Sunday, December 28, 1997
| MIA | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Patriots | Troy Brown 24 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3rd | Patriots | Todd F. Collins 40 yard interception return (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 14 |
| Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 22 yard field goal | 0 | 17 | |
| 4th | Dolphins | Olindo Mare 38 yard field goal | 3 | 17 |
| MIA | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 10 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 17-42-0 | 31-108-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-43-141-0-2 | 16-32-139-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-21 | 3-19 |
| Net pass yards | 120 | 120 |
| Total yards | 162 | 228 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 2-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-21 | 5-31 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Dan Marino | MIA | 17 | 43 | 141 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Lamar Thomas | MIA | 3 | 62 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Bernie Parmalee | MIA | 9 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Jerris McPhail | MIA | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Karim Abdul-Jabbar | MIA | 5 | 16 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Brett Perriman | MIA | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Charles Jordan | MIA | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Troy Drayton | MIA | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| O.J. McDuffie | MIA | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Stanley Pritchett | MIA | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||||||||
| Derrick Cullors | NWE | 22 | 86 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Drew Bledsoe | NWE | 16 | 32 | 139 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Terry Glenn | NWE | 4 | 57 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 2 | 32 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Ben Coates | NWE | 4 | 25 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Marrio Grier | NWE | 6 | 16 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Shawn Jefferson | NWE | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Lovett Purnell | NWE | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Sam Gash | NWE | 1 | 3 | 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 | ||
| Trace Armstrong | MIA | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| O.J. Brigance | MIA | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Terrell Buckley | MIA | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||
| Daryl Gardener | MIA | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Corey Harris | MIA | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 0 | 40 | ||||||||
| Calvin Jackson | MIA | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dan Marino | MIA | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| O.J. McDuffie | MIA | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Keith Byars | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chris Canty | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Todd F. Collins | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 40 | |||||||||||||
| Derrick Cullors | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||
| Ted Johnson | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Willie McGinest | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||
| Chris Slade | NWE | 1.0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| John Kidd | MIA | 7 | 262 | 37.4 | 47 | ||||
| Olindo Mare | MIA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Tupa | NWE | 7 | 257 | 36.7 | 49 | ||||
| Adam Vinatieri | NWE | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |