Miami Dolphins vs New England Patriots

Miami Dolphins 4

Miami Dolphins leads 4-3

wins

1966 to 2025

New England Patriots have won 2 straight

Next meeting: Nov 1, 2026, New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins

New England Patriots 3

Series timeline

Counts every meeting across all leagues, not just the league this page opens on.

▲ Miami Dolphins ahead (peak +16) ▼ New England Patriots ahead (peak +2)

Miami Dolphins Boston Patriots New England Patriots Tie Postseason One meeting per cell

Longest streaks: Miami Dolphins 9 (1989–1993), New England Patriots 7 (1985–1988). Current: New England Patriots 2.

These teams met in the AFL (1966 to 1969) and the NFL (1970 to 2025).

The complete series lives on the main matchup page.

Splits

Split	Miami Dolphins record
Regular season	63-55
Postseason	1-2
Hosted by Miami Dolphins	43-18
Hosted by New England Patriots	21-39
Last 10 seasons (2016 to 2025)	11-9
Largest Miami Dolphins win	52-0 (1972)
Largest New England Patriots win	43-0 (2019)

Postseason meetings

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Site	Round
1997	Dec 28, 1997	New England Patriots	17-3	at New England Patriots	Wild Card
1985	Jan 12, 1986	New England Patriots	31-14	at Miami Dolphins	Conference Championship
1982	Jan 8, 1983	Miami Dolphins	28-13	at Miami Dolphins	Wild Card

In the record book

Longest winning streaks#22 in AFL #62 in NFL
Most lead changes#23 in AFL
Biggest blowouts#58 in AFL #31 in NFL

Every meeting

2020s

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Site	Round
2025 (0-2)	Sep 14, 2025	New England Patriots	33-27	at Miami Dolphins	Week 2
	Jan 4, 2026	New England Patriots	38-10	at New England Patriots	Week 18
2024 (2-0)	Oct 6, 2024	Miami Dolphins	15-10	at New England Patriots	Week 5
	Nov 24, 2024	Miami Dolphins	34-15	at Miami Dolphins	Week 12
2023 (2-0)	Sep 17, 2023	Miami Dolphins	24-17	at New England Patriots	Week 2
	Oct 29, 2023	Miami Dolphins	31-17	at Miami Dolphins	Week 8
2022 (1-1)	Sep 11, 2022	Miami Dolphins	20-7	at Miami Dolphins	Week 1
	Jan 1, 2023	New England Patriots	23-21	at New England Patriots	Week 17
2021 (2-0)	Sep 12, 2021	Miami Dolphins	17-16	at New England Patriots	Week 1
	Jan 9, 2022	Miami Dolphins	33-24	at Miami Dolphins	Week 18
2020 (1-1)	Sep 13, 2020	New England Patriots	21-11	at New England Patriots	Week 1
	Dec 20, 2020	Miami Dolphins	22-12	at Miami Dolphins	Week 15

2010s

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Site	Round
2019 (1-1)	Sep 15, 2019	New England Patriots	43-0	at Miami Dolphins	Week 2
	Dec 29, 2019	Miami Dolphins	27-24	at New England Patriots	Week 17
2018 (1-1)	Sep 30, 2018	New England Patriots	38-7	at New England Patriots	Week 4
	Dec 9, 2018	Miami Dolphins	34-33	at Miami Dolphins	Week 14
2017 (1-1)	Nov 26, 2017	New England Patriots	35-17	at New England Patriots	Week 12
	Dec 11, 2017	Miami Dolphins	27-20	at Miami Dolphins	Week 14
2016 (0-2)	Sep 18, 2016	New England Patriots	31-24	at New England Patriots	Week 2
	Jan 1, 2017	New England Patriots	35-14	at Miami Dolphins	Week 17
2015 (1-1)	Oct 29, 2015	New England Patriots	36-7	at New England Patriots	Week 8
	Jan 3, 2016	Miami Dolphins	20-10	at Miami Dolphins	Week 17
2014 (1-1)	Sep 7, 2014	Miami Dolphins	33-20	at Miami Dolphins	Week 1
	Dec 14, 2014	New England Patriots	41-13	at New England Patriots	Week 15
2013 (1-1)	Oct 27, 2013	New England Patriots	27-17	at New England Patriots	Week 8
	Dec 15, 2013	Miami Dolphins	24-20	at Miami Dolphins	Week 15
2012 (0-2)	Dec 2, 2012	New England Patriots	23-16	at Miami Dolphins	Week 13
	Dec 30, 2012	New England Patriots	28-0	at New England Patriots	Week 17
2011 (0-2)	Sep 12, 2011	New England Patriots	38-24	at Miami Dolphins	Week 1
	Dec 24, 2011	New England Patriots	27-24	at New England Patriots	Week 16
2010 (0-2)	Oct 4, 2010	New England Patriots	41-14	at Miami Dolphins	Week 4
	Jan 2, 2011	New England Patriots	38-7	at New England Patriots	Week 17

2000s

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Site	Round
2009 (1-1)	Nov 8, 2009	New England Patriots	27-17	at New England Patriots	Week 9
	Dec 6, 2009	Miami Dolphins	22-21	at Miami Dolphins	Week 13
2008 (1-1)	Sep 21, 2008	Miami Dolphins	38-13	at New England Patriots	Week 3
	Nov 23, 2008	New England Patriots	48-28	at Miami Dolphins	Week 12
2007 (0-2)	Oct 21, 2007	New England Patriots	49-28	at Miami Dolphins	Week 7
	Dec 23, 2007	New England Patriots	28-7	at New England Patriots	Week 16
2006 (1-1)	Oct 8, 2006	New England Patriots	20-10	at New England Patriots	Week 5
	Dec 10, 2006	Miami Dolphins	21-0	at Miami Dolphins	Week 14
2005 (1-1)	Nov 13, 2005	New England Patriots	23-16	at Miami Dolphins	Week 10
	Jan 1, 2006	Miami Dolphins	28-26	at New England Patriots	Week 17
2004 (1-1)	Oct 10, 2004	New England Patriots	24-10	at New England Patriots	Week 5
	Dec 20, 2004	Miami Dolphins	29-28	at Miami Dolphins	Week 15
2003 (0-2)	Oct 19, 2003	New England Patriots	19-13	at Miami Dolphins	Week 7
	Dec 7, 2003	New England Patriots	12-0	at New England Patriots	Week 14
2002 (1-1)	Oct 6, 2002	Miami Dolphins	26-13	at Miami Dolphins	Week 5
	Dec 29, 2002	New England Patriots	27-24	at New England Patriots	Week 17
2001 (1-1)	Oct 7, 2001	Miami Dolphins	30-10	at Miami Dolphins	Week 4
	Dec 22, 2001	New England Patriots	20-13	at New England Patriots	Week 15
2000 (2-0)	Sep 24, 2000	Miami Dolphins	10-3	at Miami Dolphins	Week 4
	Dec 24, 2000	Miami Dolphins	27-24	at New England Patriots	Week 17

1990s

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Site	Round
1999 (2-0)	Oct 17, 1999	Miami Dolphins	31-30	at New England Patriots	Week 6
	Nov 21, 1999	Miami Dolphins	27-17	at Miami Dolphins	Week 11
1998 (1-1)	Oct 25, 1998	Miami Dolphins	12-9	at Miami Dolphins	Week 8
	Nov 23, 1998	New England Patriots	26-23	at New England Patriots	Week 12
1997 (0-3)	Nov 23, 1997	New England Patriots	27-24	at New England Patriots	Week 13
	Dec 22, 1997	New England Patriots	14-12	at Miami Dolphins	Week 17
	Dec 28, 1997	New England Patriots	17-3	at New England Patriots	Wild Card Postseason
1996 (1-1)	Sep 1, 1996	Miami Dolphins	24-10	at Miami Dolphins	Week 1
	Nov 3, 1996	New England Patriots	42-23	at New England Patriots	Week 10
1995 (1-1)	Sep 10, 1995	Miami Dolphins	20-3	at New England Patriots	Week 2
	Nov 12, 1995	New England Patriots	34-17	at Miami Dolphins	Week 11
1994 (2-0)	Sep 4, 1994	Miami Dolphins	39-35	at Miami Dolphins	Week 1
	Oct 30, 1994	Miami Dolphins	23-3	at New England Patriots	Week 9
1993 (1-1)	Nov 21, 1993	Miami Dolphins	17-13	at Miami Dolphins	Week 12
	Jan 2, 1994	New England Patriots	33-27	at New England Patriots	Week 18
1992 (2-0)	Oct 18, 1992	Miami Dolphins	38-17	at Miami Dolphins	Week 7
	Dec 27, 1992	Miami Dolphins	16-13	at New England Patriots	Week 17
1991 (2-0)	Oct 6, 1991	Miami Dolphins	20-10	at New England Patriots	Week 6
	Nov 10, 1991	Miami Dolphins	30-20	at Miami Dolphins	Week 11
1990 (2-0)	Sep 9, 1990	Miami Dolphins	27-24	at New England Patriots	Week 1
	Oct 18, 1990	Miami Dolphins	17-10	at Miami Dolphins	Week 7

