Sunday, September 1, 1996
| NWE | MIA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dolphins | Sean Hill 10 yard fumble return (Joe Nedney kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Dolphins | Joe Nedney 34 yard field goal | 0 | 10 | |
| 2nd | Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 25 yard field goal | 3 | 10 |
| Dolphins | Karim Abdul-Jabbar 3 yard rush (Joe Nedney kick) | 3 | 17 | |
| 3rd | Dolphins | Scott Miller 0 yard fumble return (Joe Nedney kick) | 3 | 24 |
| Patriots | Ben Coates 29 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 10 | 24 |
| NWE | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 14-29-0 | 39-146-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-38-221-1-2 | 16-22-176-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-21 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 200 | 176 |
| Total yards | 229 | 322 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 4-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-31 | 9-55 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Drew Bledsoe | NWE | 19 | 38 | 221 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| Ben Coates | NWE | 6 | 69 | 1 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Shawn Jefferson | NWE | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 47 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Hason Graham | NWE | 2 | 32 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Will Moore | NWE | 2 | 26 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Curtis Martin | NWE | 11 | 23 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| John Burke | NWE | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Sam Gash | NWE | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Karim Abdul-Jabbar | MIA | 26 | 115 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Dan Marino | MIA | 16 | 22 | 176 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 3 | -3 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| Stanley Pritchett | MIA | 6 | 77 | 0 | 52 | ||||||||||
| O.J. McDuffie | MIA | 3 | 43 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Bernie Parmalee | MIA | 8 | 32 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Jerris McPhail | MIA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | ||||||
| Keith Byars | MIA | 2 | 18 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Scott Miller | MIA | 2 | 15 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 131 | 32.8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Terry Ray | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Robert Bailey | MIA | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Terrell Buckley | MIA | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Daryl Gardener | MIA | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| O.J. McDuffie | MIA | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jerris McPhail | MIA | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Louis Oliver | MIA | 0.0 | 1 | 60 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Danny Stubbs | MIA | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Zach Thomas | MIA | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Tom Tupa | NWE | 2 | 94 | 47.0 | 0 | ||||
| Adam Vinatieri | NWE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Kidd | MIA | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Nedney | MIA | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |