Week 1, 1986

Game MVP: Gary Kubiak, New England Patriots

played in New England, MA

72 degrees, rain, 11 mph wind

Drive Charts

Rushing Statistics

Passing Statistics

Receiving Statistics

Interception Statistics

Fumble Statistics

Punting Statistics

Kicking Statistics

Punt Return Statistics

Kick Return Statistics

Defensive Statistics

Pass Rush Statistics

Pass Defense Statistics

Blocking Statistics

Special Teams Tackles

Participation

Directional Rushing Statistics

Detailed Passing Statistics

Directional Passing Statistics

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Third Down Passing Statistics

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Miami Dolphins	3	7	3	7	-	20
New England Patriots	6	7	3	6	-	22

Scoring Summary
1Q: 13:23 NED - Mike Wood 53 field goal
1Q: 09:49 MIA - Freddie Steinfort 44 field goal
1Q: 06:56 NED - Mike Wood 20 field goal
2Q: 11:54 MIA - George Rogers 3 pass from Tony Clements (Freddie Steinfort extra point)
2Q: 01:43 NED - Carl Monroe 2 pass from Gary Kubiak (Mike Wood extra point)
3Q: 11:24 NED - Mike Wood 31 field goal
3Q: 05:10 MIA - Freddie Steinfort 50 field goal
4Q: 13:32 NED - Mike Wood 22 field goal
4Q: 01:35 NED - Mike Wood 42 field goal
4Q: 00:42 MIA - Pete Mandley 7 pass from Tony Clements (Freddie Steinfort extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 13:23 NED - Mike Wood 53 field goal
1Q: 09:49 MIA - Freddie Steinfort 44 field goal
1Q: 06:56 NED - Mike Wood 20 field goal
2Q: 11:54 MIA - George Rogers 3 pass from Tony Clements (Freddie Steinfort extra point)
2Q: 01:43 NED - Carl Monroe 2 pass from Gary Kubiak (Mike Wood extra point)
3Q: 11:24 NED - Mike Wood 31 field goal
3Q: 05:10 MIA - Freddie Steinfort 50 field goal
4Q: 13:32 NED - Mike Wood 22 field goal
4Q: 01:35 NED - Mike Wood 42 field goal
4Q: 00:42 MIA - Pete Mandley 7 pass from Tony Clements (Freddie Steinfort extra point)

Team Statistics MIA NED
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 14 23
- by Rushing 0 6
- by Passing 13 14
- by Penalty 1 3
Total Net Yards 281 365
- Offensive Plays 57 75
- Yards per Play 4.93 4.87
Net Rushing Yards 57 131
- Rushing Attempts 10 35
- Yards per Rush 5.70 3.74
Net Passing Yards 224 234
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 46 - 25 - 0 40 - 24 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 230 234
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 4.77 5.85
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 3/12 3/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.7 7.2
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 5/22 4/32
Punt Returns/Yards 2/20 3/28
Kick Returns/Yards 5/114 2/62
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 1/3
Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 35
Time of Possession 24:00 36:00

Team Statistics	MIA	NED
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	14	23
- by Rushing	0	6
- by Passing	13	14
- by Penalty	1	3
Total Net Yards	281	365
- Offensive Plays	57	75
- Yards per Play	4.93	4.87
Net Rushing Yards	57	131
- Rushing Attempts	10	35
- Yards per Rush	5.70	3.74
Net Passing Yards	224	234
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	46 - 25 - 0	40 - 24 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	230	234
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	4.77	5.85
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	3/12	3/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.7	7.2
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	5/22	4/32
Punt Returns/Yards	2/20	3/28
Kick Returns/Yards	5/114	2/62
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	1/3
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 25	OWN 35
Time of Possession	24:00	36:00

