Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots
January 1, 2006
| Quarter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
| Miami Dolphins | 7 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 28 |
| New England Patriots | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| 1st Quarter | ||||
| 11:01 | Mia | TD | Ricky Williams 2 run (Olindo Mare Kick) | Mia 7, NE 0 |
| 14:02 | NE | TD | Deion Branch 11 pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri Kick) | NE 7, Mia 7 |
| 2nd Quarter | ||||
| 9:09 | Mia | FG | FG Olindo Mare 36 | Mia 10, NE 7 |
| 14:22 | Mia | FG | FG Olindo Mare 38 | Mia 13, NE 7 |
| 15:00 | NE | FG | FG Adam Vinatieri 49 | Mia 13, NE 10 |
| 3rd Quarter | ||||
| 6:03 | Mia | FG | FG Olindo Mare 41 | Mia 16, NE 10 |
| 10:19 | NE | FG | FG Adam Vinatieri 33 | Mia 16, NE 13 |
| 13:36 | Mia | SAF | Safety, M.Cassel fumble forced by R.Howard out of bounds in the end zone | Mia 18, NE 13 |
| 4th Quarter | ||||
| 5:53 | Mia | TD | Marty Booker 15 pass from Gus Frerotte (Olindo Mare Kick) | Mia 25, NE 13 |
| 8:50 | NE | TD | Tim Dwight 9 pass from Matt Cassel (Doug Flutie Kick) | Mia 25, NE 20 |
| 13:05 | Mia | FG | FG Olindo Mare 42 | Mia 28, NE 20 |
| 15:00 | NE | TD | Ben Watson 9 pass from Matt Cassel (Pass Failed) | Mia 28, NE 26 |
Attendance: 68,756
Missed Field Goals: None| Team Statistics | ||
| Miami Dolphins | New England Patriots | |
| First downs | 25 | 16 |
| Rushes - yards | 40 - 148 | 28 - 55 |
| Passing | 230 | 204 |
| Punt returns | 2 - 18 | 1 - 6 |
| Kickoff returns | 4 - 69 | 6 - 196 |
| Interception returns | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 |
| Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted | 22 - 35 - 0 | 14 - 28 - 1 |
| Sacked - yards lost | 2 - 9 | 1 - 1 |
| Punts | 4 - 38.8 | 4 - 41.5 |
| Fumbles - lost | 0 - 0 | 2 - 0 |
| Penalties - yards | 9 - 77 | 6 - 45 |
| Time of possession | 38:06 | 21:54 |
| Passing | ||||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Gus Frerotte | 35 | 22 | 239 | 6.83 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 92.4 |
| New England Patriots | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Matt Cassel | 20 | 11 | 168 | 8.40 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 116.3 |
| Tom Brady | 8 | 3 | 37 | 4.62 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 52.6 |
| Rushing | ||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Ricky Williams | 28 | 108 | 3.9 | 9 | 1 | 8 |
| Ronnie Brown | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Gus Frerotte | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| New England Patriots | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Patrick Pass | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Cassel | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| Kevin Faulk | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Heath Evans | 6 | 7 | 1.2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Brady | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Tim Dwight | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Marty Booker | 7 | 86 | 12.3 | 18 | 1 | 5 |
| Chris Chambers | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 | 5 |
| Randy McMichael | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Wes Welker | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| Ronnie Brown | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Lorenzo Diamond | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| New England Patriots | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Brandon Childress | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| Andre' Davis | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 36 | 0 | 2 |
| Ben Watson | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 30 | 1 | 2 |
| Tim Dwight | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 17 | 1 | 2 |
| Heath Evans | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Deion Branch | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11t | 1 | 1 |
| David Givens | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| Kickoff Returns | ||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Wes Welker | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| Travis Minor | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Andre' Davis | 3 | 108 | 36.0 | 0 | 65 | 0 |
| Tim Dwight | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| Patrick Pass | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Punt Returns | ||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Wes Welker | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Tim Dwight | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Punting | ||||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Donnie Jones | 4 | 155 | 38.8 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37.2 | 1 | 6 |
| New England Patriots | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Josh Miller | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37.0 | 2 | 18 |
| Defense | ||||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Lance Schulters | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vonnie Holliday | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Howard | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travares Tillman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Thomas | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Madison | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Olindo Mare | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Jason Taylor | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Morris | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Donnie Spragan | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Roth | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lester Towns | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Keith Traylor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Glenn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Yeremiah Bell | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Bowens | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Carter | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Zgonina | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Daniels | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Eugene Wilson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Wilfork | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Warren | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Stone | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tully Banta-Cain | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Vrabel | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Seymour | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Wright | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Sanders | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Brown | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Chatham | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Childress | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Davis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Givens | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Marquise Hill | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ellis Hobbs | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Izzo | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Klecko | 2 | 0 | 2 | 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 |
| Patrick Pass | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Hank Poteat | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Monty Beisel | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2005 NFL Scoreboard - Week 17
Saturday, December 31, 2005
| Denver | 23 |
| San Diego | 7 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| NY Giants | 30 |
| Oakland | 21 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
Sunday, January 1, 2006
| Arizona | 13 |
| Indianapolis | 17 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Baltimore | 16 |
| Cleveland | 20 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Buffalo | 26 |
| NY Jets | 30 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Carolina | 44 |
| Atlanta | 11 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Cincinnati | 3 |
| Kansas City | 37 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Detroit | 21 |
| Pittsburgh | 35 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Miami | 28 |
| New England | 26 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| New Orleans | 13 |
| Tampa Bay | 27 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Seattle | 17 |
| Green Bay | 23 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Houston | 17 |
| San Francisco | 20 |
| Boxscore | FINAL/OT |
| Tennessee | 13 |
| Jacksonville | 40 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Chicago | 10 |
| Minnesota | 34 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Washington | 31 |
| Philadelphia | 20 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| St. Louis | 20 |
| Dallas | 10 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
