Every time I watch these old Dolphin clips, I have to wonder why they ever changed their uniforms. They went from one of the best uniforms ever, to one of the worst.
Couldn't agree more. I refuse to wear anything g with that shitty new logo. Not only is it lame, by switching the design, they've robbed us of the past. The Dolphins have been crap on a plate since Marino retired. Having the real logo would at least give fans a link to past greatness while we suffer what the team has become. I think it's time for a movement to get the real logo back.
Defenders really paid a price trying to tackle “Zonk”. Seems like he always delivered the hit on them, not the other way around. Jake Scott was a heck of a ball hawk. Great team those Dolphins!
Cincinnati Red; Yes, believe so - he delivered an elbow shiver to the head of a Buffalo defender running down the sideline. Can’t remember where I saw it.
If Dick Anderson hadn't blown out his knee in 1975, he would not only be in the HoF, but would be mentioned along side Ronnie Lott as the best safety ever to play the game. In 73 he has 8 INTs for 163 yards and 2 TDs,. The previous season he had 5 fumble recoveries.
R.I.P. Don Shula🙏☝️👉SO privileged & honored to be old enough to possess yearsss of memories of the greatest coach..... And singular LEGEND John Facenda’s rarified, immortal voice will never ever be equaled, whether in the booth or highlights ~ never☝️☝️
Back in these days...The Dolphins earned the voice of Facenda... Remember, Facenda didn't do all 28 Teams Season Highlights.... But the Dolphins had earned the right of NFL Hierarchy!
I respectfully disagree with that assessment of this unquestionably Great Dolphins dynasty continuing, especially if the aforementioned Warfield ,Csonka ,Kick , collaboration had remained in Miami after 74 . Csonka wasn't ever capable of capturing his 1000 yd proficiency again , attrition and suttle age reduced his elite impact , Kick for as good as he was as a utility package ,was just that ,a utility package player , historically underated Warfield once he returned to the NFL with the Browns never caused the decades and possibly greatest dynasty ever Pittsburgh any excessive problems like he did prior with the Dolphins . The Dolphins were vanquished by the Raiders in 74 ,the Steelers obviously beat that same team to advance to and eventually win their first SB .There wasn't a matchup that the Dolphins possessed even with those declining but still solid players that would have dented that legendary Steel Curtain . Pittsburghs combination of youth , burgeoning.hof talent through it's roster by the mid 70's was a impossible barrier to hurdle when they were psychologically locked in " exception being 77 " the Franco ,Blier injury dismissing them from the 76 conference championship game vs Oakland played a pivotal role in Pittsburghs loss ,otherwise 5 Lombardi trophy's would have decorated Three Rivers Stadium by the end of the 70's . The Dolphins actually did a remarkable job of reloading the roster with RB Bennie Malone ,Wr's Freddie Solomon ,Natt Moore , and retooled the defense into a excellent unit ,and still got dismantled by Pittsburgh , particularly inthe 79 divisional round 34-14 ,which happened to be the last season semblance ever of the Steelers dynasty and they still dominated a solid Dolphins team . The Dolphins dynasty deserves it's flowers ,i objectively believe that they were versatile and deep enough to play in Any Era and capture a SB ,despite nonobective popular perception by some irrational so called pundits ,they were a frightening machine that simply snatched any inkling a team has of defeating them away like a merciless school bully . Great from top to bottom franchise , ownership ,front office ,coach ,staffing ,players and yes that vastly underrated fan base waving those white towels ,singing that Dolphins fight song in support of the team . Greatest compliment you can pay to a dominant champ is that they were so good they were boring , for audiences who had no dog inthe fight ,just nonpartisan observers who wanted to be entertained . A truly remarkable team.indeed ,one that is unfortunately.miscast as being one dimensional and was successful only because they came along when there were no dynasty's devoloped inthe AFC yet to challenge them or they become old " chiefs ,colts " ,all lies ,the Dolphins were quite frankly just that great . They however weren't good enough hold off the Steelers dynasty by 74 .The 72 Steelers who loss to the undefeated Dolphins inthe conference championship game didn't have 5 eventual hofers on that roster untill 74 ,Bradshaw hadn't quite matured into the Hof QB and league MVP, 2 time SB MVP he eventually became , by the mid ,70's the Steelers were to deep, versatile ,had too many ultra talented ,great players in their prime collaborated with elite veterans who could all take over a game individually or blend into the team concept and defeat any opponent .
