Week 8, 2015

Game MVP: Tom Brady, New England Patriots

played in New England, MA

41 degrees, rain, 3 mph wind

Drive Charts

Rushing Statistics

Passing Statistics

Receiving Statistics

Interception Statistics

Fumble Statistics

Punting Statistics

Kicking Statistics

Punt Return Statistics

Kick Return Statistics

Defensive Statistics

Pass Rush Statistics

Pass Defense Statistics

Blocking Statistics

Special Teams Tackles

Participation

Directional Rushing Statistics

Detailed Passing Statistics

Directional Passing Statistics

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Third Down Passing Statistics

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Miami Dolphins	0	3	7	3	-	13
New England Patriots	14	6	7	0	-	27

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:16 NED - Dion Lewis 4 run (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
1Q: 02:59 NED - Aaron Dobson 5 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
2Q: 10:33 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 36 field goal
2Q: 07:18 MIA - Tom Norton 26 field goal
2Q: 01:57 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 29 field goal
3Q: 11:41 MIA - DeVante Parker 28 pass from Ryan Tannehill (Tom Norton extra point)
3Q: 02:33 NED - Dion Lewis 18 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
4Q: 09:39 MIA - Tom Norton 22 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:16 NED - Dion Lewis 4 run (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
1Q: 02:59 NED - Aaron Dobson 5 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
2Q: 10:33 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 36 field goal
2Q: 07:18 MIA - Tom Norton 26 field goal
2Q: 01:57 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 29 field goal
3Q: 11:41 MIA - DeVante Parker 28 pass from Ryan Tannehill (Tom Norton extra point)
3Q: 02:33 NED - Dion Lewis 18 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
4Q: 09:39 MIA - Tom Norton 22 field goal

Team Statistics MIA NED
Record 6-1 6-1
First Downs 24 21
- by Rushing 4 4
- by Passing 18 16
- by Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 403 328
- Offensive Plays 66 66
- Yards per Play 6.11 4.97
Net Rushing Yards 83 66
- Rushing Attempts 18 30
- Yards per Rush 4.61 2.20
Net Passing Yards 320 262
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 46 - 29 - 3 33 - 26 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 332 284
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/12 3/22
- Yards per Pass Play 6.67 7.28
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/15 9/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.9 8.6
4th Down Conversions 1/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 2/20 9/55
Punt Returns/Yards 2/23 1/11
Kick Returns/Yards 1/31 1/33
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 3/20
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/2 3/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 27
Time of Possession 26:50 33:10

Team Statistics	MIA	NED
Record	6-1	6-1
First Downs	24	21
- by Rushing	4	4
- by Passing	18	16
- by Penalty	2	1
Total Net Yards	403	328
- Offensive Plays	66	66
- Yards per Play	6.11	4.97
Net Rushing Yards	83	66
- Rushing Attempts	18	30
- Yards per Rush	4.61	2.20
Net Passing Yards	320	262
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	46 - 29 - 3	33 - 26 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	332	284
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/12	3/22
- Yards per Pass Play	6.67	7.28
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/15	9/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.9	8.6
4th Down Conversions	1/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	2/20	9/55
Punt Returns/Yards	2/23	1/11
Kick Returns/Yards	1/31	1/33
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	3/20
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/2	3/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 25	OWN 27
Time of Possession	26:50	33:10

Miami Dolphins
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:09	3:58	OWN 34	7	30	Interception
1	2:50	1:43	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
2	10:27	3:15	OWN 20	7	71	Field Goal
2	1:52	1:52	OWN 20	6	61	Missed FG
3	15:00	3:33	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
3	7:51	0:48	OWN 20	3	6	Interception
3	2:24	2:37	OWN 20	6	27	Punt
4	13:25	3:51	OWN 41	7	54	Field Goal
4	8:50	1:30	OWN 28	4	21	Punt
4	4:56	3:57	OWN 28	16	66	Interception

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:51	OWN 20	9	80	Touchdown
1	7:11	4:21	OWN 35	8	65	Touchdown
1	1:07	5:40	OWN 32	11	49	Field Goal
2	7:12	5:20	OWN 20	11	68	Field Goal
3	11:27	3:36	OWN 41	6	16	Punt
3	7:03	4:39	OPP 41	9	41	Touchdown
4	14:47	1:22	OWN 18	3	0	Punt
4	9:34	0:44	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
4	7:20	2:24	OWN 7	3	-6	Punt
4	0:59	0:59	OWN 21	3	-11	Game

