PATRIOTS RETURN TO ACTION AGAINST MIAMI MEDIA SCHEDULE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (5-2) vs. MIAMI DOLPHINS (3-4) WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009 ¹ Gillette Stadium (68,756) ¹ 1:00 p.m. EDT 10:50 - 11:10 a.m. Bill Belichick Press Conf. 11:10 - 11:55 a.m. Open Locker Room The New England Patriots return from the Bye Week to face AFC East rival Miami Approx. 1:00 p.m. Practice Availability at Gillette Stadium. New England owns a 40-12 record in regular season AFC East TBA Miami Conf. Calls games since the beginning of the 2001 season, compiling the best intra-division THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 record of any team in the NFL over the last eight seasons. 10:50 -11:10 a.m. Bill Belichick Press Conf. After starting the season with a 0-3 record, Miami has registered a 3-1 record in 11:10 - 11:55 a.m. Open Locker Room their last four games, including a 30-25 victory at the New York Jets on Sunday, to head into this week’s game with a 3-4 record. 1:00 p.m. Practice Availability FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 BROADCAST INFORMATION 11:30 a.m. Practice Availability TELEVISION: This week’s game will be broadcast to a regional audience by CBS 1:15 -2:00 p.m. Open Locker Room and can be seen in Boston on WBZ-TV Channel 4. Greeg Gumbel will handle play- 2:00-2:15 p.m. Bill Belichick Press Conf. by-play duties with Dan Dierdorf providing color. 2009 PATRIOTS SCHEDULE REGULAR SEASON (5-2) RADIO: 98.5 FM, The Sports Hub, is the flagship station for the Patriots Radio Mon., Sept. 14 Buffalo W 25-24 Network. A complete listing of the network’s 36 stations can be found in this press Sun., Sept. 20 at N.Y. Jets L 9-16 release. Play-by-play broadcaster Gil Santos is in his 33rd season as the voice of Sun., Sept. 27 Atlanta W 26-10 the Patriots and will call the action along with Patriots Hall of Famer Gino Sun., Oct. 4 Baltimore W 27-21 Cappelletti. Santos and Cappelletti are celebrating their 26th season as a tandem. Sun., Oct. 11 at Denver L ot 17-20 Sun., Oct. 18 Tennessee W 59-0 STRONG IN THE SECOND HALF Sun., Oct. 25 # Tampa Bay W 35-7 The Patriots have traditionally stepped things up a notch as the calendar has flipped Sun., Nov. 1 BYE WEEK to November. Since 2001, New England has done a remarkable job of finishing the Sun., Nov. 8 Miami 1:00 CBS season strong, compiling a 70-17 (.821) record after Nov. 1, including playoff games. Sun., Nov. 15 at Indianapolis 8:20 NBC Additionally, since 2001, the Patriots are 52-10 (.839) in games played after Sun., Nov. 22 N.Y. Jets 4:15* CBS* Thanksgiiving Day and are 23-4 (.852) in games played after Christmas. Mon., Nov. 30 at New Orleans 8:30 ESPN Sun., Dec. 6 at Miami 8:20* NBC* PATRIOTS BEFORE AND AFTER NOV. 1, SINCE 2001 Sun., Dec. 13 Carolina 1:00* FOX* Season Pre-11/1 Post-11/1 Totals Sun., Dec. 20 at Buffalo 1:00* CBS* 2001 ................... 3-4 ....................... 11-1 ...................... 14-5 2002 ................... 3-4 ........................ 6-3 ........................ 9-7 Sun., Dec. 27 Jacksonville 1:00* CBS* 2003 ................... 6-2 ....................... 11-0 ...................... 17-2 Sun., Jan. 3 at Houston 1:00* CBS* 2004 ................... 6-1 ....................... 11-1 ...................... 17-2 #Wembley Stadium, London, England 2005 ................... 4-3 ........................ 7-4 ....................... 11-7 AFFC STANDINGS 2006 ................... 6-1 ........................ 8-4 ....................... 14-5 AFC East W L T Pct. PF PA 2007 ................... 8-0 ....................... 10-1 ...................... 18-1 PATRIOTS 5 2 0 .714 198 98 2008 ................... 5-2 ........................ 6-3 ....................... 11-5 New York Jets 4 4 0 .500 177 134 2009 ................... 5-2 ........................ ??? ........................ ???? Miami Dolphins 3 4 0 .429 176 177 Totals ........ 46-19 (.708) ....... 70-17 (.805) ........... 111-34 Buffalo Bills 3 5 0 .375 123 169 NOTE: Includes Regular Season and Playoffs AFC North W L T Pct. PF PA PATRIOTS MEDIA WEBSITE Cincinnati Bengals 5 2 0 .714 163 128 Pittsburgh Steelers 5 2 0 .714 167 129 The Patriots’ media-only website, located at http://media.patriots.com, will be Baltimore Ravens 4 3 0 .571 199 137 updated for registered users throughout the season with all the latest media Cleveland Browns 1 7 0 .125 78 209 information, schedules, rosters and press releases. The media site also serves as the team’s primary credentialing system. AFC South W L T Pct. PF PA Indianapolis Colts 7 0 0 1.000 197 91 MEDIA CONTACTS Houston Texans 5 3 0 .625 198 168 PATRIOTS MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE: 508-384-4203 Jacksonville Jaguars 3 4 0 .429 133 177 Tennessee Titans 1 6 0 .143 114 211 Stacey James ........Vice President of Media Relations .. staceyj@@patriots.com ...... 