Miami Dolphins
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	0:30	OWN 9	1	20	Fumble
1	13:17	3:34	OWN 20	7	53	Field Goal
1	6:50	1:11	OWN 30	3	5	Punt
1	1:23	4:36	OWN 24	11	76	Touchdown
2	8:34	1:27	OWN 22	3	5	Punt
2	1:34	1:00	OWN 22	3	5	Punt
3	11:19	6:14	OWN 22	10	45	Field Goal
4	13:26	2:34	OWN 21	6	22	Punt
4	9:09	1:37	OWN 35	3	9	Punt
4	5:34	1:03	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
4	2:38	0:32	OWN 30	4	0	Downs
4	1:29	0:54	OPP 49	4	49	Touchdown

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	14:30	1:13	OPP 29	3	-7	Field Goal
1	9:43	2:53	OWN 43	7	54	Field Goal
1	5:39	4:16	OWN 33	10	50	Missed FG
2	11:47	3:13	OWN 37	6	13	Punt
2	7:07	5:33	OWN 28	14	72	Touchdown
2	0:34	0:34	OWN 31	1	1	Half
3	15:00	3:41	OWN 20	8	66	Field Goal
3	5:05	6:39	OWN 20	13	75	Field Goal
4	10:52	1:43	OWN 18	3	9	Punt
4	7:32	1:58	OWN 18	4	15	Punt
4	4:31	1:53	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
4	2:06	0:37	OPP 30	3	5	Field Goal
4	0:35	0:35	OPP 42	1	-2	Game

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Sylvester Stamps	14	65	4.64	20	1
Billy Taylor	13	54	4.15	14	1
Stan Edwards	5	12	2.40	4	0
Gary Kubiak	2	3	1.50	5	0
Stanley Morgan	1	-3	-3.00	-3	0

Miami	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tony Clements	46	25	230	1/6	2	36	0	82.7

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Gary Kubiak	40	24	234	0/0	1	38	0	84.8

Miami	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB George Rogers	6	7	30	5.00	11	7	1
WR Tim McGee	5	11	35	7.00	8	13	0
WR Pete Mandley	4	6	21	5.25	0	9	1
TE Mark Bavaro	4	6	45	11.25	8	14	0
WR Mike Sherrard	3	9	69	23.00	0	36	0
WR Jeff Groth	2	3	26	13.00	0	21	0
TE Walt Arnold	1	1	4	4.00	2	4	0
RB Bill Ring	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
FB Dennis Bligen	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Lynn Swann	6	11	42	7.00	6	13	0
WR Stanley Morgan	5	5	42	8.40	11	13	0
TE Lin Dawson	4	8	57	14.25	15	25	0
WR Carl Monroe	3	3	43	14.33	31	38	1
FB Stan Edwards	2	2	13	6.50	7	7	0
TE Greg Baty	2	5	19	9.50	0	14	0
WR Mike Wilson	1	2	11	11.00	3	11	0
WR Phil Freeman	1	1	7	7.00	0	7	0
RB Sylvester Stamps	0	3	0	0.00	0	0	0

Miami	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Miami	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
George Rogers	1	0	0	0

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Mark Murphy	0	1	0	0
Doug Greene	0	0	1	0

Miami	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Eddie Hare	6	280	46.7	42.0	56	2

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rick Engles	4	175	43.8	38.8	54	2

Miami	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Freddie Steinfort	2/2	2/2	1/1	50	2/2

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Mike Wood	5/6	2/2	1/1	53	1/1

Miami	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Pete Mandley	2	20	10.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Stanley Morgan	3	28	9.3	0

Miami	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Pete Mandley	3	54	18.0	0
Sean Thomas	2	60	30.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Don McNeal	1	37	37.0	0
Fred Bohannon	1	25	25.0	0

