Sunday, December 28, 1997
Miami Dolphins 3, New England Patriots 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins (9-8-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| New England Patriots (11-6-0) | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| MIA | NWE | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| NWE | Troy Brown 24 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 7 |
| NWE | Todd F. Collins 40 yard interception return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 14 |
| NWE | Adam Vinatieri 22 yard field goal | 0 | 17 |
| MIA | Olindo Mare 38 yard field goal | 3 | 17 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Dan Marino | MIA | 17 | 43 | 141 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Lamar Thomas | MIA | 3 | 62 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bernie Parmalee | MIA | 9 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| Jerris McPhail | MIA | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 0 | |||||
| Karim Abdul-Jabbar | MIA | 5 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||
| Brett Perriman | MIA | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||
| Charles Jordan | MIA | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||
| Troy Drayton | MIA | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||
| O.J. McDuffie | MIA | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
| Stanley Pritchett | MIA | 1 | -2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Derrick Cullors | NWE | 22 | 86 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Drew Bledsoe | NWE | 16 | 32 | 139 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Terry Glenn | NWE | 4 | 57 | 0 | ||||||||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 2 | 32 | 1 | ||||||||
| Ben Coates | NWE | 4 | 25 | 0 | ||||||||
| Marrio Grier | NWE | 6 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Shawn Jefferson | NWE | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||
| Lovett Purnell | NWE | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| Sam Gash | NWE | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||