Monday, December 22, 1997
| NWE | MIA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dolphins | Olindo Mare 50 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | Dolphins | Olindo Mare 41 yard field goal | 0 | 6 |
| 3rd | Patriots | Marrio Grier 2 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 7 | 6 |
| 4th | Patriots | Dave Meggett 5 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 14 | 6 |
| Dolphins | Lamar Thomas 8 yard pass from Dan Marino (pass failed) | 14 | 12 |
| NWE | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 10 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 17-47-2 | 21-42-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-26-173-0-1 | 28-44-275-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-13 | 3-22 |
| Net pass yards | 160 | 253 |
| Total yards | 207 | 295 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 2-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-10 | 8-76 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Drew Bledsoe | NWE | 18 | 26 | 173 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Shawn Jefferson | NWE | 7 | 76 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 3 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Derrick Cullors | NWE | 10 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Ben Coates | NWE | 4 | 28 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Keith Byars | NWE | 2 | 25 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Vincent Brisby | NWE | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Marrio Grier | NWE | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Dan Marino | MIA | 28 | 44 | 275 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Karim Abdul-Jabbar | MIA | 13 | 33 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 60 | 0 | 27 | ||||||
| Lamar Thomas | MIA | 6 | 64 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
| O.J. McDuffie | MIA | 4 | 48 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Brett Perriman | MIA | 2 | 29 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Bernie Parmalee | MIA | 2 | 25 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Jerris McPhail | MIA | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Roosevelt Potts | MIA | 2 | 14 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Stanley Pritchett | MIA | 2 | 11 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Troy Drayton | MIA | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Lawrence Phillips | MIA | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||
| Chris Canty | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Todd F. Collins | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Derrick Cullors | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ted Johnson | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Lawyer Milloy | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Trace Armstrong | MIA | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Terrell Buckley | MIA | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Daryl Gardener | MIA | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Corey Harris | MIA | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| O.J. McDuffie | MIA | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jerris McPhail | MIA | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Tom Tupa | NWE | 7 | 326 | 46.6 | 0 | ||||
| John Kidd | MIA | 5 | 218 | 43.6 | 0 | ||||
| Olindo Mare | MIA | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||