NFL

Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots

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2-3, 1-1 Away
Final
15 - 10
1-4, 0-2 Home

The Dolphins made so many mistakes against New England. The Patriots made more in Miami's 15-10 win

A blocked punt. Two missed field goals — one off the upright and one on a botched snap. Another snap over the quarterback's head, taking Miami out range for another field goal attempt. An interception that set up the Patriots' only touchdown.

“Some of the things that we’re shooting ourselves in the foot with right now, it was a full team win to be able to overcome those issues,” said fullback Alec Ingold, who scored Miami's only touchdown in a 15-10 victory Sunday.

“We know that that’s not acceptable. It’s not up to the standard,” he said. “We all know we need to tighten that up."

In a game between two of the NFL’s worst teams that was pocked with penalties, missed kicks and poor clock management, Miami took the lead for good when Ingold plunged into the end zone with four minutes left on his only carry of the game.

And the Dolphins (2-3) had to weather two more Patriots' possessions — one with a touchdown that was overturned on replay, and another that fizzled when New England, after completing a pass at the Miami 11 in the middle of the field, was unable to stop the clock.

“Honestly, nothing was good,” said Patriots quarterback Jacoby Brissett, who was 18 of 34 for 160 yards. “Penalties in the wrong situations, in bad situations. We’re not good enough to do that, to go backwards and try to score points.”

Jason Sanders kicked three field goals for Miami to overcome three botched special teams plays, and the Dolphins won for the first time since quarterback Tua Tagovailoa went out with a concussion in Week 2.

Making his second start as Miami's fourth quarterback, Tyler Huntley completed 18 of 31 passes for 194 yards and one interception. Tyreek Hill caught six passes for 69 yards, Jaylen Wright ran for 86 and Raheem Mostert added 80 on the ground for the Dolphins.

Ingold's 3-yard run capped a 15-play, 80-yard drive that was more like 95 with penalties figured in.

After the 2-point attempt failed, the Patriots (1-4) still had two more chances to take the lead.

The Patriots celebrated a go-ahead touchdown pass with 63 seconds left, but replays showed Ja’Lynn Polk’s second heel came down on the end line. After two no-chance incompletions — and yet another penalty — the Patriots turned the ball over on downs.

New England got the ball back on its own 43 with 29 seconds left, and Brissett connected on a 21-yard pass to Kayshon Boutte at the Dolphins 36; with no timeouts, the Patriots hustled to spike the ball with 12 seconds left. Brissett hit Hunter Henry at the 11 but near the yardage markers — too far inbounds for them to have a chance to stop the clock.

“As the game wore on, our fundamentals began to slip,” New England coach Jerod Mayo said after watching his team commit 12 penalties for 105 yards — including five pre-snap violations and five for offensive holding. “We preach all the time about pre-snap and post-snap penalties. It just wasn’t a good day.”

Fumble-prone Patriots running back Rhamondre Stevenson was benched for the opening series but ran 12 times for 89 yards and a 33-yard touchdown in the first quarter that was set up by Christian Gonzalez's interception inside Miami territory.

Kicking woes Sanders’ 54-yard field goal on Miami’s first drive gave the Dolphins, whose only other win came on a Week 1 kick with no time left, its first lead of the season.

But when Sanders went back out at the end of the first quarter for a 41-yard attempt, he doinked it off the left upright. The Dolphins also botched another field goal attempt when long-snapper Blake Ferguson rolled the ball to the holder and Sanders didn’t even get a chance to swing his leg.

Miami also had a punt blocked, setting up the Patriots at the Dolphins’ 23. But after a drive that included two offensive holding penalties and just five plays, Joey Slye pulled a 33-yard field goal attempt wide right.

Clock mismanagement The Dolphins then marched to the New England 25 to move into position for a field goal that could have made it a one-point game.

But a mistimed snap by Aaron Brewer went over Huntley’s head, for a loss of 20 yards; there was also a penalty on the Dolphins, which was declined. Jake Bailey’s punt left the Patriots on their own 5, and they ran off just 55 seconds before punting.

Miami took over at the Patriots’ 44 and moved to the 28 for Sanders’ field goal attempt that split the uprights – only to be waved off for a false start. On the retry, they botched the snap.

The Patriots couldn’t get anywhere on their possession and burned only 12 seconds before punting the ball back to Miami – a fifth possession inside the 2-minute warning.

Injuries Dolphins: Running back De’Von Achane left with a concussion in the first half and did not return. Safety Jevon Holland left the game with a hand injury and did not return. WR Odell Beckham Jr. was active for the first time this season and was targeted twice, but did not have a catch.

Patriots: After losing center David Andrews and tackle Caedan Wallace during the week, they activated receiver Kendrick Bourne and safety Marte Mapu off of injured reserve.

Up next Dolphins: Week off before playing at Indianapolis on Oct. 20.

Patriots: Host Houston next Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

MIA FG 1st Period 10:39 Jason Sanders 54 Yd Field Goal
NE TD 1st Period 3:55 Rhamondre Stevenson 33 Yd Run (Joey Slye Kick)
NE FG 3rd Period 11:01 Joey Slye 38 Yd Field Goal
MIA FG 3rd Period 7:47 Jason Sanders 32 Yd Field Goal
MIA FG 3rd Period 0:30 Jason Sanders 47 Yd Field Goal
MIA TD 4th Period 4:24 Alec Ingold 3 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nfl/500/mia.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originMIA https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nfl/500/ne.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originNE
24 1st Downs 15
10 Passing 1st downs 8
10 Rushing 1st downs 5
4 1st downs from penalties 2
2-11 3rd down efficiency 4-13
0-1 4th down efficiency 0-1
75 Total Plays 55
372 Total Yards 299
5.0 Yards per Play 5.4
11 Total Drives 11
179 Passing 148
18/31 Comp/Att 18/34
5.3 Yards per pass 4.1
1 Interceptions thrown 0
3-15 Sacks-Yards Lost 2-12
193 Rushing 151
41 Rushing Attempts 19
4.7 Yards per rush 7.9
1-2 Red Zone (Made-Att) 0-2
6-54 Penalties 12-105
2 Turnovers 0
1 Fumbles lost 0
1 Interceptions thrown 0
0 Defensive / Special Teams TDs 0
34:20 Possession 25:40
New England Patriots New England Patriots Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Christian Barmore, DT Questionable Mar 31
Ja'Lynn Polk, WR Questionable Mar 31
Stefon Diggs, WR Questionable Mar 26
Marcus Epps, S Questionable Mar 14
JaQuae Jackson, WR Questionable Feb 12
Miami Dolphins Miami Dolphins Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
James Daniels, G Questionable Mar 26
Bradley Chubb, LB Questionable Mar 5
Tyreek Hill, WR Questionable Feb 25
Tanner Conner, TE Questionable Feb 17
Tahj Washington, WR Questionable Feb 11

Game Information

Gillette Stadium

Location: Foxborough, MA
Attendance: 64,628 · Capacity:

2024 AFC East Standings

TEAM W L PCT T PF PA
Buffalo 13 4 .765 0 525 368
Miami 8 9 .471 0 345 364
New York 5 12 .294 0 338 404
New England 4 13 .235 0 289 417
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