Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 Miami Dolphins 33 Sunday 1 December 1991 at the Orange Bowl
SCORING TB 7:49-1Q Cobb 2 run (Christie kick) MIA 14:45-2Q Duper 6 pass from Marino (Stoyanovich kick) MIA 10:32-2Q Stoyanovich FG41 MIA 4:08-2Q Higgs 19 run (Stoyanovich kick) MIA 0:18-2Q Martin 26 pass from Marino (Stoyanovich kick) MIA 8:40-3Q Stoyanovich FG24 MIA 3:45-3Q Stoyanovich FG19 MIA 3:38-4Q Stoyanovich FG30 TB 1:54-4Q Dawsey 17 pass from Testaverde (Christie kick)
The Florida derby ended with a third straight win for the Dolphins as Miami racked up 33 unanswered points including two TD passes from Dan Marino. Tampa Bay was outgained 468 yards to 258 in total offense and only Lawrence Dawsey's 100-yard game was a positive to take back north from Dade County.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Cobb 15-60, Anderson 1-(-1). DOLPHINS: Higgs 25-131, Smith 7-31, Paige 2-5, Logan 2-4. PASSING BUCS: Testaverde 39-21-224-1-1. DOLPHINS: Marino 32-20-307-0-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Dawsey 8-100, Hall 5-54, Carrier 3-30, G Anderson 2-24, Anthony 1-13, Drewrey 1-9, Cobb 1-(-6). DOLPHINS: Martin 5-106, Duper 5-47, Jensen 4-42, Edmunds 3- 47, Clayton 2-53, Smith 1-12. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. DOLPHINS: Oliver 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: G.Anderson 4-111. DOLPHINS: none. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: C.Carter 1-1, Drewrey 0-0. DOLPHINS: Miller 5-51. SACKS BUCS: Newton 1-10. DOLPHINS: Griggs 1-7, Turner 1-5, Klingbell 1-4.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 92 Manley LG 73 McHale DT 79 Davis C 61 Mayberry DT 96 Newton RG 62 Beckles DE 52 McCants RT 72 Taylor LLB 59 Murphy TE 82 Hall MLB 54 Solomon WR 80 Dawsey RLB 51 Thomas WR 88 Carrier LCB 29 Reynolds FB 20 Wilson RCB 44 C Carter RB 34 Cobb SS 23 M Carter QB 14 Testaverde FS 25 Covington PLAYED 2 Christie, 3 Royals, 22 Hampton, 24 Jones, 27 Fullington, 32 Highsmith, 33 Frizzell, 36 Hardy, 40 Anderson, 56 Anno, 57 Chamblee, 58 Tiggle, 64 Ryan, 66 Hall, 70 McRae, 76 Dill, 77 Nichols, 85 Anthony, 87 Drewrey, 89 Anderson DID NOT PLAY 7 Carlson, 69 Bruhin INACTIVE 4 O'Hara, 86 Thomas
COMMENTARY CREW Tim Ryan and Irv Cross