Buccaneers–Dolphins rivalry
Season Day Date Visiting team Home team Site
1976 Sunday October 24 Dolphins 23 Buccaneers 20 Tampa Stadium
1982 Monday November 29 Dolphins 17 Buccaneers 23 Tampa Stadium
1985 Sunday October 20 Buccaneers 38 Dolphins 41 Orange Bowl
1988 Sunday October 30 Dolphins 17 Buccaneers 14 Tampa Stadium
1991 Sunday December 1 Buccaneers 14 Dolphins 33 Joe Robbie Stadium
1997 Sunday September 21 Dolphins 21 Buccaneers 31 Houlihan 's Stadium
2000 Sunday December 10 Buccaneers 16 Dolphins 13 Pro Player Stadium
2005 Sunday October 16 Dolphins 13 Buccaneers 27 Raymond James Stadium
2009 Sunday November 15 Buccaneers 23 Dolphins 25 Land Shark Stadium
2013 Monday November 11 Dolphins 19 Buccaneers 22 Raymond James Stadium
2017 Sunday November 19 Buccaneers 30 Dolphins 20 Hard Rock Stadium
Game results -- Regular season results
Tampa Bay leads the series 6-5-0
The Buccaneers-Dolphins rivalry is between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. It is an in-state, interconference matchup between the two oldest NFL teams in the state of Florida. It has been active in most years since the Buccaneers joined the league as an expansion team in 1976. The rivalry is mostly a mainstay of the preseason, as the teams have been in different conferences since 1977 and as such only play each other during the regular season once every four years. The Dolphins are part of the AFC East. The Buccaneers are currently part of the NFC South. According to the current NFL scheduling format, the two teams play each other every four years during the regular season, rotating the host site each meeting. In addition, the two clubs play each other during the preseason nearly every year, with the site rotating on a mostly regular basis. The two teams have never met in the playoffs. Currently, the only circumstance in which the two teams could meet during the postseason would be in the Super Bowl. The eleven regular season meetings have been characterized in most cases as relatively low-scoring affairs, and oftentimes close. Nine of the eleven have been decided by ten or fewer points, while six have been decided by a field goal.