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BY ART MARTONE
Journal Sports Editor
The Patriots suffered the second-most lopsided defeat of the Bill Belichick Era Sunday afternoon, as they were stunned by the Miami Dolphins -- losers of 20 of their last 21 games -- by an astounding 38-13 score.
The Patriot defense was shredded by the previously silent Miami offense, as the Dolphins -- led by Ronnie Brown's four touchdowns and one touchdown pass, and 141 all-purpose yards -- ran up 461 total net yards and put together scoring drives of 74, 79, 77, 79 and 85 yards.
The 25-point loss, which snapped the Pats' NFL-record 21-game regular-season winning streak, was the Pats' second-biggest margin of defeat since Belichick became New England's coach in 2000. The only one bigger was the 31-0 loss at Buffalo in the opening game of the 2003 season. They'd also lost by 25 to the Lions, 34-9, in Detroit on Thanksgiving Day 2000.
Much, much more to come during the course of the evening . . .
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