Florida NFL teams square off in pre-season matchups

During the 2008 NFL pre-season, the three Florida teams will face one another during the coming weeks.

On Saturday, August 15, the Miami Dolphins defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars 19-14 at Jacksonville Memorial Stadium as Chad Pennington led the Dolphins on an eight-play, 57-yard scoring drive for the game's opening score.  The drive was capped off by a 4-yard touchdown run from Ricky Williams.

Chad Henne looked just as impressive in guiding Miami's offense to four scores over the final three quarters. He finished 17-of-26 for 133 yards with no interceptions and he and Pennington were never sacked.  The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Miami Dolphins, 17-6 on Saturday, August 8.

The Jaguars meet the Bucs on Saturday, August 23 in Tampa, to complete the round-robin, pre-season schedule between the Florida NFL teams.

Fans of Florida's NFL teams can show their support of their favorite squad by purchasing a Pro Sports License Plate.  Not only will fans be showing their support on the bumper of their car, but with the purchase of a pro sports license plate, they will be supporting a youth charity of their favorite team and sports in Florida.

During the 2007-08 fiscal year, the Florida Sports Foundation donated over $178,000 to designated youth charities of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Miami Dolphins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  Over $270,000 was donated to youth charities of all nine Florida professional sports teams with license plates.

Also through the sale of pro sports license plate, the Florida Sports Foundation awarded $359,500 in grants to 61 sporting events through the Regional Grant Program.  The 61 granted events brought over 165,000 visitors and $80 million in economic impact to the State of Florida.  The Foundation also gives grants to major sporting events in Florida such as Super Bowl games, Bowl Championship Series Games and the NCAA Final Four.

CLICK HERE for more information about Florida's collection of professional sports license plates.

All About the 2008 Sunshine State Games Sunshine State Games competitions have been completed for 2008.  CLICK HERE to see results of from than 30 amateur sports events in Florida.	Andrew Lahaye attempts a 16 -5 pole vault

	Florida Sports Foundation headlines
	2nd Southeast Sports Festival Highlights, August 1-3, Tallahassee  (3 page pdf document) | posted 8/13/08 Winter Haven's Otis Birdsong and other Florida legends to enter Florida Sports Hall of Fame this weekend at The Lakeland Center | updated 8/10/08 Former Sunshine State Games athlete Brian Olson named Olympic Team Captain  | posted 7/17/08 Video highlights from Sunshine State Games Fast Pitch Softball at softballmag.com  | posted 7/17/08 FSF awards 17 grants to Florida sports events | posted 6/20/08 Sunshine State Games returns to Polk County for 2009 Summer Games (pdf document)  | posted 6/9/08 FSF offers Speakers Bureau | posted 9/1/07 Sports equals $32 billion to Florida's economy | posted 2/20/06

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	upcoming events
	April-May, 2008 Sunshine State Games Sport Shooting Championships Various Locations May 16-18, 2008 Sunshine State Games Figure Skating Championships Incredible Ice, Coral Springs June 7-8, 2008 Florida's Sunshine State Games Adult Flag Football Championships Polk County June 13-15, 2008 Sunshine State Games Inline Hockey Championships Palm Beach Skate Zone, Lake Worth June 13-15, 2008 Florida's Sunshine State Games  2008 Summer Games Polk County July 12-13, 2008 Sunshine State Games/ASA Slow Pitch Softball State Championships Plant City Stadium & Randy Larson Four-Plex July, 18-20, 2008 Sunshine State Games Water Polo Championships Coral Springs Aquatic Center August 1-3, 2008 Southeast Sports Festival Tallahassee