Week 15, 2018

played in Miami, FL

67 degrees, rain, 3 mph wind

New England Patriots	7	10	7	3	-	27
Miami Dolphins	3	0	0	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:31 MIA - Stephen Gostkowski 50 field goal
1Q: 05:18 NED - T.J. Starks 2 pass from Joe Flacco (Lonnie Terrell extra point)
2Q: 09:29 NED - Irv Buckner 3 pass from Joe Flacco (Lonnie Terrell extra point)
2Q: 06:27 NED - Lonnie Terrell 42 field goal
3Q: 10:57 NED - T.J. Starks 5 run (Lonnie Terrell extra point)
4Q: 02:00 NED - Lonnie Terrell 30 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:31 MIA - Stephen Gostkowski 50 field goal
1Q: 05:18 NED - T.J. Starks 2 pass from Joe Flacco (Lonnie Terrell extra point)
2Q: 09:29 NED - Irv Buckner 3 pass from Joe Flacco (Lonnie Terrell extra point)
2Q: 06:27 NED - Lonnie Terrell 42 field goal
3Q: 10:57 NED - T.J. Starks 5 run (Lonnie Terrell extra point)
4Q: 02:00 NED - Lonnie Terrell 30 field goal

Team Statistics NED MIA
Record 12-2 8-6
First Downs 21 13
- by Rushing 6 3
- by Passing 14 10
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 364 239
- Offensive Plays 67 61
- Yards per Play 5.43 3.92
Net Rushing Yards 117 38
- Rushing Attempts 40 11
- Yards per Rush 2.93 3.45
Net Passing Yards 247 201
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 27 - 20 - 0 44 - 22 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 247 238
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 6/37
- Yards per Pass Play 9.15 4.02
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 9/17 4/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.7 12.1
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/2
Penalties/Yards 4/25 8/50
Punt Returns/Yards 2/22 2/7
Kick Returns/Yards 1/16 6/121
Interception Ret./Yards 1/12 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 5 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/1 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 25
Time of Possession 34:55 25:05

Team Statistics	NED	MIA
Record	12-2	8-6
First Downs	21	13
- by Rushing	6	3
- by Passing	14	10
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	364	239
- Offensive Plays	67	61
- Yards per Play	5.43	3.92
Net Rushing Yards	117	38
- Rushing Attempts	40	11
- Yards per Rush	2.93	3.45
Net Passing Yards	247	201
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	27 - 20 - 0	44 - 22 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	247	238
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	6/37
- Yards per Pass Play	9.15	4.02
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	9/17	4/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.7	12.1
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/2
Penalties/Yards	4/25	8/50
Punt Returns/Yards	2/22	2/7
Kick Returns/Yards	1/16	6/121
Interception Ret./Yards	1/12	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/1	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 34	OWN 25
Time of Possession	34:55	25:05

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:26	5:16	OWN 27	9	73	Touchdown
2	15:00	5:40	OWN 20	11	80	Touchdown
2	8:14	1:52	OWN 48	7	27	Field Goal
2	4:32	1:39	OWN 10	4	24	Punt
3	15:00	4:10	OWN 20	8	80	Touchdown
3	6:51	0:48	OWN 6	3	5	Punt
3	3:10	3:49	OWN 20	7	25	Punt
4	12:29	2:16	OWN 36	3	-3	Punt
4	9:17	3:56	OWN 43	6	17	Punt
4	4:09	2:16	OPP 30	6	17	Field Goal
4	1:36	1:36	OPP 25	3	4	Game

Miami Dolphins
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:34	OWN 41	8	26	Field Goal
1	5:10	5:10	OWN 22	8	29	Punt
2	9:20	1:06	OWN 16	3	-5	Punt
2	6:22	1:50	OWN 26	6	29	Punt
2	2:53	2:53	OWN 20	10	60	Half
3	10:50	3:59	OWN 28	5	20	Punt
3	6:03	2:53	OWN 35	6	17	Punt
4	14:21	1:52	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
4	10:13	0:56	OWN 23	3	9	Punt
4	5:21	1:12	OWN 20	9	10	Downs
4	1:53	0:17	OWN 25	1	0	Interception

Game MVP: Joe Flacco, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
T.J. Starks	23	69	3.00	16	2	1
Tashard Choice	11	37	3.36	23	2	0
Joe Flacco	4	14	3.50	7	0	0
Raymond Burgess	2	-3	-1.50	-1	0	0

Miami	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Arnie Hollerorth	9	32	3.56	10	1	0
Randy Upshaw	2	6	3.00	6	0	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Joe Flacco	25	18	231	0/0	2	25	0	127.3
Raymond Burgess	2	2	16	0/0	0	13	0	100.0

Miami	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
J.P. Losman	39	22	238	6/37	0	24	0	74.5
Charles Stephens	5	0	0	0/0	0	0	1	0.0

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Irv Buckner	5	6	78	15.60	16	22	1
RB T.J. Starks	5	5	33	6.60	16	17	1
WR Adam Velevis	3	5	49	16.33	9	20	0
WR Willie Tanner	2	4	11	5.50	0	6	0
TE Fred Davis	2	2	50	25.00	27	25	0
WR Graham Lowe	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
FB Sam Nelson	1	1	2	2.00	0	2	0
WR Alonzo Osika	1	3	21	21.00	0	21	0

Miami	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Tim Lincoln	6	10	57	9.50	1	21
WR Brent Ford	4	7	40	10.00	13	17
WR Dan Snow	3	7	45	15.00	8	24
WR Juan Maffucci	2	10	23	11.50	3	18
RB Randy Upshaw	2	2	13	6.50	6	8
RB Arnie Hollerorth	2	2	17	8.50	8	9
WR Brenden Stone	2	2	32	16.00	8	17
TE Dean Harrison	1	2	11	11.00	0	11
TE Marlon Nwokorie	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
TE Kim Hanson	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Malcolm Hardy	1	12	12.00	0

Miami	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Miami	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Patrick Hutton	5	266	53.2	39.8	66	1

Miami	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Edward Godfrey	7	306	43.7	34.9	49	2

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Lonnie Terrell	2/2	1/1	0/0	42	3/3

Miami	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Stephen Gostkowski	1/1	1/1	1/1	50	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Graham Lowe	2	22	11.0	0

Miami	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jeffrey Moye	2	7	3.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brandon Carr	1	16	16.0	0

Miami	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tracy Battle	4	67	16.8	0
Brenden Stone	2	54	27.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Earl Woodson	9	3	0.0	10	44
OLB Jordan Dizon	5	0	1.0	9	48
OLB Beau Bell	4	2	2.0	9	27
CB Malcolm Hardy	4	2	1.5	7	45
ILB Oscar Smith	4	1	1.0	8	48
CB Courtney Brustkern	3	1	0.0	11	45
S LaRon Landry	2	0	0.0	11	46
DE Austin McDonald	2	0	0.0	8	46
OLB Courtney Reardon	2	0	0.0	6	15
DE Mike McCulley	1	2	0.0	10	50
CB Leodis McKelvin	1	1	0.0	2	28
OLB Curtis Zuck	1	0	0.0	3	5
DT Mario Williams	0	1	0.5	10	44
CB Terrell Thomas	0	3	0.0	8	37

Miami	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Emmanuel Lenhart	8	5	0.0	36	25
S Johnny Raymond	6	2	0.0	36	23
S Jeff Kinney	6	1	0.0	30	21
DT Mike Patterson	4	2	0.0	32	21
OLB J.J. O'Neal	4	1	0.0	31	26
CB Hardy Grundy	4	1	0.0	23	19
CB R.J. Emerson	4	0	0.0	35	21
DT Alan Branch	4	0	0.0	31	24
DE Shannon Darrow	3	3	0.0	36	23
CB Floyd DuVall	3	0	0.0	7	7
OLB Clyde Raymond	3	0	0.0	14	13
S T.J. O'Neal	2	0	0.0	8	3
OLB Marcus Howard	2	0	0.0	16	2
WR Juan Maffucci	1	0	---	---	---
DT Ray McDonald	1	0	0.0	8	7
DE Chris Ellis	1	0	0.0	19	10

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Beau Bell	2.0	0	0	27
CB Malcolm Hardy	1.5	0	0	45
OLB Jordan Dizon	1.0	2	0	48
ILB Oscar Smith	1.0	1	1	48
DT Mario Williams	0.5	1	0	44
DE Mike McCulley	0.0	4	0	50
DE Austin McDonald	0.0	3	2	46

Miami	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Alan Branch	0.0	0	1	0	24
DE Shannon Darrow	0.0	0	1	0	23

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Earl Woodson	6	1	0	44
CB Courtney Brustkern	4	0	0	45
CB Malcolm Hardy	3	2	1	45
ILB Oscar Smith	2	0	0	48
OLB Beau Bell	2	0	0	27
OLB Jordan Dizon	2	0	0	48
S LaRon Landry	1	0	0	46
OLB Courtney Reardon	1	0	0	15
CB Leodis McKelvin	1	0	0	28
CB Terrell Thomas	0	1	0	37

