Dolphins to Get Hammered Tonight: Check the Record

The Dolphins home opener is tonight at Sun Life Stadium.Everybody in the world is talking about the keys to the game. Can Chad Henne pass? Can Reggie Bush run? Can that damn defensive line get to that damn pretty boy... um, what's his name... Brady?Well, forget about it. Brady has beat us...

By Chuck Strouse

September 12, 2011

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The Dolphins home opener is tonight at Sun Life Stadium.

Everybody in the world is talking about the keys to the game. Can Chad Henne pass? Can Reggie Bush run? Can that damn defensive line get to that damn pretty boy... um, what's his name... Brady?

Well, forget about it. Brady has beat us the past couple meetings, and the game before that was a miraculous comeback. Moreover, the Dolphins barely won at home last year. On the road, yes, but not en casa. And the line is Patriots by 4.

Sure, I would like to see Brandon Marshall clean up. And Jake Long, the big tackle, is finally back in action. And hey, they looked pretty good versus Carolina and the Cowboys. But that was the preseason.

So I am buying beer and hunkering down. What team do we play next week? The Texans. Maybe we can beat them.

Here's the past record (from the Patriots' perspective), or at least what I could gather of it.

2011 (Jan. 2)

Patriots 38-7

2010
Patriots 41-14

2009

Patriots 27-17

Dolphins 22-21

2008

Dolphins 38 13
Patriots 48-28

2007
Patriots 49-28
Patriots - W 28-7

2006
Patriots 20-10
@ Dolphins - 21-0

2005
Patriots 23-16
Dolphins 28-26

2004
Patriots 24-10
@ Dolphins - 29-28

2003
Patriots 19-13
Patriots 12-0

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Chuck Strouse is the former editor in chief of Miami New Times. He has shared two Pulitzer Prizes and won dozens of other awards. He is an honors graduate of Brown University and has worked at newspapers including the Miami Herald and Los Angeles Times.

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