Miami Dolphins at New Orleans Saints
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Miami Dolphins | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 20 | |
| New Orleans Saints | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 10:25 | Miami Dolphins touchdown. Nik Needham 28 Yd Interception Return (Jason Sanders Kick) |
| 2:09 | Miami Dolphins field goal. Jason Sanders 48 Yd Field Goal |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 2:45 | New Orleans Saints field goal. Brett Maher 38 Yd Field Goal |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 5:10 | Miami Dolphins touchdown. Jaylen Waddle 1 Yd pass from Tua Tagovailoa (Jason Sanders Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 12:05 | Miami Dolphins field goal. Jason Sanders 34 Yd Field Goal |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Miami Dolphins | New Orleans Saints |
| Total first downs | 16 | 10 |
| First downs from rushing | 2 | 3 |
| First downs from passing | 10 | 5 |
| First downs from penalties | 4 | 2 |
| Third down | Miami Dolphins | New Orleans Saints |
| Third downs attempted | 15 | 12 |
| Third downs converted | 5 | 0 |
| Third down percentage | 33 % | 0 % |
| Fourth down | Miami Dolphins | New Orleans Saints |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 3 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 1 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 33 % |
| Offense | Miami Dolphins | New Orleans Saints |
| Total yards | 259 | 164 |
| Total rushing yards | 86 | 83 |
| Total passing yards | 173 | 81 |
| Total offensive plays | 59 | 51 |
| Average yards per play | 11 | 12 |
| Time of possession | 33:56 | 26:04 |
| Rushing | Miami Dolphins | New Orleans Saints |
| Total rushing plays | 30 | 23 |
| Total rushing yards | 86 | 83 |
| Average yards per rush | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
| Passing | Miami Dolphins | New Orleans Saints |
| Passes attempted | 26 | 20 |
| Passes completed | 19 | 12 |
| Average yards per completion | 6.0 | 2.9 |
| Passing touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| Penalties | Miami Dolphins | New Orleans Saints |
| Penalties committed | 7 | 7 |
| Penalty yards | 65 | 62 |
| Turnovers | Miami Dolphins | New Orleans Saints |
| Passes intercepted | 1 | 2 |
| Interception returns | 1 | 2 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Duke Johnson | 13 | 39 | 3.0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Phillip Lindsay | 13 | 36 | 2.8 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Myles Gaskin | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Tua Tagovailoa | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| New Orleans Saints | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Alvin Kamara | 13 | 52 | 4.0 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Mark Ingram II | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Tony Jones Jr. | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Ian Book | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Adam Prentice | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Tua Tagovailoa | 26 | 19 | 73 % | 198 | 7.6 | 1 | 1 | 2-25 | 41.9 |
| Jacoby Brissett | 0 | 0 | 0 % | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Ian Book | 20 | 12 | 60 % | 135 | 6.8 | 0 | 2 | 8-54 | 2.1 |
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Jaylen Waddle | 10 | 92 | 9.2 | 1 | 24 | ||||
| Mack Hollins | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 0 | 40 | ||||
| Durham Smythe | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Mike Gesicki | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Tommylee Lewis | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Myles Gaskin | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| New Orleans Saints | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Lil'Jordan Humphrey | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 0 | 56 | ||||
| Marquez Callaway | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Ethan Wolf | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Alvin Kamara | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Kenny Stills | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Nick Vannett | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Liam Eichenberg | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Tua Tagovailoa | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| New Orleans Saints | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Nik Needham | 1 | 28 | 1 | ||||||
| Brandon Jones | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| New Orleans Saints | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Marshon Lattimore | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Christian Wilkins | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elandon Roberts | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerome Baker | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zach Sieler | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brandon Jones | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jevon Holland | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emmanuel Ogbah | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Xavien Howard | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrew Van Ginkel | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Raekwon Davis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nik Needham | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Calvin Munson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Rowe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vince Biegel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mack Hollins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Byron Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sheldrick Redwine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Pete Werner | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zack Baun | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C.J. Gardner-Johnson | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cameron Jordan | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marcus Davenport | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shy Tuttle | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sharif Finch | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Braxton Hoyett | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| P.J. Williams | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marshon Lattimore | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paulson Adebo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marcus Williams | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Albert Huggins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Ingram II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bradley Roby | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ethan Westbrooks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Crawley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrew Dowell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Onyemata | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kawaan Baker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chase Hansen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Tommylee Lewis | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Ty Montgomery | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Jevon Holland | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Tommylee Lewis | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| New Orleans Saints | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Easop Winston Jr. | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Jason Sanders | 2/3 | 48 | 2/2 | 8 | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Brett Maher | 1/1 | 38 | 0/0 | 3 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Michael Palardy | 6 | 255 | 42.5 | 0 | 3 | 47 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Blake Gillikin | 7 | 316 | 45.1 | 0 | 2 | 54 | |||
Last updated on Sunday, January 2, 2022 8:52 AM.