Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots
December 24, 2011
| Quarter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
| Miami Dolphins | 3 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| New England Patriots | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 27 |
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| 1st Quarter | ||||
| 4:01 | Mia | FG | FG Dan Carpenter 47 | Mia 3, NE 0 |
| 2nd Quarter | ||||
| 1:15 | Mia | TD | Brandon Marshall 19 pass from Matt Moore (Dan Carpenter Kick) | Mia 10, NE 0 |
| 8:29 | Mia | TD | Charles Clay 1 pass from Matt Moore (Dan Carpenter Kick) | Mia 17, NE 0 |
| 3rd Quarter | ||||
| 3:21 | NE | FG | FG Stephen Gostkowski 45 | Mia 17, NE 3 |
| 7:50 | NE | TD | Deion Branch 1 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | Mia 17, NE 10 |
| 12:43 | NE | TD | Tom Brady 1 run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | NE 17, Mia 17 |
| 4th Quarter | ||||
| 6:05 | NE | FG | FG Stephen Gostkowski 42 | NE 20, Mia 17 |
| 12:04 | NE | TD | Tom Brady 1 run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | NE 27, Mia 17 |
| 13:12 | Mia | TD | Davone Bess 15 pass from Matt Moore (Dan Carpenter Kick) | NE 27, Mia 24 |
Attendance: 68,756
Missed Field Goals: NE - Stephen Gostkowski 51| Team Statistics | ||
| Miami Dolphins | New England Patriots | |
| First downs | 20 | 26 |
| Rushes - yards | 28 - 121 | 31 - 119 |
| Passing | 253 | 281 |
| Punt returns | 2 - 25 | 4 - 19 |
| Kickoff returns | 3 - 73 | 3 - 83 |
| Interception returns | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 |
| Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted | 16 - 32 - 1 | 27 - 46 - 0 |
| Sacked - yards lost | 5 - 28 | 4 - 23 |
| Punts | 6 - 44.8 | 6 - 52.3 |
| Fumbles - lost | 4 - 1 | 1 - 0 |
| Penalties - yards | 6 - 39 | 5 - 50 |
| Time of possession | 29:04 | 30:56 |
| Passing | ||||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Matt Moore | 32 | 16 | 281 | 8.78 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 5 | 28 | 98.6 |
| New England Patriots | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Tom Brady | 46 | 27 | 304 | 6.61 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 23 | 85.8 |
| Rushing | ||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Reggie Bush | 22 | 113 | 5.1 | 12 | 0 | 4 |
| Brandon Marshall | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| Daniel Thomas | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Moore | 3 | -8 | -2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Stevan Ridley | 13 | 64 | 4.9 | 18 | 0 | 4 |
| Danny Woodhead | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Brady | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| BenJarvus Green-Ellis | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Wes Welker | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Hernandez | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Brandon Marshall | 6 | 143 | 23.8 | 47 | 1 | 5 |
| Brian Hartline | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 39 | 0 | 4 |
| Davone Bess | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 15t | 1 | 2 |
| Reggie Bush | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| Charles Clay | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 | 1 |
| New England Patriots | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Wes Welker | 12 | 138 | 11.5 | 42 | 0 | 8 |
| Rob Gronkowski | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| Aaron Hernandez | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| Deion Branch | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 31 | 1 | 2 |
| Chad Ochocinco | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| Kickoff Returns | ||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Edmond Gates | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Danny Woodhead | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| Punt Returns | ||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Davone Bess | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Kevin Faulk | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Julian Edelman | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Punting | ||||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Brandon Fields | 6 | 269 | 44.8 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41.7 | 4 | 19 |
| New England Patriots | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Zoltan Mesko | 6 | 314 | 52.3 | 65 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 48.2 | 2 | 25 |
| Defense | ||||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Jimmy Wilson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reshad Jones | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony McDaniel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendall Langford | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marvin Mitchell | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Odrick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julius Pruitt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Smith | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Soliai | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Spitler | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Starks | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Taylor | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Trusnik | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Wake | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richie Incognito | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Hartline | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vontae Davis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Allen | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yeremiah Bell | 8 | 4 | 12 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Burnett | 6 | 3 | 9 | 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 |
| Chris Clemons | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrone Culver | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Karlos Dansby | 9 | 4 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Devin McCourty | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Wilfork | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerard Warren | 1 | 0 | 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 |
| Ross Ventrone | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Arrington | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Jones | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sergio Brown | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dane Fletcher | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Ellis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Deaderick | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Love | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerod Mayo | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Ninkovich | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Aiken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Niko Koutouvides | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Ihedigbo | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2011 NFL Scoreboard - Week 16
Thursday, December 22, 2011
| Houston | 16 |
| Indianapolis | 19 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
Saturday, December 24, 2011
| Minnesota | 33 |
| Washington | 26 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Arizona | 16 |
| Cincinnati | 23 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Tampa Bay | 16 |
| Carolina | 48 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| NY Giants | 29 |
| NY Jets | 14 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Denver | 14 |
| Buffalo | 40 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Jacksonville | 17 |
| Tennessee | 23 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| St. Louis | 0 |
| Pittsburgh | 27 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Miami | 24 |
| New England | 27 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Cleveland | 14 |
| Baltimore | 20 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Oakland | 16 |
| Kansas City | 13 |
| Boxscore | FINAL/OT |
| San Diego | 10 |
| Detroit | 38 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Philadelphia | 20 |
| Dallas | 7 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| San Francisco | 19 |
| Seattle | 17 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
Sunday, December 25, 2011
| Chicago | 21 |
| Green Bay | 35 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
Monday, December 26, 2011
| Atlanta | 16 |
| New Orleans | 45 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
