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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAVIE, FLA (December 24, 2012) #MIAvsNE MIAMI DOLPHINS (7-8) AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (11-4) SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2012 Gillete Stadium Foxborough, Massachusets, 4:25 P.M. (ET) GAME NO. 16 Miami Dolphins Media Relaions, (954) 452-7010 2012 MIAMI DOLPHINS SCHEDULE Twiter: @DolphinsMEDIA, @MiamiDolphins Harvey Greene, Sr. VP of Media Relaions, [email protected]fl.com Gayle Baden, Execuive Assistant, [email protected]fl.com Preseason Jason Jenkins, Director of Media Relaions,[email protected] Date Opponent Time (EST) Result Fitz Ollison, Director of Communicaions, [email protected] August 10 vs. Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m. L, 7-20 David Abbruzese, Staff Assistant, [email protected] August 17 at Carolina 8:00 p.m. L, 17-23 Hank Nathan, Staff Assistant, [email protected] August 24 vs. Atlanta 7:30 p.m. L, 6-23 August 29 at Dallas 8:30 p.m. L, 13-30 DOLPHINS ON THE AIR Regular Season Date Opponent Time (EST) Network TELEVISION September 9 at Houston 1:00 p.m. L, 10-30 The game will be televised live in the Miami-Ft. Laud- September 16 vs. Oakland 1:00 p.m. W, 35-13 erdale area on WFOR-TV (CBS 4), WINK-TV (Channel 11) September 23 vs. New York Jets 1:00 p.m. L, 20-23 (OT) in Fort Myers and in West Palm Beach on WPEC-TV September 30 at Arizona 4:05 p.m. L, 21-24 (OT) (Channel 12). Jim Nantz will call the play-by-play with October 7 at Cincinnai 1:00 p.m. W, 17-13 October 14 vs. St. Louis 1:00 p.m. W, 17-14 Phil Simms adding the expert analysis. October 21 BYE WEEK October 28 at New York Jets 1:00 p.m. W, 30-9 DOLPHINS RADIO NETWORK November 4 at Indianapolis 1:00 p.m. L, 20-23 The contest will air on Clear Channel, WBGG (105.9 FM) November 11 vs. Tennessee 1:00 p.m. L, 3-37 and WINZ (940 AM) and a network of affiliates through- November 15 at Buffalo 8:20 p.m. L, 14-19 out Florida. Former wide receiver Jimmy Cefalo, former November 25 vs. Seatle 1:00 p.m. W, 24-21 ight end Joe Rose and former linebacker Kim Bokamper December 2 vs. New England 1:00 p.m. L, 16-23 will call the game acion. December 9 at San Francisco 4:05 p.m. L, 13-27 December 16 vs. Jacksonville 1:00 p.m. W, 24-3 SPANISH RADIO December 23 vs. Buffalo 1:00 p.m. W, 24-10 December 30 at New England 4:25 p.m. CBS The game also will air on the Spanish home of the Dol- phins, WQBA (1140 am) with Raul Striker, Jr. and Joaquin Duro in the broadcast booth. 2012 AFC EAST STANDINGS Team W L PCT PF PA DOLPHINS VS. PATRIOTS New England 11 4 .733 529 331 Miami 7 8 .467 288 289 New York Jets 6 9 .400 272 347 The Dolphins began playing the Patriots twice a year Buffalo 5 10 .333 316 426 during the regular season in 1967 and have swept the regular season series 13 imes, while New England has owned the series on seven occasions, all coming since MIAMI DOLPHINS MEDIA WEbSITE 1986. New England has won the last three contests, but Miami sill leads the overall series by a 50-44 margin. Accredited media can follow the Miami Dolphins via the Media Relaions Twiter account. htp://twiter.com/Dol- phinsMEDIA will provide brief informaional content such as team related updates, pracice schedule changes, notes and interesing facts during the course of the 2012 Miami Dol- phins season. Monday - 12/24 Tuesday - 12/25 Wednesday - 12/26 Thursday - 12/27 Friday - 12/28 Saturday - 12/29 Sunday - 12/30 Joe Philbin No Availability Pracice Pracice Pracice No Availability Kickoff Noon 11:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. 10:45 a.m. at New England 4:25 p.m. (EST) Coordinators Players Players Players 12:15 p.m. 1:45 p.m. 1:45 p.m. 12:25 p.m. Joe Philbin Joe Philbin Joe Philbin 2:35 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 1:15 p.m. WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN 2012 Davone bess • Has 3,447 receiving yards. Bess is now in eighth place all ime for most receiving yards in team history. He needs 145 yards to ie Tony Nathan for seventh place in team history. MOST RECEIVING YARDS, TEAM HISTORY NAME YEARS YARDS 1. Mark Duper 1982-1992 8,869 2. Mark Clayton 1983-1992 8,643 3. Nat Moore 1974-1986 7,546 4. Chris Chambers 2001-2007 5,688 5. O.J. McDuffie 1993-2000 5,074 6. Duriel Harris 1976-1985 4,534 7. Tony Nathan 1979-1987 3,592 8. Davone bess 2008-2012 3,447 • Has 1,196 