Sunday, December 29, 2002
| MIA | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dolphins | Ricky Williams 8 yard rush (Olindo Mare kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | Dolphins | Ricky Williams 14 yard rush (Olindo Mare kick) | 14 | 0 |
| Patriots | Antowain Smith 11 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| Dolphins | James McKnight 32 yard pass from Jay Fiedler (Olindo Mare kick) | 21 | 7 | |
| Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 41 yard field goal | 21 | 10 | |
| 3rd | Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 36 yard field goal | 21 | 13 |
| 4th | Dolphins | Olindo Mare 28 yard field goal | 24 | 13 |
| Patriots | Troy Brown 3 yard pass from Tom Brady (Christian Fauria pass from Tom Brady) | 24 | 21 | |
| Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 43 yard field goal | 24 | 24 | |
| OT | Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 35 yard field goal | 24 | 27 |
| MIA | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 37-256-2 | 31-116-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-25-110-1-0 | 25-45-221-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-7 | 1-5 |
| Net pass yards | 103 | 216 |
| Total yards | 359 | 332 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-83 | 4-20 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Ricky Williams | MIA | 31 | 185 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Jay Fiedler | MIA | 11 | 25 | 110 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Chris Chambers | MIA | 3 | 59 | 0 | 45 | ||||||||||
| Dedric Ward | MIA | 4 | 34 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| James McKnight | MIA | 1 | 32 | 1 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Randy McMichael | MIA | 3 | 25 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Rob Konrad | MIA | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Travis Minor | MIA | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Kevin Faulk | NWE | 8 | 53 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 70 | 0 | 23 | ||||||
| Tom Brady | NWE | 25 | 44 | 221 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 8 | 67 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Antowain Smith | NWE | 19 | 55 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| David Patten | NWE | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 56 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| David Givens | NWE | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Christian Fauria | NWE | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||
| Brock Marion | MIA | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Travis Minor | MIA | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dedric Ward | MIA | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jay Williams | MIA | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Kevin Faulk | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 104 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Willie McGinest | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Anthony Pleasant | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| J.R. Redmond | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Olindo Mare | MIA | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Royals | MIA | 8 | 279 | 34.9 | 0 | ||||
| Adam Vinatieri | NWE | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Walter | NWE | 6 | 222 | 37.0 | 0 | ||||