Patriots 27-24 Dolphins (23 Nov, 1997) Box Score

Miami Dolphins

7-5, 2-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIA					24
NE					27

New England Patriots

7-5, 5-1 home

Miami Passing


Dan Marino
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
38/60	389	6.5	0	3	3-19	61.0
38/60	370	6.5	0	3	3-19	61.0

New England Passing


Drew Bledsoe
David Meggett
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	SACKS	RTG
15/26	207	8.0	0	1-8	83.3
1/1	35	35.0	1	0-0	158.3
16/27	234	9.0	1	1-8	101.2

Miami Rushing


Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar
Ray Nealy
Bernie Parmalee
Jerris McPhail
Dan Marino
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
18	33	1.8	3	9
1	2	2.0	0	2
1	1	1.0	0	1
1	1	1.0	0	1
1	-1	-1.0	0	-1
22	36	1.6	3	9

New England Rushing


Curtis Martin
Drew Bledsoe
Sam Gash
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
22	80	3.6	14
1	3	3.0	3
1	1	1.0	1
24	84	3.5	14

Miami Receiving


O.J. McDuffie
Charles Jordan
Brian Manning
Lamar Thomas
Jerris McPhail
Troy Drayton
Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar
Ed Perry
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
9	110	12.2	27
5	78	15.6	20
5	60	12.0	21
4	53	13.3	23
5	47	9.4	15
3	18	6.0	12
4	14	3.5	6
3	9	3.0	6
38	389	10.2	27

New England Receiving


Shawn Jefferson
Keith Byars
Troy Brown
Ben Coates
Curtis Martin
Sam Gash
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	71	17.8	0	25
3	58	19.3	0	51
3	46	15.3	1	35
3	39	13.0	0	18
2	18	9.0	0	13
1	10	10.0	0	10
16	242	15.1	1	51

Miami Fumbles

	FUM	LOST	REC
No Miami Fumbles

New England Fumbles

	FUM	LOST	REC
No New England Fumbles

Miami Defense



Dwight Hollier
Terrell Buckley
Anthony Harris
Zach Thomas
Sam Madison
Shawn Wooden
Calvin Jackson
Jason Taylor
Trace Armstrong
Tim Bowens
Daryl Gardener
George Teague
Derrick Rodgers
Shane Burton
O.J. Brigance
Mike Crawford
Barron Tanner
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	4	0	0	0	0	0
7	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	1	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
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
57	40	1	0	1	0	0

New England Defense



Ted Johnson
Lawyer Milloy
Jimmy Hitchcock
Todd Collins
Willie Clay
Chris Slade
Larry Whigham
Chris Canty
Mark Wheeler
Ty Law
Henry Thomas
Tedy Bruschi
Mike D. Jones
Willie McGinest
Chris Sullivan
Lovett Purnell
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
13	10	0	0	0	0	0
12	10	0	0	1	0	0
9	6	0	0	1	0	1
9	5	0	0	1	0	0
7	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	2	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	2	0	1
4	3	0	0	2	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	1	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
82	58	3	0	7	0	4

Miami Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Miami Interceptions

New England Interceptions


Larry Whigham
Jimmy Hitchcock
team

INT	YDS	TD
2	60	1
1	100	1
3	160	2

Miami Kick Returns


Corey Harris
Dwight Hollier
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	101	20.2	34
1	0	0.0	0
6	101	16.8	34

New England Kick Returns


David Meggett
Derick Cullors
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	39	19.5	30
1	26	26.0	26
3	65	21.7	30

Miami Punt Returns


Charles Jordan
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	14	7.0	11	0
2	14	7.0	11	0

New England Punt Returns


David Meggett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	12	6.0	7	0
2	12	6.0	7	0

Miami Kicking


Olindo Mare
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	25	3/3	6
1/1	100.0	25	3/3	6

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/3	66.7	36	3/3	9
2/3	66.7	36	3/3	9

Miami Punting


John Kidd
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	111	37.0	0	0	42
3	111	37.0	0	0	42

New England Punting


Tom Tupa
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
2	88	44.0	0	0	45
2	88	44.0	0	0	45

5:00 AM, 23 November 1997

Attendance: 59,002

Referees:
Gerald Austin

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	9	2	.818	320	214
Miami	4	6	.400	181	221
New York	3	8	.273	204	242
New England	3	8	.273	182	248

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