Sunday, November 3, 1996
Miami Dolphins 23, New England Patriots 42| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins (4-5-0) | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 |
| New England Patriots (6-3-0) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 42 |
| MIA | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | Curtis Martin 1 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 7 |
| MIA | Karim Abdul-Jabbar 3 yard rush (Joe Nedney kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | MIA | Karim Abdul-Jabbar 3 yard rush (Joe Nedney kick) | 14 | 7 |
| NWE | Curtis Martin 1 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 14 | 14 | |
| 3rd | MIA | Joe Nedney 39 yard field goal | 17 | 14 |
| NWE | Ben Coates 23 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 17 | 21 | |
| 4th | NWE | Ben Coates 84 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 17 | 28 |
| NWE | Sam Gash 5 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 17 | 35 | |
| NWE | Curtis Martin 2 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 17 | 42 | |
| MIA | O.J. McDuffie 29 yard pass from Craig Erickson (pass failed) | 23 | 42 |
| MIA | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 22 | 28 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-115-2 | 21-59-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 24-42-331-1-1 | 30-41-419-3-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-16 | 1-10 |
| Net pass yards | 315 | 409 |
| Total yards | 430 | 468 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 14-105 | 6-62 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Karim Abdul-Jabbar | MIA | 29 | 104 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Dan Marino | MIA | 17 | 34 | 225 | 0 | 1 | 34 | ||||||||
| O.J. McDuffie | MIA | 5 | 84 | 1 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Lamar Thomas | MIA | 3 | 71 | 0 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Bernie Parmalee | MIA | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Craig Erickson | MIA | 7 | 8 | 106 | 1 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||
| Charles Jordan | MIA | 3 | 50 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Stanley Pritchett | MIA | 4 | 35 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Irving Spikes | MIA | 2 | -3 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Troy Drayton | MIA | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Jerris McPhail | MIA | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Drew Bledsoe | NWE | 30 | 41 | 419 | 3 | 2 | 84 | ||||||||
| Ben Coates | NWE | 5 | 135 | 2 | 84 | ||||||||||
| Terry Glenn | NWE | 10 | 112 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Curtis Martin | NWE | 18 | 53 | 3 | 37 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 41 | ||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 3 | 30 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Keith Byars | NWE | 2 | 22 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Shawn Jefferson | NWE | 2 | 13 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Hason Graham | NWE | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Sam Gash | NWE | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Terrell Buckley | MIA | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Randal Hill | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charles Jordan | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| O.J. McDuffie | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Irving Spikes | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Danny Stubbs | MIA | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Zach Thomas | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Shawn Wooden | MIA | 1 | 15 | 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 | |||
| Jimmy Hitchcock | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Willie McGinest | NWE | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | ||||