Week 8, 2015

Game MVP: Tom Brady, New England Patriots

played in New England, MA

36 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Drive Charts

Rushing Statistics

Passing Statistics

Receiving Statistics

Interception Statistics

Fumble Statistics

Punting Statistics

Kicking Statistics

Punt Return Statistics

Kick Return Statistics

Defensive Statistics

Pass Rush Statistics

Pass Defense Statistics

Blocking Statistics

Special Teams Tackles

Participation

Directional Rushing Statistics

Detailed Passing Statistics

Directional Passing Statistics

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Third Down Passing Statistics

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Miami Dolphins	0	3	7	0	-	10
New England Patriots	21	10	7	7	-	45

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:29 NED - LeGarrette Blount 7 run (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
1Q: 10:00 NED - Aaron Dobson 1 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
1Q: 07:44 NED - Julian Edelman 43 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
2Q: 14:10 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 39 field goal
2Q: 10:17 MIA - Andrew Franks 40 field goal
2Q: 06:07 NED - Julian Edelman 4 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
3Q: 14:00 MIA - Jordan Cameron 68 pass from Ryan Tannehill (Andrew Franks extra point)
3Q: 06:20 NED - LeGarrette Blount 1 run (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
4Q: 01:44 NED - Dane Fletcher 34 interception return (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:29 NED - LeGarrette Blount 7 run (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
1Q: 10:00 NED - Aaron Dobson 1 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
1Q: 07:44 NED - Julian Edelman 43 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
2Q: 14:10 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 39 field goal
2Q: 10:17 MIA - Andrew Franks 40 field goal
2Q: 06:07 NED - Julian Edelman 4 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
3Q: 14:00 MIA - Jordan Cameron 68 pass from Ryan Tannehill (Andrew Franks extra point)
3Q: 06:20 NED - LeGarrette Blount 1 run (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
4Q: 01:44 NED - Dane Fletcher 34 interception return (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)

Team Statistics MIA NED
Record 3-4 5-2
First Downs 16 28
- by Rushing 6 6
- by Passing 9 21
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 334 477
- Offensive Plays 59 73
- Yards per Play 5.66 6.53
Net Rushing Yards 129 137
- Rushing Attempts 15 35
- Yards per Rush 8.60 3.91
Net Passing Yards 205 340
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 42 - 22 - 2 38 - 28 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 218 340
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/13 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 4.66 8.95
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 3/12 7/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.4 6.0
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 2/15 3/20
Punt Returns/Yards 3/17 3/11
Kick Returns/Yards 3/73 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 2/34
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 0 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 4/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 26
Time of Possession 23:33 36:27

Team Statistics	MIA	NED
Record	3-4	5-2
First Downs	16	28
- by Rushing	6	6
- by Passing	9	21
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	334	477
- Offensive Plays	59	73
- Yards per Play	5.66	6.53
Net Rushing Yards	129	137
- Rushing Attempts	15	35
- Yards per Rush	8.60	3.91
Net Passing Yards	205	340
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	42 - 22 - 2	38 - 28 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	218	340
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/13	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	4.66	8.95
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	3/12	7/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.4	6.0
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	2/15	3/20
Punt Returns/Yards	3/17	3/11
Kick Returns/Yards	3/73	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	2/34
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	0	5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	4/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 25	OWN 26
Time of Possession	23:33	36:27

Miami Dolphins
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:23	0:44	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
1	9:50	2:02	OWN 20	4	33	Fumble
1	7:26	2:41	OWN 20	5	23	Punt
2	14:03	0:51	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
2	12:34	2:22	OPP 47	7	24	Field Goal
2	5:56	2:01	OWN 26	5	15	Punt
2	1:08	1:08	OWN 20	4	50	Half
3	15:00	1:14	OWN 20	3	80	Touchdown
3	6:10	2:36	OWN 26	5	19	Punt
3	1:47	4:05	OWN 28	7	24	Interception
4	10:43	2:05	OWN 20	4	23	Punt
4	4:09	1:11	OWN 28	3	3	Punt
4	1:44	0:09	OWN 31	1	0	Interception
4	1:35	1:35	OWN 28	5	30	Game

