Week 17, 2015

played in Miami, FL

58 degrees, rain, 10 mph wind

New England Patriots	0	10	0	3	-	13
Miami Dolphins	7	0	0	3	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 02:01 MIA - Jarvis Landry 20 pass from Ryan Tannehill (Tom Norton extra point)
2Q: 03:45 NED - Julian Edelman 1 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
2Q: 01:06 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 38 field goal
4Q: 12:40 MIA - Tom Norton 21 field goal
4Q: 00:03 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 50 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 02:01 MIA - Jarvis Landry 20 pass from Ryan Tannehill (Tom Norton extra point)
2Q: 03:45 NED - Julian Edelman 1 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
2Q: 01:06 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 38 field goal
4Q: 12:40 MIA - Tom Norton 21 field goal
4Q: 00:03 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 50 field goal

Team Statistics NED MIA
Record 13-3 10-6
First Downs 18 14
- by Rushing 1 5
- by Passing 14 9
- by Penalty 3 0
Total Net Yards 265 363
- Offensive Plays 67 67
- Yards per Play 3.96 5.42
Net Rushing Yards 19 147
- Rushing Attempts 17 37
- Yards per Rush 1.12 3.97
Net Passing Yards 246 216
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 46 - 29 - 0 28 - 16 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 272 229
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/26 2/13
- Yards per Pass Play 4.92 7.20
Fumbles/Lost 2/2 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 3/15 5/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.7 6.9
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/2
Penalties/Yards 0/0 8/43
Punt Returns/Yards 3/24 4/59
Kick Returns/Yards 3/73 2/42
Interception Ret./Yards 1/41 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 28
Time of Possession 28:42 31:18

Team Statistics	NED	MIA
Record	13-3	10-6
First Downs	18	14
- by Rushing	1	5
- by Passing	14	9
- by Penalty	3	0
Total Net Yards	265	363
- Offensive Plays	67	67
- Yards per Play	3.96	5.42
Net Rushing Yards	19	147
- Rushing Attempts	17	37
- Yards per Rush	1.12	3.97
Net Passing Yards	246	216
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	46 - 29 - 0	28 - 16 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	272	229
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/26	2/13
- Yards per Pass Play	4.92	7.20
Fumbles/Lost	2/2	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	3/15	5/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.7	6.9
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/2
Penalties/Yards	0/0	8/43
Punt Returns/Yards	3/24	4/59
Kick Returns/Yards	3/73	2/42
Interception Ret./Yards	1/41	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 28
Time of Possession	28:42	31:18

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:14	0:27	OWN 24	3	0	Punt
1	11:03	2:41	OWN 20	5	75	Fumble
1	6:16	2:06	OWN 7	4	9	Punt
1	1:50	4:41	OWN 23	9	43	Missed FG
2	9:27	2:00	OWN 37	3	-4	Punt
2	7:18	3:39	OPP 15	8	15	Touchdown
2	2:52	1:54	OWN 44	4	35	Field Goal
2	0:10	0:10	OWN 34	1	8	Half
3	15:00	1:36	OWN 36	3	9	Punt
3	10:06	2:27	OWN 20	5	20	Punt
3	5:50	1:30	OWN 38	3	-12	Punt
3	2:18	0:29	OWN 48	3	0	Punt
4	12:35	2:04	OWN 24	6	15	Punt
4	8:25	2:22	OWN 20	6	14	Punt
4	1:39	1:39	OWN 3	5	64	Field Goal

Miami Dolphins
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:46	OWN 33	3	-4	Punt
1	11:47	0:44	OWN 40	3	8	Punt
1	8:22	2:06	OWN 24	4	22	Punt
1	4:10	2:20	OPP 43	5	43	Touchdown
2	12:09	2:42	OWN 41	6	22	Downs
2	7:27	0:09	OWN 43	1	0	Interception
2	3:39	0:47	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
2	0:58	0:48	OWN 23	3	50	Missed FG
3	13:24	1:39	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
3	11:45	1:39	OPP 34	3	-2	Punt
3	7:39	1:49	OWN 13	3	7	Punt
3	4:20	2:02	OWN 25	6	27	Downs
3	1:49	4:14	OWN 16	8	80	Field Goal
4	10:31	2:06	OWN 2	4	40	Punt
4	6:03	4:24	OWN 1	12	46	Punt

Game MVP: Tom Brady, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG
Dion Lewis	11	12	1.09	9
Brandon Bolden	5	1	0.20	5
Tom Brady	1	6	6.00	6

Miami	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Lamar Miller	23	103	4.48	33	2
Damien Williams	8	13	1.63	5	0
Ryan Tannehill	5	30	6.00	11	1
Grant Gunter	1	1	1.00	1	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tom Brady	46	29	272	4/26	1	35	0	86.5

Miami	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ryan Tannehill	28	16	229	2/13	1	56	1	80.8

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Julian Edelman	10	14	119	11.90	53	35	1
RB Dion Lewis	6	9	64	10.67	44	31	0
WR Calvin Johnson	3	4	16	5.33	7	9	0
TE Rob Gronkowski	3	7	30	10.00	8	18	0
WR Aaron Dobson	3	6	25	8.33	5	11	0
RB Brandon Bolden	2	3	1	0.50	0	3	0
TE Scott Chandler	1	1	11	11.00	3	11	0
TE Eric Ebron	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
WR Brandon LaFell	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Miami	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Jarvis Landry	8	11	159	19.88	77	56	1
WR DeVante Parker	3	4	30	10.00	1	18	0
WR Joseph Rodriquez	2	6	33	16.50	5	17	0
TE Jordan Cameron	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
WR Kenny Stills	1	3	-3	-3.00	0	-3	0
TE Danny Reisinger	1	2	11	11.00	0	11	0
FB Grant Gunter	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Dont'a Hightower	1	41	41.00	0

Miami	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Force
Rob Gronkowski	1	0
Dion Lewis	1	0
Patrick Chung	0	1

Miami	Fumb	Recov	Force
Lamar Miller	1	0	0
Mike Pouncey	0	1	0
Quinton Coples	0	1	0
Danny Reisinger	0	1	0
Reshad Jones	0	0	1
Michael Thomas	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Colton Schmidt	9	458	50.9	42.1	65	5

Miami	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Matt Darr	9	429	47.7	38.3	58	2

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Stephen Gostkowski	2/3	1/2	1/2	50	1/1

Miami	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Tom Norton	1/2	0/1	0/0	21	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dion Lewis	2	12	6.0	0
Julian Edelman	1	12	12.0	0

Miami	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kenny Stills	4	59	14.8	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Matthew Slater	3	73	24.3	0

Miami	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Lamar Miller	2	42	21.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Jerod Mayo	7	4	0.0	37	30
OLB Jon Bostic	5	1	0.0	14	9
OLB Jamie Collins	5	1	0.0	31	21
S Devin McCourty	4	1	0.0	37	30
OLB Dont'a Hightower	4	1	0.0	23	21
DE Chandler Jones	4	1	0.0	31	28
DT Malcom Brown	4	1	0.0	28	23
DE Jabaal Sheard	3	2	1.5	31	21
DT Sealver Siliga	3	0	0.5	26	17
CB Rashaan Melvin	3	0	0.0	4	9
DE Geneo Grissom	3	0	0.0	12	11
DT Dominique Easley	2	1	0.0	9	7
CB Logan Ryan	2	0	0.0	37	30
S Jordan Richards	2	0	0.0	36	29
CB Tarell Brown	1	1	0.0	37	30
S Patrick Chung	1	0	0.0	1	0
G Derek Newton	1	0	---	---	---
DT Chris Jones	1	0	0.0	10	9

Miami	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Spencer Paysinger	8	3	1.0	15	49
CB Brent Grimes	7	0	0.0	17	46
S Louis Delmas	5	0	1.0	15	49
DE Cameron Wake	5	0	1.0	16	42
S Reshad Jones	5	2	0.0	16	50
CB Jamar Taylor	5	0	0.0	16	48
OLB Jelani Jenkins	3	0	0.0	10	28
OLB Quinton Coples	2	2	1.0	12	35
OLB Koa Misi	2	0	0.0	11	18
DT Ndamukong Suh	2	0	0.0	8	33
CB Brice McCain	1	1	0.0	2	6
DE Olivier Vernon	1	1	0.0	14	43
QB Ryan Tannehill	1	0	---	---	---
DE Dion Jordan	1	0	0.0	6	19
CB Bobby McCain	0	2	0.0	5	27
S Michael Thomas	0	1	0.0	1	1

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Jabaal Sheard	1.5	0	0	21
DT Sealver Siliga	0.5	0	0	17
DE Chandler Jones	0.0	2	1	28

Miami	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Quinton Coples	1.0	1	0	0	35
DE Cameron Wake	1.0	0	4	1	42
S Louis Delmas	1.0	0	0	0	49
ILB Spencer Paysinger	1.0	0	0	0	49
DE Terrence Fede	0.0	1	0	0	9
DT Jordan Phillips	0.0	1	0	0	17
DE Dion Jordan	0.0	0	2	0	19
DT Ndamukong Suh	0.0	0	1	0	33

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Rashaan Melvin	3	0	0	9
OLB Dont'a Hightower	2	0	1	21
ILB Jerod Mayo	2	0	0	30
OLB Jon Bostic	2	0	0	9
OLB Jamie Collins	2	0	0	21
CB Logan Ryan	2	0	0	30
CB Tarell Brown	1	0	0	30
DE Chandler Jones	1	0	0	28
S Jordan Richards	1	0	0	29
S Devin McCourty	0	1	0	30

Miami	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Brent Grimes	6	1	46
S Reshad Jones	5	1	50
ILB Spencer Paysinger	5	0	49
CB Jamar Taylor	4	0	48
S Louis Delmas	3	0	49
OLB Koa Misi	2	1	18
OLB Jelani Jenkins	2	1	28
CB Brice McCain	1	0	6
DE Dion Jordan	1	0	19
OLB Quinton Coples	0	1	35

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Nate Solder	1	4	17	1	50
Derek Newton	1	3	17	1	50
Tre Jackson	1	2	17	0	50
Bryan Stork	0	4	17	2	50
Sebastian Vollmer	0	3	17	0	50

Miami	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Branden Albert	2	9	37	0	30
Billy Turner	2	7	37	0	30
Ja'Wuan James	1	5	37	0	30
Mike Pouncey	1	4	37	1	30
Dallas Thomas	0	4	37	1	30
Jordan Cameron	0	1	30	0	24
Dion Sims	0	1	9	0	5
Grant Gunter	0	1	27	0	22

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Tarell Brown	3	14
Rashaan Melvin	1	25
Jordan Richards	1	14
Calvin Johnson	1	5

Miami	Tackles	STPlays
Michael Thomas	2	12
Jelani Jenkins	1	31
Damien Williams	1	26
Danny Reisinger	1	17
Jarvis Landry	1	5

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Tarell Brown	---	---	37	30	14	81
Derek Newton	17	50	---	---	12	79
Jordan Richards	---	---	36	29	14	79
Rob Gronkowski	17	47	---	---	9	73
Julian Edelman	17	49	---	---	5	71
Jerod Mayo	---	---	37	30	3	70
Devin McCourty	---	---	37	30	2	69
Logan Ryan	---	---	37	30	2	69
Tom Brady	17	50	---	---	---	67
Sebastian Vollmer	17	50	---	---	---	67
Nate Solder	17	50	---	---	---	67
Bryan Stork	17	50	---	---	---	67
Tre Jackson	17	50	---	---	---	67
Calvin Johnson	16	44	---	---	5	65
Chandler Jones	---	---	31	28	3	62
Dion Lewis	12	40	---	---	7	59
Jabaal Sheard	---	---	31	21	2	54
Jamie Collins	---	---	31	21	2	54
Malcom Brown	---	---	28	23	2	53
Sealver Siliga	---	---	26	17	5	48
Dont'a Hightower	---	---	23	21	3	47
Jon Bostic	---	---	14	9	23	46
Aaron Dobson	11	35	---	---	---	46
Brandon Bolden	5	8	---	---	26	39
Rashaan Melvin	---	---	4	9	25	38
Eric Ebron	7	13	---	---	18	38
Geneo Grissom	---	---	12	11	8	31
Scott Chandler	0	7	---	---	18	25
Dominique Easley	---	---	9	7	5	21
Chris Jones	---	---	10	9	---	19
Brandon LaFell	0	4	---	---	14	18
Duron Harmon	---	---	1	5	8	14
Ryan Wendell	0	0	---	---	12	12
Josh Kline	0	0	---	---	12	12
Cameron Fleming	0	0	---	---	12	12
Joe Cardona	0	0	---	---	12	12
Matthew Slater	0	1	---	---	9	10
Colton Schmidt	0	0	---	---	9	9
Patrick Chung	---	---	1	0	6	7
Stephen Gostkowski	0	0	---	---	6	6
Eric Martin	---	---	2	0	3	5
Hunter Pieters	0	0	---	---	3	3
Ronnie Hillman	0	2	---	---	---	2
Nate Ebner	---	---	0	0	---	0
Jimmy Garoppolo	0	0	---	---	---	0
Shaq Mason	0	0	---	---	---	0