Miami	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Carl Banks	11	2	33	38
ILB Billy Ray Smith	10	2	33	36
S Bill Graham	6	2	24	34
CB Lee Davis	6	0	22	25
CB Lionel Washington	4	1	26	30
S Lyle Blackwood	4	0	17	24
S Brett Maxie	3	2	22	26
S Patrick Hunter	3	1	11	6
OLB Vernon Maxwell	2	2	26	22
DE Glen Collins	2	0	34	37
DE Gary Baldinger	2	0	27	30
CB Lester Hayes	1	3	22	27
DT Sean Lilly	1	1	16	16
DT Erik Howard	1	0	19	24
OLB Jeff Rohrer	0	2	8	16
DE Keith Gary	0	1	9	13
ILB Eugene Marve	0	1	15	15

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Daryl Smith	6	0	0.0	8	33
CB Herman Edwards	5	0	0.0	8	33
S Doug Greene	4	0	0.0	6	33
CB Don McNeal	3	1	0.0	3	31
OLB Milt McColl	2	2	0.0	6	23
ILB John Anderson	2	1	0.0	6	35
S Glenn Blackwood	2	1	0.0	7	41
ILB Brian Kelley	2	0	0.0	4	19
OLB Gary Campbell	2	0	0.0	10	43
DT Pete Koch	1	0	0.5	6	27
S Fred Bohannon	1	1	0.0	8	30
CB Garcia Lane	1	1	0.0	1	13
ILB Jerry Blanton	1	0	0.0	5	16
S Mark Murphy	1	0	0.0	7	23
DE Kevin Brooks	1	0	0.0	4	27
DE Bruce Clark	0	1	0.5	8	30

Miami	Hurry	PPlay
DE Glen Collins	4	37
DT Erik Howard	2	24
S Lyle Blackwood	1	24
OLB Carl Banks	1	38

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Pete Koch	0.5	0	2	1	27
DE Bruce Clark	0.5	0	2	0	30
DE Reggie White	0.0	1	3	2	38
DT Andy Buffone	0.0	1	0	0	20
ILB Brian Kelley	0.0	0	1	0	19
OLB Gary Campbell	0.0	0	1	0	43

Miami	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Carl Banks	5	0	38
ILB Billy Ray Smith	4	0	36
CB Lee Davis	4	0	25
S Bill Graham	3	0	34
S Lyle Blackwood	2	1	24
CB Lionel Washington	2	1	30
S Brett Maxie	2	0	26
CB Lester Hayes	1	0	27
S Patrick Hunter	1	0	6

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Daryl Smith	5	0	33
CB Herman Edwards	4	0	33
CB Don McNeal	3	0	31
S Doug Greene	2	3	33
ILB Brian Kelley	2	0	19
S Glenn Blackwood	2	0	41
OLB Milt McColl	2	0	23
OLB Gary Campbell	1	1	43
S Fred Bohannon	1	1	30
ILB John Anderson	1	0	35
S Mark Murphy	1	0	23
DE Kevin Brooks	1	0	27
ILB Jerry Blanton	0	1	16

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Stan Edwards	3	5	25	26
Larry Tearry	1	6	31	34
Don Maggs	1	5	24	37
Jim Gilmore	1	5	25	27
Ron Solt	1	3	20	23
Bill Cherry	1	2	10	14
J.D. Maarleveld	0	3	18	16
Pete Adams	0	2	24	27
Duval Love	0	2	23	22

Miami	Tackles	STPlays
Sean Thomas	1	22
Brooks Williams	1	20
Bill Ring	1	20
Lee Davis	1	14
Mike Sherrard	1	7

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Sylvester Stamps	3	9
Billy Taylor	1	22
Lynn Swann	1	13
Brian Kelley	1	12
Garcia Lane	1	11