Miami	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Damien Williams	9	32	3.56	11	1
Lamar Miller	7	41	5.86	28	1
Ryan Tannehill	2	10	5.00	6	0

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Dion Lewis	20	19	0.95	6	0	1
Brandon Bolden	6	42	7.00	17	3	0
Tom Brady	3	2	0.67	4	0	0
Ronnie Hillman	1	3	3.00	3	0	0

Miami	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ryan Tannehill	46	29	332	2/12	1	37	3	64.7

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tom Brady	33	26	284	3/22	2	43	0	122.7

Miami	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Jarvis Landry	7	11	67	9.57	32	37	0
WR DeVante Parker	7	9	86	12.29	19	28	1
WR Rishard Matthews	6	11	66	11.00	20	26	0
TE Jordan Cameron	5	8	44	8.80	1	12	0
WR Kenny Stills	2	2	42	21.00	19	34	0
RB Lamar Miller	1	1	17	17.00	15	17	0
TE Dion Sims	1	3	10	10.00	1	10	0
RB Damien Williams	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Calvin Johnson	6	7	66	11.00	25	17	0
TE Rob Gronkowski	5	6	21	4.20	5	8	0
WR Aaron Dobson	5	6	99	19.80	55	43	1
WR Julian Edelman	4	6	65	16.25	18	32	0
RB Dion Lewis	3	5	27	9.00	10	18	1
TE Eric Ebron	2	2	2	1.00	0	6	0
RB Brandon Bolden	1	1	4	4.00	5	4	0

Miami	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg
ILB Jerod Mayo	1	20	20.00
S Duron Harmon	1	0	0.00
DT Malcom Brown	1	0	0.00

Miami	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Miami	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Matt Darr	3	132	44.0	40.3	52	2

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Colton Schmidt	4	211	52.8	42.0	58	1

Miami	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Tom Norton	2/3	0/0	0/0	26	1/1

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Stephen Gostkowski	2/2	0/0	0/0	36	3/3

Miami	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kenny Stills	2	23	11.5	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dion Lewis	1	11	11.0	0

Miami	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Lamar Miller	1	31	31.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Matthew Slater	1	33	33.0	0

Miami	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Jelani Jenkins	8	1	0.0	30	36
CB Brent Grimes	8	0	0.0	27	32
DT Ndamukong Suh	7	0	2.0	22	24
S Reshad Jones	6	2	0.0	30	36
OLB Koa Misi	5	0	0.0	15	18
CB Jamar Taylor	4	2	0.0	29	36
DE Olivier Vernon	3	1	0.0	22	27
DE Cameron Wake	3	0	0.0	27	26
ILB Spencer Paysinger	3	0	0.0	18	17
S Louis Delmas	2	3	0.0	30	36
ILB Mike Hull	2	0	0.0	7	5
DT Jordan Phillips	1	0	1.0	8	12
OLB Quinton Coples	1	1	0.0	20	29
CB Brice McCain	1	0	0.0	4	6
TE Jordan Cameron	1	0	---	---	---
WR Rishard Matthews	1	0	---	---	---
RB Damien Williams	1	0	---	---	---

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Jerod Mayo	8	2	0.0	18	48
CB Logan Ryan	7	2	0.0	18	48
CB Tarell Brown	7	0	0.0	18	48
OLB Dont'a Hightower	4	1	0.0	11	28
OLB Jamie Collins	4	0	0.0	11	27
DE Jabaal Sheard	3	1	1.5	13	36
S Jordan Richards	3	2	0.0	18	48
CB Rashaan Melvin	3	1	0.0	9	23
DE Chandler Jones	2	1	0.0	18	43
S Nate Ebner	2	0	0.0	4	14
DT Sealver Siliga	2	0	0.0	9	20
DE Geneo Grissom	1	0	0.5	5	17
S Duron Harmon	1	3	0.0	16	39
DT Chris Jones	1	0	0.0	4	14
S Patrick Chung	0	1	0.0	3	9

Miami	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Ndamukong Suh	2.0	0	0	1	24
DT Jordan Phillips	1.0	0	0	0	12
OLB Quinton Coples	0.0	1	0	0	29
DE Olivier Vernon	0.0	0	1	0	27

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Jabaal Sheard	1.5	0	1	1	36
DE Geneo Grissom	0.5	1	0	0	17
DE Chandler Jones	0.0	0	2	1	43

Miami	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Brent Grimes	6	1	32
OLB Jelani Jenkins	5	0	36
S Reshad Jones	4	0	36
OLB Koa Misi	3	0	18
CB Jamar Taylor	3	0	36
S Louis Delmas	2	0	36
ILB Spencer Paysinger	2	0	17
CB Brice McCain	1	0	6

