INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Williams 14-52, Freeman 7-36, Ward 10-34. DOLPHINS: Williams 20-102, Brown 12-82, Polite 2-14, White 1-1, Ginn 1-0. PASSING BUCS: Freeman 28-16-196-1-1. DOLPHINS: Henne 31-17-175-1-1, White 1-0-0-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Winslow 7-102, Stovall 4-47, Stroughter 2-13, Graham 1- 16, Stevens 1-15, Clayton 1-3. DOLPHINS: Bess 4-72, Sperry 3-31, Haynos 3-17, Camarillo 2- 17, Brown 2-16, Williams 2-5, Hartline 1-17. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Black 1-3. DOLPHINS: Taylor 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Smith 6-171, Stovall 1-20. DOLPHINS: Ginn 5-90. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Smith 4-31. DOLPHINS: Bess 2-(-4), Ginn 1-7. SACKS BUCS: none. DOLPHINS: Wake 1-9, Anderson 1-4, Crowder 1-3.

The young Bucs came close to their second straight win under Josh Freeman with a spirited performance against their in-state rivals but fell just short thanks to a late Dolphin field-goal. With the game on the line the defense gave up a 25-yard pass on the first play, 9 yards on a pass interference call on the second and a 16-yard completion on the third. After Chad Henne spiked the ball to stop the clock, a 27-yard run by Ricky Williams set the stage for Dan Carpenter's 25-yard field goal with 10 seconds left. Connor Barth became the first Tampa kicker to have three successful 50+ yard field-goals in a single game and Freeman led a drive that put the Bucs ahead with 74 seconds left as Cadillac Williams went over from a yard out.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 Miami Dolphins 25 Sunday 15 November 2009 at Land Shark Stadium

SCORING TB 11:24-1Q Barth FG51 MIA 6:38-1Q Brown 1 run (kick blocked) MIA 7:19-2Q Carpenter FG49 TB 2:36-2Q Barth FG50 MIA 1:25-2Q Sperry 5 pass from Henne (Carpenter kick) MIA 0:05-2Q Carpenter FG30 TB 4:05-3Q Barth FG54 TB 14:53-4Q Stovall 33 pass from Freeman (Barth kick) MIA 6:04-4Q Carpenter FG45 TB 1:14-4Q Williams 1 run (Barth kick) MIA 0:10-4Q Carpenter FG25

GAME REPORTS Roy Cummings reports from Land Shark Stadium Martin Fennelly sees the growth of Josh Freeman How Rick Stroud saw the game unfold Gary Shelton knows there is reason to believe A disputed call turns out to be the decisive moment A record-breaking day for kicker Connor Barth Game notes and anecdotes Another look at some of the stories behind the action Scott Smith's official game report The official gamebook including the play-by-play

STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Penn LDE 96 Crowder LG 76 Zuttah UT 98 Sims C 52 Faine DT 95 Hovan RG 75 Joseph RDE 97 Wilkerson RT 65 Trueblood WLB 54 Hayes WR 80 Clayton MLB 51 Ruud WR 85 Stovall SLB 58 Black TE 88 Gilmore LCB 25 Talib FB 34 Graham SS 21 Piscitelli RB 24 Williams FS 36 Jackson QB 5 Freeman RCB 20 Barber SUBSTITUTIONS 8 D Johnson, 10 Barth, 18 Stroughter, 22 Smith, 27 Cox, 28 Ward, 29 Roberson, 33 Mack, 41 Lynch, 48 Economos, 50 McCoy, 53 Koutouvides, 57 Hayward, 69 Dotson, 71 Bennett, 82 Winslow, 86 Stevens, 87 Clark, 92 D.Moore, 93 Miller, 94 K.Moore DID NOT PLAY 11 J Johnson, 61 Compas GAMEDAY INACTIVES 7 Leftwich, 16 Figurs, 30 Mickens, 45 Pressley, 74 Murphy, 77 Lee, 89 Bryant, 91 White

COMMENTARY CREW Ron Pitts and John Lynch

GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip Connor Barth connected on his third 50+ yard field goal of the game Josh Freeman and Maurice Stovall hook up for a 33-yard touchdown Cadillac Wiliams puts the Bucs ahead late with a one-yard touchdown run