The New Eng Dolphins will squ including three 45 th year as div and Patriots beg during the regul The Patriots h 16 games aga have split the a the last two sea six seasons. In Patriots beat Mia hand at home games played in record at Gillett Miami. The two have England holding ( *-A Miami home game was Record in New Record in Fo Record in Bo Record in Miam Record at D Record at O Record in Tamp Seasonal Sweeps Seasonal Splits... Bill Belichick vs. M Tony Sparano vs. PATR Since Bill Beli England is 1 2001, the P opponents. H Patriots are 1 14-6 against Bills in that tim The Patriots h divisional opp Miami and als In seven care caught 55 p averaging 7.8 against his fo any team We also has three game at Mia (11/23/08) a Miami (12/06 caught 8 pass SERIES H gland Patriots an uare off for the 9 playoff games, vision foes. The gan playing twic ar season in 196 have won 11 of inst Miami. The annual series in asons and five of n the first meet ami 41-14 on Mo Sun attem swee seaso Las 27-17 befor (12/0 Th against Miami, a n Boston in the te Stadium. The e played three tim a 2-1 advantage SERIES Miami 50, Ne (Including New England s played in Tampa in 1969 England............ oxborough ......... oston ................. mi ....................... Dolphins / Pro Play Orange Bowl ........ pa* .................... ........................ ......................... Miami ................. . New England .... RIOTS-DOLPH chick became Pa 2-9 (.571) aga Patriots are 47 alf of those loss 2-7 against the the New York Je me. have not been sw ponent since 200 so to the New Yo eer games agains passes for 683 8 catches and ormer club. Thos elker has faced m e 100-yard game ami (10/21/07) nd a 10-catch 6/09). In the fi ses for 70 yards. PAT HISTORY nd Miami 91 st time, in their Dolphins ce a year 67. f the last e teams each of f the last tings of the 20 onday Night Foot Life Stadium. T mpt to earn thei p and first s on. st year, the Pat 7 (11/08/09) at re losing the 06/09) in Miami. e Patriots have as they hold a regular-season, e Patriots are 1 mes in the posts e. TRENDS ew England 40 d 2, Miami 1 in Playoffs .... 27-17 (Incl. .......................... .......................... .... 12-33 (Incl. yer / Joe Robbie/ S .......................... ......................... ..................Patrio .................. 23 (M ..... 12-11 (12-9 w .......................... HINS QUICK atriots head coac inst the Miami 7-14 (.767) aga ses (7) have com Dolphins over th ets and 19-1 ag wept in their seas 0, when they los ork Jets. st the Dolphins, yards and tw 98 receivingy se averages are more than once es against Miami ), a 120-yard 169-yard game rst meeting on RIOTS 010 season, the tball on Oct. 4 at The Patriots wil ir seventh series since the 2007 triots beat Miam Gillette Stadium rematch, 22-21 e had the upper 26-17 record in , including a 6-2 12-33 all-time in season with New s) 1-0 in playoffs) ......... 25-15 (1-0) .....................2-2 1-1 in playoffs) Sun Life ....... 9-15 ...........3-18 (1-1) .................... 