| Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: January 1, 2006 Location: Foxborough, MA Venue: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 68756 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 26 F Humidty: 81% Wind: 0 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami DolphinsMIA | 7 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 28 |
| New England PatriotsNE | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIA | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Ricky Williams 2 run (Olindo Mare kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Deion Branch 11 pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Olindo Mare 36 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Olindo Mare 38 FG | 13 | 7 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Adam Vinatieri 49 FG | 13 | 10 |
| 3 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Olindo Mare 41 FG | 16 | 10 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Adam Vinatieri 33 FG | 16 | 13 |
| 3 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Safety, Matt Cassel fumbled ball out of end zone | 18 | 13 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Marty Booker 15 pass from Gus Frerotte (Olindo Mare kick) | 25 | 13 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Tim Dwight 9 pass from Matt Cassel (Doug Flutie kick) | 25 | 20 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Olindo Mare 42 FG | 28 | 20 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Ben Watson 9 pass from Matt Cassel (Matt Cassel pass failed) | 28 | 26 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Marty Booker |
| 84 | WR | Chris Chambers |
| 77 | LOT | Damion McIntosh |
| 78 | LOG | Jeno James |
| 66 | C | Rex Hadnot |
| 63 | ROG | Alonzo Ephraim |
| 72 | ROT | Vernon Carey |
| 81 | TE | Randy McMichael |
| 11 | QB | Gus Frerotte |
| 34 | RB | Ricky Williams |
| 36 | FB | Darian Barnes |
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | Kevin Carter |
| 91 | DT | Vonnie Holliday |
| 94 | NT | Keith Traylor |
| 99 | RDE | Jason Taylor |
| 59 | SLB | Donnie Spragan |
| 54 | MLB | Zach Thomas |
| 21 | LCB | Travis Daniels |
| 26 | SS | Travares Tillman |
| 30 | FS | Lance Schulters |
| 29 | RCB | Sam Madison |
| 25 | DB | Reggie Howard |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Deion Branch |
| 18 | WR | Andre' Davis |
| 87 | WR | David Givens |
| 77 | LOT | Nick Kaczur |
| 70 | LOG | Logan Mankins |
| 71 | C | Russ Hochstein |
| 61 | ROG | Stephen Neal |
| 76 | ROT | Brandon Gorin |
| 84 | TE | Ben Watson |
| 12 | QB | Tom Brady |
| 33 | RB | Kevin Faulk |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Ty Warren |
| 75 | NT | Vince Wilfork |
| 93 | RDE | Richard Seymour |
| 55 | LOLB | Willie McGinest |
| 52 | LILB | Monty Beisel |
| 50 | RILB | Mike Vrabel |
| 59 | ROLB | Rosevelt Colvin |
| 32 | LCB | Hank Poteat |
| 36 | SS | James Sanders |
| 26 | FS | Eugene Wilson |
| 27 | RCB | Ellis Hobbs |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Ricky Williams | 28 | 108 | 3.9 | 9 | 1 |
| Ronnie Brown | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Gus Frerotte | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 8 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Patrick Pass | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Matt Cassel | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Heath Evans | 6 | 7 | 1.2 | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Brady | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tim Dwight | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Gus Frerotte | 35 | 22 | 62.9 | 0 | 239 | 6.8 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 92.4 |
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Matt Cassel | 20 | 11 | 55.0 | 0 | 168 | 8.4 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 116.2 |
| Tom Brady | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 1 | 37 | 4.6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52.6 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Marty Booker | 10 | 7 | 86 | 12.3 | 18 | 1 |
| Chris Chambers | 7 | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Randy McMichael | 8 | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Wes Welker | 5 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ronnie Brown | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Diamond | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Darian Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bryan Gilmore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Bam Childress | 4 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Andre' Davis | 6 | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 36 | 0 |
| Ben Watson | 4 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 30 | 1 |
| Tim Dwight | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 17 | 1 |
| Heath Evans | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Deion Branch | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11t | 1 |
| David Givens | 3 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Patrick Pass | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Lance Schulters | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Donnie Jones | 4 | 155 | 38.8 | 42 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Josh Miller | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Wes Welker | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Tim Dwight | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||
| Olindo Mare | 7 | 404 | 57.7 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||
| Adam Vinatieri | 4 | 208 | 52.0 | 0 |
| Josh Miller | 1 | 58 | 58.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Wes Welker | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Travis Minor | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Andre' Davis | 3 | 108 | 36.0 | 65 | 0 | |
| Tim Dwight | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 38 | 0 | |
| Bethel Johnson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Patrick Pass | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Reggie Howard | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Matt Chatham | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Tully Banta-Cain | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| Ty Warren | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Zach Thomas | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donnie Spragan | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Carter | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Howard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sammy Morris | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vonnie Holliday | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Madison | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Roth | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Zgonina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yeremiah Bell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Daniels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Schulters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| David Bowens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travares Tillman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Traylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Glenn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Olindo Mare | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lester Towns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Matt Chatham | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ellis Hobbs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| James Sanders | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Poteat | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tully Banta-Cain | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Vrabel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bam Childress | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Wright | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Stone | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Warren | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Izzo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Klecko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Seymour | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Wilfork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Monty Beisel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marquise Hill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eugene Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie McGinest | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Pass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Givens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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