NFL: TAMPA BAY at MIAMI <div class="pre">NFL HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- TAMPA BAY 7 10 17 MIAMI 14 0 14 HALFTIME SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: TAM - TD, CATO JUNE 2 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (MATT BRYANT KICK), 3:55. TAMPA BAY 7-0 MIA - TD, DAVID MARTIN 1 YD PASS FROM TRENT GREEN (JAY FEELY KICK), 13:08. TAMPA BAY 7-7 MIA - TD, JESSE CHATMAN 11 YD RUN (JAY FEELY KICK), 14:22. MIAMI 14-7 2ND QUARTER: TAM - TD, JOEY GALLOWAY 26 YD PASS FROM JEFF GARCIA (MATT BRYANT KICK), 3:20. TAMPA BAY 14-14 TAM - FG, MATT BRYANT 26 YD, 14:12. TAMPA BAY 17-14</div>
NFL: TAMPA BAY at MIAMI <div class="pre">NFL TAMPA BAY 17 MIAMI 14 14:55 LEFT, 3RD QTR MIA BALL ON MIA 21 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: TAMPA BAY at MIAMI <div class="pre">NFL TD MIA P.K. SAM 51 YD PASS FROM JOHN BECK (JAY FEELY KICK) TAMPA BAY 17 MIAMI 21 12:34 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>
NFL: TAMPA BAY at MIAMI <div class="pre">NFL TAMPA BAY 17 MIAMI 21 12:27 LEFT, 3RD QTR TAM BALL ON TAM 27 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: TAMPA BAY at MIAMI <div class="pre">NFL TAMPA BAY 17 MIAMI 21 10:32 LEFT, 3RD QTR MIA BALL ON MIA 41 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: TAMPA BAY at MIAMI <div class="pre">NFL TAMPA BAY 17 MIAMI 21 9:00 LEFT, 3RD QTR TAM BALL ON TAM 21 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: TAMPA BAY at MIAMI <div class="pre">NFL TAMPA BAY 17 MIAMI 21 5:44 LEFT, 3RD QTR MIA BALL ON MIA 17 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: TAMPA BAY at MIAMI <div class="pre">NFL TAMPA BAY 17 MIAMI 21 4:12 LEFT, 3RD QTR TAM BALL ON TAM 38 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: TAMPA BAY at MIAMI <div class="pre">NFL END, 3RD QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- TAMPA BAY 7 10 0 17 MIAMI 14 0 7 21 END, 3RD QTR SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: TAM - TD, CATO JUNE 2 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (MATT BRYANT KICK), 3:55. TAMPA BAY 7-0 MIA - TD, DAVID MARTIN 1 YD PASS FROM TRENT GREEN (JAY FEELY KICK), 13:08. TAMPA BAY 7-7 MIA - TD, JESSE CHATMAN 11 YD RUN (JAY FEELY KICK), 14:22. MIAMI 14-7 2ND QUARTER: TAM - TD, JOEY GALLOWAY 26 YD PASS FROM JEFF GARCIA (MATT BRYANT KICK), 3:20. TAMPA BAY 14-14 TAM - FG, MATT BRYANT 26 YD, 14:12. TAMPA BAY 17-14 3RD QUARTER: MIA - TD, P.K. SAM 51 YD PASS FROM JOHN BECK (JAY FEELY KICK), 2:26. MIAMI 21-17</div>
NFL: TAMPA BAY at MIAMI <div class="pre">NFL TD TAM EARNEST GRAHAM 6 YD PASS FROM BRUCE GRADKOWSKI (MATT BRYANT KICK) TAMPA BAY 24 MIAMI 21 14:11 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>
NFL: TAMPA BAY at MIAMI <div class="pre">NFL TAMPA BAY 24 MIAMI 21 14:05 LEFT, 4TH QTR MIA BALL ON MIA 24 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: TAMPA BAY at MIAMI <div class="pre">NFL TD MIA DEREK HAGAN 31 YD PASS FROM JOHN BECK (JAY FEELY KICK) TAMPA BAY 24 MIAMI 28 10:16 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>
NFL: TAMPA BAY at MIAMI <div class="pre">NFL TAMPA BAY 24 MIAMI 28 10:06 LEFT, 4TH QTR TAM BALL ON TAM 39 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: TAMPA BAY at MIAMI <div class="pre">NFL TD TAM PARIS WARREN 1 YD PASS FROM BRUCE GRADKOWSKI (MATT BRYANT KICK) TAMPA BAY 31 MIAMI 28 4:51 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>