508-384-9105 Aaron Salkin ........ Asst. Director of Media Relations .. [email protected] ...... 508-326-6870 AFC West W L T Pct. PF PA Scott Barboza .......Media Relations Assistant. ............ [email protected] ...... 508-384-9195 Denver Broncos 6 1 0 .857 140 96 San Diego Chargers 4 3 0 .571 185 159 Christy Berkery ....Media Relations Assistant .......... [email protected] ...... 508-549-0518 Oakland Raiders 2 6 0 .250 78 201 Tara Bertrand .......Administrative Assistant................. [email protected] ...... 508-384-4311 Kansas City Chiefs 1 6 0 .143 105 181 Jeff Cournoyer ......Dir. of Corporate Communications ... [email protected] PATRIOTS VS. MIAMI SERIES HISTORY PATRIOTS-DOLPHINS QUICK HITS The New England Patriots and • Since Bill Belichick became Patriots head coach in 2000, New Miami Dolphins will square off for England is 10-8 (.555) against the Miami Dolphins. Since 2001, the 88th time in their history in their the Patriots are 40-12 against AFC East opponents. Half of 44th year as division foes. New those losses (6) have come to Miami. The Patriots are 10-6 England has won 10 of the last 15 agaainst the Dolphins over that span and are 13-5 against the games against Miami. The Patriots New York Jets and 16-1 against the Buffalo Bills in that time. have had the upper hand at home • The Patriots have not been swept in their season series with a aagainst Miami, as they hold a 25-17 divisional opponent since 2000, when they lost both games to record in games played in New Miami and also to the New York Jets. England in the regular-season, • The Dolphins are one of just six teams to have defeated the including a 5-2 record at Gillette Patriots more than once in the last nine seasons (2001-09), Stadium. Last season the two teams having beaten the Patriots six times in that span. The other split the annual series with each team teams are Denver (6), New York Jets (5), Indianapolis (3), San winningn on the road. Miami snapped Dieego (3) and Pittsburgh (2). New England’s NFL record 21-game • In four career games against the Dolphins, Wes Welker has regular-season win streak with a 38- cauught 28 passes for 362 yards and two touchdowns, 13 victory at Gillette Stadium on Sept. averaging 7 catches and 90.5 receiving yards per game against 21, 2008. The Patriots beat Miami in his former club. Those averages are the best against any team the rematch 48-28 on Nov. 23. The Welker has faced more than once in his career. He also has two have played three times in the postseason with New England two 100-yard games against Miami with a 138-yard game at holding a 2-1 advantage in the postseason. A complete listing Miami (10/21/07) and a 120-yard game at Miami (11/23/08). of the results between the Patriots and Dolphins can be • Last season, Randy Moss caught three touchdown passes at found on pages 288 and 289 of the 2009 Patriots Media Miami (11/23/08) in the Patriots 48-28 win. He has three 100- Guide. yard games against Miami – 110 (12/21/02), 122 (10/21/07) SERIES TRENDS and 125 (11/23/08). Miami 49, New England 38 PASSING PERFORMANCES (Including New England 2, Miami 1 in Playoffs) Tom Brady is scheduled to start at quarterback against Miami for *-A Miami home game was played in Tampa in 1969 th the 15 time and has recorded an 9-5 record in his previous 14 Record in New England ............... 26-17 (Incl. 1-0 in playoffs) starts against the Dolphins. Brady is 34-8 in his career as a starter Record in Foxborough ........................................... 24-15 (1-0) in regular-season division games, with five of the eight losses Record in Boston .............................................................. 2-2 cominng to the Dolphins. Record in Miami .......................... 11-32 (Incl. 1-1 in playoffs) Tom Brady vs. Miami Dolphins (9-5) Record at Dolphins / Pro Player / Joe Robbie Stadium ....... 8-14 Date H/A A C Yd % TD I Rating W/L Score Record at Orange Bowl ........................................... 3-18 (1-1) 10/07/01 A 24 12 86 .500 0 0 58.7 L 10-30 Record in Tampa* .............................................................. 1-0 12/22/01 H 19 11 108 .579 1 0 91.6 W 20-13 Seasonal Sweeps .......................................... Patriots 6, Dolphins 13 10/06/02 A 31 17 240 .548 2 2 74.7 L 13-26 12/29/02 H 44 25 221 .568 1 1 68.5 W 27-24 Seasonal Splits ............................................. 22 (Most recent 2008) 10/19/03 A 34 24 283 .706 2 0 115.2 W 19-13 Bill Belichick vs.