Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots
December 30, 2012
| Quarter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
| Miami Dolphins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| 1st Quarter | ||||
| 8:20 | NE | TD | Wes Welker 9 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | NE 7, Mia 0 |
| 2nd Quarter | ||||
| 4:34 | NE | TD | Stevan Ridley 1 run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | NE 14, Mia 0 |
| 14:00 | NE | TD | Stevan Ridley 2 run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | NE 21, Mia 0 |
| 4th Quarter | ||||
| 5:40 | NE | TD | Rob Gronkowski 23 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | NE 28, Mia 0 |
Attendance: 68,756
Missed Field Goals: Mia - Nate Kaeding 41| Team Statistics | ||
| Miami Dolphins | New England Patriots | |
| First downs | 16 | 28 |
| Rushes - yards | 15 - 47 | 38 - 167 |
| Passing | 209 | 276 |
| Punt returns | 1 - 14 | 4 - 30 |
| Kickoff returns | 3 - 42 | 0 - 0 |
| Interception returns | 0 - 0 | 1 - 13 |
| Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted | 20 - 35 - 1 | 22 - 36 - 0 |
| Sacked - yards lost | 7 - 26 | 1 - 8 |
| Punts | 5 - 49.4 | 5 - 35.6 |
| Fumbles - lost | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 |
| Penalties - yards | 3 - 23 | 6 - 48 |
| Time of possession | 24:22 | 35:38 |
| Passing | ||||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Ryan Tannehill | 35 | 20 | 235 | 6.71 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 26 | 65.8 |
| New England Patriots | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Tom Brady | 36 | 22 | 284 | 7.89 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 104.4 |
| Rushing | ||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Reggie Bush | 8 | 26 | 3.2 | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| Lamar Miller | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Tannehill | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| New England Patriots | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Stevan Ridley | 20 | 74 | 3.7 | 13 | 2 | 7 |
| Shane Vereen | 8 | 38 | 4.8 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon Bolden | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| Danny Woodhead | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| Wes Welker | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Brian Hartline | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 22 | 0 | 3 |
| Armon Binns | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 21 | 0 | 2 |
| Rishard Matthews | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 20 | 0 | 2 |
| Anthony Fasano | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| Reggie Bush | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| Lamar Miller | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| Jorvorskie Lane | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Wes Welker | 8 | 94 | 11.8 | 23 | 1 | 7 |
| Danny Woodhead | 5 | 79 | 15.8 | 25 | 0 | 3 |
| Aaron Hernandez | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| Rob Gronkowski | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 23t | 1 | 2 |
| Deion Branch | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon Lloyd | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Kickoff Returns | ||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Marcus Thigpen | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Punt Returns | ||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Marcus Thigpen | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| Rishard Matthews | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Wes Welker | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Punting | ||||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Brandon Fields | 5 | 247 | 49.4 | 57 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 43.4 | 4 | 30 |
| New England Patriots | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Zoltan Mesko | 5 | 178 | 35.6 | 56 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32.8 | 1 | 14 |
| Defense | ||||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Jonathon Amaya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Starks | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Soliai | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reshad Jones | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Smith | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rishard Matthews | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dimitri Patterson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan McCann | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Odrick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 |
| Koa Misi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Freeny | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Wilson | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Burnett | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Clemons | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Wake | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Karlos Dansby | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Olivier Vernon | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Trusnik | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Steve Gregory | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Trevor Scott | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Wilfork | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcolm Williams | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Ninkovich | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin McCourty | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Arrington | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Bolden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Chung | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jermaine Cunningham | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Deaderick | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Francis | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dont'a Hightower | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chandler Jones | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Love | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Martin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerod Mayo | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tavon Wilson | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2012 NFL Scoreboard - Week 17
Sunday, December 30, 2012
| Houston | 16 |
| Indianapolis | 28 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Tampa Bay | 22 |
| Atlanta | 17 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Cleveland | 10 |
| Pittsburgh | 24 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Baltimore | 17 |
| Cincinnati | 23 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Chicago | 26 |
| Detroit | 24 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| NY Jets | 9 |
| Buffalo | 28 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Philadelphia | 7 |
| NY Giants | 42 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Jacksonville | 20 |
| Tennessee | 38 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Carolina | 44 |
| New Orleans | 38 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Green Bay | 34 |
| Minnesota | 37 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Miami | 0 |
| New England | 28 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| St. Louis | 13 |
| Seattle | 20 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Arizona | 13 |
| San Francisco | 27 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Oakland | 21 |
| San Diego | 24 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Kansas City | 3 |
| Denver | 38 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Dallas | 18 |
| Washington | 28 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