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Tarell Brown	6	1	0	48
ILB Jerod Mayo	4	2	1	48
CB Logan Ryan	4	2	0	48
OLB Dont'a Hightower	4	0	0	28
CB Rashaan Melvin	3	0	0	23
S Jordan Richards	2	2	0	48
S Nate Ebner	2	0	0	14
S Duron Harmon	1	1	1	39
S Patrick Chung	1	0	0	9
DE Chandler Jones	1	0	0	43
OLB Jamie Collins	1	0	0	27
DT Malcom Brown	0	0	1	35

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Nate Solder	3	7	30	1	36
Bryan Stork	1	5	30	1	36
Sebastian Vollmer	1	5	30	0	36
Derek Newton	0	6	30	1	36
Tre Jackson	0	4	30	0	36

Miami	Tackles	STPlays
Jelani Jenkins	1	17
Dion Sims	1	14

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Tarell Brown	2	14
Jordan Richards	1	13

Miami	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jelani Jenkins	---	---	30	36	17	83
Jamar Taylor	---	---	29	36	8	73
Billy Turner	18	48	---	---	6	72
Louis Delmas	---	---	30	36	3	69
Reshad Jones	---	---	30	36	2	68
Branden Albert	18	48	---	---	---	66
Mike Pouncey	18	48	---	---	---	66
Ryan Tannehill	18	48	---	---	---	66
Dallas Thomas	18	48	---	---	---	66
Ja'Wuan James	18	48	---	---	---	66
Jordan Cameron	16	42	---	---	6	64
Brent Grimes	---	---	27	32	2	61
Grant Gunter	14	30	---	---	16	60
Cameron Wake	---	---	27	26	3	56
Quinton Coples	---	---	20	29	3	52
Olivier Vernon	---	---	22	27	2	51
Jarvis Landry	14	33	---	---	4	51
Damien Williams	9	21	---	---	19	49
Ndamukong Suh	---	---	22	24	2	48
DeVante Parker	14	32	---	---	---	46
Koa Misi	---	---	15	18	10	43
Lamar Miller	9	27	---	---	7	43
Spencer Paysinger	---	---	18	17	6	41
Rishard Matthews	6	29	---	---	---	35
Dion Jordan	---	---	16	14	4	34
Bobby McCain	---	---	12	17	2	31
Brice McCain	---	---	4	6	17	27
Dion Sims	1	7	---	---	14	22
Kenny Stills	6	12	---	---	4	22
Jordan Phillips	---	---	8	12	2	22
Kelvin Sheppard	---	---	9	9	3	21
Greg Jennings	0	2	---	---	13	15
Terrence Fede	---	---	3	10	1	14
Joseph Rodriquez	0	0	---	---	14	14
Mike Hull	---	---	7	5	1	13
Michael Thomas	---	---	0	0	12	12
Walt Aikens	---	---	1	6	2	9
Tom Norton	0	0	---	---	7	7
Jeffrey Linkenbach	0	0	---	---	6	6
Jay Ajayi	1	5	---	---	---	6
Korey Farr	0	0	---	---	6	6
Keith Gerhardt	0	0	---	---	6	6
Marco Harvey	0	0	---	---	6	6
Matt Darr	0	0	---	---	3	3
Carl Carpenter	0	0	---	---	3	3
Matt Moore	0	0	---	---	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Tarell Brown	---	---	18	48	14	80
Jordan Richards	---	---	18	48	13	79
Derek Newton	30	36	---	---	6	72
Jerod Mayo	---	---	18	48	5	71
Rob Gronkowski	28	35	---	---	8	71
Logan Ryan	---	---	18	48	3	69
Julian Edelman	29	35	---	---	4	68
Tom Brady	30	36	---	---	---	66
Sebastian Vollmer	30	36	---	---	---	66
Nate Solder	30	36	---	---	---	66
Bryan Stork	30	36	---	---	---	66
Tre Jackson	30	36	---	---	---	66
Chandler Jones	---	---	18	43	3	64
Calvin Johnson	25	33	---	---	1	59
Duron Harmon	---	---	16	39	3	58
Dion Lewis	22	31	---	---	3	56
Malcom Brown	---	---	15	35	4	54
Jabaal Sheard	---	---	13	36	3	52
Rashaan Melvin	---	---	9	23	16	48
Aaron Dobson	17	27	---	---	3	47
Dont'a Hightower	---	---	11	28	4	43
Jamie Collins	---	---	11	27	2	40
Sealver Siliga	---	---	9	20	3	32
Brandon Bolden	7	3	---	---	19	29
Eric Ebron	14	9	---	---	5	28
Geneo Grissom	---	---	5	17	2	24
Patrick Chung	---	---	3	9	10	22
Jon Bostic	---	---	3	10	9	22
Scott Chandler	4	1	---	---	16	21
Nate Ebner	---	---	4	14	2	20
Dane Fletcher	---	---	2	8	9	19
Chris Jones	---	---	4	14	1	19
Brandon LaFell	3	2	---	---	13	18
Dominique Easley	---	---	3	13	1	17
Matthew Slater	0	2	---	---	12	14
Ronnie Hillman	1	2	---	---	6	9
Stephen Gostkowski	0	0	---	---	8	8
Ryan Wendell	0	0	---	---	6	6
Josh Kline	0	0	---	---	6	6
Cameron Fleming	0	0	---	---	6	6
Joe Cardona	0	0	---	---	6	6
Colton Schmidt	0	0	---	---	4	4
Hunter Pieters	0	0	---	---	2	2
Eric Martin	---	---	0	0	1	1
Jimmy Garoppolo	0	0	---	---	---	0
Shaq Mason	0	0	---	---	---	0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	14	2.8
Middle	6	19	3.2
Right	7	50	7.1
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	4	0.7
Middle	15	54	3.6
Right	7	10	1.4
None	2	-2	-1.0

