Dolphins 28-26 Patriots (1 Jan, 2006) Box Score

Miami Dolphins

9-7, 4-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIA	7	6	5	10	28
NE	7	3	3	13	26

New England Patriots

10-6, 5-3 home

Miami Passing


Gus Frerotte
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
22/35	239	6.8	1	0	2-9	92.4
22/35	230	6.8	1	0	2-9	92.4

New England Passing


Matt Cassel
Tom Brady
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
11/20	168	8.4	2	0	1-1	116.3
3/8	37	4.6	1	1	0-0	52.6
14/28	204	7.3	3	1	1-1	95.1

Miami Rushing


Ricky Williams
Ronnie Brown
Gus Frerotte
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
28	108	3.9	1	9
8	21	2.6	0	6
4	19	4.8	0	8
40	148	3.7	1	9

New England Rushing


Patrick Pass
Matt Cassel
Kevin Faulk
Heath Evans
Tom Brady
Tim Dwight
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
9	26	2.9	11
5	13	2.6	9
6	12	2.0	5
6	7	1.2	3
1	2	2.0	2
1	-5	-5.0	-5
28	55	2.0	11

Miami Receiving


Marty Booker
Chris Chambers
Randy McMichael
Wes Welker
Ronnie Brown
Lorenzo Diamond
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
7	86	12.3	1	18
5	75	15.0	0	20
5	35	7.0	0	9
2	20	10.0	0	11
2	13	6.5	0	7
1	10	10.0	0	10
22	239	10.9	1	20

New England Receiving


Andre Davis
Ben Watson
Brandon Childress
Tim Dwight
Heath Evans
Deion Branch
David Givens
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
2	47	23.5	0	36
2	39	19.5	1	30
3	32	10.7	0	21
2	26	13.0	1	17
2	24	12.0	0	19
2	19	9.5	1	11
1	18	18.0	0	18
14	205	14.6	3	36

Miami Fumbles

	FUM	LOST	REC
No Miami Fumbles

New England Fumbles


Matt Cassel
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	0	0
2	0	0

Miami Defense



Zach Thomas
Donnie Spragan
Kevin Carter
Reggie Howard
Sammy Morris
Sam Madison
Jason Taylor
Vonnie Holliday
Matt Roth
Jeff Zgonina
Yeremiah Bell
Keith Traylor
Olindo Mare
Lance Schulters
David Bowens
Travares Tillman
Lester Towns
Jason Glenn
Travis Daniels
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	9	0	0	0	0	0
8	7	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	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	1	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	1	0	0	1	0	0
52	44	1	0	3	0	0

New England Defense



Matt Chatham
Ellis Hobbs
James Sanders
Hank Poteat
Mike Vrabel
Tully Banta-Cain
Michael Stone
Mike Wright
Brandon Childress
Ty Warren
Larry Izzo
Chad Brown
Richard Seymour
Dan Klecko
Vince Wilfork
Don Davis
Monty Beisel
Marquise Hill
Eugene Wilson
Willie McGinest
Patrick Pass
David Givens
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	8	1	0	1	0	0
7	7	0	0	1	0	0
7	7	0	0	0	0	0
7	6	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0.5	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0.5	0	0	0	0
3	3	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	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	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
77	66	2	0	2	0	0

Miami Interceptions


Lance Schulters
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0

New England Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New England Interceptions

Miami Kick Returns


Wes Welker
Travis Minor
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	66	22.0	23
1	3	3.0	3
4	69	17.3	23

New England Kick Returns


Andre Davis
Tim Dwight
Patrick Pass
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	108	36.0	65
2	67	33.5	38
1	21	21.0	21
6	196	32.7	65

Miami Punt Returns


Wes Welker
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	18	9.0	10	0
2	18	9.0	10	0

New England Punt Returns


Tim Dwight
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	6	6.0	6	0
1	6	6.0	6	0

Miami Kicking


Olindo Mare
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
4/4	100.0	42	2/2	14
4/4	100.0	42	2/2	14

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
Doug Flutie
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	49	1/1	7
0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1
2/2	100.0	49	2/2	8

Miami Punting


Donnie Jones
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	155	38.8	0	3	42
4	155	38.8	0	3	42

New England Punting


Josh Miller
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	166	41.5	0	1	50
4	166	41.5	0	1	50

6:00 PM, 1 January 2006

Attendance: 68,756

Referees:
Thomas White

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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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