Buccaneers vs. Miami Dolphins

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 Miami Dolphins 17

A combination of the previous week's poor performance and a back injury led to Vinny Testaverde's surprise replacement by Joe Ferguson as the starter.

Ferguson completed 26-of-37 passes for 291 yards and two touchdowns, and nearly led a fourth-quarter comeback. For the second week in a row, Buccaneer turnovers led to all of an opponents' scores. This time, running backs Kerry Goode, Lars Tate, and William Howard combined for four fumbles, leaving the team with a −20 giveaway/takeaway ratio for the season.

The Dolphins scored on two touchdown passes from Dan Marino to Mark Clayton, and a Tony Franklin field goal.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Dick Hantak
• UMPIRE: Gordon Wells
• LINE JUDGE: Ron Baker
• SIDE JUDGE: Gary Lane
• HEAD LINESMAN: Tom Johnson
• BACK JUDGE: Paul Baetz
• FIELD JUDGE: Bobby Skelton
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: Javck Fette

SCORING

• DOLPHINS: 07:39-3Q Clayton 5 pass from Marino (Franklin kick)
• DOLPHINS: 05:08-3Q Clayton 8 pass from Marino (Franklin kick)
• DOLPHINS: 03:21-3Q Franklin FG31
• BUCCANEERS: 10:42-4Q Tate 5 pass from Ferguson (Igwebuike kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 05:57-4Q Hill 27 pass from Ferguson (Igwebuike kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #88 M. Carrier
• LT: #74 P. Gruber
• LG: #68 R. Mallory
• C: #60 R. Grimes
• RG: #69 J. Bruhin
• RT: #72 R. Taylor
• TE: #82 R. Hall
• WR: #84 B. Hill
• QB: #12 J. Ferguson
• TE: #32 J. Wilder
• RB: #86 C. Magee

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #79 R. Davis
• NT: #95 C. Jarvis
• RE: #94 R. Goff
• LOLB: #59 K. Murphy
• LILB: #99 E. Marve
• RILB: #53 S. Coleman
• ROLB: #57 W. Moss
• LCB: #29 R. Reynolds
• RCB: #36 B. Futrell
• SS: #20 O. Harris
• FS: #39 H. Hamilton

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 1 Igwebuike, 13 Criswell, 22 R Jones, 27 Goode, 28 Brown, 34 Tate, 35 J Smith, 40 Elder, 43 Howard, 47 D Smith, 51 Washington, 52 V Jones, 55 Rolling, 56 Walker, 64 Thomas, 70 Swayne, 71 Cooper, 73 McHale, 78 Cannon, 80 Pillow, 85 Taylor, 97 Lee

DID NOT PLAY

• 14 Testaverde

INACTIVE

• 83 Clinkscales, 90 Holmes

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Howard 9-32, Tate 7-22, Wilder 5-14, D.Smith 3-7, Goode 2-4, Ferguson 1-0.
• DOLPHINS: Hampton 13-23, Bennett 5-21, Stradford 2-3, Marino 3-(-4).

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Ferguson 36-26-291-1-2.
• DOLPHINS: Marino 46-27-266-0-2.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Carrier 9-142, Hill 4-61, Magee 3-19, Tate 3-16, Hall 2-23, Howard 2-6, Pillow 1-12, D.Smith 1-8, J.Smith 1-4.
• DOLPHINS: Clayton 7-80, Edmunds 4-53, Duper 4-52, Hampton 4-19, Jensen 2-25, Banks 2-18, Davenport 2-13, Stradford 2-6.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• DOLPHINS: Graf 1-14.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Elder 2-38, D.Smith 1-16, J.Smith 1-16.
• DOLPHINS: Cribbs 3-73.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Futrell 4-30.
• DOLPHINS: Schwedes 2-2.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• DOLPHINS: Cline 1-8.

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