Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30 Miami Dolphins 20
Sunday 19 November 2017 at Hard Rock Stadium
SCORING
TB
7:13-1Q
Murray FG30
MIA
4:23-1Q
Landry 2 pass from Cutler (Parkey kick)
TB
14:10-2Q
Murray FG30
TB
12:14-2Q
Howard 6 pass from Fitzpatrick (Murray kick)
TB
0:45-2Q
Jackson 4 pass from Fitzpatrick (Murray kick)
MIA
10:57-3Q
Parkey FG26
MIA
4:19-3Q
Parkey FG31
MIA
3:00-4Q
Stills 61 pass from Moore (Parkey kick)
TB
0:04-4Q
Murray FG35
TB
0:00-4Q
Glanton fumble recovery in endzone (Murray kick)
And then the Bucs made it two in a row. Once more it was against an AFC East team and once more it was a
case of being just a little bit better than another bad team. Four first half turnovers saw the Bucs take a 20-7
lead at the break when it should have been more and then a Miami second half comeback saw the scores tied.
A late Tampa drive took them into FG range and Patrick Murray’s 35-yard fieldgoal was the decisive score.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Martin 19-38, Fitzpatrick 3-9, Sims 1-3, Rodgers 1-3.
DOLPHINS: Williams 10-78, Drake 7-4, Cutler 1-1, Moore 1-0.
PASSING
BUCS: Fitzpatrick 37-22-275-0-2.
DOLPHINS: Cutler 12-6-83-3-1, Moore 28-17-282-0-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Evans 5-92, Howard 3-52, Sims 3-25, Godwin 2-38,
Jackson 2-28, Humphries 2-11, Barber 2-11, Martin 2-6, Brate 1-
12.
DOLPHINS: Stills 7-180, Landry 6-95, Thomas 4-30, Parker 4-26,
Williams 1-24, Drake 1-10.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Alexander 1-20, Evans 1-11, McClain 1-6.
DOLPHINS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Rodgers 2-53.
DOLPHINS: Grant 3-81, Williams 1-(-7), Landry 0-(-5).
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Humphries 1-7.
DOLPHINS: Landry 2-20, Grant 1-0.
SACKS
BUCS: McCoy 1-0.
DOLPHINS: Phillips 1-7.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
76 Smith
LDE
91 Ayers
LG
64 Pamphile
DT
93 McCoy
C
74 Marpet
DT
90 Baker
RG
73 Sweezy
RDE
95 Russell
RT
69 Dotson
MLB
58 Alexander
TE
80 Howard
WLB
54 David
TE
84 Brate
CB
36 McClain
WR
11 Jackson
LCB
24 Grimes
WR
13 Evans
RCB
29 Smith
QB
14 Fitzpatrick
SS
43 Ward
RB
22 Martin
FS
21 Evans
PLAYED
7 Murray, 9 Anger, 10 Humphries, 12 Godwin, 16 Martino, 23
Conte, 25 Barber, 26 Robinson, 32 Rodgers, 34 Sims, 35
Elliott, 37 Tandy, 51 Beckwith, 52 Lynch, 53 Glanton, 56 Tapp,
59 Bond, 62 E Smith, 65 Sanborn, 66 Wester, 82 Auclair, 94
Clarke, 98 McDonald.
DID NOT PLAY
4 Griffin
INACTIVES
3 Winston, 28 Hargreaves, 68 Hawley, 77 Benenoch, 88
Stocker, 92 Gholston, 96 Siliga
COMMENTARY CREW
Dick Stockton and Mark Schlereth
GAME REPORTS
Rick Stroud reports on a second straight ugly victory
Tom Jones sees a dark cloud hanging over the franchise right now
Grading the performances on and off the field
Greg Auman’s notes column starts with Patrick Murray
How Roy Cummings saw the game for Florida Football Insiders
The rookies come up big when the game was on the line
Scott Smith’s official game report
The NFL Gamebook and play-by-play
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Click on the boxes below to view the big plays
Kwon Alexander had one of the three interceptions off Jay Cutler in the first half
DeSean Jackson’s touchdown just before half-time put the Bucs ahead 20-7
Adarius Glanton recovered a fumble in the endzone on the final play of the game