2025 · Week 17
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Miami Dolphins
Dec 28, 2025 · Pro Player Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
Miami Dolphins escaped with a 20–17 win over Tampa Bay Buccaneers. ScoutIndex had favored Dolphins (53%) going in. Dolphins improve to 7-9; Buccaneers fall to 7-9. Quinn Ewers was the story of the game with 172 passing yards and 2 TDs; 5 rushing yards. Buccaneers turned it over 2 times to Dolphins's 0.
Team stats
| TB | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | First downs | 13 |
| 399 | Total yards | 317 |
| 346 | Passing yards | 172 |
| 53 | Rushing yards | 145 |
| 33/44 | Comp / Att | 14/22 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 3 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
- Q1(5:31) (Shotgun) 6-B.Mayfield pass short middle to 14-C.Godwin for 5 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q14-C.McLaughlin extra point is GOOD, Center-86-E.Deckers, Holder-9-R.Dixon.
- Q1(4:37) (Shotgun) 14-Q.Ewers pass deep left to 81-T.Wease for 63 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q147-R.Patterson extra point is GOOD, Center-49-J.Cardona, Holder-16-J.Bailey.
- Q2(8:23) 47-R.Patterson 29 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-49-J.Cardona, Holder-16-J.Bailey.
- Q2(1:46) (Shotgun) 14-Q.Ewers pass short middle to 85-G.Dulcich for 11 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q247-R.Patterson extra point is GOOD, Center-49-J.Cardona, Holder-16-J.Bailey.
- Q2(:27) 4-C.McLaughlin 55 yard field goal is BLOCKED (93-Z.Biggers), Center-86-E.Deckers, Holder-9-R.Dixon.
- Q3(3:53) 4-C.McLaughlin 33 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-86-E.Deckers, Holder-9-R.Dixon.
- Q4(14:19) 47-R.Patterson 31 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-49-J.Cardona, Holder-16-J.Bailey.
- Q4(:54) (Shotgun) 6-B.Mayfield pass short left to 13-M.Evans for 4 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q44-C.McLaughlin extra point is GOOD, Center-86-E.Deckers, Holder-9-R.Dixon.
Box score
TB
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Mayfield | 33/44 | 346 | 2 | 2 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Mayfield | 3 | 16 | 0 |
| Bucky Irving | 9 | 19 | 0 |
| Rachaad White | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Sean Tucker | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen McMillan | 7 | 9 | 114 | 0 |
| Chris Godwin Jr. | 7 | 8 | 108 | 1 |
| Cade Otton | 4 | 4 | 33 | 0 |
| Mike Evans | 3 | 7 | 31 | 1 |
| Emeka Egbuka | 3 | 5 | 20 | 0 |
| Tez Johnson | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0 |
| Bucky Irving | 5 | 6 | 14 | 0 |
| Rachaad White | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Sean Tucker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
MIA
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinn Ewers | 14/22 | 172 | 2 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quinn Ewers | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| De'Von Achane | 18 | 83 | 0 |
| Greg Dulcich | 1 | -7 | 0 |
| Jaylen Wright | 5 | 56 | 0 |
| Jaylen Waddle | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Malik Washington | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinn Ewers | 1 | 1 | -6 | 0 |
| De'Von Achane | 3 | 3 | 29 | 0 |
| Theo Wease Jr. | 1 | 1 | 63 | 1 |
| Greg Dulcich | 5 | 6 | 58 | 1 |
| Julian Hill | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 |
| Cedrick Wilson Jr. | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Jaylen Waddle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Malik Washington | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Darren Waller | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |