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Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots

Scheduled · Kickoff to be confirmed

2026 Regular season · Week 18 · Gillette Stadium

Latest game updateUpdated
Miami Dolphins—Away
New England Patriots—Home

Game details

Location
Foxborough

Matchup preview

Miami Dolphins 0–5 · Road 0–3 · Streak L5 · Power Index No. 31
New England Patriots 3–2 · Home 2–0 · Streak W2 · Power Index No. 5
2026 regular season, per game · MIA 5 games, NE 5 games
MetricMIANE
Points per game14.031st22.018th
Points allowed per game26.423rd18.85th
Total yards per game280.229th372.29th
Passing yards per game169.832nd254.813th
Rushing yards per game126.611th127.09th
Turnovers per game1.623rd2.230th
Sacks allowed per game2.825th2.218th
Penalty yards per game52.011th60.015th

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.

Miami Dolphins: recent results

  1. L 24–31 vs CIN Week 5
  2. L 10–15 @ MIN Week 4
  3. L 10–24 vs KC Week 3
  4. L 13–35 @ SF Week 2
  5. L 13–27 @ LV Week 1

New England Patriots: recent results

  1. W 45–17 vs LV Week 5
  2. W 29–26 @ BUF Week 4
  3. L 6–35 @ JAX Week 3
  4. W 20–3 vs PIT Week 2
  5. L 10–13 @ SEA Week 1

Miami Dolphins: season leaders

Passing
Malik Willis 849 yds · 5 g
Rushing
Ollie Gordon II 236 yds · 4 g
Receiving
Malik Washington 263 yds · 5 g
Sacks
Zach Sieler 2.0 · 3 g

New England Patriots: season leaders

Passing
Drake Maye 1,228 yds · 5 g
Rushing
Rhamondre Stevenson 227 yds · 5 g
Receiving
Romeo Doubs 219 yds · 5 g
Sacks
Elijah Ponder 4.5 · 4 g

Miami Dolphins: injury report

  • Out Caleb Douglas WR
  • Out Chukwuebuka Godrick
  • Out DJ Campbell RG
  • Out Darrell Baker Jr. LCB
  • Out Justin Joly TE
  • Out Kaytron Allen RB
  • Out Reese Taylor NB
  • Out Robert Beal Jr. RDE

4 more listed.

6 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

New England Patriots: injury report

  • Out Behren Morton QB
  • Out Carlton Davis III LCB
  • Out Channing Canada
  • Out Christian Gonzalez RCB
  • Out Dametrious Crownover LT
  • Out Harold Landry III WLB
  • Out Karon Prunty RCB
  • Questionable Charles Woods RCB

3 more listed.

13 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

MIA 25 · NE 29 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

MIA 19.6% · NE 80.2%

Matchup quality 26.2 / 100

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

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