the dolphins beat the patriots 54 times.
the dolphins beat the patriots 54 times.
how many times have the dolphins beat the patriots?
54
coming off their divisional home win over the bills, the patriots flew to sun life stadium for a week 4 afc east duel with the miami dolphins on monday night football. the dolphins marched to the patriots 38 on the opening drive, but punted. after a patriots three-and-out, the dolphins marched 64 yards in 7 plays, scoring on a 19-yard touchdown pass from chad henne to davone bess on a 19-yard touchdown pass and a 7-0 lead. four plays after the patriots punted again, ninkovich intercepted henne at the patriots 40. the patriots drove all the way to the dolphins 5, but settled for a 23-yard field goal by gostkowski. the dolphins drove to the patriots 27 on their next drive, but henne was intercepted again by ninkovich at the 25. the patriots drove all the way to the dolphins 12, but again settled for a field goal, making the score 7-6 dolphins at halftime. tate returned the opening kickoff of the second half 103 yards for a touchdown, giving the patriots the lead, 13-7 that they wouldn't relinquish. chung blocked brandon fields' punt, with brandon spikes recovering at the dolphins 15. two plays later, the patriots scored on a 12-yard touchdown run by green-ellis, increasing the lead to 20-7. the dolphins answered on their next drive, marching 80 yards in 8 plays, scoring on a 28-yard screen pass to ricky williams, bringing the score to 20-14. the patriots countered, driving 78 yards in 12 plays, scoring on an 11-yard screen pass to woodhead, increasing the lead to 27-14. the dolphins drove to the patriots 29 on their next drive, but after a 7-yard sack by ninkovich, attempted a 54-yard field goal, but the kick was blocked chung with kyle arrington returning it 35 yards for a touchdown, increasing the lead to 34-14. the dolphins reached their own 45 on their next drive, but ronnie brown was stuffed for no gain on 4th-and-2. after a patriots three-and-out, the dolphins drove to their own 47, but chung intercepted henne at the patriots 49 and returned it 51 yards for a touchdown, increasing the lead to 41-14. the dolphins drove to the patriots 40 again on their next drive, but rookie jarrad page intercepted henne at the patriots 23. the patriot ran out the rest of the clock to win the game.
2010 new england patriots season
after forcing a patriots three-and-out, chris mccain blocked the punt by ryan allen with jason trusnik recovering at the patriots 15. four plays later, lamar miller scored on a 4-yard touchdown pass from ryan tannehill, for a 7-0 dolphins lead. the patriots responded, marching 80 yards in 13 plays, with shane vereen tying the game on a 2-yard run. on the third play of the dolphins next drive, mike wallace was stripped by jamie collins with jerod mayo recovering at the dolphins 35. the dolphins defense stiffened, and held new england to a 47-yard field goal by stephen gostkowski. the dolphins responded by driving all the way to the patriots 37, but alfonzo dennard intercepted tannehill at the patriots 6-yard line. the patriots proceeded to march 94 yards in 11 plays, aided by a 44-yard bomb from tom brady to julian edelman, culminating with brady finding rob gronkowski on a six-yard touchdown pass giving the patriots a commanding 17–7 lead midway through the second quarter. after reaching their own 47, the dolphins turnover woes continued with logan ryan stripping miller and darrelle revis recovering at the patriots 34. the dolphins defense stiffened and the patriots punted. the dolphins answered with a drive deep into patriot territory, but had to settle for a 38-yard field goal from caleb sturgis, trimming the score to 17-10 with 1:59 to go in the half. a 30-yard kickoff return by patrick chung and a 33-yard catch by edelman, helped the patriots reach the dolphins 27 where gostkowski drilled a 45-yard field goal, giving the patriots a 20-10 at halftime. the second half was a different story entirely. the dolphins stormed all the way to the patriots 6-yard line on their first possession, but the patriots defense clamped down and held the dolphins to a 24-yard field goal to trim the lead back to 7. on the fourth play of the patriots next drive, brady was strip-sacked by cameron wake with louis delmas recovering at the patriots 34. four plays later tannehill found wallace for a 14-yard touchdown pass to tie the game midway through the third quarter. following a patriots three-and-out, the dolphins were set up with good position at their own 47. they reached the patriots 3, but once again the patriots clamped down and sturgis booted a 21-yard field goal, regaining the lead for the dolphins, 23–20. it only got worse for new england. early in the fourth quarter, facing a 3rd-and-9 at the dolphins 44, brady had his best pocket of the 2nd half, but overthrew an open edelman and the patriots punted. the dolphins pulled away on their next drive, methodically marching 85 yards in 12 plays, converting three third-downs, with moreno rushing for a 4-yard touchdown, increasing the dolphins lead to 30-20 with just 3:29 remaining in the 4th quarter. any hope of a patriots comeback died on their next possession when brady was sacked by anthony johnson on 4th-and-10. the dolphins didn't get a first down, but sturgis' 27-yard field goal, his 4th, was good and the dolphins led 33-20. the patriots drove deep into miami territory in the final seconds, but turned the ball over on downs.
2014 new england patriots season