Sunday, September 13, 1987
Miami Dolphins 21, New England Patriots 28| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins (0-1-0) | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| New England Patriots (1-0-0) | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| MIA | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIA | Mark Duper 9 yard pass from Dan Marino (Fuad Reveiz kick) | 7 | 0 |
| NWE | Tony Collins 4 yard rush (Tony Franklin kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | MIA | Mark Duper 25 yard pass from Dan Marino (Fuad Reveiz kick) | 14 | 7 |
| MIA | Ron Davenport 1 yard pass from Dan Marino (Fuad Reveiz kick) | 21 | 7 | |
| NWE | Irving Fryar 17 yard pass from Steve Grogan (Tony Franklin kick) | 21 | 14 | |
| 3rd | NWE | Tony Collins 7 yard rush (Tony Franklin kick) | 21 | 21 |
| NWE | Ronnie Lippett 20 yard interception return (Tony Franklin kick) | 21 | 28 |
| MIA | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 25-64-0 | 39-159-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 24-43-221-3-2 | 14-21-150-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 221 | 150 |
| Total yards | 285 | 309 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-0 | 5-2 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-19 | 5-26 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Mark Duper | MIA | 9 | 123 | 2 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Dan Marino | MIA | 19 | 37 | 165 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lorenzo Hampton | MIA | 19 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Mark Clayton | MIA | 2 | 36 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Don Strock | MIA | 5 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||
| Jim C. Jensen | MIA | 4 | 24 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Bruce Hardy | MIA | 4 | 23 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Ron Davenport | MIA | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Woody Bennett | MIA | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Reggie Roby | MIA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tony Collins | NWE | 22 | 95 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 14 | 21 | 150 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 6 | 76 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 10 | 45 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Irving Fryar | NWE | 2 | 33 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Lin Dawson | NWE | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Bob Perryman | NWE | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Craig James | NWE | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Glenn Blackwood | MIA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Lankford | MIA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Scott Schwedes | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Troy Stradford | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 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 | |||
| Irving Fryar | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ronnie Lippett | NWE | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Marion | NWE | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Perryman | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Stephen Starring | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||