Miami Dolphins TV Coverage Map: Week 8 vs Patriots

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What channel is the Dolphins game on? Miami Dolphins games on CBS and FOX are regional broadcasts — which game your local station shows depends on your TV market, not your TV package. This Dolphins broadcast map shows exactly which counties get each game. Updated

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What Channel Is the Dolphins Game On This Week?

Week 8New England Patriots at Miami DolphinsSun, Nov 1 · 4:25 PM ESTCBSRegional

New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins is on CBS (Sun, Nov 1 · 4:25 PM EST) — but only in some markets. It airs on local CBS stations in 168 counties across 12 TV markets, including Boston, Burlington-Plattsburgh, Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Hartford-New Haven, and Portland, ME. Everywhere else gets a different CBS game; the coverage map below shows exactly which counties get it.

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Shows the Miami Dolphins' most recent game, spotlighted against every other matchup sharing that Sunday's broadcast window, so you can see exactly which counties received it. Jump to the map ↓

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Every county in the country, shaded by how many times a Miami Dolphins game has aired there on record — the darker the shading, the more often it's happened. Jump to the map ↓

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Every individual county that carried the Miami Dolphins' most recent broadcast, with a link to that week's full map. Jump to the table ↓ Looking for an older Miami Dolphins game, or a different team entirely? Search the full historical data →

Dolphins TV Coverage Map: Week 8 vs Patriots (CBS, Nov 1)

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Where Patriots at Dolphins Is on TV: CBS TV Markets

Patriots at Dolphins airs on CBS in 168 counties across 12 TV markets in 8 states: Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and 2 other states.

The largest markets getting the Week 8 Dolphins game include Boston, Burlington-Plattsburgh, Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Hartford-New Haven, Portland, ME, and Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne.

The rest of the country gets another CBS game in that window: Chiefs at Broncos.

Map notes: This one's locked in tight to the Northeast—you'll definitely catch it in the Boston and Miami areas, plus all of Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. If you're in parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, or Vermont, there's a decent shot it's on your local CBS affiliate, but no guarantees.

All 12 TV markets that get Patriots at Dolphins

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Dolphins vs Patriots Week 8 TV coverage map (CBS, November 1, 2026)
Dolphins vs Patriots Week 8 TV coverage map (CBS, November 1, 2026). Shaded counties get the game on their local CBS station.

Dolphins TV Schedule 2026: Channels & Results

Every Miami Dolphins game this season and the TV channel it's on — final score once played, kickoff time before.

Week Date Opponent Network Result
1Sep 13@ Las Vegas RaidersFOXL 13–27
2Sep 20@ San Francisco 49ersFOXL 13–35
3Sep 27vs Kansas City ChiefsCBSL 10–24
4Oct 4@ Minnesota VikingsFOXL 10–15
5Oct 11vs Cincinnati BengalsFOXL 24–31
6—BYE——
7Oct 25@ New York JetsCBSW 28–25
8This weekNov 1vs New England PatriotsCBSSun, Nov 1 · 4:25 PM EST
9Nov 8vs Detroit LionsFOXSun, Nov 8 · 1:00 PM EST
10Nov 15@ Indianapolis ColtsCBSSun, Nov 15 · 1:00 PM EST
11Nov 22@ Buffalo BillsFOXSun, Nov 22 · 1:00 PM EST
12Nov 29vs New York JetsCBSSun, Nov 29 · 1:00 PM EST
13Dec 6@ Denver BroncosFOXSun, Dec 6 · 4:05 PM EST
14Dec 13vs Chicago BearsCBSSun, Dec 13 · 1:00 PM EST
15Dec 20@ Green Bay PackersFOXSun, Dec 20 · 1:00 PM EST
16Dec 27vs Los Angeles ChargersFOXSun, Dec 27 · 1:00 PM EST
17Jan 3vs Buffalo BillsCBSSun, Jan 3 · 1:00 PM EST
18Jan 10@ New England Patriots—1/10 - TBD

Dolphins All-Time Broadcast Footprint

Every county below is shaded by how many of the 19 mapped Dolphins regional broadcasts it carried — the darker the county, the more often. 7 counties carried all 19; 15 have never had one.