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:37	OWN 20	5	80	Touchdown
1	11:39	1:49	OWN 40	4	60	Touchdown
1	7:48	0:22	OPP 48	1	48	Touchdown
1	4:45	5:42	OWN 30	11	48	Field Goal
2	13:12	0:38	OWN 37	2	1	Interception
2	10:12	4:16	OWN 20	12	80	Touchdown
2	3:55	2:47	OWN 21	7	28	Punt
3	13:46	7:36	OWN 20	16	80	Touchdown
3	3:34	1:47	OWN 7	3	1	Punt
4	12:42	1:59	OWN 41	3	8	Punt
4	8:38	4:29	OWN 10	6	32	Punt
4	2:58	1:14	OWN 25	3	1	Punt

Miami	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Jay Ajayi	7	38	5.43	10	1
Ryan Tannehill	4	72	18.00	41	2
Damien Williams	4	19	4.75	11	1

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
LeGarrette Blount	19	73	3.84	14	2	2
Dion Lewis	12	62	5.17	11	1	0
Brandon Bolden	3	1	0.33	2	0	0
Brandon LaFell	1	1	1.00	1	0	0

Miami	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ryan Tannehill	28	14	164	1/6	1	68	0	80.0
Matt Moore	14	8	54	1/7	0	14	2	26.2

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tom Brady	38	28	340	0/0	3	43	1	116.1

Miami	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Greg Jennings	5	9	42	8.40	12	13	0
WR Rishard Matthews	5	7	45	9.00	10	15	0
RB Jay Ajayi	4	5	16	4.00	5	7	0
WR DeVante Parker	4	10	26	6.50	0	10	0
WR Rowdy Everett	2	3	12	6.00	0	9	0
TE Jordan Cameron	1	3	68	68.00	22	68	1
TE Jake Stoneburner	1	1	9	9.00	1	9	0
WR Jarvis Landry	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0
FB Jeffery Cook	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Aaron Dobson	10	11	119	11.90	7	40	1
WR Julian Edelman	7	13	84	12.00	49	43	2
TE Rob Gronkowski	3	3	47	15.67	17	31	0
RB LeGarrette Blount	2	2	4	2.00	3	4	0
WR Brandon LaFell	2	4	31	15.50	5	16	0
TE Scott Chandler	1	2	3	3.00	3	3	0
WR Danny Amendola	1	1	14	14.00	0	14	0
RB Dion Lewis	1	1	24	24.00	26	24	0
WR Chris Harper	1	1	14	14.00	13	14	0

Miami	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Kelvin Sheppard	1	0	0.00	0

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Dane Fletcher	1	34	34.00	1
OLB Dont'a Hightower	1	0	0.00	0

Miami	Fumb	Recov	Force
Damien Williams	1	0	0
DeVante Parker	1	0	0
Dion Sims	0	1	0
Koa Misi	0	0	1

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
LeGarrette Blount	1	0	0
Ramon Foster	0	1	0
Malcolm Butler	0	1	0
Tarell Brown	0	0	1
Brandon Bolden	0	0	1

Miami	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Matt Darr	7	293	41.9	40.3	49	3

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ryan Allen	5	256	51.2	39.8	63	1

Miami	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Andrew Franks	1/1	1/1	0/0	40	1/1

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Stephen Gostkowski	1/1	0/0	0/0	39	6/6

Miami	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Damien Williams	3	17	5.7	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brandon Bolden	3	11	3.7	0

Miami	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Damien Williams	2	50	25.0	0
Rowdy Everett	1	23	23.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Miami	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Kelvin Sheppard	9	4	0.0	21	38
S Walt Aikens	6	3	0.0	25	38
S Reshad Jones	5	1	0.0	23	38
CB Brent Grimes	5	0	0.0	21	38
CB Zack Bowman	4	2	0.0	22	19
DE Cameron Wake	4	2	0.0	32	35
OLB Koa Misi	4	0	0.0	14	23
S Michael Thomas	4	0	0.0	13	4
CB Bobby McCain	3	3	0.0	26	38
OLB Jelani Jenkins	3	0	0.0	13	10
OLB Quinton Coples	2	1	0.0	21	24
DT Ndamukong Suh	2	0	0.0	24	32
DE Olivier Vernon	2	0	0.0	18	33
DT Edwin Hudson	1	2	0.0	28	26
DT Earl Mitchell	1	1	0.0	15	14
DE Derrick Shelby	1	0	0.0	20	8
TE Dion Sims	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Chris McCain	1	0	0.0	9	0
ILB Mike Hull	1	0	0.0	14	0
WR DeVante Parker	1	0	---	---	---

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Malcolm Butler	6	1	0.0	14	37
ILB Dane Fletcher	6	0	0.0	13	36
S Patrick Chung	5	1	0.0	6	24
CB Darryl Roberts	4	0	0.0	11	40
S Tavon Wilson	3	0	0.0	8	28
OLB Dont'a Hightower	2	0	1.0	10	37
OLB Jon Bostic	2	1	0.5	8	26
S Duron Harmon	2	3	0.0	14	38
CB Tarell Brown	2	1	0.0	15	41
DT Damon Samuels	2	0	0.0	9	31
DE Rob Ninkovich	1	0	0.0	7	27
S Devin McCourty	1	0	0.0	10	21
DE Chandler Jones	1	0	0.0	8	17
WR Aaron Dobson	1	0	---	---	---
DT Chris Jones	0	1	0.5	12	32
ILB Jonathan Freeny	0	1	0.0	3	7

Miami	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
ILB Kelvin Sheppard	2	0	38
DE Cameron Wake	1	1	35
DE Olivier Vernon	1	1	33
DT Earl Mitchell	1	0	14
DT Ndamukong Suh	1	0	32
DE Derrick Shelby	1	0	8

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Dont'a Hightower	1.0	0	0	0	37
OLB Jon Bostic	0.5	0	0	0	26
DT Chris Jones	0.5	0	0	0	32
DE Jabaal Sheard	0.0	1	1	1	13
DT Damon Samuels	0.0	1	1	0	31
DE Chandler Jones	0.0	0	3	2	17
OLB Eric Martin	0.0	0	2	0	13
DE Rob Ninkovich	0.0	0	1	0	27
S Patrick Chung	0.0	0	1	0	24

Miami	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Kelvin Sheppard	6	0	1	38
CB Brent Grimes	6	0	0	38
S Reshad Jones	3	0	0	38
S Walt Aikens	2	2	0	38
CB Zack Bowman	2	0	0	19
OLB Koa Misi	2	0	0	23
OLB Quinton Coples	2	0	0	24
CB Bobby McCain	2	0	0	38
DE Olivier Vernon	1	0	0	33
OLB Jelani Jenkins	1	0	0	10
S Michael Thomas	1	0	0	4

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Patrick Chung	5	0	0	24
CB Malcolm Butler	4	1	0	37
CB Tarell Brown	3	0	0	41
CB Darryl Roberts	3	0	0	40
S Tavon Wilson	2	0	0	28
ILB Dane Fletcher	1	1	1	36
OLB Dont'a Hightower	1	0	1	37
S Devin McCourty	1	0	0	21
OLB Jon Bostic	1	0	0	26
S Duron Harmon	1	0	0	38

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Sebastian Vollmer	5	5	0	32	38
Nate Solder	4	5	2	20	38
David Andrews	2	4	0	25	38
Ramon Foster	1	8	0	28	27
Josh Kline	1	4	0	25	38
Marcus Cannon	1	3	0	15	0
Rob Gronkowski	0	3	0	30	36
Scott Chandler	0	1	0	17	3
Bryan Stork	0	1	0	10	0
Dominique Yachera	0	1	0	7	11

Miami	Tackles	STPlays
Jelani Jenkins	1	29
Chris McCain	1	18
Jordan Cameron	1	5

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Patrick Chung	3	17
Brandon Bolden	2	19
Scott Chandler	1	17

