Patriots-Dolphins Week 15 News & Notes
BOSTON (CBS) -- WBZ-TV's Levan Reid passes along some news and notes ahead of Sunday's Patriots-Dolphins showdown at Gillette Stadium.
- With a win over the Dolphins the Patriots will win their sixth straight division title. It will be their 14th division crown since Robert Kraft purchased the team in 1994.
- The Patriots have now reached 10 regular season wins for 12 straight years.
- New England has not been swept in a season series by a division opponent since 2000, when they lost both of their games to the Jets and Dolphins.
- Since 2001, the Pats are 65-18 against AFC East opponents. That's the best intra-division record of any team in the NFL.
- This will be the 99th meeting between the Pats and the Dolphins, with Miami holding a 52-46 series edge.
- The Patriots enter this week with 16 straight home wins against AFC East opponents.
- The Pats have swept their season series with the Dolphins nine times.
- Since Bill Belichick has been the head coach in New England, the Pats are 18-11 against the Dolphins.
- Tom Brady is 17-8 against Miami and 11-1 in home games against the Dolphins.
- Brady is 46-7 in the month of December, which is the best record in December among quarterbacks with at least 20 starts.
- Since 2000, the Pats are an NFL-best 52-9 in December.
- Julian Edelman has five career 100-yard games, including his 141-yard game against the San Diego Chargers last Sunday.
- The Patriots have four players who lead their position in Pro Bowl voting: Darrelle Revis, Rob Gronkowski, Stephen Gostkowski and Matthew Slater. Tom Brady is fourth among quarterbacks.
- The Pats have gone three straight games without allowing a second half touchdown. They have allowed just six total points in the second half of the last three games.
- Brady and Gronk have connected on 51 touchdowns, the second most in NFL history between a quarterback and tight end.
- Gostkowski needs just five points to pass Adam Vinatieri and become the Pats all-time scoring leader.
- The Pats have scored 66 points in the final two minutes of the first half in 2014. That's the most in the NFL.
- The Patriots have won 73 straight home games when leading at halftime.
Tune in to Sunday's Patriots-Dolphins game on 98.5 The Sports Hub and WBZ-TV— the flagship stations of the New England Patriots. The Sports Hub begins coverage at 10am, with three full hours of postgame reaction and analysis following the game! Coverage on WBZ-TV begins at 11:30am with Patriots GameDay, and continues with Patriots 5th Quarter immediately following the game.
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