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PATRIOTS TRAVEL TO SOUTH FLORIDA TO FACE DOLPHINS MEDIA SCHEDULE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (9-3) vs. MIAMI DOLPHINS (5-7) WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6 Sunday, December 10, 2006 ¹ Dolphin Stadium (75,540) ¹ 1:00 p.m. EST 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Coach Belichick Press Conf. The Patriots begin the fourth quarter of the 2006 regular season this week (In Media Workroom) against the Dolphins in Miami. New England will face a tough test on the road 11:10 – 11:55 a.m. Open Locker Room 11:45 – 11:55 a.m. Tom Brady Media Availability against a team that has won four of its last five games and sports the sixth-ranked Approx. 12:45 p.m. Media Availability at Practice defense in the NFL. Following a road win over the Dolphins last year, the Patriots (Meet at Game Day Media Entrance) will bid to win back-to-back games in Miami for the first time in 18 years. 1:20 – 1:35 p.m. Nick Saban Conference Call 1:40 – 1:55 p.m. Dolphins Player Conference Call PLAYOFF SCENARIO The Patriots can clinch the 2006 AFC East championship and a berth in the playoffs THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7 with a victory over the Dolphins in Miami this week and a New York Jets loss to the 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Coach Belichick Press Conf. Buffalo Bills at Giants Stadium. In that scenario, the Patriots would have a three- (In Media Workroom) game lead on the Jets with three games to play and New England would be 11:10 – 11:55 a.m. Open Locker Room guaranteed to win a tiebreaker with New York by virtue of a better divisional record. Approx. 12:45 p.m. Media Availability at Practice (Meet at Game Day Media Entrance) The Patriots have won a franchise-record three straight AFC East titles and have won four of the last five division crowns dating back to 2001. New England has won FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 six division titles in the 12 seasons since Robert Kraft purchased the team in 1994 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Coach Belichick Press Conf. and has led the NFL over that span with 139 total victories, 13 playoff wins, four (In Media Workroom) conference championships and three Super Bowl titles. The Patriots have won nine Approx. 11:30 a.m. Media Availability at Practice division crowns in their 46-year history. (Meet at Game Day Media Entrance) Approx. 1:30 p.m. Open Locker Room DOMINANT IN DECEMBER Immediately following practice When the calendar turns to the 12th month, the New England weather may turn SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9 cold, but in recent years the Patriots have remained red hot. Since Bill Belichick took Travel to Miami – No Media Availability over as head coach in 2000, the Patriots have recorded a 20-5 (.800) record in SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10 games played in the month of December. Last season, the Patriots won all four of 1:00 p.m. Patriots at Miami Dolphins their December games by a combined score of 110-31. New England has won 13 of MONDAY, DECEMBER 11 its last 14 games in the month of December – a streak that dates back to 2002. 2:45 – 3:15 p.m. Coach Belichick Press Conf. PATRIOTS IN DECEMBER UNDER HEAD COACH BILL BELICHICK (In Media Workroom) 2000 ................... 2-2 2003 .......................... 4-0 2001 ................... 4-0 2004 .......................... 3-1 2006 PATRIOTS SCHEDULE 2002 ................... 2-2 2005 .......................... 4-0 Sun., Sept. 10 Buffalo W 19-17 2006................ 1-0 Sun., Sept. 17 at N.Y. Jets W 24-17 2000-06 TOTALS.....................20-5 Sun., Sept. 24 Denver L 7-17 Sun., Oct. 1 at Cincinnati W 38-13 BROADCAST INFORMATION Sun., Oct. 8 Miami W 20-10 TELEVISION: This week’s game will be broadcast by CBS. The game can be seen in BYE WEEK Boston on WBZ-TV Channel 4. Dick Enberg will handle play-by-play duties and Randy Sun., Oct. 22 at Buffalo W 28-6 Cross will provide analysis. Mon., Oct. 30 at Minnesota W 31-7 RADIO: WBCN 104.1 FM is the flagship station for the Patriots Rock Radio Network. A Sun., Nov. 5 Indianapolis L 20-27 complete listing of the network’s stations can be found in this press release. Play-by-play Sun., Nov. 12 N.Y. Jets L 14-17 broadcaster Gil Santos is in his 30th season as the voice of the Patriots and will call the Sun., Nov. 19 at Green Bay W 35-0 action along with Patriots Hall of Famer Gino Cappelletti for the 23rd season. Sun., Nov. 26 Chicago W 17-13 Sun., Dec. 3 Detroit W 28-21 PATRIOTS MEDIA WEB SITE Sun., Dec. 10 at Miami 1:00 CBS The Patriots’ media-only Web site, located at http://media.patriots.com, will be Sun., Dec. 17 Houston 1:00 CBS updated for registered users throughout the season with all the latest media Sun., Dec. 24 at Jacksonville 1:00 CBS information, schedules, rosters and press releases. The site also serves as the Sun., Dec. 31 at Tennessee 1:00* CBS *-Game time subject to possible flexible scheduling adjustment Patriots primary credentialing system. MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS AFC EAST STANDINGS Stacey James........Exec. Director of Media [email protected].. 508-384-9105 Teams W L T Pct. PF PA NEW ENGLAND....... 9 3 0 .750 281 165 Casey O’Connell ...Asst. Director of Media Relations...... [email protected].. 508-384-9111 New York Jets ............7 5 0 .583 241 238 Michelle Murphy ..Media Relations Coordinator ......... [email protected].. 508-384-9119 Buffalo Bills ................5 7 0 .417 212 249 Jared Puffer ..........Media Relations Coordinator [email protected].. 508-384-9195 Miami Dolphins...........5 7 0 .417 207 222 Jeff Cournoyer......Corporate Communications Coordinator [email protected] .. 508-549-0492 Super Bowl Champions: 2001, 2003, 2004 ¹ AFC Champions: 1985, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2004 Division Champions: 1963, 1978, 1986, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 Playoff Seasons: 1963, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 PATRIOTS VS. DOLPHINS SERIES HISTORY PASSING PERFORMANCES The New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins Tom Brady is scheduled to start at quarterback against Miami for will meet for the 83rd time in their history in the 12th time and has recorded a 7-4 record in his previous 11 their 41st year as division foes. The starts against the Dolphins. Brady has recorded a 2-3 record as a Patriots have won six of the last eight starter in games played in Miami. Brady is 29-7 in his career as a matchups between the teams, including starter in division games, with four of the seven losses coming to two of the last three games in Miami. the Dolphins. Miami signal caller Joey Harrington has started New England is 9-3 in its last dozen twice against New England – earlier this season in his first start games against the Dolphins. New for the Dolphins and also while playing for Detroit on England trails in the overall series, 47- Thanksgiving Day 2002. The Patriots defense has enjoyed 35 including the postseason. The success against Harrington, allowing no touchdown passes and Patriots defeated Miami 20-10 at Gillette Stadium on Oct. 8 and recording five interceptions in his two starts against New England. this week will bid for their sixth season sweep of the Dolphins. Tom Brady vs. Miami Dolphins (7-4) The Patriots last swept both games from Miami in 2003. The Date H/A A C Yd % TD I Rating W/L Score teams have split the season series in each of the 10/07/01 A 24 12 86 .500 0 0 58.7 L 10-30 last two years. The Patriots will try to win in 12/22/01 H 19 11 108 .579 1 0 91.6 W 20-13 10/06/02 A 31 17 240 .548 2 2 74.7 L 13-26 Miami in back-to-back seasons for the first 12/29/02 H 44 25 221 .568 1 1 68.5 W 27-24 time since winning four consecutive 10/19/03 A 34 24 283 .706 2 0 115.2 W 19-13 games there from 1986-88 (three 12/07/03 H 31 16 163 .516 0 0 67.0 W 12-0 regular-season games and one playoff 10/10/04 H 19 7 76 .368 2 1 62.6 W 24-10 contest). 12/20/04 A 29 18 171 .621 3 4 73.3 L 28-29 11/13/05 A 36 21 275 .583 2 2 77.9 W 23-16 A listing of the results of the first 81 01/01/06* H 8 3 37 .375 1 1 52.6 L 26-28 games between the Patriots and 10/08/06 H 29 16 140 .552 2 0 91.2 W 20-10 Totals 304 170 1800 .559 16 11 75.8 7-4 Dolphins can be found on page 354 of the 2006 Patriots *-Played in only the first quarter Media Guide. In addition to those 81 games, the Patriots defeated Miami 20-10 at Gillette Stadium on Oct. 8, 2006. Joey Harrington vs. New England (0-2) Date H/A A C Yd % TD I Rating W/L Score SERIES TRENDS 11/28/02 H 44 22 210 .500 0 3 35.2 L 12-20 10/08/06 A 41 26 232 .634 0 2 58.2 L 10-20 Miami 46, New England 33 Totals 85 48 442 .565 0 5 46.3 0-2 (Not including New England 2, Miami 1 in Playoffs) Record in New England ......................