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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots - November 23rd, 1997
Miami Dolphins 24 at New England Patriots 27
Sunday, November 23, 1997
Miami Dolphins 24, New England Patriots 27| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins (7-5-0) | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
| New England Patriots (7-5-0) | 3 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
Scoring
| MIA | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | Adam Vinatieri 36 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | MIA | Olindo Mare 25 yard field goal | 3 | 3 |
| NWE | Troy Brown 35 yard pass from Dave Meggett (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 3 | 10 | |
| NWE | Larry Whigham 60 yard interception return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 3 | 17 | |
| NWE | Jimmy Hitchcock 100 yard interception return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 3 | 24 | |
| 3rd | NWE | Adam Vinatieri 27 yard field goal | 3 | 27 |
| MIA | Karim Abdul-Jabbar 1 yard rush (Olindo Mare kick) | 10 | 27 | |
| 4th | MIA | Karim Abdul-Jabbar 1 yard rush (Olindo Mare kick) | 17 | 27 |
| MIA | Karim Abdul-Jabbar 1 yard rush (Olindo Mare kick) | 24 | 27 |
Team Stats
| MIA | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 33 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 22-36-3 | 24-84-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 38-60-389-0-3 | 16-27-242-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-19 | 1-8 |
| Net pass yards | 370 | 234 |
| Total yards | 406 | 318 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-35 | 8-76 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dan Marino | MIA | 38 | 60 | 389 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| O.J. McDuffie | MIA | 9 | 110 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Charles Jordan | MIA | 5 | 78 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Brian Manning | MIA | 5 | 60 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Lamar Thomas | MIA | 4 | 53 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Jerris McPhail | MIA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 47 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Karim Abdul-Jabbar | MIA | 18 | 33 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Troy Drayton | MIA | 3 | 18 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Ed Perry | MIA | 3 | 9 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Ray Nealy | MIA | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Bernie Parmalee | MIA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Drew Bledsoe | NWE | 15 | 26 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Curtis Martin | NWE | 22 | 80 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Shawn Jefferson | NWE | 4 | 71 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Keith Byars | NWE | 3 | 58 | 0 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 3 | 46 | 1 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Ben Coates | NWE | 3 | 39 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 1 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 35 | ||||||||
| Sam Gash | NWE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Corey Harris | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dwight Hollier | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charles Jordan | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jason Taylor | MIA | 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 | |||
| Derrick Cullors | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jimmy Hitchcock | NWE | 1 | 100 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike D. Jones | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chris Slade | NWE | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Larry Whigham | NWE | 2 | 60 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||