Patriots 20-13 Dolphins (22 Dec, 2001) Box Score

Miami Dolphins

9-5, 4-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIA	0	3	0	10	13
NE	0	20	0	0	20

New England Patriots

10-5, 6-2 home

Miami Passing


Jay Fiedler
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
21/37	320	8.6	1	0	2-10	94.4
21/37	310	8.6	1	0	2-10	94.4

New England Passing


Tom Brady
Kevin Faulk
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	SACKS	RTG
11/19	108	5.7	1	3-14	91.6
1/1	23	23.0	0	0-0	118.8
12/20	117	6.6	1	3-14	96.0

Miami Rushing


Lamar Smith
Jay Fiedler
Travis Minor
Dedric Ward
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
12	33	2.8	8
3	13	4.3	6
3	7	2.3	6
1	5	5.0	5
19	58	3.1	8

New England Rushing


Antowain Smith
J.R. Redmond
Troy Brown
Marc Edwards
Tom Brady
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
26	156	6.0	1	44
11	35	3.2	0	8
2	7	3.5	0	4
2	3	1.5	0	2
3	-5	-1.7	0	-1
44	196	4.5	1	44

Miami Receiving


Chris Chambers
James McKnight
Jed Weaver
Jeff Ogden
Lamar Smith
Dedric Ward
Rob Konrad
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
7	124	17.7	0	44
5	78	15.6	0	25
3	53	17.7	0	22
2	28	14.0	1	18
2	23	11.5	0	16
1	7	7.0	0	7
1	7	7.0	0	7
21	320	15.2	1	44

New England Receiving


Troy Brown
Patrick Pass
Tom Brady
Jermaine Wiggins
Kevin Faulk
Marc Edwards
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	59	11.8	0	18
2	29	14.5	1	23
1	23	23.0	0	23
2	8	4.0	0	6
1	7	7.0	0	7
1	5	5.0	0	5
12	131	10.9	1	23

Miami Fumbles


Lamar Smith
Ed Perry
Jed Weaver
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0
1	1	0
3	3	0

New England Fumbles


Tom Brady
Otis Smith
Roman Phifer
Fred Coleman
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
0	0	1
0	0	1
0	0	1
1	0	3

Miami Defense



Zach Thomas
Morlon Greenwood
Brian Walker
Derrick Rodgers
Tim Bowens
Ernest Grant
Brock Marion
Terry Cousin
Lorenzo Bromell
Scott Galyon
Kenny Mixon
David Bowens
Jason Taylor
Patrick Surtain
Jermaine Haley
Tommy Hendricks
Tim Ruddy
Shawn Wooden
Arturo Freeman
Sam Madison
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
16	9	0	0	0	0	0
10	4	0	0	0	0	0
8	7	0	0	0	0	0
7	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0.5	0	0	0	0
6	4	0.5	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	1	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	1	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	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	0	0	0	0	0	0
92	58	3	0	2	0	0

New England Defense



Tedy Bruschi
Lawyer Milloy
Terrance Shaw
Bobby Hamilton
Roman Phifer
Mike Vrabel
Ty Law
Richard Seymour
Anthony Pleasant
Otis Smith
Bryan Cox
Terrell Buckley
Tebucky Jones
Matt Chatham
Ted Johnson
Brandon Mitchell
Willie McGinest
Larry Izzo
David Nugent
Matt Stevens
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
7	4	0	0	0	0	0
7	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	2	0	0
5	4	1	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
4	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	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	0	0	0	0	0	0
63	42	2	0	4	0	0

Miami Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Miami Interceptions

New England Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New England Interceptions

Miami Kick Returns


Chris Chambers
Deon Dyer
Ed Perry
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
1	16	16.0	16
1	10	10.0	10
1	0	0.0	0
3	26	8.7	16

New England Kick Returns


Patrick Pass
Tedy Bruschi
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	39	19.5	22
1	10	10.0	10
3	49	16.3	22

Miami Punt Returns


Jeff Ogden
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	11	11.0	11	0
1	11	11.0	11	0

New England Punt Returns


Troy Brown
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	17	8.5	10	0
2	17	8.5	10	0

Miami Kicking


Olindo Mare
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	36	1/1	7
2/2	100.0	36	1/1	7

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	32	2/2	8
2/2	100.0	32	2/2	8

Miami Punting


Matt Turk
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	141	35.3	0	0	49
4	141	35.3	0	0	49

New England Punting


Ken Walter
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	211	42.2	0	2	48
5	211	42.2	0	2	48

6:30 PM, 22 December 2001

Attendance: 60,292

Referees:
Jeff Triplette

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	12	3	.800	469	331
Miami	7	8	.467	305	329
New York	4	11	.267	292	344
New England	3	12	.200	259	361

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