam Vinatieri 35	NE 27, Mia 24

Missed Field Goals: Mia - Olindo Mare 47

Attendance: 68,436

Team Statistics

Miami Dolphins New England Patriots

First downs 20 20

Rushes - yards 37 - 256 31 - 116

Passing 103 216

Punt returns 1 - 4 5 - 18

Kickoff returns 5 - 64 5 - 116

Interception returns 1 - 9 0 - 0

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 11 - 25 - 0 25 - 45 - 1

Sacked - yards lost 2 - 7 1 - 5

Punts 8 - 34.9 6 - 37.0

Fumbles - lost 0 - 0 1 - 1

Penalties - yards 6 - 83 4 - 20

Time of possession 31:11 30:52

Passing

Miami Dolphins Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Jay Fiedler 25 11 110 4.40 1 0 32t 2 7 70.4

New England Patriots Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Tom Brady 44 25 221 5.02 1 1 23 1 5 68.5

David Patten 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 39.6

Rushing

Miami Dolphins Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Ricky Williams 31 185 6.0 30 2

Chris Chambers 3 59 19.7 45 0

Jay Fiedler 2 9 4.5 7 0

Travis Minor 1 3 3.0 3 0

New England Patriots Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Antowain Smith 19 55 2.9 11t 1

Kevin Faulk 8 53 6.6 15 0

Tom Brady 4 8 2.0 4 0

Receiving

Miami Dolphins Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Dedric Ward 4 34 8.5 16 0

Randy McMichael 3 25 8.3 14 0

Ricky Williams 2 7 3.5 8 0

James McKnight 1 32 32.0 32t 1

Rob Konrad 1 12 12.0 12 0

New England Patriots Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Kevin Faulk 9 70 7.8 23 0

Troy Brown 8 67 8.4 19 1

David Patten 5 56 11.2 20 0

David Givens 1 13 13.0 13 0

Antowain Smith 1 11 11.0 11 0

Christian Fauria 1 4 4.0 4 0

Kickoff Returns

Miami Dolphins Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Travis Minor 5 64 12.8 0 20 0

New England Patriots Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Kevin Faulk 4 104 26.0 0 30 0

J.R. Redmond 1 12 12.0 0 12 0

Punt Returns

Miami Dolphins Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Dedric Ward 1 4 4.0 1 4 0

New England Patriots Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Troy Brown 3 13 4.3 0 9 0

Kevin Faulk 2 5 2.5 0 5 0

Punting

Miami Dolphins Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Mark Royals 8 279 34.9 48 1 1 0 30.1 5 18

New England Patriots Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Ken Walter 6 222 37.0 53 0 2 0 36.3 1 4

Defense

Miami Dolphins Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Brock Marion 1 9 9.0 9 0 0.0 0.0

Jay Williams 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 5.0

New England Patriots Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Anthony Pleasant 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 1.0

Willie McGinest 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 6.0

2002 NFL Scoreboard
Week 17

Sat, Dec 28, 2002

Philadelphia
NY Giants 7
10 F/OT

Kansas City
Oakland 0
24 Final

Sun, Dec 29, 2002

Atlanta
Cleveland 16
24 Final

Dallas
Washington 14
20 Final

Baltimore
Pittsburgh 31
34 Final

Carolina
New Orleans 10
6 Final

Miami
New England 24
27 F/OT

Minnesota
Detroit 38
36 Final

Cincinnati
Buffalo 9
27 Final

Tennessee
Houston 13
3 Final

Jacksonville
Indianapolis 13
20 Final

Seattle
San Diego 31
28 F/OT

Green Bay
NY Jets 17
42 Final

Arizona
Denver 7
37 Final

Tampa Bay
Chicago 15
0 Final

Mon, Dec 30, 2002

San Francisco
St. Louis 20
31 Final

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