Week 17, 2015

Game MVP: Malcolm Butler, New England Patriots

played in Miami, FL

77 degrees, fair, 1 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

New England Patriots	0	7	3	7	-	17
Miami Dolphins	0	0	0	0	-	0

Scoring Summary
2Q: 13:59 NED - LeGarrette Blount 15 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
3Q: 04:12 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 40 field goal
4Q: 02:00 NED - Alan Branch 11 fumble return (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)

Scoring Summary
2Q: 13:59 NED - LeGarrette Blount 15 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
3Q: 04:12 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 40 field goal
4Q: 02:00 NED - Alan Branch 11 fumble return (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)

Team Statistics NED MIA
Record 10-6 7-9
First Downs 12 11
- by Rushing 3 1
- by Passing 9 9
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 211 209
- Offensive Plays 71 66
- Yards per Play 2.97 3.17
Net Rushing Yards 61 74
- Rushing Attempts 36 18
- Yards per Rush 1.69 4.11
Net Passing Yards 150 135
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 33 - 20 - 0 43 - 20 - 4
- Gross Passing Yards 173 164
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/23 5/29
- Yards per Pass Play 4.29 2.81
Fumbles/Lost 3/2 3/3
3rd Down Conversions 6/20 3/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.4 7.5
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/50 1/5
Punt Returns/Yards 5/68 4/24
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 2/41
Interception Ret./Yards 4/5 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 37 OWN 30
Time of Possession 34:48 25:12

Team Statistics	NED	MIA
Record	10-6	7-9
First Downs	12	11
- by Rushing	3	1
- by Passing	9	9
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	211	209
- Offensive Plays	71	66
- Yards per Play	2.97	3.17
Net Rushing Yards	61	74
- Rushing Attempts	36	18
- Yards per Rush	1.69	4.11
Net Passing Yards	150	135
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	33 - 20 - 0	43 - 20 - 4
- Gross Passing Yards	173	164
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/23	5/29
- Yards per Pass Play	4.29	2.81
Fumbles/Lost	3/2	3/3
3rd Down Conversions	6/20	3/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.4	7.5
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/50	1/5
Punt Returns/Yards	5/68	4/24
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	2/41
Interception Ret./Yards	4/5	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 37	OWN 30
Time of Possession	34:48	25:12

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:44	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
1	10:52	3:06	OWN 20	6	3	Punt
1	5:30	6:38	OWN 20	14	80	Touchdown
2	12:03	2:08	OWN 27	4	4	Punt
2	7:07	1:26	OWN 5	3	8	Punt
2	3:52	0:58	OWN 20	3	-7	Punt
2	1:42	1:00	OWN 38	3	-17	Punt
3	13:19	1:24	OWN 32	3	1	Punt
3	7:47	1:05	OWN 27	3	8	Punt
3	5:43	1:38	OPP 21	3	-2	Field Goal
3	3:55	0:08	OPP 31	1	2	Fumble
3	2:02	4:38	OWN 20	9	47	Missed FG
4	11:16	2:41	OWN 35	6	28	Missed FG
4	7:23	2:29	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
4	3:55	1:46	OPP 38	3	-2	Punt
4	1:40	1:10	OPP 22	3	7	Missed FG
4	0:11	0:11	OPP 36	1	-2	Game

Miami Dolphins
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:16	2:24	OWN 16	5	39	Punt
1	7:46	2:16	OWN 37	7	31	Punt
2	13:52	1:49	OWN 30	3	8	Punt
2	9:55	1:53	OWN 24	3	-2	Punt
2	8:02	0:55	OPP 38	3	-8	Punt
2	5:41	1:49	OWN 41	3	6	Punt
2	2:54	1:12	OWN 46	4	23	Missed FG
2	0:42	0:42	OWN 28	5	23	Half
3	15:00	1:41	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
3	11:55	4:08	OWN 30	8	43	Fumble
3	6:42	0:59	OWN 3	3	5	Punt
3	4:05	0:10	OWN 20	1	0	Interception
3	3:47	1:45	OWN 29	5	34	Interception
4	12:24	1:08	OWN 45	3	-1	Punt
4	8:35	1:12	OWN 44	3	8	Punt
4	4:54	0:59	OWN 32	3	1	Interception
4	2:09	0:24	OWN 20	2	-9	Fumble
4	0:30	0:19	OWN 22	2	0	Interception

