| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins (8-0-0) | 3 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 44 |
| New England Patriots (5-3-0) | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Sullivan Stadium |
| Start Time | 1:00pm |
| Surface | astroturf |
| Weather | 58 degrees, relative humidity 53%, wind 10 mph |
| Vegas Line | Miami Dolphins -4.0 |
| Over/Under | 42.0 (over) |
| MIA | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dolphins | Uwe von Schamann 28 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| Patriots | Tony Franklin 48 yard field goal | 3 | 3 | |
| 2nd | Dolphins | Pete Johnson 1 yard rush (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 10 | 3 |
| Patriots | Clarence Weathers 14 yard pass from Tony Eason (Tony Franklin kick) | 10 | 10 | |
| Dolphins | Nat Moore 19 yard pass from Dan Marino (kick failed) | 16 | 10 | |
| 3rd | Dolphins | Dan Johnson 5 yard pass from Dan Marino (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 23 | 10 |
| Patriots | Stanley Morgan 76 yard pass from Tony Eason (Tony Franklin kick) | 23 | 17 | |
| Dolphins | Mark Clayton 15 yard pass from Dan Marino (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 30 | 17 | |
| 4th | Patriots | Derrick Ramsey 5 yard pass from Tony Eason (Tony Franklin kick) | 30 | 24 |
| Dolphins | Nat Moore 15 yard pass from Dan Marino (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 37 | 24 | |
| Dolphins | Pete Johnson 3 yard rush (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 44 | 24 |
| MIA | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 33 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 37-236-2 | 27-102-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 24-39-316-4-1 | 19-29-313-3-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 1-7 |
| Net pass yards | 316 | 306 |
| Total yards | 552 | 408 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-36 | 6-36 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dan Marino | MIA | 24 | 39 | 316 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Mark Clayton | MIA | 1 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 99 | 1 | 20 | ||||||
| Joe Carter | MIA | 14 | 92 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Woody Bennett | MIA | 14 | 80 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Dan Johnson | MIA | 5 | 73 | 1 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Nat Moore | MIA | 5 | 61 | 2 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Tony Nathan | MIA | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Jimmy Cefalo | MIA | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Pete Johnson | MIA | 6 | 16 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Mark Duper | MIA | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Jim C. Jensen | MIA | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Bruce Hardy | MIA | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tony Eason | NWE | 19 | 29 | 313 | 3 | 0 | 76 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 20 | 90 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 3 | 114 | 1 | 76 | ||||||||||
| Stephen Starring | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 64 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Clarence Weathers | NWE | 3 | 53 | 1 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Derrick Ramsey | NWE | 5 | 32 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Bo Robinson | NWE | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Tony Collins | NWE | 4 | 10 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Lin Dawson | NWE | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Doug Betters | MIA | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Fulton Walker | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Ernest Gibson | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bo Robinson | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Stephen Starring | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jon Williams | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Reggie Roby | MIA | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 0 | ||||
| Uwe von Schamann | MIA | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Tony Franklin | NWE | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luke Prestridge | NWE | 3 | 171 | 57.0 | 0 | ||||