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MIAMI (3-4) At NEW ENGLAND (5-2)
1 p.m. ET, CBS
OPENING LINE - Patriots by 10 1/2
RECORD VS. SPREAD - Miami 3-4; New England 4-3
SERIES RECORD - Dolphins lead 49-38
LAST MEETING - Patriots beat Dolphins 48-28, Nov. 23, 2008
LAST WEEK - Dolphins beat Jets 30-25; Patriots bye, beat Buccaneers 35-7 in Week 7
DOLPHINS OFFENSE - OVERALL (23), RUSH (3), PASS (29)
DOLPHINS DEFENSE - OVERALL (17), RUSH (6), PASS (21)
PATRIOTS OFFENSE - OVERALL (3), RUSH (14), PASS (2)
PATRIOTS DEFENSE - OVERALL (6), RUSH (15), PASS (5)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - Dolphins first used wildcat offense in their third game last season, 38-13 win over Patriots. That ended New England's NFL record 21-game regular-season winning streak and was its biggest loss in Gillette Stadium since it began playing there in 2002. ... Miami and New England were 11-5 last season, but Dolphins won AFC East with better conference record. Patriots missed playoffs for first time in six years. ... Tom Brady is 34-8 in regular season as starter against AFC East teams. Five of the losses were to Miami. ... Dolphins second-year QB Chad Henne is 3-1 as starter since taking over when Chad Pennington suffered season-ending shoulder injury. Pennington was 0-3. ... Miami is seeking sixth straight win over AFC East opponent. ... Dolphins have two of top eight rushers in AFC. Ronnie Brown is sixth with 578 yards and Ricky Williams is eighth with 423. ... New England's Wes Welker is tied for second in AFC with 46 catches despite missing two games with knee injury. ... With DE Jarvis Green having undergone knee surgery during bye week, Mike Wright, with team-high four sacks, is expected to start. ... Patriots have forced at least one turnover in 15 straight games.
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