@@haroldmccoy6748 Good analysis. But there's lots of if's, and's, or but's, and shoulda coulda woulda's when discussing the past. Miami most likely would have been the team of the decade and the best dynasty ever if the Raiders didn't win on a last-ditch desperation play in the Sea of Hands game. The AFC championship game would have been played in Miami, where the Dolphins would have probably won considering how immense their home-field advantage was. They won 31 in a row from 1971-1975. This isn't to say they were better than Pittsburg in 1974, but the best team doesn't always win. That would have had Miami going to 4 SBs in a row and the only team to ever threepeat, in addition to the undefeated season.
@@haroldmccoy6748 I agree there was no way to prevent the Steelers from becoming the Team of the 70s. Certainly by 1975 they would've beaten the Dolphins even if their stars had not bolted to the WFL, but I think if Miami had beaten the Raiders in the 74 playoffs, they would've defeated the Steelers in the AFC Championship Game. Talented as they were they were still too young. (And if Miami had reached the Super Bowl, does anyone seriously think the Vikings could've done anything against them??)
The 1972 Dolphins were no fluke. No team ever did in a single season, in history, what they did. And I'm not taking about going undefeated. Number 1 in Offense Number 1 in Defense Number 1 in Points Scored Number 1 in Fewest Points Allowed Number 1 in Special Teams Number 1 in Most Takeaways (Turnovers) Number 1 in Fewest Giveaways (Turnovers) Least Penelized Team Greatest Rushing Attack in NFL History 3,000 yards in a 14 game season THEY WERE A MACHINE I would put them up against any team in history. In 1973, they were even better than 1972, winning another SuperBowl. In those 2 years there record was 32-2, a winning percentage of 94.12% Throw in 1974 & there record is 43-5. a winning percentage of 90.0% No one comes close!
Don Shula was alleged to have said that had the Dolphins beaten the Raiders in the second game of the 1973 season, he would have played the game against the Colts, the Dolphins second loss of the season, much more differently. Shula pretty much emptied the bench in that game.
they had 12 pro-bowlers in 1973 lol --in terms of accomplishments and statistics, they were the greatest team ever (in the Super Bowl era). The key was that insane running attack (best ever) and physical OL. They would control the clock, beat up the defense, and when the opportunity arose, Griese would launch a bomb to Warfield.
The 1973 Dolphins were pretty much a carbon copy of the 1972 Dolphins, except in '73 Griese was available for more games. The narrator of this film, John Facenda died in 1984 (September 26th to be exact). I wish he would have seen the 1984 and 1989 San Francisco 49ers, he would have LOVED narrating the films of those teams too.
I disagree. The '72 Dolphins had an easy schedule a won some games by the skin of their teeth. the '73 team was so much more dominant and in a conservative ball control era won all their games by an average of 17.5 points. Dominance!!!
That's a shame that Facenda was able to do only one Super Bowl highlight film that involved my 49ers and that was Super Bowl XVI vs the Bengals at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan back on January 26, 1982, which the Niners won 26-21as the Niners won their first Super Bowl but that would have been something that if he was still alive and did the '84 49ers highlight film or their Super Bowl XIX over the Dolphins.
The greatest team ever.32-2 in 2 seasons....what more be said?an undefeated season.then a 15-2 season...they received the opening kickoff in each playoff game, and scored every time...basically., they won each game by halfway of the first quarter.....brilliance. ..greatest team ever....
A rugged defense. And, they didn't play such an easy schedule. They had both the Lou Saban Bills, who went 9-5 in 1973, and improving New England, twice. They also got the Cowboys and Steelers. They won by some convincing scores. - a dominating team.
They played 4 Super Bowl teams from 1969 game on , all 4 on ROAD , chiefs in SB-1 - 4 , Vikings in SB - 4 , Jets in SB - 3 ,Colts in SB - 3 - 5 , they played 10 games with a 38 yr old 17 yr QB and won all , , they won 2 games on road in December in NE and NYG in bad weather They went on road to Pittsburgh in late dec despite a 15 - 0 record , They led the league in Scoring Off and Def and total Off and Def , 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 , The only TEAM in NFL history EVER TO DO SO IN 102 YEARS .
