New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins
December 20, 2004
| Quarter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
| New England Patriots | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Miami Dolphins | 7 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 29 |
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| 1st Quarter | ||||
| 5:01 | NE | TD | Kevin Faulk 31 pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri Kick) | NE 7, Mia 0 |
| 8:30 | Mia | TD | Sammy Morris 2 run (Olindo Mare Kick) | Mia 7, NE 7 |
| 2nd Quarter | ||||
| 7:59 | NE | TD | Corey Dillon 3 run (Adam Vinatieri Kick) | NE 14, Mia 7 |
| 13:08 | Mia | FG | FG Olindo Mare 30 | NE 14, Mia 10 |
| 3rd Quarter | ||||
| 8:10 | Mia | TD | Travis Minor 1 run (Olindo Mare Kick) | Mia 17, NE 14 |
| 12:53 | NE | TD | Corey Dillon 2 pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri Kick) | NE 21, Mia 17 |
| 4th Quarter | ||||
| 11:01 | NE | TD | Daniel Graham 2 pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri Kick) | NE 28, Mia 17 |
| 12:53 | Mia | TD | Sammy Morris 1 run (Pass Failed) | NE 28, Mia 23 |
| 13:37 | Mia | TD | Derrius Thompson 21 pass from A.J. Feeley (Pass Failed) | Mia 29, NE 28 |
Attendance: 73,629
Missed Field Goals: None| Team Statistics | ||
| New England Patriots | Miami Dolphins | |
| First downs | 24 | 18 |
| Rushes - yards | 38 - 166 | 20 - 52 |
| Passing | 156 | 179 |
| Punt returns | 2 - 17 | 2 - 87 |
| Kickoff returns | 6 - 111 | 5 - 139 |
| Interception returns | 0 - 0 | 4 - 48 |
| Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted | 18 - 29 - 4 | 22 - 35 - 0 |
| Sacked - yards lost | 2 - 15 | 4 - 19 |
| Punts | 4 - 42.8 | 6 - 45.7 |
| Fumbles - lost | 0 - 0 | 3 - 1 |
| Penalties - yards | 4 - 53 | 9 - 67 |
| Time of possession | 35:06 | 24:54 |
| Passing | ||||||||||
| New England Patriots | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Tom Brady | 29 | 18 | 171 | 5.90 | 3 | 4 | 31t | 2 | 15 | 73.3 |
| Miami Dolphins | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| A.J. Feeley | 35 | 22 | 198 | 5.66 | 1 | 0 | 21t | 4 | 19 | 87.6 |
| Rushing | ||||||
| New England Patriots | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Corey Dillon | 26 | 121 | 4.7 | 20 | 1 | 7 |
| Kevin Faulk | 6 | 39 | 6.5 | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| Patrick Pass | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Tom Brady | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Travis Minor | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| Sammy Morris | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 12 | 2 | 4 |
| Chris Chambers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Feeley | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| New England Patriots | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| David Patten | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 | 1 |
| Deion Branch | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| Daniel Graham | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 12 | 1 | 3 |
| Patrick Pass | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Dillon | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2t | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Faulk | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31t | 1 | 1 |
| Christian Fauria | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Brown | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Sammy Morris | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 15 | 0 | 2 |
| Marty Booker | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| Randy McMichael | 4 | 29 | 7.2 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Chambers | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| Derrius Thompson | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 21t | 1 | 2 |
| Bryan Gilmore | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 | 2 |
| Donald Lee | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Kickoff Returns | ||||||
| New England Patriots | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Kevin Faulk | 4 | 73 | 18.2 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Patrick Pass | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| David Patten | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Wes Welker | 5 | 139 | 27.8 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| Punt Returns | ||||||
| New England Patriots | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Kevin Faulk | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Wes Welker | 2 | 87 | 43.5 | 2 | 71 | 0 |
| Punting | ||||||||||
| New England Patriots | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Josh Miller | 4 | 171 | 42.8 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21.0 | 2 | 87 |
| Miami Dolphins | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Matt Turk | 6 | 274 | 45.7 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42.8 | 2 | 17 |
| Defense | ||||||||||
| New England Patriots | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Eugene Wilson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Izzo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Ted Johnson | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie McGinest | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Neal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| David Patten | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Roman Phifer | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asante Samuel | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Seymour | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Vrabel | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Wilfork | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rodney Harrison | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Je'Rod Cherry | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Don Davis | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Faulk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Tully Banta-Cain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Tedy Bruschi | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randall Gay | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Graham | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Troy Brown | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarvis Green | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Sammy Knight | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Arturo Freeman | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Brendon Ayanbadejo | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| David Bowens | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morlon Greenwood | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Williams | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quintin Williams | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Renauld Williams | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Wyrick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Jason Taylor | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Surtain | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Shaw | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Robinson | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Pope | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Minor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Randy McMichael | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Sam Madison | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Jenkins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Reggie Howard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Zgonina | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2004 NFL Scoreboard - Week 15
Saturday, December 18, 2004
| Pittsburgh | 33 |
| NY Giants | 30 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Washington | 26 |
| San Francisco | 16 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Carolina | 31 |
| Atlanta | 34 |
| Boxscore | FINAL/OT |
Sunday, December 19, 2004
| Houston | 24 |
| Chicago | 5 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Buffalo | 33 |
| Cincinnati | 17 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| San Diego | 21 |
| Cleveland | 0 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Minnesota | 28 |
| Detroit | 27 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Seattle | 14 |
| NY Jets | 37 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Dallas | 7 |
| Philadelphia | 12 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Denver | 17 |
| Kansas City | 45 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Jacksonville | 28 |
| Green Bay | 25 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| St. Louis | 7 |
| Arizona | 31 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| New Orleans | 21 |
| Tampa Bay | 17 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Tennessee | 35 |
| Oakland | 40 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Baltimore | 10 |
| Indianapolis | 20 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
Monday, December 20, 2004
| New England | 28 |
| Miami | 29 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