1-0 ots 6, Dolphins 13 Most recent 2009) with New England) ..................... 2-3 HITS ch in 2000, New Dolphins. Since ainst AFC East me to Miami. The hat span and are ainst the Buffalo son series with a st both games to Wes Welker has wo touchdowns, yards per game the best against in his career. He with a 138-yard game at Miam e last season at Oct. 4, Welker VS. D e t l s 7 i m 1 r n 2 n w ) ) 2 ) 5 ) 0 3 ) ) 3 w e t e e o a o s , e t e d i t r Tom B the 18 starts starte six of was in after Date 10/07/ 12/22/ 10/06/ 12/29/ 10/19/ 12/07/ 10/10/ 12/20/ 11/13/ 01/01/ 10/08/ 12/10/ 10/21/ 12/23/ 11/08/ 12/06/ 10/04/ Totals *-Played 2010 Recor Divisio Total Total Rush Pass O Points Total Total Rush Pass D Points Posse Sacks Sacks Passin Passin Total Penal Punts Field Takea As a (.796) York when New Miam S interc times a Mon Miam C touch that w DOLPHI PASS Brady is schedule 8 th time and has s against the Do er in the regular f the 11 losses co n the final game the first quarter. Tom Br H/A A 01 A 24 1 01 H 19 1 02 A 31 1 02 H 44 2 03 A 34 2 03 H 31 1 04 H 19 04 A 29 1 05 A 36 2 06* H 8 06 H 29 1 06 A 25 1 07 A 25 2 07 H 33 1 09 H 37 2 09 A 29 1 10 A 24 1 s 477 28 only the first quarter T 0 Regular Seaso rd onal Standings Yards Gained Offense (Rank) Offense Offense s Per Game Yards Allowed Defense Defense Defense s Allowed/Game ession Avg. s Allowed/Yards L s Made/Yards ng TD/Int (off.) ng TD/Int (def.) Touchdowns ties Against/Yard s/Avg. Goals Made/Att. away/Giveaway R BRADY starter against ) record. He is 1 Jets, 11-6 again they were in the FIR PAT October England Patrio mi Dolphins Safety Patrick C ception for a to on special team nday Night Foot i at Sun Life Stad Chung blocked down and then was returned 35 NS SING PERFOR ed to start at qu s recorded a 11- olphins. Brady is r-season against oming to the Do of the 2005 sea rady vs. Miami C Yd % 12 86 .500 11 108 .579 17 240 .548 25 221 .568 24 283 .706 16 163 .516 7 76 .368 18 171 .621 21 275 .583 3 37 .375 16 140 .552 12 78 .480 21 354 .840 18 215 54.5 25 332 67.6 19 352 65.5 19 153 79.2 84 3284 .595 TALE OF THE on New En 13- 1st 5,31 354.5 119.5 235.1 32.0 5,61 374.3 112.3 262.0 20.4 ( 28;3 Lost 25/1 30/1 34/ 24/2 60 ds 78/6 56/4 21/2 Ratio +27 AGAINST TH the AFC East, 17-1 against Buf nst Miami and wa e AFC East (2001 RST 2010 ME TRIOTS 41, M r 4, 2010 Sun 1 2 ots 0 6 7 0 Chung blocked t ouchdown, and ms to help the Pa ball game again dium. a punt in the blocked a field yards for a touch RMANCES arterback agains 6 record in his p s 42-11 in his c AFC East oppon olphins. 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38 Brown, Sergio S 6-2 210 5/22/1988 R Notre Dame Maywood, Ill. 17 Taylor Price WR
28 Butler, Darius CB 5-10 190 3/18/1986 2 Connecticut Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 18 Matthew Slater WR
29 Carter, Tony CB 5-9 175 5/24/1986 2 Florida State Jacksonville, Fla. 19 Brandon Tate WR
25 Chung, Patrick S 5-11 212 8/19/1987 2 Oregon Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. 21 Fred Taylor RB