Cowboy fans always looked at Shula as sort of a Landry starter kit. But he did have the better steak house since Landry never tried the restaurant business.
15:32 How ironic and sad the site of Don McCafferty's greatest triumph would also be the site of his last game. Seven months after the Dolphins hammered the Lions, McCafferty dropped dead of a massive heart attack.
This was a team that had a smooth professional style -- no names, compared to steel curtains. Bob Griese and Don Shula seemed more like golfers than football players. And they were the last roster rooted in the AFL to win a Super Bowl.
Zonk had canyons not holes to run thru against my Vikes, Dolphins offensive line manhandled the purple like it was a high school team. I said screw it and walked to my friend's house at half time then went duck hunting in the Riverbed. Dolphins were a mean machine that 73 season.
I saw every game, both seasons. The '73 team was better in my opinion, for these reasons: They were more dominant in their wins Everyone was gunning for them - think about it, the previous year they were the undefeated Super Bowl champs. This made it more difficult to win. Everyone knew their game plan too-- RUN. And it was only more dominating than ever. They were way more dominant in post-season. Perfect Season they won their post-season games by 6, 4, and 7 points. In '73, they won by 18, 17, and 17. Their only two losses were a) a 5-point road loss to Oakland, which they avenged in the AFC Championship game, and b) a meaningless late season loss in Baltimore, in which they played only 2nd and 3rd stringers.
@Ramesh Nyberg -- not only were the '73 Dolphins more dominant than their famed 1972 counterparts, especially in the postseason, but they faced stiffer regular season competition. In 1973 the Dolphins played Buffalo twice, plus Pittsburgh, Oakland, Dallas, Cleveland, all of whom had winning records that year. The only teams the Dolphins faced in 1972 who finished above .500 that year were Kansas City and the New York Giants.
@@rameshnyberg2257 Also the '73 Colts were coached by Howard Schnellenberger, who wanted to beat his former boss badly, especially after being hammered by the Dolphins in the Orange Bowl earlier in the season.
I was a Dolphin fan back then and the one stat I recall from this team was this, although it would be hard to prove now due to the loss of stats: this team possessed the ball the least of any team in the league that season and, yet, led the league in scoring. This meant that when they got the ball, they scored almost every possession. As I wrote, this stat was mentioned during the end of that season on one of the broadcasts and is probably buried in the piles of stats that no one ever looks at anymore.
Morris # 22 , my guy !!! Show some tape when Mer had a better YPC average than OJ during Simpson record 2000 + yard season... Morris was the real deal.. with that stiff arm waiving it around looking for would be defender #22
This team was so good that they enjoyed large leads in almost every game. Unfortunately, because they were so good, they unveiled something that has become a dirge to most teams ever since--the prevent defense. Finding themselves up by 15+ points in most of their games, they began trading yards for time. They never lost any game with this new tactic. However, the following season, other teams began using it at the end of games even when they were up by less than 6 points, oftentimes losing a game they should've won, The worst example was Super Bowl XVI, when Cincinnati lead San Francisco 21-19. Deploying the prevent defense they allowed the 49ers to move from their own 4 yard line to the game winning touchdown. The Bengals got out of the prevent defense, but by the time they did SF was already within field goal range. They lost that game 26-21, a game they should've won had they used their normal defense. Countless other games by every team have been lost using this defense.
It's called "Flash," although I don't know much more than that and that it appeared for a few seconds in the Super Bowl VIII video. Dave Volsky had a great catalogue of this music until the NFL made him take it down. He still has several entries under a new website called Dave Volsky's Back Door.
