Dolphins vs Patriots Score: Patriots Rally From 13-3 Down to Beat Miami 24-19 at Hard Rock Stadium
Miami led 13-3 at halftime on a rain-soaked afternoon in Miami Gardens. Drake Maye threw two touchdown passes and ran for a third after the break, and New England held on 24-19 after a late Kevin Coleman Jr. touchdown and a failed two-point try.
The Miami Dolphins let a 10-point halftime lead wash away on Sunday, falling 24-19 to the New England Patriots at Hard Rock Stadium in a game the home team controlled for two quarters and lost in two quarters. Miami led 13-3 at the break; New England scored 21 straight points in the second half and survived a final Miami push in the last two minutes.
Drake Maye did the damage after halftime, going 9 of 10 for 146 yards in the second half and finishing 16 of 20 for 199 yards with two touchdown passes and a rushing score — his fifth consecutive game with at least three total touchdowns. He hit Kyle Williams for a 43-yard touchdown with 9:23 left in the third quarter to cut the lead to 13-10, ran in a 2-yard score with 59 seconds left in the third to put New England ahead 17-13, and — after Kevin Byard III intercepted a Malik Willis pass that deflected off DaQuan Jones' helmet — found DeMario Douglas for a 48-yard catch-and-run touchdown with 12:39 left in the fourth. Douglas caught three passes for 76 yards, and Rhamondre Stevenson added 82 rushing yards on 19 carries for a Patriots team playing without A.J. Brown and, from the second quarter on, without tight end Hunter Henry.
Willis finished 21 of 32 for 211 yards with two touchdowns and the one interception, and was sacked five times in the first half. Miami's last real chances came late: Zane Gonzalez missed a 43-yard field goal wide left with 6:45 left in the fourth, and after Willis found rookie Kevin Coleman Jr. for a 35-yard touchdown with 2:04 to play, the two-point try failed on an incomplete pass. New England recovered the onside kick and ran out the clock. Ollie Gordon II ran for 69 yards on 19 carries for Miami.
The loss drops the Dolphins to 1-6, their bid for back-to-back AFC East wins gone after the 0-5 start, while the Patriots improve to 5-3. Miami stays home next: the Detroit Lions visit Hard Rock Stadium on November 8.