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
LeGarrette Blount	19	13	0.68	11	1
Dion Lewis	14	29	2.07	8	0
Tom Brady	3	19	6.33	17	1

Miami	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Lamar Miller	9	34	3.78	25	1
Damien Williams	5	13	2.60	3	0
Ryan Tannehill	4	27	6.75	9	0

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tom Brady	33	20	173	2/23	1	24	0	84.5

Miami	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ryan Tannehill	43	20	164	5/29	0	26	4	18.0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Julian Edelman	6	7	65	10.83	20	24	0
RB Dion Lewis	3	3	16	5.33	8	11	0
WR Danny Amendola	2	2	17	8.50	0	10	0
RB LeGarrette Blount	2	2	18	9.00	0	15	1
WR Brandon LaFell	2	6	24	12.00	10	19	0
WR Aaron Dobson	2	8	12	6.00	3	6	0
FB Joey Iosefa	2	3	10	5.00	6	6	0
TE A.J. Derby	1	2	11	11.00	0	11	0

Miami	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Greg Jennings	3	9	50	16.67	5	26
WR Kenny Stills	3	8	26	8.67	0	12
FB Roosevelt Nix	3	3	11	3.67	0	8
WR DeVante Parker	3	5	19	6.33	0	8
TE Jordan Cameron	2	4	24	12.00	8	14
RB Lamar Miller	2	3	13	6.50	7	8
TE Dion Sims	2	2	12	6.00	1	7
WR Jarvis Landry	2	7	9	4.50	4	12
RB Jay Ajayi	0	2	0	0.00	0	0

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Malcolm Butler	3	4	1.33	0
ILB Jerod Mayo	1	1	1.00	0

Miami	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Dion Lewis	2	1	0	0
Brandon Bolden	1	1	1	0
Alan Branch	0	1	0	1
Malcolm Butler	0	1	0	0
Dont'a Hightower	0	0	1	0
Darryl Roberts	0	0	1	0

Miami	Fumb	Recov	Force
Ryan Tannehill	1	0	0
Kenny Stills	1	0	0
Rowdy Everett	1	0	0
Earl Mitchell	0	1	0
Roosevelt Nix	0	1	0
Brent Grimes	0	0	1
Jake Stoneburner	0	0	1
Neville Hewitt	0	0	1

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ryan Allen	10	490	49.0	44.6	62	2

Miami	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Matt Darr	10	436	43.6	28.8	53	3

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Stephen Gostkowski	1/4	1/3	0/2	40	2/2

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

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brandon Bolden	5	68	13.6	0

Miami	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Damien Williams	4	24	6.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Miami	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rowdy Everett	2	41	20.5	0

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Devin McCourty	7	2	0.0	18	46
ILB Jerod Mayo	7	0	0.0	18	48
CB Logan Ryan	5	0	0.0	16	46
OLB Dont'a Hightower	4	1	2.0	12	37
CB Malcolm Butler	4	4	0.0	17	45
DE Chandler Jones	3	1	2.0	15	42
ILB Jonathan Freeny	3	0	0.0	5	9
DT Alan Branch	2	1	0.0	13	30
CB Darryl Roberts	2	0	0.0	15	41
DT Damon Samuels	1	0	0.5	5	18
S Tavon Wilson	1	2	0.0	18	48
ILB Dane Fletcher	1	0	0.0	3	8
OLB Eric Martin	1	0	0.0	11	26
OLB Nick Moody	1	0	0.0	5	12
DE Akiem Hicks	0	1	0.5	15	47
DE Rob Ninkovich	0	1	0.0	3	6
S Patrick Chung	0	1	0.0	2	6
S Jordan Richards	0	1	0.0	4	12

