The Dolphins' 2012 schedule

Every team is mandated to have at least one prime-time game in 2012, and that’s all the Dolphins will get. And that game will come on the road. At home, it’s seven 1 p.m. and a 4:15 p.m. start against the Oakland Raiders in Week 2 on Sept. 16.

The Dolphins will not have to play three road games in a row at any point, nor do they have three consecutive home games. The bye comes in Week 6, on the weekend of Oct. 21.

Here is the Dolphins’ 2012 regular season schedule:

Week 1 — Sept. 9 at Houston, 1 p.m.

Week 2 — Sept. 16, OAKLAND, 1 p.m.

Week 3 — Sept. 23, N.Y. JETS, 1 p.m.

Week 4 — Sept 30, at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.

Week 5 — Oct. 7, at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Week 6 — Oct. 14, St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Week 7 — Oct. 21, Bye

Week 8 — Oct. 28, at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

Week 9 — Nov. 4, at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Week 10 — Nov. 11, Tennessee, 1 p.m.

Week 11 — Nov. 15, at Buffalo, 8:20 p.m. (Thur.)

Week 12 — Nov. 25 — SEATTLE, 1 p.m.

Week 13 — Dec. 2, NEW ENGLAND, 1 p.m.

Week 14 — Dec. 9, at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

Week 15 — Dec. 16, JACKSONVILLE, 1 p.m.

Week 16 — Dec. 23, BUFFALO, 1 p.m.

Week 17 — Dec. 30, at New England, 1 p.m.