Miami	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Glen Collins	---	---	34	37	9	80
Carl Banks	---	---	33	38	7	78
Billy Ray Smith	---	---	33	36	6	75
Sean Thomas	---	---	20	21	22	63
Lyle Blackwood	---	---	17	24	21	62
Gary Baldinger	---	---	27	30	5	62
Bill Graham	---	---	24	34	3	61
Lionel Washington	---	---	26	30	5	61
Lee Davis	---	---	22	25	14	61
Tony Clements	10	47	---	---	---	57
Tim McGee	7	37	---	---	11	55
Lester Hayes	---	---	22	27	5	54
Chris Hinton	7	44	---	---	2	53
Brett Maxie	---	---	22	26	5	53
Craig Wolfley	9	35	---	---	8	52
Vernon Maxwell	---	---	26	22	3	51
Mke Schad	6	37	---	---	6	49
Joe Conwell	7	41	---	---	---	48
Sylvester Croom	6	37	---	---	4	47
Eugene Marve	---	---	15	15	16	46
Pete Mandley	7	23	---	---	16	46
Erik Howard	---	---	19	24	3	46
Mark Bavaro	6	35	---	---	4	45
Mike Sherrard	7	31	---	---	7	45
Bill Ring	4	17	---	---	20	41
Sean Lilly	---	---	16	16	7	39
Jeff Groth	5	19	---	---	14	38
George Rogers	6	27	---	---	---	33
Jeff Rohrer	---	---	8	16	9	33
Mike Hogan	3	10	---	---	16	29
Dennis Harrah	5	21	---	---	---	26
Dennis Bligen	4	18	---	---	4	26
Patrick Hunter	---	---	11	6	9	26
Keith Gary	---	---	9	13	2	24
Brooks Williams	0	3	---	---	20	23
Billy Bryan	4	11	---	---	7	22
Walt Arnold	1	12	---	---	9	22
Fred Dean	3	6	---	---	8	17
Robbie Jones	---	---	1	0	8	9
Freddie Steinfort	0	0	---	---	7	7
Ross Murray	3	3	---	---	---	6
Eddie Hare	0	0	---	---	6	6
Randall Morris	0	3	---	---	---	3
J.J. Jones	0	0	---	---	2	2
Steve Grogan	0	0	---	---	---	0
Ray Butler	0	0	---	---	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Lin Dawson	32	37	---	---	18	87
Gary Kubiak	35	40	---	---	---	75
Larry Tearry	31	34	---	---	4	69
Don Maggs	24	37	---	---	8	69
Stan Edwards	25	26	---	---	16	67
Lynn Swann	26	23	---	---	13	62
Pete Adams	24	27	---	---	10	61
Gary Campbell	---	---	10	43	3	56
Don McNeal	---	---	3	31	20	54
Sylvester Stamps	19	26	---	---	9	54
Billy Taylor	16	14	---	---	22	52
Jim Gilmore	25	27	---	---	---	52
Glenn Blackwood	---	---	7	41	3	51
Ron Solt	20	23	---	---	8	51
Stanley Morgan	19	24	---	---	6	49
Mike Wilson	11	18	---	---	18	47
Fred Bohannon	---	---	8	30	9	47
Reggie White	---	---	8	38	1	47
Herman Edwards	---	---	8	33	4	45
Duval Love	23	22	---	---	---	45
Greg Baty	21	19	---	---	5	45
J.D. Maarleveld	18	16	---	---	10	44
John Anderson	---	---	6	35	2	43
Daryl Smith	---	---	8	33	2	43
Doug Greene	---	---	6	33	2	41
Milt McColl	---	---	6	23	12	41
Bruce Clark	---	---	8	30	2	40
Kevin Brooks	---	---	4	27	7	38
Brian Kelley	---	---	4	19	12	35
Bill Cherry	10	14	---	---	10	34
Andy Buffone	---	---	5	20	8	33
Mark Murphy	---	---	7	23	3	33
Pete Koch	---	---	6	27	---	33
Jerry Blanton	---	---	5	16	6	27
Phil Freeman	2	3	---	---	21	26
Garcia Lane	---	---	1	13	11	25
Tony Nathan	0	1	---	---	17	18
Carl Monroe	4	9	---	---	---	13
Allan Leavitt	0	0	---	---	7	7
Larry Lawrence	0	0	---	---	6	6
Mike Wood	0	0	---	---	6	6
Rick Engles	0	0	---	---	4	4
Todd Seabaugh	---	---	0	0	3	3
Greg Gaines	---	---	0	2	---	2
Jim Eliopulos	---	---	0	0	2	2
Mike Pagel	0	0	---	---	---	0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	1	20	20.0
Middle	8	35	4.4
Right	1	2	2.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	44	4.0
Middle	10	44	4.4
Right	13	45	3.5
None	1	-2	-2.0

Miami	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tony Clements	46	25	3	0	3	6	9	3	0

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Gary Kubiak	40	24	3	0	6	2	8	0	0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	5	18	2.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	11	74	4.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	6	55	4.6
Long (19+ Yds)	8	3	83	10.4

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	12	3.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	19	15	117	6.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	15	4	67	4.5
Long (19+ Yds)	2	2	38	19.0

Miami	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Tim McGee	11	5	2	35	0	37
WR Mike Sherrard	9	3	1	69	2	31
RB George Rogers	7	6	0	30	0	27
WR Pete Mandley	6	4	0	21	0	23
TE Mark Bavaro	6	4	0	45	0	35
WR Jeff Groth	3	2	0	26	1	19
TE Walt Arnold	1	1	0	4	0	12
RB Bill Ring	1	0	0	0	0	17
FB Dennis Bligen	1	0	0	0	0	18

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Lynn Swann	11	6	2	42	0	23
TE Lin Dawson	8	4	1	57	2	37
WR Stanley Morgan	5	5	0	42	0	24
TE Greg Baty	5	2	1	19	0	19
WR Carl Monroe	3	3	0	43	1	9
RB Sylvester Stamps	3	0	2	0	0	26
WR Mike Wilson	2	1	0	11	0	18
FB Stan Edwards	2	2	0	13	0	26
WR Phil Freeman	1	1	0	7	0	3

Miami	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Billy Taylor	4	15	3.75	4.15
Stanley Morgan	1	-3	-3.00	-3.00
Stan Edwards	1	3	3.00	2.40
Gary Kubiak	1	5	5.00	1.50
Sylvester Stamps	1	3	3.00	4.64

Miami	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tony Clements	7	4	25	3.57	5.00

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Gary Kubiak	12	4	11	0.92	5.85

Miami	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB George Rogers	3	2	9	3.00	4.29
WR Tim McGee	2	1	9	4.50	3.18
WR Pete Mandley	1	1	7	7.00	3.50

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Lin Dawson	4	1	1	0.25	7.13
WR Stanley Morgan	2	2	8	4.00	8.40
TE Greg Baty	2	0	0	0.00	3.80
WR Lynn Swann	1	0	0	0.00	3.82
WR Mike Wilson	1	0	0	0.00	5.50
WR Carl Monroe	1	1	2	2.00	14.33
RB Sylvester Stamps	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Miami	Rushes	Conversions
Mike Hogan	1	0

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Billy Taylor	2	0
Stan Edwards	1	0
Gary Kubiak	1	0
Sylvester Stamps	1	0

Miami	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tony Clements	11	4	3

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Gary Kubiak	10	5	3

Tony Clements

George Rogers

Mike Hogan

Miami	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Tim McGee	5	2	1
WR Pete Mandley	3	2	2
WR Mike Sherrard	2	0	0
RB Bill Ring	1	0	0

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Lynn Swann	3	1	0
WR Stanley Morgan	2	2	2
TE Lin Dawson	2	1	0
RB Sylvester Stamps	1	0	0
WR Phil Freeman	1	1	1
TE Greg Baty	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 66,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,300 (21,400)
End Zone 14,600 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,900 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,000 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,100 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	66,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,300 (21,400)
End Zone	14,600 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,900 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,000 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,100 (3,300)