22 Clayton, Thomas RB 5-11 220 4/26/1984 2 Kansas State Alexandria, Va. 22 Thomas Clayton RB
66 Cohen, Landon DL 6-3 300 8/3/1986 3 Ohio Spartanburg, S.C. 25 Patrick Chung S
63 Connolly, Dan OL 6-4 313 9/2/1982 5 Southeast Missouri St. St. Louis, Mo. 27 Kyle Arrington CB
82 Crumpler, Alge TE 6-2 275 12/23/1977 10 North Carolina Wilmington, N.C. 28 Darius Butler CB
96 Cunningham, Jermaine LB 6-3 260 4/24/1988 R Florida Stone Mountain, Ga. 29 Tony Carter CB
71 D d i k B d DL 6 4 305 8/19/1987 R Al b Eli b h K d h71 Deaderick, Brandon DL 6-4 305 8/19/1987 R Alabama Elizabethtown, Ky. 31 Brandon Meriweather S
11 Edelman, Julian WR 5-10 198 5/22/1986 2 Kent State Redwood City, Calif. 32 Devin McCourty CB
52 Fletcher, Dane LB 6-2 244 9/14/1986 R Montana State Bozeman, Montana 34 Sammy Morris RB
5 Graham, Shayne K 6-0 214 12/9/1977 10 Virginia Tech Radford, Va. 36 James Sanders S
42 Green-Ellis, BenJarvus RB 5-11 215 7/2/1985 3 Mississippi New Orleans, La. 38 Sergio Brown S
87 Gronkowski, Rob TE 6-6 265 5/14/1989 R Arizona Pittsburgh, Pa. 39 Danny Woodhead RB
32 McCourty, Devin CB 5-10 193 8/13/1987 R Rutgers Montvale, N.J. 62 Ryan Wendell C
31 Meriweather, Brandon S 5-11 200 1/14/1984 4 Miami (Fla.) Apopka, Fla. 63 Dan Connolly OL
14 Mesko, Zoltan P 6-5 231 3/16/1986 R Michigan Twinsburg, Ohio 64 Mark LeVoir T
98 Moore, Eric DL 6-4 268 2/28/1981 5 Florida State Pahokee, Fla. 66 Landon Cohen DL
34 Morris, Sammy RB 6-0 220 3/23/1977 11 Texas Tech San Antonio, Texas 67 Dan Koppen C
50 Ninkovich, Rob LB 6-2 255 2/1/1984 5 Purdue Blue Island, Ill. 69 Quinn Ojinnaka OL 50 Ninkovich, Rob LB 6 2 255 2/1/1984 5 Purdue Blue Island, Ill. 69 Quinn Ojinnaka OL
60 Ohrnberger, Rich OL 6-2 300 2/14/1986 2 Penn State East Meadow, N.Y. 70 Logan Mankins G
21 Taylor, Fred RB 6-1 228 1/27/1976 13 Florida Belle Glade, Fla. 85 Aaron Hernandez TE
76 Vollmer Sebastian OL 6-8 315 7/10/1984 2 Houston Kaarst Germany 87 Rob Gronkowski TE76 Vollmer, Sebastian OL 6-8 315 7/10/1984 2 Houston Kaarst, Germany 87 Rob Gronkowski TE
44 Kettani, Eric RB 5-11 235 3/26/1987 1 Navy Kirtland, Ohio 15 Shun White WR
15 White, Shun WR 5-8 195 12/9/1985 1 Navy Memphis, Tenn. 44 Eric Kettani RB
HEAD COACH: BILL BELICHICK
RESERVE/MILITARY LIST
PRACTICE SQUAD/INJURED
HEAD COACH: BILL BELICHICK
ASSISTANTS: Josh Boyer, Defensive Backs; Corwin Brown, Defensive Backs; Ivan Fears, Running Backs; Brian Ferentz, Offensive Assistant Coach;
Brian Flores, Assistant Coach Offense/Special Teams; Patrick Graham, Defensive Assistant Coach; Pepper Johnson, Defensive Line; Harold Nash, Assistant Strength and Conditioning;
Bill O'Brien, Quarterbacks; Scott O'Brien, Special Teams; Chad O'Shea, Receivers; Matt Patricia, Linebackers; Dante Scarnecchia, Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line;
Mike Woicik, Strength and Conditioning
# NAME POS HT WT AGE YR COLLEGE HOW ACQ.
5 Shayne Graham K 6-0 214 33 10 Virginia Tech FA-10
8 Brian Hoyer QB 6-2 215 25 2 Michigan State FA-09
11 Julian Edelman WR 5-10 198 24 2 Kent State D7a-09