@@SportsOdyssey2019yeah, i can see why. The 72 squad had an incredibly easy schedule. The 73 team also had a fairly easy schedule, but at least they faced some playoff teams
They played only two teams with a winning record inthe Chiefs and Giants nether made the playoffs with 8-6 records, the Vikings were 7-7 . That dosent discredit the Dolphins illustrious achievement .They can only play the schedule presented ,and besides several strong teams teams in nfl history have had weak schedules and weren't successfully at going undefeated or winning the SB..2011 49ers with 9 probowlers 6 all pro's won 13 games and lost the nfc championship at home against the eventual SB champion NY Giants ,Hof QB Kurt Warner 2009 defending NFC Conference Champion Cardinals finished 10-6 had 5 probowlers ,3 All Pros ,lost inthe divional round . The undefeared Dolphins defeated the decades winningest team, the Raiders inthe conference championship game ,a team who would eventually win a SB 3 years later . The Dolphins esteemed accomplishment is elevated even more when you contemplate how other elite teams in nfl history have had a weak schedule but weren't capable of winning the SB ,let alone even getting to the Big Game . They were the first franchise to also advance to 3 consecutive SB's .Along the way inthe conference championship games they defeated a defending SB Colts team in 71 ,two eventual SB winners inthe Steelers 72,Raiders 73 ,the Steelers would become the team of the 70's decade and arguably the goat SB franchise ,of course as previously mentioned Dah Raiders would have the best winning % of any team inthe NFL and all of team sports inthe 70's . The Dolphins owe no apology for it's 1972 undefeated season ,they defeated great teams in the conference championship in order to get to the big game .
In 73 they played the raiders , cowboys and steelers n reg season along with their usual home and home afc east rivalry games . What more do you need to demonstrate a tough schedule than raiders, cowboys and Steelers? Played raiders twice.
@@haroldmccoy6748 They played 5 HOF QB s , they beat 3 former SB champions and 1 runner up , they beat 2 SB champions twice that yr , KC MINN , Baltimore Jets all in first 5 SB s Dawson , Tarkington , Namath , Unitas , Bradshaw , all started at least 1 game .
except they only played a 14 game regular season back then. it hardly seems fair because they play 16 game seasons now. we will never know what would have happened if miami would have had to play a 16 game regular season back then. isnt it incredibly ironic that the only team that the 1985 Chicago Bears lost to was the Miami Dolphins on a monday night ? if i remember right i dont think that miami was good that year. what about the New England Patriots winning every single game only to lose to the NY Giants in the Super Bowl ?
The "not good" Dolphins lost in the AFC championship which, looking back now, was probably a good thing b/c it didn't give the Bears a chance to avenge that loss.
The playing only "14 games" perspective you scrutinize them engaging in only validates the Dolphins dominance and incredible achievement even moreso ,in a condensed season setting of 14 games every single game is vastly more important then a 16 game season , only four post season spots available ,1 wildcard entry .Every team is psychologically locked in to dismantle you especially if your the defending conference champion like the 72 Dolphins were .,injuries , complacency ,aren't a vehicle that can be traveled in when a single game could have such a detrimental effect upon a team making post season ,the 1967 Colts won 11 and lost only 1 game with 2 ties and weren't a playoff team , 1969 Rams , 77 Dolphins ,75 Oilers ,all won 10 games and weren't a post season team , all during the SB era 14 game formatt. The obvious analogy of a team can't control the schedule or dynamics of rules applied is why you cannot punish this incredible Dolphins team ,they could only play inthe structure upon which their time frame was ,that's it , they deserve their flowers from all .I'm a Steelers fan stating this ,yet my Objective respect for this organizations 3 year reign ,3 conference championships ,3 consecutive SB appearances ,2 NFL Championships ,a undefeated regular and post season ,speaks of a resonating greatness . Why not adequately grant them the notion that they would have still accomplished going undefeated and producing an exact replica of success from 71/73 in a 16 game context ? They certainly had all of the essential elements to do so ,they've already done it in a 14 game itinerary . Oh yeah ,those 85 Dolphins were a pretty good ball club ,they won their division with a 12-4 record and advanced to the conference championship game as the host team ,and were the defending conference champion ,having lost the previous years SB 18 to the 49ers . Their style of spreading a defense out would have been a distinct problem for that bears 46 defense ,styles makes fights and also creates mismatch problems between adversary's ,the Dolphins with Marino were a big problem for that Bears defenses heavy utility blitz scheme . The undefeated Patriots losing inthe SB had obsolutely nothing to do with a 16 game regular season ,they simply met a opponent who's strength " pass rush " neutralized the Patriots potent offense ,again mismatches can dismantle a opponents strength , and even more credibility should be acknowledged to the undefeared Dolphins based on your theory because the Dolphins actually won the SB against a superior opponent then the Patriots , the Bud Grant ,Fran Tarkenton ,Alan Paige ,Carl Eller,Paul Krause ,Chuck Foreman Vikings who would proceed to advance to and lose 2 additional SB's inthe next 3 years . The 71/73 Dolphins were great by any objective measure .Again I'm a Steelers fan ,but I gotta apply objectivity ,the early 70's decade Dolphins were great ,especially the 72/73 teams . 🌹 Given to the Dolphins 72/73 empire .
@@haroldmccoy6748 Are you aware of their greatness, they led the league , 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 in 1972 Total OFF and Def and Scoring OFF and Def , The only TEAM ever to do so in 102 years .They went 75 - 16 in 6 yrs including post season ,Green bay packers in their heyday from 1961 - 1966 they went 65 - 16 , Miami went 67 - 16 from 70 - 75 , regular season ,they AVERAGED 10 points a game against their Defense from 1970 - 1975 , WOW 10 points a GAME every year for 6 seasons they led the league 2 yrs in row in points given up , 171 in 72 and 150 in 73 .They had a 31 game unbeaten streak at home .Miami played Colts who were in SB - 3 - 5 , NY jets in SB - 3 twice a year both had HOF QBs - Namath and Unitas , They played the Chiefs on road in 72 they were in SB-4, in 1970, HOF QB Dawson and Vikings on road in 72 they were in SB - 4 in 1970 . They played Pittsburgh on road , Future HOF QB Bradshaw with no reward for best record and won 10 games with a 38 yr old 17 yr vet .
in 73 the dolphins were better than the 72 team. the 72 team had alittle more luck go their way, the 73 team thought they would win like last years team and who ever they would play would fear them, they got awake up call in the radiers game, after the loss, shula had their full attention, go fins
1972 Dolphins played two teams with winning records (Chiefs and Giants), both of whom were barely above .500 (8-6 each), plus weaklings like the OIlers, Cardinals and Chargers. 1973 Dolphins played the Raiders, Steelers and Cowboys, plus the Bills were radically improved.
Luckiest team ever in 1972-73. Week 3: 16-14 over the Vikings. Week 6: 24-23 over the Bills. Week 10: 28-24 over the Jets. Playoffs and Super Bowl: 55 points for: 38 points against. Compare this to the 1985 Bears: 91-10.
I think you better check your stats. This video is about the 1973 Dolphins. The ‘73 Dolphins steamrolled everyone in the playoffs and SB, destroying the Vikings in SB VIII 24-7, en route to their second consecutive championship. For as good as the ‘85 Bears were, they couldn’t repeat.
@@drbonesshow1 better than the bears...in fact, better than them all...3 playoff games...received the opening kickoff, scored each time....in essence, game over.....65-15-1 from 70 to 74.....65 and 15 !!
Another way to look at it: great teams win the close games. The 72 Dolphins also won every trap-game. That's hard to do! It's why there's only been one undefeated team in history. There's been plenty of easy schedules, but only one team to take complete advantage of it.
R.I.P. Don Shula🙏☝️👉SO privileged & honored to be old enough to possess yearsss of memories of the greatest coach..... And singular LEGEND John Facenda’s rarified, immortal voice will never ever be equaled, whether in the booth or highlights ~ never☝️☝️
R.I.P. DON SHULA! YOU WILL BE MISSED!
I miss the 80's and EARLY 90's Dolphin uniforms. The BEST in team HISTORY
Every time I watch these old Dolphin clips, I have to wonder why they ever changed their uniforms. They went from one of the best uniforms ever, to one of the worst.
I like all their uniforms up until the latest. My favorite were the ones of the early and mid 80's, probably because I became a fan in 1982.
It starts at the top- dummy Ross,
True that
Couldn't agree more. I refuse to wear anything g with that shitty new logo. Not only is it lame, by switching the design, they've robbed us of the past. The Dolphins have been crap on a plate since Marino retired. Having the real logo would at least give fans a link to past greatness while we suffer what the team has become.