Miami	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB J.J. O'Neal	5	1	26
S Jeff Kinney	3	0	21
OLB Clyde Raymond	2	1	13
CB R.J. Emerson	2	0	21
S Johnny Raymond	2	0	23
CB Hardy Grundy	2	0	19
ILB Emmanuel Lenhart	1	0	25
S Karl Graham	1	0	4
CB Floyd DuVall	1	0	7
OLB Marcus Howard	1	0	2
CB Juan Ignasiak	0	1	21

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Les Newhart	3	5	32	22
Breno Giacomini	2	5	29	22
Jeff Otah	1	7	33	23
Winston Stokes	1	6	32	23
Carl Nicks	1	4	16	8
Lonnie Fisher	1	1	10	6
Chad Rinehart	0	5	35	23
Antoine Jennings	0	1	11	8
Brandon Pettigrew	0	1	9	13

Miami	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Dexter Tatum	2	3	10	0	41
Wendell Beyer	1	2	11	1	44
Bill Horn	1	2	10	1	41
Robert Brewster	1	1	1	0	10
Junius Coston	0	2	8	1	36
Ricardo Stephenson	0	1	5	2	31
Freddie Tracy	0	0	9	1	31

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Willie Tanner	2	14
Brandon Carr	2	8
Graham Lowe	1	22
Leodis McKelvin	1	22
Alonzo Osika	1	15
Brandon Pettigrew	1	11

Miami	Tackles	STPlays
Randy Upshaw	1	16
T.J. O'Neal	1	11
Wendell Beyer	1	2

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Chad Rinehart	35	23	---	---	3	61
Alonzo Osika	30	16	---	---	15	61
Mike McCulley	---	---	10	50	1	61
Jeff Otah	33	23	---	---	4	60
LaRon Landry	---	---	11	46	1	58
Jordan Dizon	---	---	9	48	1	58
Oscar Smith	---	---	8	48	1	57
Courtney Brustkern	---	---	11	45	1	57
Irv Buckner	28	24	---	---	4	56
Les Newhart	32	22	---	---	2	56
Earl Woodson	---	---	10	44	2	56
Mario Williams	---	---	10	44	1	55
Austin McDonald	---	---	8	46	1	55
Winston Stokes	32	23	---	---	---	55
Malcolm Hardy	---	---	7	45	2	54
Joe Flacco	28	25	---	---	---	53
Leodis McKelvin	---	---	2	28	22	52
Breno Giacomini	29	22	---	---	---	51
Fred Davis	24	17	---	---	7	48
Terrell Thomas	---	---	8	37	2	47
T.J. Starks	26	19	---	---	1	46
Willie Tanner	19	11	---	---	14	44
Tashard Choice	14	8	---	---	22	44
Adam Velevis	22	17	---	---	1	40
Beau Bell	---	---	9	27	1	37
Brandon Pettigrew	9	13	---	---	11	33
Sam Nelson	13	7	---	---	12	32
Carl Nicks	16	8	---	---	7	31
Graham Lowe	3	1	---	---	22	26
Antoine Jennings	11	8	---	---	7	26
Wayne Boyd	12	2	---	---	11	25
Courtney Reardon	---	---	6	15	4	25
Lonnie Fisher	10	6	---	---	7	23
Fred McGregor	---	---	3	2	15	20
Raymond Burgess	12	2	---	---	2	16
Brandon Carr	---	---	1	6	8	15
Jeremy Martin	---	---	3	4	7	14
Curtis Zuck	---	---	3	5	2	10
Lonnie Terrell	0	0	---	---	8	8
Jeremy Thompson	---	---	1	0	7	8
Edward Connell	---	---	1	6	---	7
Trevor Laws	---	---	0	0	7	7
Sherrod Martin	---	---	0	4	2	6
Patrick Hutton	0	0	---	---	5	5
Malcolm Brown	2	0	---	---	---	2
Leonard Collins	0	0	---	---	---	0

Miami	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Emmanuel Lenhart	---	---	36	25	5	66
Johnny Raymond	---	---	36	23	4	63
Shannon Darrow	---	---	36	23	2	61
R.J. Emerson	---	---	35	21	4	60
J.J. O'Neal	---	---	31	26	2	59
Dexter Tatum	10	41	---	---	6	57
Alan Branch	---	---	31	24	2	57
Wendell Beyer	11	44	---	---	2	57
Juan Ignasiak	---	---	34	21	2	57
J.P. Losman	11	45	---	---	---	56
Mike Patterson	---	---	32	21	2	55
Juan Maffucci	6	36	---	---	13	55
Hardy Grundy	---	---	23	19	12	54
Jeff Kinney	---	---	30	21	2	53
Junius Coston	8	36	---	---	8	52
Bill Horn	10	41	---	---	---	51
Ricardo Stephenson	5	31	---	---	8	44
Dean Harrison	9	30	---	---	5	44
Ed Wolfe	---	---	22	18	1	41
Freddie Tracy	9	31	---	---	---	40
Brent Ford	7	32	---	---	1	40
Dan Snow	6	31	---	---	2	39
Chris Ellis	---	---	19	10	6	35
Darren Hansen	2	19	---	---	14	35
Tim Lincoln	5	22	---	---	8	35
Randy Upshaw	2	16	---	---	16	34
Marcus Howard	---	---	16	2	15	33
Clyde Raymond	---	---	14	13	4	31
Arnie Hollerorth	9	20	---	---	---	29
Tracy Battle	5	18	---	---	6	29
Marlon Nwokorie	3	9	---	---	14	26
Tito Jefferson	1	16	---	---	8	25
T.J. O'Neal	---	---	8	3	11	22
Turk McBride	---	---	12	7	1	20
Floyd DuVall	---	---	7	7	6	20
Ray McDonald	---	---	8	7	4	19
Kim Hanson	1	3	---	---	15	19
Robert Brewster	1	10	---	---	8	19
Karl Graham	---	---	4	4	7	15
Jeffrey Moye	0	11	---	---	4	15
Rufus Rasmussen	---	---	6	2	6	14
Brenden Stone	0	3	---	---	6	9
Edward Godfrey	0	0	---	---	7	7
Charles Stephens	0	5	---	---	1	6
Stephen Gostkowski	0	0	---	---	3	3
Ricky Turner	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	40	4.4
Middle	11	29	2.6
Right	18	51	2.8
None	2	-3	-1.5

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	13	3.3
Middle	6	25	4.2
Right	1	0	0.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Joe Flacco	25	18	7	0	2	3	2	0	0
Raymond Burgess	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Miami	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
J.P. Losman	39	22	2	1	4	3	9	3	0
Charles Stephens	5	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	9	9.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	11	74	6.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	5	99	9.0
Long (19+ Yds)	4	3	65	16.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	21	5.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	8	74	7.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	20	8	98	4.9
Long (19+ Yds)	10	2	45	4.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Irv Buckner	6	5	0	78	3	24
RB T.J. Starks	5	5	0	33	0	19
WR Adam Velevis	5	3	1	49	1	17
WR Willie Tanner	4	2	1	11	0	11
WR Alonzo Osika	3	1	0	21	1	16
TE Fred Davis	2	2	0	50	2	17
WR Graham Lowe	1	1	0	3	0	1
FB Sam Nelson	1	1	0	2	0	7

Miami	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Juan Maffucci	10	2	2	23	0	36
WR Tim Lincoln	10	6	0	57	1	22
WR Dan Snow	7	3	2	45	1	31
WR Brent Ford	7	4	0	40	0	32
RB Randy Upshaw	2	2	0	13	0	16
TE Dean Harrison	2	1	0	11	0	30
RB Arnie Hollerorth	2	2	0	17	0	20
WR Brenden Stone	2	2	0	32	0	3
TE Marlon Nwokorie	1	0	0	0	0	9
TE Kim Hanson	1	0	1	0	0	3

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
T.J. Starks	3	9	3.00	3.00
Raymond Burgess	2	-3	-1.50	-1.50
Tashard Choice	2	0	0.00	3.36
Joe Flacco	1	3	3.00	3.50

Miami	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Joe Flacco	2	2	5	2.50	9.24

Miami	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Irv Buckner	1	1	3	3.00	13.00
RB T.J. Starks	1	1	2	2.00	6.60

Miami	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
T.J. Starks	5	2
Tashard Choice	2	1
Raymond Burgess	1	0

Miami	Rushes	Conversions
Randy Upshaw	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Joe Flacco	8	6	5
Raymond Burgess	1	1	1

Miami	Att	Comp	Conversions
J.P. Losman	12	8	3
Charles Stephens	1	0	0

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Willie Tanner	3	2	1
WR Irv Buckner	3	3	3
WR Adam Velevis	3	2	2

Miami	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Tim Lincoln	5	4	0
WR Juan Maffucci	2	0	0
WR Dan Snow	2	1	1
WR Brenden Stone	2	2	2
TE Dean Harrison	1	1	0
TE Marlon Nwokorie	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 70,400 (74,900 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,600 (21,500)
End Zone 15,100 (15,600)
Mezzanine 8,700 (9,000)
Sideline Seats 12,900 (13,800)
Club Seats 9,400 (10,200)
Luxury Boxes 3,700 (4,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	70,400 (74,900 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,600 (21,500)
End Zone	15,100 (15,600)
Mezzanine	8,700 (9,000)
Sideline Seats	12,900 (13,800)
Club Seats	9,400 (10,200)
Luxury Boxes	3,700 (4,800)