New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins
September 12, 2011
| Quarter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
| New England Patriots | 7 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 38 |
| Miami Dolphins | 7 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| 1st Quarter | ||||
| 7:18 | Mia | TD | Chad Henne 9 run (Dan Carpenter Kick) | Mia 7, NE 0 |
| 10:46 | NE | TD | BenJarvus Green-Ellis 4 run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | Mia 7, NE 7 |
| 2nd Quarter | ||||
| 0:51 | NE | TD | Rob Gronkowski 10 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | NE 14, Mia 7 |
| 3rd Quarter | ||||
| 2:31 | Mia | TD | Brian Hartline 10 pass from Chad Henne (Dan Carpenter Kick) | Mia 14, NE 14 |
| 6:37 | NE | TD | Wes Welker 2 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | NE 21, Mia 14 |
| 11:24 | Mia | FG | FG Dan Carpenter 20 | NE 21, Mia 17 |
| 14:50 | NE | TD | Aaron Hernandez 1 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | NE 28, Mia 17 |
| 4th Quarter | ||||
| 3:58 | NE | FG | FG Stephen Gostkowski 20 | NE 31, Mia 17 |
| 9:16 | NE | TD | Wes Welker 99 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | NE 38, Mia 17 |
| 11:21 | Mia | TD | Reggie Bush 2 pass from Chad Henne (Dan Carpenter Kick) | NE 38, Mia 24 |
Attendance: 66,860
Missed Field Goals: NE - Stephen Gostkowski 48| Team Statistics | ||
| New England Patriots | Miami Dolphins | |
| First downs | 27 | 25 |
| Rushes - yards | 22 - 106 | 20 - 98 |
| Passing | 516 | 390 |
| Punt returns | 5 - 59 | 2 - 11 |
| Kickoff returns | 4 - 98 | 6 - 129 |
| Interception returns | 1 - 5 | 1 - 39 |
| Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted | 32 - 48 - 1 | 30 - 49 - 1 |
| Sacked - yards lost | 1 - 1 | 4 - 26 |
| Punts | 4 - 38.0 | 6 - 51.2 |
| Fumbles - lost | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 |
| Penalties - yards | 7 - 50 | 8 - 60 |
| Time of possession | 28:27 | 31:33 |
| Passing | ||||||||||
| New England Patriots | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Tom Brady | 48 | 32 | 517 | 10.77 | 4 | 1 | 99t | 1 | 1 | 121.6 |
| Miami Dolphins | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Chad Henne | 49 | 30 | 416 | 8.49 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 26 | 93.6 |
| Rushing | ||||||
| New England Patriots | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Danny Woodhead | 14 | 69 | 4.9 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| BenJarvus Green-Ellis | 7 | 34 | 4.9 | 13 | 1 | 2 |
| Tom Brady | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Miami Dolphins | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Chad Henne | 7 | 59 | 8.4 | 19 | 1 | 4 |
| Reggie Bush | 11 | 38 | 3.5 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| Lex Hilliard | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| New England Patriots | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Wes Welker | 8 | 160 | 20.0 | 99t | 2 | 4 |
| Aaron Hernandez | 7 | 103 | 14.7 | 30 | 1 | 5 |
| Deion Branch | 7 | 93 | 13.3 | 24 | 0 | 4 |
| Rob Gronkowski | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 23 | 1 | 5 |
| Matt Slater | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 | 1 |
| Chad Ochocinco | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| Julian Edelman | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Woodhead | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Reggie Bush | 9 | 56 | 6.2 | 16 | 1 | 3 |
| Brandon Marshall | 7 | 139 | 19.9 | 31 | 0 | 6 |
| Davone Bess | 5 | 92 | 18.4 | 26 | 0 | 3 |
| Anthony Fasano | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 25 | 0 | 4 |
| Brian Hartline | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 16 | 1 | 3 |
| Kickoff Returns | ||||||
| New England Patriots | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Julian Edelman | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| Matt Slater | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Rob Gronkowski | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Edmond Gates | 6 | 129 | 21.5 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Punt Returns | ||||||
| New England Patriots | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Julian Edelman | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Davone Bess | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Punting | ||||||||||
| New England Patriots | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Zoltan Mesko | 4 | 152 | 38.0 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30.2 | 2 | 11 |
| Miami Dolphins | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Brandon Fields | 6 | 307 | 51.2 | 59 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41.3 | 5 | 59 |
| Defense | ||||||||||
| New England Patriots | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Kyle Arrington | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Vince Wilfork | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Ellis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dane Fletcher | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Gostkowski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| BenJarvus Green-Ellis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Guyton | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Albert Haynesworth | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerod Mayo | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin McCourty | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Ninkovich | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myron Pryor | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Slater | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tracy White | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ras-I Dowling | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Wright | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leigh Bodden | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deion Branch | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sergio Brown | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Barrett | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Anderson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Aiken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Carter | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Chung | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Jared Odrick | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Sean Smith | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Soliai | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Wilson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Wake | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Spitler | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davone Bess | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Starks | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benny Sapp | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yeremiah Bell | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Denney | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Karlos Dansby | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nolan Carroll | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Burnett | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Hartline | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reshad Jones | 8 | 4 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Koa Misi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vontae Davis | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Trusnik | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2011 NFL Scoreboard - Week 1
Thursday, September 8, 2011
| New Orleans | 34 |
| Green Bay | 42 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
Sunday, September 11, 2011
| Tennessee | 14 |
| Jacksonville | 16 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Indianapolis | 7 |
| Houston | 34 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Cincinnati | 27 |
| Cleveland | 17 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Buffalo | 41 |
| Kansas City | 7 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Pittsburgh | 7 |
| Baltimore | 35 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Atlanta | 12 |
| Chicago | 30 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Philadelphia | 31 |
| St. Louis | 13 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Detroit | 27 |
| Tampa Bay | 20 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| NY Giants | 14 |
| Washington | 28 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Minnesota | 17 |
| San Diego | 24 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Carolina | 21 |
| Arizona | 28 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Seattle | 17 |
| San Francisco | 33 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Dallas | 24 |
| NY Jets | 27 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
Monday, September 12, 2011
| New England | 38 |
| Miami | 24 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Oakland | 23 |
| Denver | 20 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
