Dolphins–Patriots rivalry

Dolphins-Patriots rivalry
Miami Dolphins
New England Patriots
First meeting November 27, 1966
Patriots 20, Dolphins 14
Latest meeting September 30, 2018
Patriots 38, Dolphins 7
Next meeting December 9, 2018
Statistics
Meetings total 106 (including the playoffs)
All-time series Dolphins lead 54–52 (including the playoffs)
Postseason results

Patriots lead 2–1

  • January 8, 1983: Dolphins 28, Patriots 13
  • January 12, 1986: Patriots 38, Dolphins 14
  • December 28, 1997: Patriots 17, Dolphins 3
Largest victory Dolphins: 52–0 (1972)
Patriots: 34–0 (1980)
Longest win streak Dolphins: 9 (1989–93)
Patriots: 7 (2 times: 1986–88, 2010–13)
Current win streak Patriots: 1 win (2018–present)

The Dolphins–Patriots rivalry is an American football rivalry between the Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). The Dolphins lead the all-time series 54–51. [1] The two teams play twice every regular season.

While not as famous as some other rivalries, the rivalry has a long history that dates back to the 1960s. The beginning of the rivalry was dominated by the Dolphins, as the time the Dolphins were one of the NFL's most successful teams, while the Patriots were one of the worst. The Patriots finally made the Super Bowl in 1985.

Starting in 1986, the rivalry was a little bit more even, with the Pats having a 7-game winning streak from 1986 to 1988. The Dolphins then took over the rivalry once again, winning 13 of the next 15 matchups between the 2 teams. Both teams had great quarterbacks in the 90s, with the Patriots having Drew Bledsoe and the Dolphins with Dan Marino. The Dolphins continued to dominate the rivalry through the late 1990s with the Dolphins sweeping the Patriots in back to back years, 1999 and 2000.

Miami is one of 4 teams in the AFC with a winning overall record against New England (the others being the Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos, and Kansas City Chiefs)). Since 2003, the Patriots have dominated the rivalry, but not as much as their rivalries with their two other AFC East opponents. In 2004, one of the most famous moments in the rivalry happened where the Dolphins, 2–11 at the time, upset the 12–1 Patriots in a game that has been known as "The Night That Courage Wore Orange".[2] In 2008, the rivalry briefly intensified when the Dolphins became the only team other than the Patriots since 2003 to win the division. In week 3 of the aforementioned 2008 season, the Dolphins used the Wildcat formation to throw the Patriots off and went on to upset them, 38–13.[3]

Also notable is the fact that the Dolphins and Patriots are the only NFL teams to post undefeated regular season records following the NFL-AFL merger. The 1972 Dolphins finished with a 14–0 regular season record and went on to win Super Bowl VIII, finishing the only complete perfect season in NFL history,[4] while the 2007 Patriots were the first team to go undefeated in the regular season since the league expanded to 16 games, but famously lost Super Bowl XLII against the New York Giants.[5]

Results

  • Note: Playoff matchups are in bold

1960s (Dolphins 4–3)

Dolphins victoriesPatriots victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinning teamLosing teamScoreSeries
1 November 27, 1966 Orange Bowl Patriots Dolphins 20–14Patriots 1–0
2 October 15, 1967 Fenway Park Patriots Dolphins 41–10Patriots 2–0
3 December 17, 1967 Orange Bowl Dolphins Patriots 41–32Patriots 2–1
4 November 24, 1968 Fenway Park Dolphins Patriots 34–10Tied 2–2
5 December 8, 1968 Orange Bowl Dolphins Patriots 38–7Dolphins 3–2
6 November 9, 1969 Alumni Stadium Dolphins Patriots 17–16Dolphins 4–2
7 December 8, 1969 Tampa Stadium Patriots Dolphins 38–23Dolphins 4–3

1970s (Dolphins 13–7)