Data note: this map reflects broadcast records collected so far, covering the 2024 and 2026 NFL seasons. Use the Seasons menu on the map to show a single season or any combination.

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Hover or tap any county to see how many recorded Miami Dolphins broadcasts it's received, or use the search bar to look it up by county, city, or ZIP code instead.

Dolphins TV Coverage by the Numbers

Sports Maps has mapped 19 Dolphins regional broadcasts across the 2024 and 2026 NFL seasons: 11 on CBS and 8 on FOX. On average, each one reached 411 counties in 34 of the 210 TV markets — the 5th-narrowest regional reach in the NFL (league average: 944 counties).

Widest: Week 18, 2024 at Jets (FOX), 2,831 counties in 179 markets. Narrowest: Week 8, 2024 vs Cardinals (FOX), 23 counties in 7 markets.

By kickoff window: Late-window (4:05/4:25 p.m. ET) broadcasts averaged 64 markets (5 games); Single-game-window broadcasts averaged 21 markets (9 games); Early-window (1 p.m. ET) broadcasts averaged 26 markets (5 games).

Season by season: 12 games averaging 42 markets in 2024 and 7 games averaging 19 markets in 2026.

In the AFC East, that ranks 4th of 4. Average counties per regional broadcast for the rest of the division: Bills 1,763, Jets 597, and Patriots 569.

Not even the home market carried them all: Miami-Fort Lauderdale got 9 of the 19.

TV markets that carried the most Dolphins regional broadcasts
#TV marketGames carriedShare
1West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce19 of 19100%
2Fort Myers-Naples17 of 1989%
3Miami-Fort Lauderdale home9 of 1947%
4Hartford-New Haven7 of 1937%
5Springfield, MA6 of 1932%
6Panama City6 of 1932%
7Boston5 of 1926%
8Burlington-Plattsburgh5 of 1926%
9Tampa-St. Petersburg-Sarasota5 of 1926%
10Albany-Schenectady-Troy5 of 1926%

Dolphins TV Coverage FAQ

What channel is the Dolphins game on this week?

New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins is on CBS (Sun, Nov 1 · 4:25 PM EST) — but only in some markets. It airs on local CBS stations in 168 counties across 12 TV markets, including Boston, Burlington-Plattsburgh, Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Hartford-New Haven, and Portland, ME. Everywhere else gets a different CBS game; the coverage map below shows exactly which counties get it.

Is the Dolphins game on TV in my area?

Only if you're in one of the 12 TV markets CBS assigned it. New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins airs in Boston, Burlington-Plattsburgh, Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Hartford-New Haven, Portland, ME, Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, Bangor, and Providence-New Bedford, among others. Search your county, city or ZIP code on the coverage map above to check your exact location.

Why can't I watch the Dolphins game in my area?

Sunday afternoon NFL games on CBS and FOX are regional: each network airs several games at once, and each local station is assigned one of them based on its market. A typical Dolphins regional broadcast reaches about 34 of the 210 TV markets, so the rest of the country gets another game in that window. If your local station is showing a different game, the Dolphins game isn't available over the air where you are — out-of-market games are only available through NFL Sunday Ticket. National games (Sunday, Monday and Thursday nights) aren't affected.

Where do Dolphins games get shown the most?

Across the 2024 and 2026 NFL seasons, Miami Dolphins games have aired most consistently in the West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce, Fort Myers-Naples, and Miami-Fort Lauderdale TV markets. The all-time footprint map on this page shades every county by how often it's carried a Dolphins game.

Every County That Carried the Miami Dolphins' Latest Game

Pre-filtered to Miami Dolphins' latest game — CBS, November 1, 2026. Every filter below is fully adjustable, so you can broaden the date range, switch teams, or search by county. Open the full historical search →

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