1980s

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Site	Round
1989 (2-0)	Sep 17, 1989	Miami Dolphins	24-10	at New England Patriots	Week 2
	Dec 10, 1989	Miami Dolphins	31-10	at Miami Dolphins	Week 14
1988 (0-2)	Nov 6, 1988	New England Patriots	21-10	at New England Patriots	Week 10
	Nov 20, 1988	New England Patriots	6-3	at Miami Dolphins	Week 12
1987 (0-2)	Sep 13, 1987	New England Patriots	28-21	at New England Patriots	Week 1
	Dec 28, 1987	New England Patriots	24-10	at Miami Dolphins	Week 16
1986 (0-2)	Oct 5, 1986	New England Patriots	34-7	at New England Patriots	Week 5
	Dec 22, 1986	New England Patriots	34-27	at Miami Dolphins	Week 16
1985 (1-2)	Nov 3, 1985	New England Patriots	17-13	at New England Patriots	Week 9
	Dec 16, 1985	Miami Dolphins	30-27	at Miami Dolphins	Week 15
	Jan 12, 1986	New England Patriots	31-14	at Miami Dolphins	Conference Championship Postseason
1984 (2-0)	Sep 9, 1984	Miami Dolphins	28-7	at Miami Dolphins	Week 2
	Oct 21, 1984	Miami Dolphins	44-24	at New England Patriots	Week 8
1983 (1-1)	Sep 11, 1983	Miami Dolphins	34-24	at Miami Dolphins	Week 2
	Nov 13, 1983	New England Patriots	17-6	at New England Patriots	Week 11
1982 (1-1)	Dec 12, 1982	New England Patriots	3-0	at New England Patriots	Week 14
	Jan 8, 1983	Miami Dolphins	28-13	at Miami Dolphins	Wild Card Postseason
1981 (2-0)	Nov 8, 1981	Miami Dolphins	30-27	at New England Patriots	Week 10
	Dec 6, 1981	Miami Dolphins	24-14	at Miami Dolphins	Week 14
1980 (1-1)	Oct 12, 1980	New England Patriots	34-0	at New England Patriots	Week 6
	Dec 8, 1980	Miami Dolphins	16-13	at Miami Dolphins	Week 14

1970s

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Site	Round
1979 (1-1)	Oct 21, 1979	New England Patriots	28-13	at New England Patriots	Week 8
	Nov 29, 1979	Miami Dolphins	39-24	at Miami Dolphins	Week 14
1978 (1-1)	Oct 22, 1978	New England Patriots	33-24	at New England Patriots	Week 8
	Dec 18, 1978	Miami Dolphins	23-3	at Miami Dolphins	Week 16
1977 (1-1)	Nov 13, 1977	Miami Dolphins	17-5	at Miami Dolphins	Week 9
	Dec 11, 1977	New England Patriots	14-10	at New England Patriots	Week 13
1976 (1-1)	Sep 19, 1976	New England Patriots	30-14	at New England Patriots	Week 2
	Oct 31, 1976	Miami Dolphins	10-3	at Miami Dolphins	Week 8
1975 (2-0)	Sep 28, 1975	Miami Dolphins	22-14	at New England Patriots	Week 2
	Dec 1, 1975	Miami Dolphins	20-7	at Miami Dolphins	Week 11
1974 (1-1)	Sep 15, 1974	New England Patriots	34-24	at New England Patriots	Week 1
	Dec 15, 1974	Miami Dolphins	34-27	at Miami Dolphins	Week 14
1973 (2-0)	Sep 30, 1973	Miami Dolphins	44-23	at Miami Dolphins	Week 3
	Oct 28, 1973	Miami Dolphins	30-14	at New England Patriots	Week 7
1972 (2-0)	Nov 12, 1972	Miami Dolphins	52-0	at Miami Dolphins	Week 9
	Dec 3, 1972	Miami Dolphins	37-21	at New England Patriots	Week 12
1971 (1-1)	Oct 17, 1971	Miami Dolphins	41-3	at Miami Dolphins	Week 5
	Dec 5, 1971	New England Patriots	34-13	at New England Patriots	Week 12
1970 (1-1)	Sep 20, 1970	Boston Patriots	27-14	at Boston Patriots	Week 1
	Dec 6, 1970	Miami Dolphins	37-20	at Miami Dolphins	Week 12

1960s

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Site	Round
1969 (1-1)	Nov 9, 1969	Miami Dolphins	17-16	at Boston Patriots	Week 9
	Nov 30, 1969	Boston Patriots	38-23	at Miami Dolphins	Week 12
1968 (2-0)	Nov 24, 1968	Miami Dolphins	34-10	at Boston Patriots	Week 12
	Dec 8, 1968	Miami Dolphins	38-7	at Miami Dolphins	Week 14
1967 (1-1)	Oct 15, 1967	Boston Patriots	41-10	at Boston Patriots	Week 7
	Dec 17, 1967	Miami Dolphins	41-32	at Miami Dolphins	Week 16
1966	Nov 27, 1966	Boston Patriots	20-14	at Miami Dolphins	Week 13