Patriots 27-24 Dolphins (29 Dec, 2002) Box Score

Miami Dolphins

9-7, 2-6 away

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
MIA	7	14	0	3	0	24
NE	0	10	3	11	3	27

New England Patriots

9-7, 5-3 home

Miami Passing


Jay Fiedler
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
11/25	110	4.4	1	0	2-7	70.4
11/25	103	4.4	1	0	2-7	70.4

New England Passing


Tom Brady
David Patten
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
25/44	221	5.0	1	1	1-5	68.5
0/1	0	0.0	0	0	0-0	39.6
25/45	216	4.9	1	1	1-5	67.0

Miami Rushing


Ricky Williams
Chris Chambers
Jay Fiedler
Travis Minor
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
31	185	6.0	2	30
3	59	19.7	0	45
2	9	4.5	0	7
1	3	3.0	0	3
37	256	6.9	2	45

New England Rushing


Antowain Smith
Kevin Faulk
Tom Brady
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
19	55	2.9	1	11
8	53	6.6	0	15
4	8	2.0	0	4
31	116	3.7	1	15

Miami Receiving


Dedric Ward
James McKnight
Randy McMichael
Rob Konrad
Ricky Williams
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	34	8.5	0	16
1	32	32.0	1	32
3	25	8.3	0	14
1	12	12.0	0	12
2	7	3.5	0	8
11	110	10.0	1	32

New England Receiving


Kevin Faulk
Troy Brown
David Patten
David Givens
Antowain Smith
Christian Fauria
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
9	70	7.8	0	23
8	67	8.4	1	19
5	56	11.2	0	20
1	13	13.0	0	13
1	11	11.0	0	11
1	4	4.0	0	4
25	221	8.8	1	23

Miami Fumbles


Zach Thomas
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

New England Fumbles


Tom Brady
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0

Miami Defensive



Zach Thomas
Brock Marion
Derrick Rodgers
Shawn Wooden
Morlon Greenwood
Jason Taylor
Larry Chester
David Bowens
Arturo Freeman
Patrick Surtain
Desmond Clark
Jamar Fletcher
Adewale Ogunleye
Scott Galyon
Jay Williams
Sam Madison
Tommy Hendricks
Scott McGarrahan
Tim Bowens
Trent Gamble
Robert Baker
Jermaine Haley
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
16	11	0	0	0	0	0
9	7	0	0	2	0	0
9	3	0	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
6	1	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
94	62	1	0	5	0	0

New England Defensive



Mike Vrabel
Ted Johnson
Anthony Pleasant
Roman Phifer
Lawyer Milloy
Richard Seymour
Victor Green
Willie McGinest
Terrell Buckley
Bobby Hamilton
Rick Lyle
Tebucky Jones
Leonard Myers
Ty Law
Larry Izzo
Troy Brown
Antwan Harris
Patrick Pass
Matt Light
Je'Rod Cherry
Chris Hayes
Ula Tuitele
Jarvis Green
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	6	0	0	1	0	0
8	7	0	0	0	0	0
7	4	1	0	0	0	0
7	2	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	2	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
77	53	2	0	4	0	0

Miami Interceptions


Brock Marion
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	9	0
1	9	0

New England Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New England Interceptions

Miami Kick Returns


Travis Minor
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	64	12.8	20	0
5	64	12.8	20	0

New England Kick Returns


Kevin Faulk
J.R. Redmond
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	104	26.0	30
1	12	12.0	12
5	116	23.2	30

Miami Punt Returns


Dedric Ward
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	4	4.0	4	0
1	4	4.0	4	0

New England Punt Returns


Troy Brown
Kevin Faulk
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	13	4.3	9
2	5	2.5	5
5	18	3.6	9

Miami Kicking


Olindo Mare
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/2	50.0	28	3/3	6
1/2	50.0	28	3/3	6

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
4/4	100.0	43	1/1	13
4/4	100.0	43	1/1	13

Miami Punting


Mark Royals
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
8	279	34.9	1	1	48
8	279	34.9	1	1	48

New England Punting


Ken Walter
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	222	37.0	0	2	53
6	222	37.0	0	2	53

6:00 PM, 29 December 2002

Attendance: 68,436

Referees:
Robert McElwee

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	11	6	.647	451	311
Miami	11	6	.647	496	391
New York	7	10	.412	268	355
New England	4	13	.235	236	366

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