NFL: TAMPA BAY at MIAMI <div class="pre">NFL TAMPA BAY 31 MIAMI 28 4:45 LEFT, 4TH QTR MIA BALL ON MIA 27 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: TAMPA BAY at MIAMI <div class="pre">NFL TAMPA BAY 31 MIAMI 28 3:52 LEFT, 4TH QTR TAM BALL ON MIA 30 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: TAMPA BAY at MIAMI <div class="pre">NFL TAMPA BAY 31 MIAMI 28 1:48 LEFT, 4TH QTR MIA BALL ON MIA 11 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: TAMPA BAY at MIAMI <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- TAMPA BAY 7 10 0 14 31 MIAMI 14 0 7 7 28 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: TAM - TD, CATO JUNE 2 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (MATT BRYANT KICK), 3:55. TAMPA BAY 7-0 MIA - TD, DAVID MARTIN 1 YD PASS FROM TRENT GREEN (JAY FEELY KICK), 13:08. TAMPA BAY 7-7 MIA - TD, JESSE CHATMAN 11 YD RUN (JAY FEELY KICK), 14:22. MIAMI 14-7 2ND QUARTER: TAM - TD, JOEY GALLOWAY 26 YD PASS FROM JEFF GARCIA (MATT BRYANT KICK), 3:20. TAMPA BAY 14-14 TAM - FG, MATT BRYANT 26 YD, 14:12. TAMPA BAY 17-14 3RD QUARTER: MIA - TD, P.K. SAM 51 YD PASS FROM JOHN BECK (JAY FEELY KICK), 2:26. MIAMI 21-17 4TH QUARTER: TAM - TD, EARNEST GRAHAM 6 YD PASS FROM BRUCE GRADKOWSKI (MATT BRYANT KICK), 0:49. TAMPA BAY 24-21 MIA - TD, DEREK HAGAN 31 YD PASS FROM JOHN BECK (JAY FEELY KICK), 4:44. MIAMI 28-24 TAM - TD, PARIS WARREN 1 YD PASS FROM BRUCE GRADKOWSKI (MATT BRYANT KICK), 10:09. TAMPA BAY 31-28 ATT:</div>
By Michael Snyder PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer MIAMI (Ticker) -- Trent Green had his best outing of thepreseason, outplaying counterpart Jeff Garcia, but the MiamiDolphins fell to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 31-28, in a preseasoncontest Saturday night. Green led the Dolphins' first-unit offense to a pair oftouchdowns and a 14-7 lead after one quarter. Named the starter by first-year coach Cam Cameron earlier in theweek, Green finished 7-of-11 for 42 yards with one touchdownand an interception that led to the Bucs' first touchdown. Garcia, meanwhile, was not sharp, completing just 4-of-10 passesfor 54 yards. He also had one touchdown and one interception. Miami's first drive ended badly when Cato June stepped in frontof Ronnie Brown for an interception of Green and an easy 2-yardtouchdown return. But Green came back and resembled the field general the Dolphinshoped they were getting when they traded for him in June. Hedrove Miami 73 yards on 18 plays to tie the game at 7-7 on a1-yard scoring pass to David Martin. On the drive, Green converted key third- and fourth-downcompletions to rookie Ted Ginn Jr. and also ran a quarterbacksneak for another. Following an interception by Matt Roth, that gave Miami a firstdown at Tampa Bay's 12-yard line, the Dolphins used sometrickery to score again. Green went back to pass and faked like he was throwing, butinstead used his left hand to give the ball to Jesse Chatman,who ran in from 11 yards out. It was the same play Boise Stateused to beat Oklahoma in last year's wild Fiesta Bowl. Garcia led the Bucs right back, knotting things again on a26-yard pass to Joey Galloway, who just came down with the ballin the back of the end zone. Matt Bryant's 26-yard field goal gave Tampa Bay a 17-14 lead atthe half. The second half was an aerial show between Miami rookie JohnBeck and Bucs second-year quarterback Bruce Gradkowski. Beck threw second-half touchdowns of 51 yards to P.K. Sam and 31yards to Derek Hagan. He finished 11-of-22 for 162 yards andtwo TDs. Gradkowski also had two second-half scoring passes - of 6 yardsto Earnest Graham and 1 to Paris Warren - en route to completing10-of-14 for 104 yards. Bucs receiver David Boston, who was charged with driving underthe influence early Thursday night, saw some action. The formerDolphin is trying to make a comeback after not playing lastyear. Miami's defense had All-Pros Jason Taylor and Zach Thomas in thelineup for the first time this preseason as Cameron opted tosit them out the team's first two contests. Linebacker JoeyPorter remains sidelined after arthroscopic knee surgery.
NFL: TAMPA BAY at MIAMI <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- TAMPA BAY 7 10 0 14 31 MIAMI 14 0 7 7 28 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 3:55 TAM - TD, CATO JUNE 2 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (MATT BRYANT KICK). TAMPA BAY 7-0. 13:08 MIA - TD, DAVID MARTIN 1 YD PASS FROM TRENT GREEN (JAY FEELY KICK). TAMPA BAY 7-7. 14:22 MIA - TD, JESSE CHATMAN 11 YD RUN (JAY FEELY KICK). MIAMI 14-7. 2ND QUARTER: 3:20 TAM - TD, JOEY GALLOWAY 26 YD PASS FROM JEFF GARCIA (MATT BRYANT KICK). TAMPA BAY 14-14. 14:12 TAM - FG, MATT BRYANT 26 YD. TAMPA BAY 17-14. 3RD QUARTER: 2:26 MIA - TD, P.K. SAM 51 YD PASS FROM JOHN BECK (JAY FEELY KICK). MIAMI 21-17. 4TH QUARTER: 0:49 TAM - TD, EARNEST GRAHAM 6 YD PASS FROM BRUCE GRADKOWSKI (MATT BRYANT KICK). TAMPA BAY 24-21. 4:44 MIA - TD, DEREK HAGAN 31 YD PASS FROM JOHN BECK (JAY FEELY KICK). MIAMI 28-24. 10:09 TAM - TD, PARIS WARREN 1 YD PASS FROM BRUCE GRADKOWSKI (MATT BRYANT KICK). TAMPA BAY 31-28. TAMPA BAY - MIAMI Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS TAMPA BAY MIAMI FIRST DOWNS 21 20 Rushing 7 6 Passing 12 13 Penalty 2 1 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 10-17-59% 8-16-50% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 2-4-50% TOTAL NET YARDS 334 333 Total offensive plays 68 69 Average gain per play 4.9 4.8 NET YARDS RUSHING 133 69 Rushing attempts 28 21 Average gain per rush 4.8 3.3 Tackles for loss-yards 1-5 2-7 NET YARDS PASSING 201 264 Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-14 3-17 Gross passing yards 215 281 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 37-19-1 45-26-1 Avg gain per pass play 5.0 5.5 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-1-0 5-3-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 5-37.8 3-45.0 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 31.2 39.7 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 35 27 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 3-33 1-16 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 5-143 6-141 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-2 1-11 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 8-65 4-25 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 2-1 TOUCHDOWNS 4 4 Rushing 0 1 Passing 3 3 Interceptions 1 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 4-4 4-4 Kicking: Made-Attempts 4-4 4-4 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-1 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-4-50% 2-2-100% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-3-67% 1-1-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 30:56 29:04 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS TAMPA BAY MIAMI RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- E GRAHAM 9 34 3.8 11 0 R BROWN 6 18 3.0 8 0 C WILLIAMS 4 25 6.3 14 0 R PERKINS 4 17 4.3 7 0 D BOSTON 1 18 18.0 18 0 C LEMON 1 17 17.0 17 0 J GARCIA 2 17 8.5 11 0 J CHATMAN 4 9 2.3 11 1 K DARBY 4 12 3.0 4 0 C SCHLESIN 3 4 1.3 2 0 B GRADKOWS 2 10 5.0 12 0 L BOOKER 1 2 2.0 2 0 L GATES 1 8 8.0 8 0 T GREEN 1 2 2.0 2 0 M PITTMAN 3 5 1.7 3 0 P COBBS 1 0 0.0 0 0 L MCCOWN 1 3 3.0 3 0 C SIMMS 1 1 1.0 1 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- B GRADKOWS 10-16-104 0 2 20 J BECK 11-22-162 0 2 51 L MCCOWN 5-10- 57 0 0 23 C LEMON 8-12- 77 0 0 21 J GARCIA 4-10- 54 1 1 26 T GREEN 7-11- 42 1 1 11 C SIMMS 0- 1- 0 0 0 0 Sacked-Yards Lost: L MCCOWN 2-14, Sacked-Yards Lost: J BECK 2-14, J GARCIA 1-0. C LEMON 1-3. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- P WARREN 3 27 9.0 15 1 L BOOKER 6 41 6.8 20 0 K HEINRICH 3 25 8.3 11 0 T GINN JR. 3 29 9.7 14 0 J GALLOWAY 2 39 19.5 26 1 P COBBS 3 11 3.7 4 0 C GESSNER 2 35 17.5 20 0 P SAM 2 60 30.0 51 1 M CLAYTON 2 24 12.0 23 0 C CHAMBERS 2 32 16.0 21 0 B ASKEW 2 15 7.5 11 0 R BROWN 2 16 8.0 9 0 E GRAHAM 2 14 7.0 8 1 M BOOKER 2 10 5.0 6 0 I HILLIARD 1 14 14.0 14 0 D HAGAN 1 31 31.0 31 1 M PITTMAN 1 12 12.0 12 0 C ANDERSON 1 28 28.0 28 0 M STOVALL 1 10 10.0 10 0 J PEELLE 1 11 11.0 11 0 J CHATMAN 1 9 9.0 9 0 K REED 1 2 2.0 2 0 D MARTIN 1 1 1.0 1 1 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C JUNE 1 2 2.0 2 1 M ROTH 1 11 11.0 11 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J BIDWELL 4 166 41.5 0 3 44 B FIELDS 2 91 45.5 0 0 48 M BRYANT 1 23 23.0 0 1 23 R FLINN 1 44 44.0 0 0 44 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C OWENS 2 15 7.5 12 0 L BOOKER 1 16 16.0 16 0 M JONES 1 18 18.0 18 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M JONES 3 93 31.0 40 0 L BOOKER 3 64 21.3 26 0 C OWENS 2 50 25.0 31 0 R BROWN 2 53 26.5 29 0 P COBBS 1 24 24.0 24 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- M BRYANT 4/4 1/1 J FEELY 4/4 0/1 Dist.: 26 Dist.: (54) O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ J JENKINS 0 0 1 0-0 P COBBS 1 1 0 0-0 G PETERSON 0 0 1 0-0 J BECK 1 0 0 0-0 S DAVIS 0 0 0 0-1 T ESERA 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ G PETERSON 3 3 0 2-14 S FIFITA 5 5 0 0-0 D BROOKS 3 3 0 0-0 D POPE 4 4 0 0-0 R BARBER 3 3 0 0-0 K SMITH 3 3 0 0-0 R NECE 3 3 0 0-0 T HARRIS 3 3 0 0-0 A HAYWARD 3 3 0 0-0 D SPRAGAN 3 2 1 0-0 C JUNE 3 2 1 0-0 Z THOMAS 2 2 0 0-0 T COX 2 2 0 0-0 Y BELL 2 2 0 0-0 G ADAMS 2 2 0 0-0 C BRYAN 2 2 0 0-0 J JENKINS 2 2 0 0-0 S MITCHELL 2 2 0 0-0 C HENDRICKS 2 2 0 0-0 J ALLEN 2 2 0 0-0 J WINBORN 2 1 1 0-0 R WRIGHT 2 2 0 0-0 B RUUD 2 1 1 0-0 M ROTH 2 0 2 .5-0 D NICHOLSON 2 1 1 0-0 A GBAJA-BIAMILA 1 1 0 1-6 Q BLACK 2 1 1 0-0 E MILES 1 1 0 1-8 G SPIRES 1 1 0 0-0 T TILLMAN 1 1 0 0-0 B KELLY 1 1 0 0-0 C VEDDER 1 1 0 0-0 C GESSNER 1 1 0 0-0 G POPE 1 1 0 0-0 K PEARSON 1 1 0 0-0 B SOI 1 1 0 0-0 M HAMILTON 1 1 0 0-0 P SOLIAI 1 1 0 0-0 A ZEMAITIS 1 1 0 0-0 A WRIGHT 1 1 0 0-0 J BOUKNIGHT 1 1 0 0-0 M BRUCE 1 1 0 0-0 J HAYE 1 1 0 0-0 C ANDERSON 1 1 0 0-0 C LUCAS 1 1 0 0-0 R HILL 1 1 0 0-0 R SIMS 1 1 0 0-0 C HARRELL 1 1 0 0-0 S DAVIS 1 1 0 0-0 T DANIELS 1 1 0 0-0 W ALLEN 1 1 0 0-0 M LEHAN 1 1 0 0-0 P CHUKWURAH 1 0 1 0-0 V HOLLIDAY 1 0 1 .5-0 B STORER 1 0 1 0-0 C WORRELL 1 0 1 0-0 S PISCITELLI 1 0 1 0-0 C HOVAN 1 0 1 0-0 - TEAM 0 0 0 1-3 Officials: Referee-Jeff Triplette, Umpire-Jim Quirck, Head Linesman-Steve Stelljes, Line Judge-Jeff Seeman, Field Judge-Duke Carroll, Side Judge-Greg Meyer, Back Judge-Greg Steed. Time of Game: 3:11</div>