Miami	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Kelvin Sheppard	7	2	1.0	32	35
OLB Quinton Coples	5	2	1.0	26	20
DE Cameron Wake	5	2	0.0	32	30
DT Ndamukong Suh	5	2	0.0	34	30
S Walt Aikens	5	0	0.0	36	35
DE Olivier Vernon	4	5	0.0	29	30
CB Brent Grimes	4	1	0.0	33	35
OLB Koa Misi	3	1	0.0	12	17
CB Elijah Wilson	3	1	0.0	23	28
OLB Neville Hewitt	3	0	0.0	10	7
CB Tony Lippett	3	0	0.0	17	18
DT Pat Sims	2	3	0.0	27	17
CB Lee Kebsch	2	1	0.0	16	7
CB Zack Bowman	2	0	0.0	7	8
S Reshad Jones	2	0	0.0	32	35
WR Greg Jennings	1	0	---	---	---
QB Ryan Tannehill	1	0	---	---	---
S Michael Thomas	1	0	0.0	2	8
WR Jarvis Landry	1	0	---	---	---
RB Jay Ajayi	1	0	---	---	---
DE Dusty Valentine	0	2	0.0	7	5

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Chandler Jones	2.0	1	1	1	42
OLB Dont'a Hightower	2.0	0	1	0	37
DE Akiem Hicks	0.5	0	1	0	47
DT Damon Samuels	0.5	0	1	0	18
OLB Eric Martin	0.0	0	3	0	26
DT Alan Branch	0.0	0	1	0	30
ILB Jerod Mayo	0.0	0	1	0	48

Miami	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
ILB Kelvin Sheppard	1.0	0	0	0	35
OLB Quinton Coples	1.0	0	0	0	20
DE Cameron Wake	0.0	1	1	0	30
DT Earl Mitchell	0.0	0	2	2	15
DE Olivier Vernon	0.0	0	2	1	30

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Jerod Mayo	4	0	1	48
CB Logan Ryan	3	1	0	46
CB Malcolm Butler	3	0	3	45
CB Darryl Roberts	3	0	0	41
S Devin McCourty	2	2	0	46
ILB Jonathan Freeny	2	0	0	9
OLB Dont'a Hightower	1	1	0	37
ILB Dane Fletcher	1	0	0	8
S Tavon Wilson	1	0	0	48

Miami	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Reshad Jones	2	1	35
OLB Quinton Coples	2	1	20
CB Brent Grimes	2	0	35
DE Cameron Wake	2	0	30
OLB Koa Misi	2	0	17
ILB Kelvin Sheppard	2	0	35
OLB Neville Hewitt	2	0	7
CB Tony Lippett	1	2	18
CB Zack Bowman	1	0	8
DE Olivier Vernon	1	0	30
S Michael Thomas	1	0	8
CB Elijah Wilson	1	0	28
CB Lee Kebsch	1	0	7
S Walt Aikens	0	1	35

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Nate Solder	1	13	33	0	35
Bryan Stork	2	3	33	0	35
Josh Kline	1	7	35	1	35
Sebastian Vollmer	0	3	33	1	35
Tre Jackson	0	2	35	0	35
Scott Chandler	0	1	12	0	3
Ramon Foster	0	1	4	0	0
Marcus Cannon	0	1	3	0	0
A.J. Derby	0	1	23	0	25
Joey Iosefa	0	1	15	0	17

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Patrick Chung	3	35
Brandon Bolden	2	25
Joe Cardona	1	14

