PAT RIOTS VS. DOLPHI NS SERIES HISTORY PATRIO TS-DOLPHIN S QUICK HIT S The Boston P atriots and Mia mi Dolphins will square off for th e x Si nce Bill Belichick became Patriot s head coach in 2000, New 89 th time in thei r 44 th year as di vision En gland is 11-8 (.579) a gainst the Miami Dolp hins. Since foes. Boston ha s won 11 of th e last 20 01, the Patriots are 41-12 a gain st AFC East opp onents. Half 16 games a gainst Miami. The of those losses (6) have come to Miami. The Patri ots are 11-6 Patriots have h ad the upper ha nd at agaainst the Dolphi ns over that spa n and are 13-5 against the home a gainst Miami, as they h old a Ne w York Jets and 16-1 a gainst th e Buffalo Bills in that time. 26-17 record i n games play ed in x The Patriots have not been swept i n their season s eries with a Boston in t he re gular-se ason, di visional opponen t since 2000, wh en they lost bot h games to including a 6- 2 record at Gi llette Mi ami and also to the New York Je ts. Stadium. The P atriots beat Mia mi 27- x In five career gam es a gainst the Dolphins, Wes Welker has 17 in the first m eetin g of the ye ar on ca uug ht 37 passe s for 446 yar ds and two t ouchdowns, Nov. 8 at Gillett e Stadium and will look for their 7th series swee p av era gin g 7.4 cat ches and 89.2 receivin g yards per game of Mia mi. agaainst his former club. Those av era ges are the best a gainst Last season, the tw o teams split th e an y team Welker has faced more than once in his career. He annual series with ea ch team winnin g als o has two 100- yard games a gainst Miami with a 138-yard on th e road. Miam i snapped th e game at Miami (1 0/21/07) and a 120-yard gam e at Miami Patriot s’s NFL record 21-game regular - (1 1/23/08). seaso n win streak wit h a 38-13 victor y x La st season, Rand y Moss cau ght three touchdow n passes at at Gill ette Stadium on Sept. 21, 2008 . Mi ami (11/23/08) i n the Patriots 4 8-28 win. He ha s four 100- The P atriots beat Mia mi in the rematc h ya rd games a gains t Miami – 110 ( 12/21/02), 122 (10/21/07), 48-28 on Nov. 23. The two have played thr ee times in th e 12 5 (11/23/08) a nd a 147 yard effort in the first game postseason wit h New En gland holdin g a 2-1 advanta ge in th e (1 1/8/09). postseason. A complete listin g of the resul ts between th e PAS SING PERFO RMANCES Patriots and Dolphins can be found on pages 288 an d Tom Brady is schedul ed to start at qu arterback a gain st Miami for 289 of the 20 09 Patriots Me dia Guide. the 1 6th time and ha s recorded a 10- 5 record in his previous 15 SERIES TRENDS start s a gainst the D olphins. Brady i s 35-9 in his career as a Miami 49, N ew En gland 39 start er in the re gula r-season a gainst AFC East oppo nents, with (Includin g New En glan d 2, Miami 1 in Playoff s) five of the nine losse s comin g to the Dolphins. *- A Miami home game wa s played in Tampa in 1969 Tom Bra dy vs. Miami D olphins (10-5) Record in New England ........... .... 27-17 (Incl. 1-0 in playoffs ) Date H/A A C Yd % TD I Rating W/L Score Record in F oxborough ......... ......................... ......... 25-15 (1-0 ) 10/07/ 01 A 24 12 86 .500 0 0 58.7 L 10-30 Record in B oston ................. ......................... .....................2- 2 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 Record in Mia mi ...................... .... 11-32 (Incl. 1-1 in playoffs ) 12/29/ 02 H 44 25 221 .568 1 1 68.5 W 27-24 Record at Dolphins / Pro Pla yer / Joe Robbie Stadium ........ 8-1 4 10/19/ 03 A 34 24 283 .706 2 0 115.2 W 19-13 Record at Orange Bowl ........ ......................... ...........3-18 (1-1 ) 12/07/ 03 H 31 16 163 .516 0 0 67.0 W 12-0 Record in Tam pa* ................... ........................ .................... 1- 0 10/10/ 04 H 19 7 76 .368 2 1 62.6 W 24-10 12/20/ 04 A 29 18 171 .621 3 4 73.3 L 28-29 Seasonal Sweeps ........................ ..................Patri ots 6, Dolphins 1 3 11/13/ 05 A 36 21 275 .583 2 2 77.9 W 23-16 Seasonal Splits ... ......................... .................. 22 ( Most recent 2008 ) 01/01/ 06* H 8 3 37 .375 1 1 52.6 L 26-28 Bill Belichick vs. Miami ................. ..... 11-10 (11-8 with New England ) 10/08/ 06 H 29 16 140 .552 2 0 91.2 W 20-10 Tony Sparano vs . New England .... ......................... .....................1- 2 12/10/ 06 A 25 12 78 .480 0 0 55.1 L 0-21 10/21/ 07 A 25 21 354 .840 6 0 158.3 W 49-28 TALE OF THE TAPE 12/23/ 07 H 33 18 215 54.5 3 2 79.7 W 28-7 2009 Re gular Season N ew En gland Miami 11/08/ 09 H 37 25 332 67.6 1 1 93.5 W 27-17 Record 7-4 5-6 Total s 424 2 46 2779 .580 26 14 84.4 10-5 Divisional Stand ings 1st 2ndT *-Played in only the first quarter Total Yards G ained 4,527 3,497 DIV ISIONAL DO MINANCE Total Offense (Rank) 411.5 (2) 317.9 (22) The New En gland Pa triots own a 42- 12 (.778) recor d in re gular Rush Offense 114.5 (17) 156.1 (3) seas on AFC East games since the be ginnin g of the 2 001 season, Pass Offense 297.0 (2) 161.8 (30) comp ilin g the best in tra-division rec ord of any team in the NFL Points Per Ga me 27.9 (4) 23.3 (13) over the last ei ght se asons. The Patri ots are 3-1 in th e division in Touchdowns Scored 35 30 2009 . Third Down Conversion Pct. 44.4 48.2 NFL’S TOP DI VISIONAL RE CORDS SINCE 2001 Total Yards Al lowed 3,447 3,751 Tea m W L T Pct. New England Patrio ts 42 12 0 .778 Total Defens e (Rank) 313.4 (12) 341.0 (19) Pittsb urgh Steelers 40 15 0 .727 Rush Defens e 109.7 (16) 108.0 (12) India napolis Colts 38 15 0 .717 Pass Defense 203.6 (10) 233.0 (23) Gree n Bay Packers 36 18 0 .667 Points Allowe d/Game 18.4 (7) 25.0 (26) AFC EAST DI VISIONAL REC ORDS SINCE 2001 Touchdowns Allowed 25 29 Tea m W L T Pct . Div. Titles Years Third Down Defense (Pct.) 37.9 33.1 New England 42 12 0 .77 8 5 20 01, 2003-07 Field Goals Mad e/Attempted 21/26 16/17 New York Jets 26 29 0 .47 3 1 2002 Possession Avg. 34:20 32:16 Miami 23 32 0 .41 8 1 2008 Sacks Allowed/ Yards Lost 16/90 24/167 Buffal o 19 35 0 .35 2 0 --- Sacks Made/Yar ds 19/147 35/200 NOTES: The Indianapolis Colts w ere members of the AFC E ast in 2001 and compiled a 3-5 divisional record that sea son. In 2002, the Patriots and Jets both finished wit h a 9-7 overall record and a 4-2 divisional record, Interceptions F or/A gainst 13/8 10/10 but the Jets claimed the division ti tle by virtue of havin g a b etter record a gainst comm on opponents. In 2008, the Patri ots and Dolphins both fini shed with an 11-5 overall record and a 4-2 divisiona l record and were tied in Penalties A gain st/Yards 59/519 57/468 games a gainst common opponent s, but the Dolphins claime d the division title by virtu e of havin g a better Punts/Avg. 40/39.2 54/46.0 conferen ce record. Turnover Differ ential +10 -3 PATRIOTS VS . DOLPHINS LAST MEETING: CONNECTIONS (continued) PATRIOTS 27, DOLPHINS 17 ¾ Patriots LB Jerod Mayo and Dolphins CB Jason Allen November 8, 2009 ¹ Gillette Stadium were teammates at Tennessee from 2004-05. Dolphins DT 1 2 3 4 Final Tony McDaniel was also a teammate from 2004-05. Miami Dolphins 3 7 7 0 17 ¾ Patriots LB Derrick Burgess and Dolphins LB Charlie New England Patriots 7 9 8 3 27 Anderson were teammates at Mississippi in 2000. The Patriots improved to a 6-2 record with a 27-17 victory over AFC East Divisional rival Miami.