Miami	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Cameron Wake	---	---	32	35	6	73
Billy Turner	15	44	---	---	7	66
Bobby McCain	---	---	26	38	1	65
Kelvin Sheppard	---	---	21	38	5	64
Walt Aikens	---	---	25	38	1	64
Jay Ajayi	8	33	---	---	23	64
Reshad Jones	---	---	23	38	2	63
Branden Albert	15	43	---	---	3	61
Brent Grimes	---	---	21	38	1	60
Ndamukong Suh	---	---	24	32	2	58
Edwin Hudson	---	---	28	26	4	58
Mike Pouncey	13	42	---	---	---	55
Johnny Kayton	13	35	---	---	7	55
Zack Bowman	---	---	22	19	12	53
Olivier Vernon	---	---	18	33	1	52
Jelani Jenkins	---	---	13	10	29	52
DeVante Parker	11	35	---	---	6	52
Jason Fox	12	31	---	---	3	46
Quinton Coples	---	---	21	24	1	46
Jake Stoneburner	5	22	---	---	19	46
Jordan Cameron	10	29	---	---	5	44
Rishard Matthews	6	24	---	---	12	42
Ryan Tannehill	13	29	---	---	---	42
Rowdy Everett	9	23	---	---	7	39
Koa Misi	---	---	14	23	1	38
Cristian Garrett	5	23	---	---	7	35
Earl Mitchell	---	---	15	14	1	30
Jeffery Cook	4	14	---	---	12	30
Derrick Shelby	---	---	20	8	---	28
Michael Thomas	---	---	13	4	11	28
Damien Williams	6	8	---	---	14	28
Greg Jennings	7	20	---	---	---	27
Chris McCain	---	---	9	0	18	27
Elijah Wilson	---	---	14	0	8	22
Jarvis Landry	7	4	---	---	10	21
Matt Moore	2	15	---	---	---	17
Neville Hewitt	---	---	12	0	3	15
Mike Hull	---	---	14	0	1	15
Dion Sims	1	2	---	---	7	10
Jose Brandon	2	2	---	---	5	9
John Denney	0	0	---	---	8	8
Matt Darr	0	0	---	---	8	8
Lamar Miller	1	6	---	---	---	7
Andrew Franks	0	0	---	---	4	4
Dallas Thomas	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jace McClendon	0	0	---	---	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Sebastian Vollmer	32	38	---	---	6	76
Tom Brady	35	38	---	---	---	73
Rob Gronkowski	30	36	---	---	4	70
Josh Kline	25	38	---	---	6	69
Duron Harmon	---	---	14	38	15	67
David Andrews	25	38	---	---	3	66
Darryl Roberts	---	---	11	40	11	62
Tarell Brown	---	---	15	41	3	59
Nate Solder	20	38	---	---	---	58
Julian Edelman	20	34	---	---	3	57
Ramon Foster	28	27	---	---	---	55
Jon Bostic	---	---	8	26	21	55
LeGarrette Blount	20	12	---	---	22	54
Dane Fletcher	---	---	13	36	4	53
Joey Iosefa	13	22	---	---	18	53
Malcolm Butler	---	---	14	37	---	51
Tavon Wilson	---	---	8	28	14	50
Aaron Dobson	19	29	---	---	---	48
Chris Jones	---	---	12	32	4	48
Damon Samuels	---	---	9	31	8	48
Patrick Chung	---	---	6	24	17	47
Dont'a Hightower	---	---	10	37	---	47
Brandon LaFell	19	9	---	---	18	46
Dion Lewis	12	25	---	---	4	41
Brandon Bolden	11	9	---	---	19	39
Scott Chandler	17	3	---	---	17	37
Rob Ninkovich	---	---	7	27	---	34
Devin McCourty	---	---	10	21	2	33
Danny Amendola	11	3	---	---	13	27
Chandler Jones	---	---	8	17	1	26
Marcus Cannon	15	0	---	---	6	21
Jabaal Sheard	---	---	6	13	2	21
Eric Martin	---	---	5	13	1	19
Jimmie Lucas	13	0	---	---	6	19
Dominique Yachera	7	11	---	---	---	18
Alan Branch	---	---	3	12	2	17
Bryan Stork	10	0	---	---	3	13
Chris Harper	3	8	---	---	2	13
Jonathan Freeny	---	---	3	7	1	11
Stephen Gostkowski	0	0	---	---	9	9
Nick Moody	---	---	3	4	1	8
Ryan Allen	0	0	---	---	5	5
Akiem Hicks	---	---	0	0	3	3
K.C. Craddock	0	0	---	---	1	1
Jimmy Garoppolo	0	0	---	---	---	0
Joe Cardona	0	0	---	---	---	0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	42	7.0
Middle	8	82	10.3
Right	1	5	5.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	13	55	4.2
Middle	13	55	4.2
Right	9	27	3.0
None	0	0	0.0