career punt return yards and needs 36 yards to ie Wes Welker for second place in team history. YARDS PLAYER YEARS 1,330 Jake Scot 1970-75 1,232 Wes Welker 2004-06 1,196 Davone bess 2008-12 1,127 O.J. McDuffie 1993-01 Kevin burnet • Looking to record over 100 tackles for the first ime in consecuive seasons. Recorded a career-high 100 tackles in 2011, the first ime he had over 100 in his career. Burnet has 99 tackles in 2012. • If Burnet records an intercepion and returns it for a touchdown, it would be the fourth of his career. In fact, Burnet has recorded touchdowns of three of his four intercepions. Reggie bush • Has a 4.7 rushing average in his Dolphins career (2,046 yards on 435 atempts). He is currently in third place in team history (minimum 300 atempts). AVG. PLAYER YEARS ATTEMPTS 5.1 Mercury Morris 1969-75 754 4.8 Tony Nathan 1979-87 732 4.7 Reggie bush 2011-12 435 4.5 Larry Csonka 1968-74, 79 1,506 • Has seven 100 yard rushing games in his Dolphins career. He needs two 100-yard rushing games to ie Karim Abdul- Jabbar for fith place in team history. • Has 960 rushing yards on the season and needs 40 rushing yards for 1,000 on the season. Anthony Fasano • Has 23 touchdowns as a Dolphin and needs one to pass Jim Mandich for second place in team history. brian Hartline • Has 69 recepions in 2012 and needs one recepion to become the 11th player in team history with 70 or more recep- ions in a single season. Ryan Tannehill • Has 15 starts in his rookie season and is looking to become the first Dolphins rookie quarterback in franchise history to start 16 games and the first Dolphins rookie to start all of the team’s games in their first season. Cameron Wake • Has 43.0 sacks and needs 7.0 sacks for 50 in his career. MOST SACKS IN FIRST FOUR SEASONS WITH DOLPHINS TOTAL NAME YEARS 43.0 Cameron Wake 5.5 (2009), 14.0 (2010), 8.5 (2011), 15.0 (2012) 32.5 Trace Armstrong 4.5 (1995), 12.0 (1996), 5.5 (1997), 10.5 (1998) 31 Jason Taylor 5.0 (1997), 9.0 (1998), 2.5 (1999), 14.5 (2000) 28.5 Jeff Cross 0.0 (1988), 10.0 (1989), 11.5 (1990), 7.0 (1991) 24 Marco Coleman 6.0 (1992), 5.5 (1993), 6.0 (1994), 6.5 (1995) 24 Bryan Cox 2.0 (1991), 14.0 (1992), 5.0 (1993), 3.0 (1994) 21.5 Lorenzo Bromell 8.0 (1998), 5.0 (1999), 2.0 (2000), 6.5 (2001) 21 Doug Beters 4.0 (1978), 8.0 (1979), 4.0 (1980), 5.0 (1981) *Armstrong started his career with the Chicago Bears and joined Miami in 1995. YOUTH MAKING AN IMPACT FOR MIAMI IN 2012 Miami has goten significant contribuions from its younger MOST PLAYERS WITH TWO YEARS OR LESS players in 2012. The Dolphins rank among the leaders in OF EXPERIENCE terms of youth and fewest amount of players that are 30 years or older on their roster: TEAM NUMbER 1. Cleveland 29 YOUNGEST TEAMS bY AGE 2. St. Louis 26 TEAM AVG. AGE Indianapolis 26 1. St. Louis 25.47 4. New York Jets 25 2. Miami 25.55 Minnesota 25 3. Cleveland 25.64 6. Miami 24 4. Tampa Bay 25.69 Seatle 24 5. Seatle 25.75 PLAYERS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, ACTIVE ROSTER MOST ROOKIES, ACTIVE ROSTER TEAM EXPERIENCE TEAM NUMbER 1. St. Louis 3.08 1. Cleveland 17 2. Miami 3.13 2. St. Louis 15 3. Cleveland 3.15 3. Miami 11 4. Indianapolis 3.26 Cincinnai 11 MOST 30 OR MORE YEAR OLD PLAYERS ON A TEAM MOST ROOKIES AND FIRST YEAR PLAYERS, TEAM NUMbER ACTIVE ROSTER 1. Miami 3 2. Green Bay 5 TEAM NUMbER Indianapolis 5 1. Cleveland 19 2. Indianapolis 18 Miami 18 3. St. Louis 17 MIAMI DOLPHINS 2012 WEEK-bY-WEEK OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE RANKINGS AFC NFL Offense Defense Offense Defense Week # Tot. Rush Pass Tot. Rush Pass Tot. Rush Pass Tot. Rush Pass Week 1 11 9 10 5 4 6 22 20 21 13 11t 15 Week 2 6 2 14 8 2 16 13 2 27 17 4 30t Week 3 7 3 14 10 1 15 12 4 25 22 3 29 Week 4 4 3 10 6 1t 16 9 5 19 16 1t 30 Week 5 6 5 10 6 1t 14 13 8 18 15 1t 27 Week 6 11 5 12 9 2 13 22 12 21 19t 5 27 Week 7 11 5 12 10 2 15 22 11 21 20 4 28 Week 8 11 5 13 10 2 14 23 11 23 22 3 27 Week 9 11 5 11 12 2 16 23 13 20 24 3 29 Week 10 13 9 10 9 4 15 26 19 21 22 6 28 Week 11 14 11 13 9 5 14 29 21 24 21 9 27 Week 12 13 7 11 9 4 13 26 12 22 21 7 26 Week 13 14 7 12 8 5 14 28 17 23 20 8 27 Week 14 14 8 12 8 6 13 29 19 23 19 9 25 Week 15 13 7 12 7 5 12 27 16 23 17 8 25 Week 16 12 6 14 8 6 13 26 13 26 18 10 25 MIAMI DOLPHINS 2011 WEEK-bY-WEEK OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE RANKINGS AFC NFL Offense Defense Offense Defense Week # Tot.