Coverage: CBS
1:00 PM ET, December 24, 2011
Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA
Top Performers
Passing: T. Brady (NE) - 304 YDS, 1 TD
Rushing: R. Bush (MIA) - 22 CAR, 113 YDS
Receiving: B. Marshall (MIA) - 6 REC, 143 YDS, 1 TD
Scoring Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | MIA | NE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | 10:59 | Dan Carpenter 47 Yd | 3 | 0 | |
| SECOND QUARTER | MIA | NE | |||
| TD | 13:45 | Brandon Marshall 19 Yd Pass From Matt Moore (Dan Carpenter Kick) | 10 | 0 | |
| TD | 06:31 | Charles Clay 1 Yd Pass From Matt Moore (Dan Carpenter Kick) | 17 | 0 | |
| THIRD QUARTER | MIA | NE | |||
| FG | 11:39 | Stephen Gostkowski 45 Yd | 17 | 3 | |
| TD | 07:10 | Deion Branch 1 Yd Pass From Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 17 | 10 | |
| TD | 02:17 | Tom Brady 1 Yd Run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 17 | 17 | |
| FOURTH QUARTER | MIA | NE | |||
| FG | 08:55 | Stephen Gostkowski 42 Yd | 17 | 20 | |
| TD | 02:56 | Tom Brady 1 Yd Run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 17 | 27 | |
| TD | 01:48 | Davone Bess 15 Yd Pass From Matt Moore (Dan Carpenter Kick) | 24 | 27 | |
Team Stat Comparison
MIA | NE | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 20 | 26 |
Passing 1st downs | 13 | 16 |
Rushing 1st downs | 5 | 10 |
1st downs from Penalties | 2 | 0 |
3rd down efficiency | 5-13 | 8-17 |
4th down efficiency | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Total Plays | 65 | 81 |
| Total Yards | 374 | 400 |
| Yards per play | 5.8 | 4.9 |
| Total Drives | 13 | 13 |
| Passing | 253 | 281 |
Comp - Att | 16-32 | 27-46 |
Yards per pass | 7.9 | 6.1 |
Interceptions thrown | 1 | 0 |
Sacks - Yards Lost | 5-28 | 4-23 |
| Rushing | 121 | 119 |
Rushing Attempts | 28 | 31 |
Yards per rush | 4.3 | 3.8 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 3-3 | 3-4 |
| Penalties | 6-39 | 5-50 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 0 |
Fumbles lost | 1 | 0 |
Interceptions thrown | 1 | 0 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 0 | 0 |
| Possession | 29:04 | 30:56 |
| Miami Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| M. Moore | 16/32 | 281 | 8.8 | 3 | 1 | 5-28 | 34.5 | 98.6 |
| Team | 16/32 | 253 | 7.9 | 3 | 1 | 5-28 | -- | -- |
| New England Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| T. Brady | 27/46 | 304 | 6.6 | 1 | 0 | 4-23 | 48.1 | 85.8 |
| Team | 27/46 | 281 | 6.1 | 1 | 0 | 4-23 | -- | -- |
| Miami Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| R. Bush | 22 | 113 | 5.1 | 0 | 12 | |
| B. Marshall | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| D. Thomas | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| M. Moore | 3 | -8 | -2.7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team | 28 | 121 | 4.3 | 0 | 13 | |
| New England Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| S. Ridley | 13 | 64 | 4.9 | 0 | 18 | |
| D. Woodhead | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| T. Brady | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 2 | 5 | |
| B. Green-Ellis | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| W. Welker | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| A. Hernandez | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 31 | 119 | 3.8 | 2 | 18 | |
| Miami Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| B. Marshall | 6 | 143 | 23.8 | 1 | 47 | 11 | |
| B. Hartline | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 0 | 39 | 8 | |
| D. Bess | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | |
| R. Bush | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | |
| C. Clay | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| L. Hilliard | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| W. Yeatman | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 16 | 281 | 17.6 | 3 | 47 | 32 | |
| New England Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| W. Welker | 12 | 138 | 11.5 | 0 | 42 | 19 | |
| R. Gronkowski | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 0 | 22 | 9 | |
| D. Branch | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 1 | 31 | 9 | |
| A. Hernandez | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | |
| C. Ochocinco | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | |
| S. Ridley | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 27 | 304 | 11.3 | 1 | 42 | 46 | |
| New England Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| J. Edelman | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Wilfork | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| New England Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| D. McCourty | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| K. Dansby | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Y. Bell | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Burnett | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Culver | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Jones | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Taylor | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Carroll | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Mitchell | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Allen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Wake | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| P. Soliai | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Starks | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| V. Davis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Spitler | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Wilson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Odrick | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Hartline | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Incognito | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Trusnik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Pruitt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Clemons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Langford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. McDaniel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 83 | 48 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| New England Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| J. Mayo | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. McCourty | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Fletcher | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Ihedigbo | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Ninkovich | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Arrington | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Wilfork | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Love | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Jones | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Ellis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| B. Deaderick | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Aiken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Ventrone | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Warren | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Gostkowski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Koutouvides | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 70 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| Miami Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| C. Gates | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 33 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 33 | 0 |
| New England Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| D. Woodhead | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 37 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 37 | 0 |
| Miami Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| D. Bess | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 13 | 0 |
| New England Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| K. Faulk | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| J. Edelman | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Miami Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| D. Carpenter | 1/1 | 100.0 | 47 | 3/3 | 6 |
| Team | 1/1 | 100.0 | 47 | 3/3 | 6 |
| New England Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| S. Gostkowski | 2/3 | 66.7 | 45 | 3/3 | 9 |
| Team | 2/3 | 66.7 | 45 | 3/3 | 9 |
| Miami Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| B. Fields | 6 | 269 | 44.8 | 0 | 2 | 61 |
| Team | 6 | 269 | 44.8 | 0 | 2 | 61 |
| New England Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| Z. Mesko | 6 | 314 | 52.3 | 0 | 4 | 65 |
| Team | 6 | 314 | 52.3 | 0 | 4 | 65 |
Attendance: 68,756

