Week 1, 1998

Game MVP: Don Majkowski, New England Patriots

played in New England, MA

49 degrees, rain, 8 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	7	3	7	3	-	20
New England Patriots	0	3	17	7	-	27

Scoring Summary
1Q: 02:30 MIA - Tony Johnson 15 pass from Drew Bledsoe (Michael Husted extra point)
2Q: 01:44 NED - David Beckham 46 field goal
2Q: 00:06 MIA - Michael Husted 41 field goal
3Q: 12:44 NED - David Beckham 54 field goal
3Q: 12:39 MIA - Wes Farr 90 kickoff return (Michael Husted extra point)
3Q: 09:59 NED - Robert Holcombe 5 pass from Don Majkowski (David Beckham extra point)
3Q: 03:39 NED - Keith Jackson 1 pass from Don Majkowski (David Beckham extra point)
4Q: 10:13 NED - Eric Moulds 15 pass from Don Majkowski (David Beckham extra point)
4Q: 02:15 MIA - Michael Husted 34 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 02:30 MIA - Tony Johnson 15 pass from Drew Bledsoe (Michael Husted extra point)
2Q: 01:44 NED - David Beckham 46 field goal
2Q: 00:06 MIA - Michael Husted 41 field goal
3Q: 12:44 NED - David Beckham 54 field goal
3Q: 12:39 MIA - Wes Farr 90 kickoff return (Michael Husted extra point)
3Q: 09:59 NED - Robert Holcombe 5 pass from Don Majkowski (David Beckham extra point)
3Q: 03:39 NED - Keith Jackson 1 pass from Don Majkowski (David Beckham extra point)
4Q: 10:13 NED - Eric Moulds 15 pass from Don Majkowski (David Beckham extra point)
4Q: 02:15 MIA - Michael Husted 34 field goal

Team Statistics MIA NED
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 15 23
- by Rushing 5 7
- by Passing 10 15
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 306 371
- Offensive Plays 58 72
- Yards per Play 5.28 5.15
Net Rushing Yards 83 113
- Rushing Attempts 19 39
- Yards per Rush 4.37 2.90
Net Passing Yards 223 258
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 38 - 21 - 0 32 - 23 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 232 263
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/9 1/5
- Yards per Pass Play 5.72 7.82
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 5/15 6/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.7 7.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 8/41 2/15
Punt Returns/Yards 7/56 1/2
Kick Returns/Yards 3/133 2/37
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 3/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 25
Time of Possession 24:42 35:18

Team Statistics	MIA	NED
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	15	23
- by Rushing	5	7
- by Passing	10	15
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	306	371
- Offensive Plays	58	72
- Yards per Play	5.28	5.15
Net Rushing Yards	83	113
- Rushing Attempts	19	39
- Yards per Rush	4.37	2.90
Net Passing Yards	223	258
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	38 - 21 - 0	32 - 23 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	232	263
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/9	1/5
- Yards per Pass Play	5.72	7.82
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	5/15	6/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.7	7.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	8/41	2/15
Punt Returns/Yards	7/56	1/2
Kick Returns/Yards	3/133	2/37
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	3/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 25
Time of Possession	24:42	35:18

Miami Dolphins
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:58	OWN 27	7	31	Punt
1	10:53	1:54	OWN 30	4	8	Punt
1	5:26	3:07	OWN 37	8	63	Touchdown
1	0:04	0:57	OWN 43	3	9	Punt
2	11:13	1:46	OWN 43	3	-1	Punt
2	7:12	4:26	OWN 28	7	39	Missed FG
2	1:37	1:37	OWN 20	4	56	Field Goal
3	9:51	1:07	OWN 20	3	-2	Punt
3	3:31	3:08	OWN 23	6	14	Punt
4	10:03	0:24	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
4	8:05	1:21	50	3	8	Punt
4	4:20	2:12	OWN 27	7	56	Field Goal

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:02	1:09	OWN 20	3	-1	Punt
1	8:59	3:33	OWN 13	6	18	Punt
1	2:19	2:15	OWN 21	3	3	Punt
2	14:07	2:54	OWN 20	6	42	Fumble
2	9:27	2:15	OWN 20	4	6	Punt
2	2:46	1:09	OWN 40	4	31	Field Goal
3	15:00	2:21	OWN 20	6	43	Field Goal
3	12:24	2:33	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
3	8:44	5:13	OWN 35	9	65	Touchdown
3	0:23	5:20	OWN 20	11	80	Touchdown
4	9:39	1:34	OWN 33	3	6	Punt
4	6:44	2:24	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
4	2:08	0:42	OWN 14	3	-1	Punt
4	1:26	1:26	OPP 46	4	9	Game