Miami	Tackles	STPlays
Jake Stoneburner	3	16
Michael Thomas	2	17

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Josh Kline	35	35	---	---	13	83
Devin McCourty	---	---	18	46	11	75
LeGarrette Blount	22	23	---	---	29	74
Tom Brady	36	35	---	---	---	71
Tre Jackson	35	35	---	---	---	70
Sebastian Vollmer	33	35	---	---	1	69
Jerod Mayo	---	---	18	48	2	68
Nate Solder	33	35	---	---	---	68
Bryan Stork	33	35	---	---	---	68
Tavon Wilson	---	---	18	48	1	67
Akiem Hicks	---	---	15	47	2	64
Logan Ryan	---	---	16	46	2	64
Malcolm Butler	---	---	17	45	1	63
Darryl Roberts	---	---	15	41	5	61
Chandler Jones	---	---	15	42	1	58
Joey Iosefa	15	17	---	---	25	57
Julian Edelman	27	29	---	---	---	56
Brandon LaFell	19	22	---	---	15	56
Aaron Dobson	27	27	---	---	1	55
A.J. Derby	23	25	---	---	2	50
Dont'a Hightower	---	---	12	37	---	49
Alan Branch	---	---	13	30	5	48
Patrick Chung	---	---	2	6	35	43
Danny Amendola	14	13	---	---	11	38
Eric Martin	---	---	11	26	---	37
Jonathan Freeny	---	---	5	9	22	36
Brandon Bolden	6	3	---	---	25	34
Scott Chandler	12	3	---	---	18	33
Dion Lewis	15	13	---	---	1	29
Damon Samuels	---	---	5	18	6	29
Jordan Richards	---	---	4	12	5	21
Nick Moody	---	---	5	12	1	18
Marcus Cannon	3	0	---	---	14	17
Jimmie Lucas	3	0	---	---	14	17
Dominique Yachera	1	0	---	---	14	15
Joe Cardona	0	0	---	---	14	14
Dane Fletcher	---	---	3	8	1	12
Rob Ninkovich	---	---	3	6	1	10
Ryan Allen	0	0	---	---	10	10
Dominique Easley	---	---	0	0	9	9
Stephen Gostkowski	0	0	---	---	8	8
Jabaal Sheard	---	---	3	1	1	5
Ramon Foster	4	0	---	---	---	4
K.C. Craddock	0	0	---	---	4	4
Chris Jones	---	---	0	0	---	0
Jimmy Garoppolo	0	0	---	---	---	0

Miami	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ron Rodriguez	18	48	---	---	11	77
Walt Aikens	---	---	36	35	5	76
Elijah Wilson	---	---	23	28	23	74
Brent Grimes	---	---	33	35	3	71
Reshad Jones	---	---	32	35	3	70
Kelvin Sheppard	---	---	32	35	3	70
Ndamukong Suh	---	---	34	30	4	68
Branden Albert	18	48	---	---	---	66
Cameron Wake	---	---	32	30	4	66
Ryan Tannehill	18	48	---	---	---	66
Dallas Thomas	18	48	---	---	---	66
Mike Pouncey	18	46	---	---	---	64
Ja'Wuan James	18	46	---	---	---	64
Olivier Vernon	---	---	29	30	4	63
Jordan Cameron	16	32	---	---	9	57
Kenny Stills	8	29	---	---	20	57
Tony Lippett	---	---	17	18	19	54
DeVante Parker	16	36	---	---	1	53
Damien Williams	5	22	---	---	25	52
Greg Jennings	10	40	---	---	---	50
Quinton Coples	---	---	26	20	2	48
Pat Sims	---	---	27	17	3	47
Neville Hewitt	---	---	10	7	26	43
Lamar Miller	13	26	---	---	2	41
Koa Misi	---	---	12	17	5	34
Jarvis Landry	8	21	---	---	5	34
Roosevelt Nix	7	17	---	---	9	33
Earl Mitchell	---	---	10	15	7	32
Michael Thomas	---	---	2	8	17	27
Jay Ajayi	4	7	---	---	15	26
Lee Kebsch	---	---	16	7	2	25
Dusty Valentine	---	---	7	5	11	23
Jake Stoneburner	0	1	---	---	16	17
Zack Bowman	---	---	7	8	1	16
Derrick Shelby	---	---	7	5	1	13
Dion Sims	2	5	---	---	6	13
Cristian Garrett	0	2	---	---	11	13
Jose Brandon	0	2	---	---	11	13
John Denney	0	0	---	---	11	11
Matt Darr	0	0	---	---	11	11
Rowdy Everett	1	4	---	---	6	11
Devon LaRue	0	0	---	---	11	11
Mike Hull	---	---	4	0	5	9
Andrew Franks	0	0	---	---	2	2
Alex Fuller	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jace McClendon	0	0	---	---	---	0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	14	23	1.6
Middle	15	41	2.7
Right	6	-1	-0.2
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	12	3.0
Middle	10	59	5.9
Right	4	3	0.8
None	0	0	0.0