Miami	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Billy Turner	37	30	---	---	11	78
Jamar Taylor	---	---	16	48	6	70
Reshad Jones	---	---	16	50	3	69
Jelani Jenkins	---	---	10	28	31	69
Branden Albert	37	30	---	---	---	67
Louis Delmas	---	---	15	49	3	67
Spencer Paysinger	---	---	15	49	3	67
Mike Pouncey	37	30	---	---	---	67
Ryan Tannehill	37	30	---	---	---	67
Dallas Thomas	37	30	---	---	---	67
Ja'Wuan James	37	30	---	---	---	67
Brent Grimes	---	---	17	46	3	66
Jordan Cameron	30	24	---	---	9	63
Cameron Wake	---	---	16	42	4	62
Olivier Vernon	---	---	14	43	4	61
Grant Gunter	27	22	---	---	12	61
Jarvis Landry	26	23	---	---	5	54
Quinton Coples	---	---	12	35	2	49
Lamar Miller	28	17	---	---	3	48
Damien Williams	9	13	---	---	26	48
DeVante Parker	25	22	---	---	---	47
Ndamukong Suh	---	---	8	33	5	46
Joseph Rodriquez	17	14	---	---	9	40
Koa Misi	---	---	11	18	7	36
Dion Jordan	---	---	6	19	11	36
Bobby McCain	---	---	5	27	2	34
Brice McCain	---	---	2	6	23	31
Jordan Phillips	---	---	9	17	2	28
Kenny Stills	7	6	---	---	14	27
Danny Reisinger	5	2	---	---	17	24
Kelvin Sheppard	---	---	5	13	3	21
Neville Hewitt	---	---	4	7	10	21
Dion Sims	9	5	---	---	5	19
Terrence Fede	---	---	3	9	4	16
Michael Thomas	---	---	1	1	12	14
Walt Aikens	---	---	2	10	1	13
Jeffrey Linkenbach	0	0	---	---	11	11
Korey Farr	0	0	---	---	11	11
Keith Gerhardt	0	0	---	---	11	11
Cory McNeil	0	0	---	---	11	11
Greg Jennings	0	1	---	---	9	10
Matt Darr	0	0	---	---	9	9
Tom Norton	0	0	---	---	5	5
Jay Ajayi	2	1	---	---	---	3
Carl Carpenter	0	0	---	---	2	2
Matt Moore	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	-2	-0.3
Middle	7	21	3.0
Right	3	0	0.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	31	3.9
Middle	18	96	5.3
Right	11	20	1.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tom Brady	46	29	3	0	2	5	7	1	0

Miami	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ryan Tannehill	28	16	3	4	4	1	2	1	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	13	9	70	5.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	20	13	124	6.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	7	78	6.0
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	-3	-1.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	7	93	10.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	7	119	8.5
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	20	6.7

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Julian Edelman	14	10	1	119	2	49
RB Dion Lewis	9	6	1	64	1	40
TE Rob Gronkowski	7	3	0	30	0	47
WR Aaron Dobson	6	3	0	25	0	35
WR Calvin Johnson	4	3	0	16	0	44
RB Brandon Bolden	3	2	0	1	0	8
TE Scott Chandler	1	1	0	11	0	7
WR Brandon LaFell	1	0	0	0	0	4
TE Eric Ebron	1	1	0	6	0	13

Miami	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jarvis Landry	11	8	1	159	3	23
WR Joseph Rodriquez	6	2	1	33	0	14
WR DeVante Parker	4	3	0	30	0	22
WR Kenny Stills	3	1	0	-3	0	6
TE Danny Reisinger	2	1	1	11	0	2
TE Jordan Cameron	1	1	0	-1	0	24
FB Grant Gunter	1	0	1	0	0	22

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Dion Lewis	4	6	1.50	1.09
Brandon Bolden	1	2	2.00	0.20

Miami	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Lamar Miller	3	13	4.33	4.48

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tom Brady	6	5	15	2.50	5.91

Miami	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ryan Tannehill	2	2	17	8.50	8.18

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Julian Edelman	2	2	0	0.00	8.50
WR Aaron Dobson	2	1	9	4.50	4.17
TE Rob Gronkowski	1	1	8	8.00	4.29
RB Brandon Bolden	1	1	-2	-2.00	0.33

Miami	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Kenny Stills	1	1	-3	-3.00	-1.00
WR Jarvis Landry	1	1	20	20.00	14.45

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Dion Lewis	1	0

Miami	Rushes	Conversions
Lamar Miller	2	0
Damien Williams	2	1
Ryan Tannehill	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tom Brady	12	7	3

Miami	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ryan Tannehill	12	8	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Julian Edelman	4	2	1
WR Calvin Johnson	2	1	1
TE Rob Gronkowski	2	1	0
WR Aaron Dobson	2	2	1
RB Brandon Bolden	1	0	0
RB Dion Lewis	1	1	0

Miami	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jarvis Landry	6	5	3
WR Joseph Rodriquez	3	1	1
TE Jordan Cameron	1	1	0
WR Kenny Stills	1	1	0
TE Danny Reisinger	1	0	0

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)