The Bucs used a 21-point 4th quarter to pull away for a comfortable victory over their in-state rivals and upped their record to 4-1. Tom Brady had his first career 400-yard/5 TD game and spread the wealth around amongst his receiving corps. The injured-plagued secondary held up in the second half and every Buc player got in the game by the end.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Fournette 12-67, Jones 5-21, Bernard 4-21, Brady 1-13, Gabbert 3-(-1). DOLPHINS: Gaskin 5-25, Williams 1-7, Ahmed 2-5, Waddle 1-2. PASSING BUCS: Brady 41-30-411-0-5, Gabbert 3-3-41-0-0. DOLPHINS: Brissett 39-27-275-1-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Brown 7-124, Godwin 7-70, Evans 6-113, Fournette 4- 43, Johnson 3-42, Howard 2-19, Bernard 2-14, Jones 1-15, Brate 1-12. DOLPHINS: Gaskin 10-74, Gesicki 4-43, Williams 3-60, Waddle 2-31, Smythe 2-23, Ahmed 2-16, Shaheen 2-15, Hollins 1-10, Ford 1-3. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Dean 1-6. DOLPHINS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: none. DOLPHINS: none. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Mickens 1-0. DOLPHINS: Waddle 0-0. SACKS BUCS: Barrett 1.5-9, Vea 0.5-4, David 1-0. DOLPHINS: Baker 1-10, Phillips 1-5.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 45 Miami Dolphins 17 Sunday 10 October 2021 at Raymond James Stadium
GAME SCORING MIA 0-3 11:17-1Q Sanders FG23 TB 7-3 7:04-1Q Bernard 10 pass from Brady (Succop kick) MIA 7-10 3:16-1Q Gaskin 24 pass from Brissett (Sanders kick) TB 10-10 14:06-2Q Succop FG42 TB 17-10 11:01-2Q Brown 62 pass from Brady (Succop kick) TB 24-10 1:48-2Q Brown 4 pass from Brady (Succop kick) MIA 24-17 6:56-3Q Gaskin 1 pass from Brissett (Sanders kick) TB 31-17 14:57-4Q Fournette 5 run (Succop kick) TB 38-17 11:49-4Q Evans 34 pass from Brady (Succop kick) TB 45-17 8:57-4Q Evans 22 pass from Brady (Succop kick)
GAME REPORTS Rick Stroud sees Antonio Brown lead the way on a record-breaking day Hard to strut with a limp, but the Bucs defense is getting it done Tom Brady delivers another performance for the ages, and ageless Game notes and anecdotes How the Miami Herald saw the game unfold Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith DL 93 Suh LG 74 Marpet NT 50 Vea C 66 Jensen DL 92 Gholston RG 65 Cappa ILB 45 White RT 78 Wirfs ILB 54 David TE 80 Howard OLB 58 Barrett WR 81 Brown OLB 90 Pierre-Paul WR 13 Evans CB 5 Sherman WR 14 Godwin CB 35 Dean QB 12 Brady S 33 Whitehead RB 7 Fournette S 32 Edwards PLAYED 3 Succop, 8 Pinion, 9 Tryon-Shoyinka, 11 Gabbert, 18 Johnson, 25 Bernard, 26 Adams, 27 Jones, 28 Robinson, 29 Desir, 30 Delaney, 43 Cockrell, 46 Tinker, 48 Stuard, 49 Gill, 51 Minter, 52 Britt, 56 Nunez-Roches, 64 Stinnie, 70 Hainsey, , 84 Brate, 85 Mickens, 86 McElroy, 96 McLendon, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY INACTIVES 1 Darden, 2 Trask, 21 Vaughn, 31 Winfield, 60 Leverett, 79 O’Connor, 87 Gronkowski.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Giovani Bernard somersaulted into the endzone for the first Buccaneer touchdown Antonio Brown’s long score was a superb read and throw by Tom Brady Mike Evans’ second score capped a five-touchdown performance by the GOAT
COMMENTARY CREW Jim Nantz and Tony Romo
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 5 LA Rams 26 Seattle 17 Atlanta 27 NY Jets 20 Minnesota 19 Detroit 17 New Orleans 33 Washington 22 New England 25 Houston 22 Tampa Bay 45 Miami 17 Green Bay 25 Cincinnati 22 Pittsburgh 27 Denver 19 Philadelphia 21 Carolina 18 Tennessee 37 Jacksonville 19 LA Chargers 47 Cleveland 42 Chicago 20 Las Vegas 9 Arizona 17 San Francisco 10 Dallas 44 NY Giants 20 Buffalo 38 Kansas City 20 Baltimore 31 Indianapolis 25