The Miami Dolphins beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20-17 on Dec 28, 2025 at Hard Rock Stadium.
Final · Hard Rock Stadium
Top performers
- Baker Mayfield threw for 346 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions for the Buccaneers.
- Bucky Irving ran for 19 yards on 9 carries.
- Quinn Ewers threw for 172 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions for the Dolphins.
- De'Von Achane ran for 83 yards on 18 carries.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucky Irving | 9 | 19 | 0 | 12 |
| Baker Mayfield | 3 | 16 | 0 | 11 |
| Rachaad White | 2 | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| Sean Tucker | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| Team | 16 | 53 | 0 | 12 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen McMillan | 7 | 9 | 114 | 0 | 33 |
| Chris Godwin Jr. | 7 | 8 | 108 | 1 | 59 |
| Cade Otton | 4 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 13 |
| Mike Evans | 3 | 7 | 31 | 1 | 16 |
| Emeka Egbuka | 3 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 7 |
| Tez Johnson | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 17 |
| Bucky Irving | 5 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 7 |
| Rachaad White | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
| Sean Tucker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 44 | 346 | 2 | 59 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SirVocea Dennis | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Winfield Jr. | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yaya Diaby | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Parrish | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benjamin Morrison | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Braswell | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haason Reddick | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Hall | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lavonte David | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vita Vea | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamel Dean | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Elijah Simmons | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Gaines | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Izien | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tykee Smith | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deion Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Pierre-Paul | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 56 | 29 | 2.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Miami Dolphins box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| De'Von Achane | 18 | 83 | 0 | 18 |
| Jaylen Wright | 5 | 56 | 0 | 32 |
| Quinn Ewers | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Malik Washington | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Jaylen Waddle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Dulcich | 1 | -7 | 0 | -7 |
| Team | 30 | 141 | 0 | 32 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theo Wease Jr. | 1 | 1 | 63 | 1 | 63 |
| Greg Dulcich | 5 | 6 | 58 | 1 | 23 |
| De'Von Achane | 3 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 20 |
| Julian Hill | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| Jaylen Waddle | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Malik Washington | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Darren Waller | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 12 | 19 | 174 | 2 | 63 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Jones | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Marshall Jr. | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ashtyn Davis | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ifeatu Melifonwu | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordyn Brooks | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyrel Dodson | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Gay Jr. | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasul Douglas | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bradley Chubb | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kenneth Grant | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Phillips | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Sieler | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dante Trader Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K.J. Britt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chop Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zeek Biggers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 61 | 37 | 3.0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Before and after
- Buccaneers · 2025 season · Previous Dec 21, 2025: TB 20, CAR 23 · Next Jan 3, 2026: CAR 14, TB 16
- Dolphins · 2025 season · Previous Dec 21, 2025: CIN 45, MIA 21 · Next Jan 4, 2026: MIA 10, NE 38