Patriots 48-28 Dolphins (23 Nov, 2008) Box Score

New England Patriots

7-4, 3-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE	3	14	14	17	48
MIA	7	7	7	7	28

Miami Dolphins

6-5, 4-3 home

New England Passing


Matt Cassel
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
30/43	415	9.7	3	1	2-7	91.3	114.0
30/43	408	9.7	3	1	2-7	--	114.0

Miami Passing


Chad Pennington
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
24/41	341	8.3	3	1	3-15	74.4	99.7
24/41	326	8.3	3	1	3-15	--	99.7

New England Rushing


Kevin Faulk
Sammy Morris
BenJarvus Green-Ellis
Matt Cassel
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
8	53	6.6	1	21
8	35	4.4	0	9
7	20	2.9	1	6
2	14	7.0	1	8
25	122	4.9	3	21

Miami Rushing


Ronnie Brown
Ricky Williams
Chad Pennington
Patrick Cobbs
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
10	37	3.7	0	9
6	21	3.5	0	13
1	7	7.0	1	7
1	1	1.0	0	1
18	66	3.7	1	13

New England Receiving


Randy Moss
Wes Welker
Jabar Gaffney
Kevin Faulk
Ben Watson
Sammy Morris
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
8	125	15.6	3	29
8	120	15.0	0	64
5	88	17.6	0	23
6	52	8.7	0	15
1	16	16.0	0	16
2	14	7.0	0	9
30	415	13.8	3	64

Miami Receiving


Ted Ginn Jr.
Davone Bess
Greg Camarillo
David Martin
Ricky Williams
Ronnie Brown
Casey Cramer
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	88	17.6	0	46
5	87	17.4	0	36
6	75	12.5	1	20
4	60	15.0	0	29
2	19	9.5	1	13
1	10	10.0	0	10
1	2	2.0	1	2
24	341	14.2	3	46

New England Fumbles


Sammy Morris
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0

Miami Fumbles


Andre' Goodman
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

New England Defense



Brandon Meriweather
Ellis Hobbs
James Sanders
Richard Seymour
Vince Wilfork
Jerod Mayo
Mike Vrabel
Lewis Sanders
Pierre Woods
Tedy Bruschi
Larry Izzo
Deltha O'Neal
Jarvis Green
Sam Aiken
Randy Moss
Ray Ventrone
Antwain Spann
Gary Guyton
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
6	4	0	0	1	0	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	1	0	0	0	0
4	4	1	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	1	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	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	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	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
52	48	3	0	5	0	0

Miami Defense



Yeremiah Bell
Jason Allen
Channing Crowder
Akin Ayodele
Tyrone Culver
Renaldo Hill
Will Allen
Nate Jones
Phillip Merling
Randy Starks
Reggie Torbor
Matt Roth
Erik Walden
Jason Ferguson
Joey Porter
David Martin
Andre' Goodman
Charlie Anderson
Kendall Langford
Vonnie Holliday
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	8	1	0	0	0	0
8	7	0	0	1	0	0
8	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	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
1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	2	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
65	57	2	0	5	0	0

New England Interceptions


Brandon Meriweather
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	19	0
1	19	0

Miami Interceptions


Renaldo Hill
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	17	0
1	17	0

New England Kick Returns


Ellis Hobbs
Matthew Slater
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	72	24.0	30
2	24	12.0	13
5	96	19.2	30

Miami Kick Returns


Ted Ginn Jr.
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
8	154	19.3	36	0
8	154	19.3	36	0

New England Punt Returns


Wes Welker
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	20	10.0	12	0
2	20	10.0	12	0

Miami Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No Miami Punt Returns

New England Kicking


Stephen Gostkowski
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	30	6/6	12
2/2	100.0	30	6/6	12

Miami Kicking


Dan Carpenter
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	4/4	4
0/0	0.0	0	4/4	4

New England Punting


Chris Hanson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
1	49	49.0	0	0	49
1	49	49.0	0	0	49

Miami Punting


Brandon Fields
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	172	43.0	0	2	52
4	172	43.0	0	2	52

Hard Rock Stadium

6:00 PM, 23 November 2008

Miami Gardens, FL

Attendance: 67,146

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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