Miami	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Lawrence Phillips	8	49	6.13	13	2
Matt Tucker	7	36	5.14	13	2
Sam Gash	4	-2	-0.50	2	0

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Robert Holcombe	23	60	2.61	16	1
John Miller	6	35	5.83	16	1
Mike Alstott	5	4	0.80	4	0
Don Majkowski	4	13	3.25	6	0
Bob Christian	1	1	1.00	1	0

Miami	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Drew Bledsoe	38	21	232	1/9	1	41	0	82.3

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Don Majkowski	32	23	263	1/5	3	31	0	127.4

Miami	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Tony Johnson	7	9	125	17.86	67	41	1
WR Jacquez Green	6	13	85	14.17	51	32	0
WR Ross Geller	2	7	9	4.50	0	10	0
TE Pete Mitchell	2	2	2	1.00	0	3	0
RB Matt Tucker	1	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
FB Jeff Cothran	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
RB Lawrence Phillips	1	3	5	5.00	2	5	0
WR Marcus Robinson	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
FB Sam Gash	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Antonio Freeman	7	11	67	9.57	41	31	0
WR Eric Moulds	6	9	111	18.50	64	26	1
TE Keith Jackson	4	4	38	9.50	36	23	1
RB Robert Holcombe	3	3	46	15.33	36	30	1
FB Bob Christian	1	1	-4	-4.00	0	-4	0
WR Charles Davenport	1	3	6	6.00	0	6	0
TE Jamie Asher	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0

Miami	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Miami	Fumb	Recov	Force
Jeff Query	1	0	0
Tim McDonald	0	1	0
Antonio Edwards	0	0	1

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
John Miller	1	0	0
Tre Fuller	0	1	0
Evan Toomer	0	0	1

Miami	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Reggie Roby	8	392	49.0	36.3	63	1

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bryan Barker	7	316	45.1	37.1	57	0

Miami	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Michael Husted	2/3	1/2	0/1	41	2/2

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
David Beckham	2/2	2/2	1/1	54	3/3

Miami	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jeff Query	6	41	6.8	0
Marcus Robinson	1	15	15.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eric Moulds	1	2	2.0	0

Miami	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Wes Farr	2	113	56.5	1
John Kimbrough	1	20	20.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eric Moulds	2	37	18.5	0

Miami	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Kendall Roberts	9	2	0.0	36	32
ILB Jeremiah Trotter	8	4	0.0	38	32
S Tim McDonald	7	3	0.5	38	33
DE Antonio Edwards	7	1	0.0	38	28
CB Tim Taylor	5	1	0.0	39	33
OLB Junior Seau	4	2	0.5	33	28
S Dave Thomas	4	1	0.0	38	29
CB Keith Thibodeaux	3	1	0.0	22	23
OLB Anthony Simmons	2	3	0.0	20	9
DT Raion Brundige	2	2	0.0	35	27
CB John Kimbrough	2	1	0.0	3	6
DT Seth Payne	2	0	0.0	30	23
CB Chris Carter	1	1	0.0	34	28
ILB Marquis Green	1	0	0.0	5	4
DE Troy Barnett	1	0	0.0	14	21
S Myron Bell	1	0	0.0	5	4

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Ted Johnson	5	1	0.0	19	39
S Je-rod Rozumek	5	0	0.0	19	35
DE Jeff Lageman	4	0	0.5	16	29
S Rodney Harrison	4	2	0.0	19	39
CB Allen Rossum	3	2	0.0	15	38
S Greg Myers	3	1	0.0	11	37
CB Steve Isreal	3	0	0.0	8	16
CB Tom Carter	3	0	0.0	18	38
OLB Nickolas Fox	2	4	0.0	17	33
ILB Ron Johnson	2	1	0.0	8	2
DE Ben Karpinski	1	2	0.5	14	31
DT John Randle	1	1	0.0	14	34
QB Don Majkowski	1	0	---	---	---
DT Tony Siragusa	1	0	0.0	14	27
DT Chuck Johnson	1	0	0.0	5	3
OLB Larry Izzo	1	0	0.0	2	6
CB Kevin Abrams	1	0	0.0	0	3
DT Walter Hemingway	0	1	0.0	9	18

Miami	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Junior Seau	0.5	1	28
S Tim McDonald	0.5	0	33
DT Raion Brundige	0.0	1	27
DE Antonio Edwards	0.0	1	28
ILB Kendall Roberts	0.0	1	32

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Jeff Lageman	0.5	1	2	2	29
DE Ben Karpinski	0.5	0	2	0	31
DT John Randle	0.0	0	2	0	34
DT Chuck Johnson	0.0	0	1	0	3

Miami	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Junior Seau	5	0	28
CB Tim Taylor	3	1	33
ILB Kendall Roberts	3	0	32
ILB Jeremiah Trotter	3	0	32
S Tim McDonald	2	1	33
CB Keith Thibodeaux	2	1	23
S Dave Thomas	2	0	29
DE Antonio Edwards	1	0	28
CB John Kimbrough	1	0	6
CB Chris Carter	1	0	28

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Je-rod Rozumek	3	0	35
CB Steve Isreal	3	0	16
CB Tom Carter	3	0	38
S Rodney Harrison	3	0	39
CB Allen Rossum	3	0	38
ILB Ted Johnson	2	0	39
S Greg Myers	2	0	37
ILB Ron Johnson	1	0	2
CB Kevin Abrams	1	0	3
DE Jeff Lageman	0	1	29

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Tony Mandarich	3	9	2	39	0	33
Daquan Peterman	3	8	0	39	1	33
Richmond Webb	2	6	0	39	0	33
Brendan Stai	1	6	0	39	0	33
Fred Miller	1	4	0	39	0	33
Jamie Asher	1	1	0	30	0	20
Keith Jackson	0	1	0	18	0	10

Miami	Tackles	STPlays
Jeff Query	2	27
John Kimbrough	1	24
Marcus Robinson	1	16

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Evan Toomer	3	19
Larry Izzo	2	33
Robert Holcombe	1	24
Steve Isreal	1	22
Mike Alstott	1	8
Charles Davenport	1	1

Miami	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Tim McDonald	---	---	38	33	3	74
Tim Taylor	---	---	39	33	2	74
Jeremiah Trotter	---	---	38	32	2	72
Dave Thomas	---	---	38	29	2	69
Kendall Roberts	---	---	36	32	1	69
Kevin Dogins	19	39	---	---	11	69
Antonio Edwards	---	---	38	28	2	68
Junior Seau	---	---	33	28	3	64
Raion Brundige	---	---	35	27	2	64
Chris Carter	---	---	34	28	2	64
Seth Payne	---	---	30	23	8	61
Andy Heck	19	39	---	---	---	58
Rocky Saturday	19	39	---	---	---	58
John Fina	19	39	---	---	---	58
Drew Bledsoe	19	39	---	---	---	58
Glen McKeller	19	39	---	---	---	58
Keith Thibodeaux	---	---	22	23	12	57
Sam Gash	16	11	---	---	21	48
Ross Geller	15	33	---	---	---	48
Jacquez Green	16	30	---	---	---	46
Anthony Simmons	---	---	20	9	16	45
Jeff Cothran	2	13	---	---	28	43
Troy Barnett	---	---	14	21	8	43
Tony Johnson	11	29	---	---	2	42
Pete Mitchell	14	16	---	---	9	39
Marcus Robinson	4	14	---	---	16	34
John Kimbrough	---	---	3	6	24	33
Jeff Query	1	2	---	---	27	30
Myron Bell	---	---	5	4	21	30
O.J. Santiago	1	10	---	---	19	30
Lawrence Phillips	8	21	---	---	---	29
Wes Farr	0	7	---	---	10	17
Matt Tucker	7	9	---	---	---	16
Marquis Green	---	---	5	4	5	14
Lloyd Riggle	---	---	1	1	10	12
Mark Staten	0	0	---	---	11	11
James Atkins	0	0	---	---	11	11
Hunter Wilcox	0	0	---	---	11	11
Cooper Crane	0	0	---	---	11	11
Reggie Roby	0	0	---	---	8	8
Michael Husted	0	0	---	---	7	7
Corwin Carr	0	0	---	---	3	3
Kinnon Tatum	---	---	0	1	2	3
Gabe Wilkins	---	---	0	1	---	1
Craig Whelihan	0	0	---	---	---	0
Victor Riley	0	0	---	---	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Brendan Stai	39	33	---	---	9	81
Robert Holcombe	30	27	---	---	24	81
Don Majkowski	39	33	---	---	---	72
Tony Mandarich	39	33	---	---	---	72
Richmond Webb	39	33	---	---	---	72
Fred Miller	39	33	---	---	---	72
Daquan Peterman	39	33	---	---	---	72
Rodney Harrison	---	---	19	39	13	71
Antonio Freeman	38	31	---	---	---	69
Jamie Asher	30	20	---	---	13	63
Mike Alstott	30	25	---	---	8	63
Ted Johnson	---	---	19	39	3	61
Tom Carter	---	---	18	38	4	60
Eric Moulds	22	26	---	---	12	60
Je-rod Rozumek	---	---	19	35	3	57
Allen Rossum	---	---	15	38	3	56
Nickolas Fox	---	---	17	33	3	53
John Randle	---	---	14	34	3	51
Tony Siragusa	---	---	14	27	10	51
Greg Myers	---	---	11	37	3	51
Jeff Lageman	---	---	16	29	4	49
Ben Karpinski	---	---	14	31	3	48
Steve Isreal	---	---	8	16	22	46
Keith Jackson	18	10	---	---	13	41
Larry Izzo	---	---	2	6	33	41
Walter Hemingway	---	---	9	18	5	32
Ed McCaffrey	4	3	---	---	18	25
Charles Davenport	9	14	---	---	1	24
Evan Toomer	0	0	---	---	19	19
Ron Johnson	---	---	8	2	7	17
Bob Christian	4	2	---	---	10	16
John Miller	9	6	---	---	1	16
Damian Vaughn	1	1	---	---	13	15
Bruce Ellerson	---	---	1	1	10	12
Chuck Johnson	---	---	5	3	2	10
Jeff Dellenbach	0	0	---	---	9	9
Tre Fuller	0	0	---	---	9	9
Tony Ramirez	0	0	---	---	9	9
Glenn Rountree	0	0	---	---	9	9
David Beckham	0	0	---	---	8	8
Bryan Barker	0	0	---	---	7	7
Kevin Abrams	---	---	0	3	---	3
Desmond Grasso	---	---	0	0	3	3
Mike Cherry	0	0	---	---	2	2
Ron Rogers	---	---	0	0	2	2
Trot Nixon	0	0	---	---	---	0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	9	4.5
Middle	14	50	3.6
Right	3	24	8.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	45	4.5
Middle	27	64	2.4
Right	1	5	5.0
None	1	-1	-1.0

Miami	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Drew Bledsoe	38	21	4	5	3	1	7	2	0

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Don Majkowski	32	23	6	0	2	3	4	0	0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	2	46	11.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	22	15	118	5.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	4	68	6.2
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	10	8	109	10.9
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	11	71	5.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	5	4	83	16.6
Long (19+ Yds)	5	0	0	0.0

Miami	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jacquez Green	13	6	1	85	2	30
WR Tony Johnson	9	7	0	125	2	29
WR Ross Geller	7	2	0	9	0	33
RB Lawrence Phillips	3	1	1	5	0	21
TE Pete Mitchell	2	2	0	2	0	16
FB Sam Gash	1	0	1	0	0	11
RB Matt Tucker	1	1	0	0	0	9
FB Jeff Cothran	1	1	0	3	0	13
WR Marcus Robinson	1	1	0	3	0	14

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Antonio Freeman	11	7	1	67	1	31
WR Eric Moulds	9	6	1	111	3	26
TE Keith Jackson	4	4	0	38	1	10
WR Charles Davenport	3	1	0	6	0	14
RB Robert Holcombe	3	3	0	46	1	27
FB Bob Christian	1	1	0	-4	0	2
TE Jamie Asher	1	1	0	-1	0	20

Miami	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Sam Gash	2	-2	-1.00	-0.50

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Robert Holcombe	3	14	4.67	2.61

Miami	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Drew Bledsoe	4	2	16	4.00	6.11

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Don Majkowski	4	4	24	6.00	8.22

Miami	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Tony Johnson	2	2	16	8.00	13.89
FB Sam Gash	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Jacquez Green	1	0	0	0.00	6.54

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Keith Jackson	2	2	4	2.00	9.50
WR Eric Moulds	1	1	15	15.00	12.33
RB Robert Holcombe	1	1	5	5.00	15.33

Miami	Rushes	Conversions
Sam Gash	1	0

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Robert Holcombe	4	1
Don Majkowski	2	1

Miami	Att	Comp	Conversions
Drew Bledsoe	14	9	5

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Don Majkowski	9	7	4

Rocky Saturday

Kevin Dogins

Glen McKeller

Miami	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Tony Johnson	5	4	4
WR Jacquez Green	5	2	1
WR Ross Geller	2	1	0
FB Jeff Cothran	1	1	0
TE Pete Mitchell	1	1	0

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Antonio Freeman	3	2	0
WR Eric Moulds	3	3	3
WR Charles Davenport	2	1	0
TE Keith Jackson	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 63,100 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,600 (21,400)
End Zone 13,500 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,100 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 11,900 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,100 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	63,100 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,600 (21,400)
End Zone	13,500 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,100 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	11,900 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,100 (3,300)