Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 Miami Dolphins 13 Sunday 10 December 2000 at Pro Player Stadium
SCORING MIA 4:22-1Q Mare FG35 TB 14:50-2Q Duncan 31 interception return (Gramatica kick) TB 0:12-2Q Gramatica FG38 MIA 8:25-3Q Mare FG31 MIA 4:22-3Q Smith 1 run (Mare kick) TB 11:00-4Q Gramatica FG30 TB 8:30-4Q Gramatica FG46
GAME REPORTS Rick Stroud reports from Pro Player Stadium Defense couldn't pick better time to be great again Click here for how the Miami Sun-Sentinel saw the game Click here for the official gamebook and play-by-play
It was an ugly win in a wet Joe Robbie Stadium but thanks to four Jay Fiedler interceptions, the last of which ended Miami's hopes a game-winning fieldgoal, the Bucs won their third straight game. "We call it Bucs ball," Warren Sapp said. "It ain't always pretty. It's not much to sell tickets for. But it's a win, and they all count the same."
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Dunn 28-59, King 6-27, Abdullah 4-14. DOLPHINS: Smith 23-79, Denson 2-3, Fiedler 2-2. PASSING BUCS: King 15-11-147-1-0. DOLPHINS: Fiedler 28-13-175-4-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Dunn 6-84, Johnson 4-41, Moore 1-22. DOLPHINS: Martin 5-67, Gadsden 4-75, Konrad 2-21, Smith 1-8, McDuffie 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Duncan 1-31, Quarles 1-5, Abraham 1-0, Robinson 1-0. DOLPHINS: Walker 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Williams 2-32, Abdullah 1-16. DOLPHINS: Denson 3-64, Johnson 1-26. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Williams 3-10. DOLPHINS: Ogden 2-9. SACKS BUCS: Cannida 1-5. DOLPHINS: Armstrong 1-13, Thomas 1-3, Surtain 1-3, Gardener 0.5-3.5, Taylor 0.5-3.5.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 69 Pierson DE 72 Ahanotu LG 64 McDaniel DT 92 McFarland C 62 Christy DT 99 Sapp RG 73 Middleton DE 78 Jones RT 71 Wunsch LLB 53 Quarles TE 83 Moore MLB 59 Duncan WR 19 Johnson RLB 55 Brooks WR 81 Green LCB 21 Abraham FB 48 Kirby RCB 20 Barber RB 28 Dunn SS 47 Lynch QB 10 King FS 24 Robinson PLAYED 3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 25 Kelly, 27 Abdullah, 31 Young, 33 Vance, 34 Jackson, 46 Gibson, 50 Gooch, 52 Webster, 58 Davis, 68 Unutoa, 75 Washington, 79 Hegamin, 80 Yoder, 82 Hape, 85 Anthony, 86 Williams, 94 White, 97 Jackson, 98 Cannida DID NOT PLAY 15 Zeier, 60 Coleman INACTIVES 14 Hamilton, 22 Stecker, 40 Alstott, 51 Singleton, 65 Dogins, 76 Curry, 87 Murphy, 95 McLaughlin
COMMENTARY CREW Dick Stockton and Matt Millen