Dolphins victoriesPatriots victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinning teamLosing teamScoreSeries
1 September 20, 1970 Harvard Stadium Patriots Dolphins 27–14Patriots 1–0
2 December 8, 1970 Orange Bowl Dolphins Patriots 37–20Tied 1–1
3 October 17, 1971 Orange Bowl Dolphins Patriots 41–3Dolphins 2–1
4 December 8, 1971 Schaefer Stadium Patriots Dolphins 34–13Tied 2–2
5 November 12, 1972 Orange Bowl Dolphins Patriots 52–0Dolphins 3–2
6 December 3, 1972 Schaefer Stadium Dolphins Patriots 37–21Dolphins 4–2
7 September 30, 1973 Orange Bowl Dolphins Patriots 44–23Dolphins 5–2
8 October 28, 1973 Schaefer Stadium Dolphins Patriots 30–14Dolphins 6–2
9 September 15, 1974 Schaefer Stadium Patriots Dolphins 34–24Dolphins 6–3
10 December 15, 1974 Orange Bowl Dolphins Patriots 34–27Dolphins 7–3
11 September 28, 1975 Schaefer Stadium Dolphins Patriots 22–14Dolphins 8–3
12 December 1, 1975 Orange Bowl Dolphins Patriots 30–14Dolphins 9–3
13 September 19, 1976 Schaefer Stadium Patriots Dolphins 22–14Dolphins 9–4
14 October 31, 1976 Orange Bowl Dolphins Patriots 10–3Dolphins 10–4
15 November 13, 1977 Orange Bowl Dolphins Patriots 17–5Dolphins 11–4
16 December 11, 1977 Schaefer Stadium Patriots Dolphins 14–10Dolphins 11–5
17 October 22, 1978 Schaefer Stadium Patriots Dolphins 33–24Dolphins 11–6
18 December 18, 1978 Orange Bowl Dolphins Patriots 23–3Dolphins 12–6
19 October 21, 1979 Schaefer Stadium Patriots Dolphins 28–13Dolphins 12–7
20 November 29, 1979 Orange Bowl Dolphins Patriots 39–24Dolphins 13–7

Series Overall: Dolphins lead 17–10 after 1970s

1980s (Patriots 11–10)

Dolphins victoriesPatriots victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinning teamLosing teamScoreSeries
1 September 20, 1980 Schaefer Stadium Patriots Dolphins 34–0Patriots 1–0
2 December 8, 1980 Orange Bowl Dolphins Patriots 16–13Tied 1–1
3 November 8, 1991 Schaefer Stadium Dolphins Patriots 30–3Dolphins 2–1
4 December 6, 1981 Orange Bowl Dolphins Patriots 24–14Dolphins 3–1
5 November 8, 1982[nb 1] Schaefer Stadium Patriots Dolphins 3–0Dolphins 3–2
6 January 8, 1983 Orange Bowl Dolphins Patriots 28–13Dolphins 4–2
7 September 11, 1983 Orange Bowl Dolphins Patriots 34–24Dolphins 5–2
8 November 13, 1983 Sullivan Stadium Patriots Dolphins 17–6Dolphins 5–3
9 September 9, 1984 Orange Bowl Dolphins Patriots 28–7Dolphins 6–3
10 October 21, 1984 Sullivan Stadium Dolphins Patriots 44–24Dolphins 7–3
11 November 3, 1985 Schaefer Stadium Patriots Dolphins 17–13Dolphins 7–4
12 December 16, 1985 Orange Bowl Dolphins Patriots 30–27Dolphins 8–4
13 January 8, 1986 Orange Bowl Patriots Dolphins 31–14Dolphins 8–5
14 October 5, 1986 Schaefer Stadium Patriots Dolphins 34–7Dolphins 8–6
15 December 22, 1986 Orange Bowl Patriots Dolphins 34–27Dolphins 8–7
16 September 13, 1987 Orange Bowl Patriots Patriots 28–21Tied 8–8
17 December 28, 1987 Joe Robbie Stadium Patriots Dolphins 24–10Patriots 9–8
18 November 6, 1988 Sullivan Stadium Patriots Dolphins 21–10Patriots 10–8
19 November 20, 1988 Joe Robbie Stadium Patriots Dolphins 6–3Patriots 11–8
20 September 17, 1989 Sullivan Stadium Dolphins Patriots 24–10Patriots 11–9
21 December 10, 1989 Joe Robbie Stadium Dolphins Patriots 31–10Patriots 11–10

Series Overall: Dolphins lead 27–21 after 1980s

1990s (Dolphins 14–7)

Dolphins victoriesPatriots victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinning teamLosing teamScoreSeriesAttendance
1 September 9, 1990 Foxboro Stadium Dolphins Patriots 27–24Dolphins 1–0 N/A
2 October 18, 1990 Joe Robbie Stadium Dolphins Patriots 17–10Dolphins 2–0 N/A
3 October 6, 1991 Foxboro Stadium Dolphins Patriots 20–10Dolphins 3–0 N/A
4 November 10, 1991 Joe Robbie Stadium Dolphins Patriots 30–21Dolphins 4–0 N/A
5 October 18, 1992 Joe Robbie Stadium Dolphins Patriots 38–17Dolphins 5–0 N/A
6 December 27, 1992 Foxboro Stadium Dolphins Patriots 16–13 (OT)Dolphins 6–0 N/A
7 November 21, 1993 Joe Robbie Stadium Dolphins Patriots 17–13Dolphins 7–0 N/A
8 January 2, 1994 Foxboro Stadium Patriots Dolphins 33–27 (OT)Dolphins 7–1 N/A
9 September 4, 1994 Joe Robbie Stadium Dolphins Patriots 39–35Dolphins 8–1 N/A
10 October 30, 1994 Foxboro Stadium Dolphins Patriots 23–3Dolphins 9–1 N/A
11 September 10, 1995 Foxboro Stadium Dolphins Patriots 20–3Dolphins 10–1 N/A
12 November 12, 1995 Joe Robbie Stadium Patriots Dolphins 34–17Dolphins 10–2 N/A
13 September 1, 1996 Pro Player Stadium Dolphins Patriots 34–7Dolphins 11–2 71,542
14 November 3, 1996 Foxboro Stadium Patriots Dolphins 42–23Dolphins 11–3 58,492
15 September 13, 1997 Foxboro Stadium Patriots Dolphins 27–24Dolphins 11–4 59,002
16 December 22, 1997 Pro Player Stadium Patriots Dolphins 14–12Dolphins 11–5 74,379
17 December 28, 1997 Foxboro Stadium Patriots Dolphins 17–3Dolphins 11–6 60,041
18 October 25, 1998 Pro Player Stadium Dolphins Patriots 12–9 (OT)Dolphins 12–6 73,973
19 November 23, 1998 Foxboro Stadium Patriots Dolphins 26–23Dolphins 12–7 58,729
20 October 17, 1999 Foxboro Stadium Dolphins Patriots 31–30Dolphins 13–7 60,006
21 November 21, 1999 Pro Player Stadium Dolphins Patriots 27–17Dolphins 14–7 74,295

Series Overall: Dolphins lead 41–28 after 1990s

2000s (Patriots 11–9)

