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Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Miami Dolphins

Tampa Bay Buccaneers17

Miami Dolphins20✓

Final · Sunday, December 28, 2025 · 1:00 p.m. ET · Hard Rock Stadium

Head coaches: Todd Bowles (Buccaneers) · Mike McDaniel (Dolphins)

Linescore

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Buccaneers	7	0	3	7	17
Dolphins	7	10	0	3	20

Scoring summary

Clock	Play	Team	Detail	TB–MIA
Q1
5:27	TD	Buccaneers	Chris Godwin Jr. 5 Yd pass from Baker Mayfield (Chase McLaughlin Kick)	7–0
4:29	TD	Dolphins	Theo Wease Jr. 63 Yd pass from Quinn Ewers (Riley Patterson Kick)	7–7
Q2
8:18	FG	Dolphins	Riley Patterson 29 Yd Field Goal	7–10
1:43	TD	Dolphins	Greg Dulcich 11 Yd pass from Quinn Ewers (Riley Patterson Kick)	7–17
Q3
3:49	FG	Buccaneers	Chase McLaughlin 33 Yd Field Goal	10–17
Q4
14:15	FG	Dolphins	Riley Patterson 31 Yd Field Goal	10–20
0:50	TD	Buccaneers	Mike Evans 4 Yd pass from Baker Mayfield (Chase McLaughlin Kick)	17–20

Team stats

Stat	Buccaneers	Dolphins
First downs	21	13
Total yards	380	298
Yards per play	6.0	5.5
Passing yards	327	153
Comp / att	33/44	14/22
Rushing yards	53	145
Third down	6-13	4-12
Fourth down	2-2	0-0
Red zone	2-3	1-3
Turnovers	3	0
Penalties – yards	5-45	10-77
Sacks – yards lost	3-19	2-19
Possession	32:06	27:54
Plays	63	54

Also	Buccaneers	Dolphins
Passing first downs	14	6
Rushing first downs	5	7
First downs by penalty	2	0
Drives	10	11
Yards per pass	7.0	6.4
Interceptions thrown	2	0
Rushing attempts	16	30
Yards per rush	3.3	4.8
Fumbles lost	1	0
Defensive / special-teams TDs	0	0

Player lines

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
6Baker Mayfield	33/44	346	7.9	2	2	3-19	65.1	93.6

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
7Bucky Irving	9	19	2.1	12
6Baker Mayfield	3	16	5.3	11
1Rachaad White	2	10	5.0	7
44Sean Tucker	2	8	4.0	6
Team	16	53	3.3	12

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
11Jalen McMillan	7	114	16.3	0	33	9
14Chris Godwin Jr.	7	108	15.4	1	59	8
88Cade Otton	4	33	8.3	0	13	4
13Mike Evans	3	31	10.3	1	16	7
2Emeka Egbuka	3	20	6.7	0	7	5
15Tez Johnson	2	19	9.5	0	17	2
7Bucky Irving	5	14	2.8	0	7	6
1Rachaad White	2	7	3.5	0	6	2
44Sean Tucker	0	0	0.0	0	0	1
Team	33	346	10.5	2	59	44

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
6Baker Mayfield	2	1	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
8SirVocea Dennis	7	4	0	1	0	0
31Antoine Winfield Jr.	7	2	0	0	0	0
0Yaya Diaby	6	2	1	2	0	1
25Jacob Parrish	5	2	0	0	0	0
5Haason Reddick	4	3	0	1	0	0
43Chris Braswell	4	3	0	1	0	0
21Benjamin Morrison	4	2	0	0	1	0
90Logan Hall	3	3	1	1	0	2
54Lavonte David	3	2	0	0	0	0
50Vita Vea	3	1	0	0	0	0
88Cade Otton	2	2	0	0	0	0
96Greg Gaines	2	1	0	0	0	0
35Jamel Dean	2	1	0	0	1	0
29Christian Izien	2	1	0	0	0	0
92Elijah Simmons	2	1	0	0	0	0
23Tykee Smith	1	1	0	0	0	0
45Deion Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0
91Jason Pierre-Paul	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team	58	31	2	6	3	3

Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
19Kameron Johnson	3	75	25.0	27	0

Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
19Kameron Johnson	2	27	13.5	15	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS	Made from
4Chase McLaughlin	1/2	50.0	33	2/2	5	33

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
9Riley Dixon	3	126	42.0	0	2	58

Miami Dolphins

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
14Quinn Ewers	14/22	172	7.8	2	0	2-19	34.7	118.0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
28De'Von Achane	18	83	4.6	18
5Jaylen Wright	5	56	11.2	32
17Jaylen Waddle	1	7	7.0	7
14Quinn Ewers	4	5	1.3	7
6Malik Washington	1	1	1.0	1
85Greg Dulcich	1	-7	-7.0	-7
Team	30	145	4.8	32

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
81Theo Wease Jr.	1	63	63.0	1	63	1
85Greg Dulcich	5	58	11.6	1	23	6
28De'Von Achane	3	29	9.7	0	20	3
89Julian Hill	1	16	16.0	0	16	2
19Cedrick Wilson Jr.	1	8	8.0	0	8	2
6Malik Washington	1	4	4.0	0	4	3
83Darren Waller	1	0	0.0	0	0	3
17Jaylen Waddle	0	0	0.0	0	0	1
14Quinn Ewers	1	-6	-6.0	0	-6	1
Team	14	172	12.3	2	63	22

Fumbles

Player	FUM	REC
14Quinn Ewers	1	0
56Quinton Bell	0	1
Team	1	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
23Jack Jones	10	8	0	1	1	0
21Ashtyn Davis	7	5	0	0	2	0
33Jason Marshall Jr.	7	4	0	1	2	0
25Tyrel Dodson	5	4	1	1	0	0
9Ifeatu Melifonwu	5	3	0	0	0	0
20Jordyn Brooks	5	2	0	1	1	0
26Rasul Douglas	4	2	0	0	0	0
40Willie Gay Jr.	4	2	0	0	0	0
2Bradley Chubb	3	2	2	2	0	2
90Kenneth Grant	3	2	0	0	0	0
53Cameron Goode	3	1	0	0	0	0
92Zach Sieler	2	1	0	0	0	0
94Jordan Phillips	2	1	0	0	0	0
56Quinton Bell	2	0	0	0	0	0
16Jake Bailey	1	1	0	0	0	0
91Matthew Butler	1	1	0	0	0	0
11Dante Trader Jr.	1	1	0	0	0	0
31Ollie Gordon II	1	1	0	0	0	0
49Joe Cardona	1	0	0	0	0	0
3K.J. Britt	1	0	0	0	0	1
44Chop Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	0
93Zeek Biggers	1	0	0	0	0	1
Team	70	41	3	6	6	4

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS
33Jason Marshall Jr.	1	24
21Ashtyn Davis	1	21
Team	2	45

Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
6Malik Washington	1	47	47.0	47	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS	Made from
47Riley Patterson	2/2	100.0	31	2/2	8	29, 31

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
16Jake Bailey	5	236	47.2	0	1	58

Entering Week 17

The table after Week 16, the way the standings read when this game kicked off.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · 7-8 · 2nd in the NFC South

Miami Dolphins · 6-9 · 3rd in the AFC East

Officials and attendance

Attendance: 66,552

Officials: Field Judge Terry Brown · Referee Scott Novak · Umpire Mike Morton · Back Judge Tony Josselyn · Line Judge Mark Stewart · Side Judge Don Willard · Down Judge Brian Sakowski

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