New England Patriots vs Miami Dolphins

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Date & Time
Sun 12th December 1982 1:00pm Local
Sun 12th December 1982 6:00pm UTC

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Miami Dolphins @ New England Patriots

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League
NFL

Season
1982

Round
Round 14

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Location
Foxborough, MA
United States
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Schaefer Stadium

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The Snowplow Game was a regular-season game played between the Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots on December 12, 1982, at Schaefer Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Due in part to icy conditions.

The night before this game, heavy rains soaked the AstroTurf surface at New England's Schaefer Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The field froze over, and conditions were made worse when a snowstorm hit during the game. An emergency ground rule was put into play where the officials could call timeout and allow the ground crew to use a snowplow to clear the yard markers. Despite this rule, the ground crew could not plow often enough to keep the field clear.

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Result Description

Tthe game remained scoreless until late in the fourth quarter, when the snowplow operator was called in to clear a spot on the snowy field specifically for New England kicker John Smith so he could kick the game-winning field goal to give the Patriots a 3–0 win.