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New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 8 · Hard Rock Stadium

Dated schedule recordUpdated

Future kickoffs are subject to scheduling changes. Unconfirmed slots are withheld. Times are normalized by WHYNFL.

New England Patriots—Away
Miami Dolphins—Home

Game details

Venue address
347 Don Shula Dr, Miami Gardens, FL 33056, US
Address checked

Matchup preview

New England Patriots 1–2 · Road 0–2 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 13 · 10 days of rest
Miami Dolphins 0–3 · Home 0–1 · Streak L3 · Power Index No. 31 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · NE 3 games, MIA 3 games
MetricNEMIA
Points per game12.031st12.031st
Points allowed per game17.06th28.728th
Total yards per game307.023rd290.728th
Passing yards per game210.320th209.021st
Rushing yards per game109.315th98.321st
Turnovers per game2.731st1.315th
Sacks allowed per game3.025th3.025th
Penalty yards per game49.711th58.317th

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

New England Patriots: recent results

  1. L 6–35 @ JAX Week 3
  2. W 20–3 vs PIT Week 2
  3. L 10–13 @ SEA Week 1

Miami Dolphins: recent results

  1. L 10–24 vs KC Week 3
  2. L 13–35 @ SF Week 2
  3. L 13–27 @ LV Week 1

New England Patriots: season leaders

Passing
Drake Maye 585 yds · 3 g
Rushing
Rhamondre Stevenson 116 yds · 3 g
Receiving
Mack Hollins 156 yds · 3 g
Sacks
Gabe Jacas 1.5 · 3 g

Miami Dolphins: season leaders

Passing
Malik Willis 627 yds · 3 g
Rushing
De'Von Achane 127 yds · 3 g
Receiving
Malik Washington 152 yds · 3 g

New England Patriots: injury report

  • Out Carlton Davis III LCB
  • Out Channing Canada
  • Out Christian Gonzalez RCB
  • Out Harold Landry III WLB
  • Out Karon Prunty RCB
  • Questionable Charles Woods LCB
  • Questionable Christian Barmore LDE
  • Questionable Christian Elliss LILB

4 more listed.

13 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. Full report

Miami Dolphins: injury report

  • Out Caleb Douglas WR
  • Out Darrell Baker Jr. LCB
  • Out Justin Joly TE
  • Out Reese Taylor NB
  • Out Robert Beal Jr. RDE
  • Out Storm Duck RCB
  • Questionable Jackson Woodard MLB
  • Questionable Jaylen Wright

1 more listed.

6 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

NE 29 · MIA 25 in 54 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 18 MIA 10, NE 38
  2. 2025 · Week 2 NE 33, MIA 27
  3. 2024 · Week 12 NE 15, MIA 34
  4. 2024 · Week 5 MIA 15, NE 10
  5. 2023 · Week 8 NE 17, MIA 31

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

NE 73.6% · MIA 26.2%

Matchup quality 27.7 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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