Miami	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ryan Tannehill	28	14	1	3	0	1	8	3	0
Matt Moore	14	8	0	1	1	1	1	0	2

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tom Brady	38	28	4	0	0	2	7	2	1

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	3	13	2.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	11	60	3.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	15	7	77	5.1
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	68	22.7

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	45	11.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	12	63	4.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	16	11	192	12.0
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	40	13.3

Miami	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR DeVante Parker	10	4	0	26	0	35
WR Greg Jennings	9	5	0	42	0	20
WR Rishard Matthews	7	5	0	45	0	24
RB Jay Ajayi	5	4	0	16	0	33
TE Jordan Cameron	3	1	1	68	1	29
WR Rowdy Everett	3	2	0	12	0	23
WR Jarvis Landry	2	0	0	0	0	4
FB Jeffery Cook	2	0	0	0	0	14
TE Jake Stoneburner	1	1	0	9	0	22

New England	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Julian Edelman	13	7	84	1	34
WR Aaron Dobson	11	10	119	1	29
WR Brandon LaFell	4	2	31	0	9
TE Rob Gronkowski	3	3	47	1	36
TE Scott Chandler	2	1	3	0	3
RB LeGarrette Blount	2	2	4	0	12
WR Danny Amendola	1	1	14	0	3
RB Dion Lewis	1	1	24	1	25
WR Chris Harper	1	1	14	0	8

Miami	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
LeGarrette Blount	4	11	2.75	3.84
Dion Lewis	2	6	3.00	5.17

Miami	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tom Brady	7	5	26	3.71	8.95

Miami	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Aaron Dobson	3	3	16	5.33	10.82
WR Julian Edelman	2	1	4	2.00	6.46
TE Rob Gronkowski	1	1	6	6.00	15.67
WR Brandon LaFell	1	0	0	0.00	7.75

Miami	Rushes	Conversions
Ryan Tannehill	1	0

New England	Rushes	Conversions
LeGarrette Blount	3	1
Brandon LaFell	1	0
Brandon Bolden	1	0

Miami	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ryan Tannehill	8	3	2
Matt Moore	3	2	1

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tom Brady	8	7	6

Johnny Kayton

Branden Albert

Mike Pouncey

Billy Turner

Cristian Garrett

Miami	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Greg Jennings	3	2	1
WR Rishard Matthews	2	2	2
WR DeVante Parker	2	0	0
TE Jordan Cameron	1	0	0
WR Jarvis Landry	1	0	0
RB Jay Ajayi	1	0	0
WR Rowdy Everett	1	1	0

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Julian Edelman	2	1	1
TE Rob Gronkowski	2	2	2
TE Scott Chandler	1	1	0
RB LeGarrette Blount	1	1	1
WR Brandon LaFell	1	1	1
WR Aaron Dobson	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 68,800 (68,800 capacity)
Upper Deck 21,900 (21,900)
End Zone 15,800 (15,800)
Mezzanine 9,100 (9,100)
Sideline Seats 14,000 (14,000)
Club Seats 6,000 (6,000)
Luxury Boxes 2,000 (2,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	68,800 (68,800 capacity)
Upper Deck	21,900 (21,900)
End Zone	15,800 (15,800)
Mezzanine	9,100 (9,100)
Sideline Seats	14,000 (14,000)
Club Seats	6,000 (6,000)
Luxury Boxes	2,000 (2,000)