| New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins Game Statistics |
| Date: December 28, 1987 Location: Miami-Dade County, FL |
| Venue: Joe Robbie Stadium Attendance: 61192 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 72 F Humidty: 87% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Miami DolphinsMIA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | MIA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Irving Fryar 3 pass from Steve Grogan (Tony Franklin kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Fuad Reveiz 47 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Stephen Starring 34 pass from Steve Grogan (Tony Franklin kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Tony Collins 5 run (Tony Franklin kick) | 21 | 3 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Tony Franklin 31 FG | 24 | 3 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | James Pruitt 9 pass from Dan Marino (Fuad Reveiz kick) | 24 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Irving Fryar |
| 83 | WR | Cedric Jones |
| 73 | LOT | Danny Villa |
| 62 | LOG | Sean Farrell |
| 64 | C | Trevor Matich |
| 61 | ROG | Ron Wooten |
| 78 | ROT | Bruce Armstrong |
| 87 | TE | Lin Dawson |
| 14 | QB | Steve Grogan |
| 21 | RB | Reggie Dupard |
| 33 | FB | Bob Perryman |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Kenneth Sims |
| 90 | NT | Toby Williams |
| 60 | RDE | Garin Veris |
| 56 | LOLB | Andre Tippett |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Nelson |
| 50 | RILB | Larry McGrew |
| 54 | ROLB | Ed Williams |
| 42 | LCB | Ronnie Lippett |
| 28 | SS | Jim Bowman |
| 31 | FS | Fred Marion |
| 43 | RCB | Ernest Gibson |
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Mark Clayton |
| 85 | WR | Mark Duper |
| 79 | LOT | Jon Giesler |
| 61 | LOG | Roy Foster |
| 65 | C | Jeff Dellenbach |
| 76 | ROG | Tom Toth |
| 74 | ROT | Mark Dennis |
| 84 | TE | Bruce Hardy |
| 13 | QB | Dan Marino |
| 23 | RB | Troy Stradford |
| 34 | FB | Woody Bennett |
| Defense | ||
| 95 | LDE | T.J. Turner |
| 70 | NT | Brian Sochia |
| 97 | RDE | John Bosa |
| 58 | LOLB | Rick Graf |
| 50 | LILB | Jackie Shipp |
| 56 | RILB | John Offerdahl |
| 51 | ROLB | Mark Brown |
| 44 | LCB | Paul Lankford |
| 29 | SS | Liffort Hobley |
| 43 | FS | Bud Brown |
| 49 | RCB | William Judson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Bob Perryman | 15 | 52 | 3.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Reggie Dupard | 15 | 44 | 2.9 | 6 | 0 |
| Tony Collins | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 7 | 1 |
| Stephen Starring | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Mosi Tatupu | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Irving Fryar | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Steve Grogan | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Troy Stradford | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ron Davenport | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Hampton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dan Marino | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Steve Grogan | 32 | 21 | 65.6 | 0 | 238 | 7.4 | 34t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 108.6 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Dan Marino | 37 | 21 | 56.8 | 2 | 243 | 6.6 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Irving Fryar | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 17 | 1 |
| Cedric Jones | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Tony Collins | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Stephen Starring | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 34t | 1 |
| Derwin Williams | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Perryman | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mosi Tatupu | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Reggie Dupard | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Bruce Hardy | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 19 | 0 |
| James Pruitt | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 23 | 1 |
| Mark Clayton | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Ron Davenport | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Jim Jensen | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Troy Stradford | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Mark Duper | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Hampton | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Ernest Gibson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Fred Marion | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Rich Camarillo | 4 | 146 | 36.5 | 48 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Reggie Roby | 3 | 125 | 41.7 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Irving Fryar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Scott Schwedes | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Stephen Starring | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Lorenzo Hampton | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 20 | 0 | |
| Bruce Hardy | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |
| Miami Dolphins | |
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