2016 · Week 2
Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots
Sep 18, 2016 · Gillette Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf
Recap
New England Patriots topped Miami Dolphins 31–24. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Patriots (78%). Patriots improve to 2-0; Dolphins fall to 0-2. Jimmy Garoppolo was the story of the game with 232 passing yards and 3 TDs. Dolphins turned it over 4 times to Patriots's 1.
Team stats
| MIA | NE | |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | First downs | 26 |
| 457 | Total yards | 485 |
| 387 | Passing yards | 324 |
| 70 | Rushing yards | 161 |
| 32/45 | Comp / Att | 24/35 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 0 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
MIA
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Tannehill | 32/45 | 387 | 2 | 2 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Tannehill | 6 | 35 | 0 |
| Jay Ajayi | 5 | 14 | 0 |
| Kenyan Drake | 2 | 12 | 1 |
| Arian Foster | 3 | 9 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarvis Landry | 10 | 13 | 135 | 0 |
| DeVante Parker | 8 | 13 | 106 | 0 |
| Jordan Cameron | 5 | 7 | 49 | 1 |
| Kenny Stills | 2 | 4 | 39 | 1 |
| Jay Ajayi | 4 | 4 | 31 | 0 |
| Dion Sims | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 |
| Kenyan Drake | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
NE
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Garoppolo | 18/26 | 232 | 3 | 0 |
| Jacoby Brissett | 6/9 | 92 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| LeGarrette Blount | 29 | 123 | 1 |
| Jacoby Brissett | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| James White | 4 | 19 | 0 |
| D.J. Foster | 1 | 7 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martellus Bennett | 5 | 6 | 114 | 1 |
| Julian Edelman | 7 | 10 | 76 | 0 |
| Chris Hogan | 4 | 6 | 59 | 0 |
| Danny Amendola | 4 | 4 | 48 | 2 |
| James White | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| Malcolm Mitchell | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
| D.J. Foster | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Matthew Slater | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |