TNK Patriots Franchise
Week 2 of The Season
Miami Dolphins (0-1) @ New England Patriots (0-1)
1st HALF RECAP
The Patriots jumped out to an early 3-0 lead on a FG from Gostkowski and LeGarrette Blount extended the lead when he ran off tackle and broke free for a 66 yard TD run midway through the 1st quarter to make it 10-0. Arian Foster would get Miami on the board in the 2nd quarter when he dove over the top for a 1 yard TD plunge to make it 10-7 but New England would come right back as Blount powered his way in from the 3 yard line on the next possession for his 2nd TD of the day to make it 17-7. Ryan Tannehill would hit Kenny Stills for a 16 yard TD pass late in the 2nd quarter to cut the Pats lead to 17-14 before Jimmy Garoppolo led the Patriots downfield in the two minute drill to get a FG from Gostkowski as time expired in the half and the Patriots would take a 20-14 lead into the locker room at halftime
2nd HALF RECAP
The Patriots defense stymied the Miami offense in the 3rd quarter and the Dolphins defense did a good job as well as they held New England to a FG for the only scoring in the 3rd quarter as the Patriots would take a 23-14 lead into the 4th quarter. LeGarrette Blount would score his 3rd TD of the game from 10 yards out to open up a 30-14 lead for the Patriots with 11:29 to play. The Dolphins put together a good drive on the ensuing possession as Tannehill made some good throws to move the offense across midfield as they tried to get back in the game, but the drive ended when Tannehill over threw his receiver and the ball sailed right into the hands of Logan Ryan for an interception at the New England 26 yard line to give the Patriots the ball with 8:33 remaining. The Patriots were trying to kill the clock in the final minute and called a passing play on 3rd & 7 as they were just out of FG range and Garoppolo made a colossal mistake as he tried to force it to Edelman on a slant and his pass was picked off by Jelani Jenkins who took the interception 68 yards to the house for a TD with 0:44 left to play. Miami failed on the two point conversion attempt and the Patriots would recover the onside kick and kneel on the ball to finish it off as the Patriots improve to 1-1 on the season with a 30-20 victory
* Jimmy Garoppolo managed the game well for New England before his mistake in the final minute going 21 for 36 passing for 231 yards and 1 INT
* LeGarrette Blount had a big game for the Patriots rushing for 161 yards with 3 TD on 23 carries including a 66 yard TD run in the 1st quarter when he bounced off tackle and rumbled down the sideline
* Jordan Cameron had a monster game for Miami hauling in 11 catches for 95 yards
* Jonathan Freeny and Jamie Collins stepped up big for New England with starting MLB Dont'a Hightower out with an injury as Freeny registered 12 tackles and Collins was credited with 9 tackles
* Barkevious Mingo and Shea McClellin each registered their first sacks in a Patriots uniform
* The Patriots improve to 1-1 on the season and will have just a few days of rest as they remain at home next week with the Houston Texans coming to Foxboro with a 1-1 record for a big Thursday Night Football matchup
| Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots |
| Sep 18, 2016 | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| Miami Dolphins (0-2) | 0 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 20 |
| New England Patriots (1-1) | 10 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 |
| Team Stats Comparison |
| MIA | NWE |
| Total Offense | 242 | 425 |
| Rushing Yards | 51 | 194 |
| Passing Yards | 191 | 231 |
| First Downs | 13 | 19 |
| Punt Return Yards | 16 | 18 |
| Kick Return Yards | 60 | 44 |
| Total Yards | 318 | 487 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| 3rd Down Converstion | 5-10 | 8-16 |
| 4th Down Conversion | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| 2-Point Conversion | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals | 2/0 | 2/3 |
| Penalties | 2-15 | 9-55 |
| Posession Time | 25:20 | 34:40 |
| Scoring Summary |
| FIRST QUARTER SCORING | MIA | NWE |
| 8:09 | (NWE) Stephen Gostkowski 31 yard FG | 0 | 3 |
| 5:00 | (NWE) LeGarrette Blount 66 yard TD run (XP good) | 0 | 10 |
| SECOND QUARTER SCORING | MIA | NWE |
| 12:58 | (MIA) Arian Foster 1 yard TD run (XP Good) | 7 | 10 |
| 5:31 | (NWE) LeGarrette Blount 3 yard TD run (XP good) | 7 | 17 |
| 1:06 | (MIA) Kenny Stills 16 yard TD pass from Tannehill (XP good) | 14 | 17 |
| 0:02 | (NWE) Stephen Gostkowski 30 yard FG | 14 | 20 |
| THIRD QUARTER SCORING | MIA | NWE |
| 4:30 | (NWE) Stephen Gostkowski 27 yard FG | 14 | 23 |
| FOURTH QUARTER SCORING | MIA | NWE |
| 11:29 | (NWE) LeGarrette Blount 10 yard TD run (XP good) | 14 | 30 |
| 0:44 | (MIA) Jelani Jenkins 68 yard INT return for TD (2 pt failed) | 20 | 30 |
| Miami Dolphins | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | Tannehill | 22/32 | 211 | 1 | 1 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | Foster | 17 | 60 | 3.5 | 1 | | Ajayi | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | Cameron | 11 | 95 | 8.6 | 0 | | Stills | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 1 | | Lamdry | 4 | 51 | 12.7 | 0 | | Parker | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | | Foster | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | Alonso | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Jones | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Delmas | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Jenkins | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Wake | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Maxwell | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Suh | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Howard | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Misi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Williams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Aikens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LONG | | Franks | 0/0 | 2/2 | 2 | -- | | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | | Darr | 4 | 209 | 52.2 | 1 | | KICK RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | Landry | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 0 | | PUNT RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | Landry | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 |
| | New England Patriots | | PASSING | C/A | YDS | TD | INT | | Garoppolo | 21/36 | 231 | 0 | 1 | | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | | Blount | 23 | 161 | 7.0 | 3 | | Bolden | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 0 | | White | 3 | 5 | 1.6 | 0 | | RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | | Edelman | 7 | 75 | 10.7 | 0 | | Gronkowski | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 0 | | White | 3 | 41 | 13.6 | 0 | | Bennett | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | | Amendola | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | | Foster | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | | Bolden | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | | DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | TD | | Freeny | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Collins | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | McCourty | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Mingo | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | | Sheard | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ryan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Chung | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Harmon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Long | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | McClellin | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | | Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Roberts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | KICKING | FG | XP | PTS | LONG | | Gostkowski | 3/3 | 3/3 | 15 | 31 | | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | | Allen | 4 | 183 | 45.7 | 0 | | KICK RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | Amendola | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | | PUNT RETURN | RET | YDS | AVG | TD | | Jones | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 |
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