Miami	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ryan Tannehill	46	29	4	1	1	8	3	2	3

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tom Brady	33	26	3	1	3	1	1	1	0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	17	8.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	19	15	131	6.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	19	12	156	8.2
Long (19+ Yds)	6	1	28	4.7

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	8	28	3.1
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	9	83	7.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	9	173	14.4
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Miami	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Rishard Matthews	11	6	1	66	1	29
WR Jarvis Landry	11	7	0	67	1	33
WR DeVante Parker	9	7	0	86	1	32
TE Jordan Cameron	8	5	0	44	0	42
TE Dion Sims	3	1	0	10	0	7
WR Kenny Stills	2	2	0	42	1	12
RB Lamar Miller	1	1	0	17	0	27
RB Damien Williams	1	0	0	0	0	21

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Calvin Johnson	7	6	1	66	0	33
WR Julian Edelman	6	4	2	65	1	35
TE Rob Gronkowski	6	5	0	21	0	35
WR Aaron Dobson	6	5	0	99	2	27
RB Dion Lewis	5	3	0	27	0	31
TE Eric Ebron	2	2	0	2	0	9
RB Brandon Bolden	1	1	0	4	0	3

Miami	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Lamar Miller	1	2	2.00	5.86
Damien Williams	1	-3	-3.00	3.56

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Dion Lewis	5	7	1.40	0.95

Miami	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ryan Tannehill	7	3	19	2.71	7.22

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tom Brady	7	5	38	5.43	8.61

Miami	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Jordan Cameron	2	0	0	0.00	5.50
WR Rishard Matthews	1	0	0	0.00	6.00
TE Dion Sims	1	0	0	0.00	3.33
WR Kenny Stills	1	1	8	8.00	21.00
WR Jarvis Landry	1	1	6	6.00	6.09
WR DeVante Parker	1	1	5	5.00	9.56

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Rob Gronkowski	3	3	15	5.00	3.50
WR Aaron Dobson	2	1	5	2.50	16.50
WR Julian Edelman	1	0	0	0.00	10.83
RB Dion Lewis	1	1	18	18.00	5.40

Miami	Rushes	Conversions
Lamar Miller	1	1
Damien Williams	1	0

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Tom Brady	1	0
Brandon Bolden	1	1
Ronnie Hillman	1	1
Dion Lewis	1	0

Miami	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ryan Tannehill	13	6	5

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tom Brady	10	7	7

Dallas Thomas

Billy Turner

Ja'Wuan James

Grant Gunter

Branden Albert

Mike Pouncey

Miami	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Rishard Matthews	4	1	1
TE Jordan Cameron	2	0	0
TE Dion Sims	2	1	1
WR Jarvis Landry	2	2	1
WR DeVante Parker	2	2	2
RB Damien Williams	1	0	0

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Dion Lewis	3	1	1
WR Aaron Dobson	3	2	2
WR Julian Edelman	2	2	2
TE Rob Gronkowski	1	1	1
RB Brandon Bolden	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 70,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 21,400 (21,400)
End Zone 15,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	70,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	21,400 (21,400)
End Zone	15,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)