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tom Brady	33	20	1	1	1	5	5	3	0

Miami	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ryan Tannehill	43	20	2	2	3	4	9	1	4

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	29	7.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	12	90	5.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	5	3	39	7.8
Long (19+ Yds)	7	1	15	2.1

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	5	11	1.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	11	83	5.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	2	23	2.3
Long (19+ Yds)	10	2	47	4.7

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Aaron Dobson	8	2	0	12	0	27
WR Julian Edelman	7	6	0	65	1	29
WR Brandon LaFell	6	2	0	24	0	22
RB Dion Lewis	3	3	0	16	0	13
FB Joey Iosefa	3	2	1	10	0	17
WR Danny Amendola	2	2	0	17	0	13
RB LeGarrette Blount	2	2	0	18	0	23
TE A.J. Derby	2	1	0	11	0	25

Miami	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Greg Jennings	9	3	1	50	2	40
WR Kenny Stills	8	3	0	26	0	29
WR Jarvis Landry	7	2	0	9	0	21
WR DeVante Parker	5	3	1	19	0	36
TE Jordan Cameron	4	2	0	24	0	32
RB Lamar Miller	3	2	0	13	0	26
FB Roosevelt Nix	3	3	0	11	0	17
TE Dion Sims	2	2	0	12	0	5
RB Jay Ajayi	2	0	1	0	0	7

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
LeGarrette Blount	3	0	0.00	0.68

Miami	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tom Brady	1	1	15	15.00	5.24

Miami	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB LeGarrette Blount	1	1	15	15.00	9.00

Miami	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

New England	Rushes	Conversions
LeGarrette Blount	3	0

Miami	Rushes	Conversions

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tom Brady	16	9	6

Miami	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ryan Tannehill	15	8	3

Mike Pouncey

Ja'Wuan James

Branden Albert

Ron Rodriguez

Dallas Thomas

Jordan Cameron

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Aaron Dobson	6	1	1
WR Danny Amendola	2	2	1
RB LeGarrette Blount	2	2	2
WR Brandon LaFell	2	1	1
TE A.J. Derby	2	1	0
WR Julian Edelman	1	1	0
RB Dion Lewis	1	1	1

Miami	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Kenny Stills	4	1	0
RB Lamar Miller	2	2	0
FB Roosevelt Nix	2	2	1
WR DeVante Parker	2	1	1
WR Greg Jennings	1	1	0
TE Jordan Cameron	1	0	0
TE Dion Sims	1	1	1
WR Jarvis Landry	1	0	0
RB Jay Ajayi	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 60,000 (75,500 capacity)
Upper Deck 15,900 (21,900)
End Zone 11,800 (15,800)
Mezzanine 7,500 (9,100)
Sideline Seats 11,400 (14,000)
Club Seats 8,900 (10,200)
Luxury Boxes 4,500 (4,500)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	60,000 (75,500 capacity)
Upper Deck	15,900 (21,900)
End Zone	11,800 (15,800)
Mezzanine	7,500 (9,100)
Sideline Seats	11,400 (14,000)
Club Seats	8,900 (10,200)
Luxury Boxes	4,500 (4,500)