Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots
September 21, 2008
| Quarter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
| Miami Dolphins | 7 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 38 |
| New England Patriots | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| 1st Quarter | ||||
| 12:31 | Mia | TD | Ronnie Brown 2 run (Dan Carpenter Kick) | Mia 7, NE 0 |
| 2nd Quarter | ||||
| 3:29 | NE | FG | FG Stephen Gostkowski 37 | Mia 7, NE 3 |
| 6:41 | Mia | TD | Ronnie Brown 15 run (Dan Carpenter Kick) | Mia 14, NE 3 |
| 10:06 | NE | FG | FG Stephen Gostkowski 44 | Mia 14, NE 6 |
| 14:01 | Mia | TD | Ronnie Brown 5 run (Dan Carpenter Kick) | Mia 21, NE 6 |
| 3rd Quarter | ||||
| 9:14 | Mia | TD | Anthony Fasano 19 pass from Ronnie Brown (Dan Carpenter Kick) | Mia 28, NE 6 |
| 11:40 | NE | TD | Jabar Gaffney 5 pass from Matt Cassel (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | Mia 28, NE 13 |
| 4th Quarter | ||||
| 0:11 | Mia | TD | Ronnie Brown 62 run (Dan Carpenter Kick) | Mia 35, NE 13 |
| 8:52 | Mia | FG | FG Dan Carpenter 39 | Mia 38, NE 13 |
Attendance: 68,756
Missed Field Goals: None| Team Statistics | ||
| Miami Dolphins | New England Patriots | |
| First downs | 23 | 14 |
| Rushes - yards | 36 - 216 | 19 - 78 |
| Passing | 245 | 137 |
| Punt returns | 1 - 10 | 2 - 34 |
| Kickoff returns | 3 - 47 | 7 - 248 |
| Interception returns | 1 - 8 | 0 - 0 |
| Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted | 18 - 21 - 0 | 22 - 35 - 1 |
| Sacked - yards lost | 0 - 0 | 5 - 19 |
| Punts | 4 - 47.2 | 3 - 40.3 |
| Fumbles - lost | 1 - 0 | 2 - 1 |
| Penalties - yards | 5 - 35 | 2 - 10 |
| Time of possession | 32:33 | 27:27 |
| Passing | ||||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Chad Pennington | 20 | 17 | 226 | 11.30 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 113.8 |
| Ronnie Brown | 1 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 1 | 0 | 19t | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| New England Patriots | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Matt Cassel | 31 | 19 | 131 | 4.23 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 68.1 |
| Kevin O'Connell | 4 | 3 | 25 | 6.25 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 90.6 |
| Rushing | ||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Ronnie Brown | 17 | 113 | 6.6 | 62t | 4 | 6 |
| Ricky Williams | 16 | 98 | 6.1 | 28 | 0 | 5 |
| Patrick Cobbs | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Sammy Morris | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| LaMont Jordan | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Wes Welker | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin Faulk | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Cassel | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Ted Ginn | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| Greg Camarillo | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 33 | 0 | 3 |
| Anthony Fasano | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| Ricky Williams | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| David Martin | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| Ernest Wilford | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| Ronnie Brown | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Davone Bess | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Wes Welker | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 21 | 0 | 2 |
| Jabar Gaffney | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 12 | 1 | 3 |
| Randy Moss | 4 | 25 | 6.2 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin Faulk | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Aiken | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Ben Watson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| David Thomas | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Morris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kickoff Returns | ||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Davone Bess | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Ellis Hobbs | 6 | 237 | 39.5 | 0 | 81 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Punt Returns | ||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Davone Bess | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Kevin Faulk | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 2 | 19 | 0 |
| Punting | ||||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Brandon Fields | 4 | 189 | 47.2 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38.8 | 2 | 34 |
| New England Patriots | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Chris Hanson | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37.0 | 1 | 10 |
| Defense | ||||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Randy Starks | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jason Allen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Renaldo Hill | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vonnie Holliday | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Jones | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Michael Lehan | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Martin | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Paul Soliai | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillip Merling | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quentin Moses | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Torbor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Joey Porter | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendall Langford | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Roth | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Allen | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Anderson | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akin Ayodele | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yeremiah Bell | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Cobbs | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Casey Cramer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Channing Crowder | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrone Culver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Andre' Goodman | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Ferguson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Adalius Thomas | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Warren | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Vrabel | 3 | 3 | 6 | 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 |
| Pierre Woods | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Sanders | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Wilhite | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Vince Wilfork | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deltha O'Neal | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heath Evans | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Jarvis Green | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Guyton | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Hanson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Ellis Hobbs | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rodney Harrison | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Mankins | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Jerod Mayo | 8 | 4 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Meriweather | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2008 NFL Scoreboard - Week 3
Sunday, September 21, 2008
| Kansas City | 14 |
| Atlanta | 38 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Oakland | 23 |
| Buffalo | 24 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Cincinnati | 23 |
| NY Giants | 26 |
| Boxscore | FINAL/OT |
| Miami | 38 |
| New England | 13 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Houston | 12 |
| Tennessee | 31 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Tampa Bay | 27 |
| Chicago | 24 |
| Boxscore | FINAL/OT |
| Arizona | 17 |
| Washington | 24 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Carolina | 10 |
| Minnesota | 20 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| New Orleans | 32 |
| Denver | 34 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Detroit | 13 |
| San Francisco | 31 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| St. Louis | 13 |
| Seattle | 37 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Jacksonville | 23 |
| Indianapolis | 21 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Pittsburgh | 6 |
| Philadelphia | 15 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Cleveland | 10 |
| Baltimore | 28 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Dallas | 27 |
| Green Bay | 16 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
Monday, September 22, 2008
| NY Jets | 29 |
| San Diego | 48 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