Dolphins victoriesPatriots victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinning teamLosing teamScoreSeriesAttendance
1 September 24, 2000 Pro Player Stadium Dolphins Patriots 10–3Dolphins 1–0 73,344
2 December 24, 2000 Foxboro Stadium Dolphins Patriots 27–24Dolphins 2–0 60,292
3 October 7, 2001 Pro Player Stadium Dolphins Patriots 20–10Dolphins 3–0 72,713
4 December 22, 2001 Foxboro Stadium Patriots Dolphins 30–21Dolphins 3–1 60,292
5 October 18, 2002 Pro Player Stadium Dolphins Patriots 26–13Dolphins 4–1 73,369
6 December 27, 2002 Gillette Stadium Patriots Dolphins 20–13 (OT)Dolphins 4–2 68,436
7 October 19, 2003 Pro Player Stadium Patriots Dolphins 19–13 (OT)Dolphins 4–3 73,650
8 December 7, 2003 Gillette Stadium Patriots Dolphins 12–0Tied 4–4 68,436
9 September 4, 2004 Gillette Stadium Patriots Dolphins 39–35Patriots 5–4 68,756
10 December 20, 2004 Pro Player Stadium Dolphins Patriots 29–28Tied 5–5 73,629
11 November 13, 2005 Dolphin Stadium Patriots Dolphins 23–16Patriots 6–5 73,405
12 January 1, 2006 Gillette Stadium Dolphins Patriots 28–26Tied 6–6 68,756
13 October 8, 2006 Gillette Stadium Patriots Dolphins 20–10Patriots 7–6 68,756
14 December 10, 2006 Dolphin Stadium Dolphins Patriots 21–0Tied 7–7 74,033
15 October 21, 2007 Dolphin Stadium Patriots Dolphins 49–28Patriots 8–7 71,951
16 December 23, 2007 Gillette Stadium Patriots Dolphins 28–7Patriots 9–7 68,756
17 September 21, 2008 Gillette Stadium Dolphins Patriots 38–13Patriots 9–8 68,756
18 November 23, 2008 Dolphin Stadium Patriots Dolphins 48–28Patriots 10–8 67,146
19 October 17, 2009 Gillette Stadium Patriots Dolphins 31–30Patriots 11–8 68,756
20 December 26, 2009 Land Shark Stadium Dolphins Patriots 22–21Patriots 11–9 70,102

Series Overall: Dolphins lead 50–39 after 2000s

2010s (Patriots 13–4)

Dolphins victoriesPatriots victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinning teamLosing teamScoreSeriesAttendance
1 October 4, 2010 Sun Life Stadium Patriots Patriots 41–14Patriots 1–0 69,090
2 January 2, 2011 Gillette Stadium Patriots Dolphins 38–7Patriots 2–0 68,756
3 September 12, 2001 Sun Life Stadium Patriots Dolphins 38–24Patriots 3–0 66,860
4 December 24, 2011 Gillette Stadium Patriots Dolphins 27–24Patriots 4–0 68,756
5 December 2, 2012 Sun Life Stadium Patriots Dolphins 23–16Patriots 5–0 72,114
6 December 30, 2012 Gillette Stadium Patriots Dolphins 28–0Patriots 6–0 68,736
7 October 27, 2013 Gillette Stadium Patriots Dolphins 27–17Patriots 7–0 68,736
8 December 15, 2013 Sun Life Stadium Dolphins Patriots 24–20Patriots 7–1 71,863
9 September 7, 2014 Sun Life Stadium Dolphins Patriots 33–20Patriots 7–2 70,630
10 December 14, 2014 Gillette Stadium Patriots Dolphins 41–13Patriots 8–2 68,756
11 October 29, 2015 Gillette Stadium Patriots Dolphins 36–7Patriots 9–2 66,829
12 January 1, 2016 Sun Life Stadium Dolphins Patriots 20–10Patriots 9–3 62,918
13 October 8, 2016 Gillette Stadium Patriots Dolphins 31–24Patriots 10–3 68,756
14 January 1, 2017 Hard Rock Stadium Patriots Dolphins 35–14Patriots 11–3 66,163
15 October 21, 2017 Gillette Stadium Patriots Dolphins 35–17Patriots 12–3 65,878
16 December 23, 2017 Hard Rock Stadium Dolphins Patriots 27–20Patriots 12–4 65,548
17 September 21, 2018 Gillette Stadium Patriots Patriots 38–7Patriots 13–4 65,878

Series overall: Dolphins lead 54—52

Notes

  1. ↑ The Dolphins and Patriots only played once in 1982 due to the strike shortened season

References

  1. ↑ "New England Patriots vs. Miami Dolphins Results | The Football Database". FootballDB.com. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
  2. ↑ Galicia, Thomas (October 4, 2010). "Miami Dolphins-New England Patriots: Greatest Games In The Series". Bleacher Report. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Dolphins stun Patriots 38-13". The Seattle Times. 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
  4. ↑ 1972 Perfect Season - Miami Dolphins
  5. ↑ "Giants prevent perfect season, beat Patriots". Sporting News. February 8, 2008. Archived from the original on February 7, 2008. Retrieved February 8, 2008.
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