Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 Miami Dolphins 20 Sunday 28 December 2025 at Hard Rock Stadium
NFC SOUTH STANDINGS Carolina Panthers 8-8 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7-9 Atlanta Falcons 7-9 New Orleans Saints 6-10
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Kenny Albert and Jonathan Vilma
The second-half season collapse continued with a fourth straight loss. All the same traits were there, offensive woes, lack of pass rush and defensive lapses. After a long scoring drive to open the game, the offense disappeared until the final minute when it was too late. Two fourth quarter drives ended in turnovers. With Carolina losing, the division title is still up for grabs but the confidence level is almost nil after this loss to Miami,
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Chukwuma DL 50 Vea LG 60 Jordan DL 95 Roberts C 62 Barton DL 90 Hall RG 65 Feeney OLB 5 Reddick RT 67 Goedecke ILB 54 David TE 88 Otton ILB 8 Dennis TE 87 Durham OLB 0 Diaby WR 14 Godwin CB 21 Morrison WR 13 Evans CB 35 Dean QB 6 Mayfield S 23 Smith RB 7 Irving S 31 Winfield PLAYED 1 White, 2 Egbuka, 3 Walker, 4 McLaughlin, 9 Dixon, 11 McMillan, 15 T Johnson, 19 K Johnson, 22 Vildor, 25 Parrish, 29 Izien, 32 Hayes, 43 Braswell, 44 Tucker, 45 Jones, 48 Gray, 58 Watts, 72 Haggard, 77 Heck, 79 Klein, 82 Culp, 86 Deckers, 91 Pierre-Paul, 92 Simmons, 96 Gaines DID NOT PLAY 10 Bridgewater INACTIVES 16 Bazelak, 17 Shepard, 38 Wisdom, 57 Bullock, 78 Wirfs, 98 Nelson
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Chris Godwin’s touchdown catch capped an impressive opening drive His 61-yard catch and run late in the game set up the second Buc TD But Mike Evans’ touchdown came too late to affect the final result
GAME SCORING TB 5:27-1Q Godwin 5 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin) MIA 4:29-1Q Wease 63 pass from Ewers (Patterson) MIA 8:18-2Q Patterson FG29 MIA 1:43-2Q Dulcich 11 pass from Ewers (Patterson) TB 3:49-3Q McLaughlin FG33 MIA 14:15-4Q Patterson FG31 TB 0:50-4Q Evans 4 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin)
GAME REPORTS Bucs aren’t dead in playoff race but show little life vs. Dolphins NFC ‘Ouch’ still up for grabs as Bucs, Panthers lose Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 17 Tampa Bay 17 Miami 20 Dallas 30 Washington 23 Minnesota 23 Detroit 10 Denver 20 Kansas City 13 Houston 20 LA Chargers 16 Baltimore 41 Green Bay 24 Seattle 27 Carolina 10 Cincinnati 37 Arizona 14 Cleveland 13 Pittsburgh 6 Jacksonville 23 Indianapolis 17 New England 42 NY Jets 10 New Orleans 34 Tennessee 26 NY Giants 34 Las Vegas 10 Philadelphia 13 Buffalo 12 San Francisco 42 Chicago 38 Atlanta 27 LA Rams 24
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Irving 9-19, Mayfield 3-16, White 2-10, Tucker 2-8. DOLPHINS: Achane 18-83, Wright 5-56, Waddle 1-7, Ewers 4-5, Washington 1-1, Dulcich 1-(-7). PASSING BUCS: Mayfield 44-33-346-2-2. DOLPHINS: Ewers 22-14-172-0-2. RECEIVING BUCS: McMillan 7-114, Godwin 6-108, Irving 5-14, Otton 4-33, Evans 3-31, Egbuka 3-20, T.Johnson 2-19, White 2-7. DOLPHINS: Dulcich 5-58, Achane 3-29, Wease 1-63, Hill 1-16, Wilson 1-8, Washington 1-4, Waller 1-0, Ewers 1-(-6). INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. DOLPHINS: Marshall 1-24, Davis 1-21. KICK RETURNS BUCS: K.Johnson 3-75. DOLPHINS: Washington 1-47. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: K.Johnson 2-27. DOLPHINS: Washington 0-0. SACKS BUCS: Hall 1-10, Diaby 1-9. DOLPHINS: Chubb 2-12, Dodson 1-7.