I think it's time for a movement to get the real logo back.
The 1973 uniforms are the best uniforms they ever wore.
Defenders really paid a price trying to tackle “Zonk”. Seems like he always delivered the hit on them, not the other way around. Jake Scott was a heck of a ball hawk. Great team those Dolphins!
Cincinnati Red; Yes, believe so - he delivered an elbow shiver to the head of a Buffalo defender running down the sideline. Can’t remember where I saw it.
Larry Csonka # 39 was a TRUE FULLBACK He hit like a RUN-AWAY FREIGHT TRAIN...
My childhood team. I was a fan through all the Shula years. Great memories
me too
If Dick Anderson hadn't blown out his knee in 1975, he would not only be in the HoF, but would be mentioned along side Ronnie Lott as the best safety ever to play the game. In 73 he has 8 INTs for 163 yards and 2 TDs,. The previous season he had 5 fumble recoveries.
R.I.P. Don Shula🙏☝️👉SO privileged & honored to be old enough to possess yearsss of memories of the greatest coach..... And singular LEGEND John Facenda’s rarified, immortal voice will never ever be equaled, whether in the booth or highlights ~ never☝️☝️
The new Miami Dolphins coaches should always study this team in the ‘70’s and have an idea on how to develop that mentality for the modern day game.
Back in these days...The Dolphins earned the voice of Facenda... Remember, Facenda didn't do all 28 Teams Season Highlights.... But the Dolphins had earned the right of NFL Hierarchy!
Had Csonka not left for the WFL this team probably would have at least one more Super Bowl trophy.
Probably would have been the team of the 70’s instead of the Steelers.
I respectfully disagree with that assessment of this unquestionably Great Dolphins dynasty continuing, especially if the aforementioned Warfield ,Csonka ,Kick , collaboration had remained in Miami after 74 . Csonka wasn't ever capable of capturing his 1000 yd proficiency again , attrition and suttle age reduced his elite impact , Kick for as good as he was as a utility package ,was just that ,a utility package player , historically underated Warfield once he returned to the NFL with the Browns never caused the decades and possibly greatest dynasty ever Pittsburgh any excessive problems like he did prior with the Dolphins . The Dolphins were vanquished by the Raiders in 74 ,the Steelers obviously beat that same team to advance to and eventually win their first SB .There wasn't a matchup that the Dolphins possessed even with those declining but still solid players that would have dented that legendary Steel Curtain . Pittsburghs combination of youth , burgeoning.hof talent through it's roster by the mid 70's was a impossible barrier to hurdle when they were psychologically locked in " exception being 77 " the Franco ,Blier injury dismissing them from the 76 conference championship game vs Oakland played a pivotal role in Pittsburghs loss ,otherwise 5 Lombardi trophy's would have decorated Three Rivers Stadium by the end of the 70's . The Dolphins actually did a remarkable job of reloading the roster with RB Bennie Malone ,Wr's Freddie Solomon ,Natt Moore , and retooled the defense into a excellent unit ,and still got dismantled by Pittsburgh , particularly inthe 79 divisional round 34-14 ,which happened to be the last season semblance ever of the Steelers dynasty and they still dominated a solid Dolphins team . The Dolphins dynasty deserves it's flowers ,i objectively believe that they were versatile and deep enough to play in Any Era and capture a SB ,despite nonobective popular perception by some irrational so called pundits ,they were a frightening machine that simply snatched any inkling a team has of defeating them away like a merciless school bully . Great from top to bottom franchise , ownership ,front office ,coach ,staffing ,players and yes that vastly underrated fan base waving those white towels ,singing that Dolphins fight song in support of the team . Greatest compliment you can pay to a dominant champ is that they were so good they were boring , for audiences who had no dog inthe fight ,just nonpartisan observers who wanted to be entertained . A truly remarkable team.indeed ,one that is unfortunately.miscast as being one dimensional and was successful only because they came along when there were no dynasty's devoloped inthe AFC yet to challenge them or they become old " chiefs ,colts " ,all lies ,the Dolphins were quite frankly just that great . They however weren't good enough hold off the Steelers dynasty by 74 .The 72 Steelers who loss to the undefeated Dolphins inthe conference championship game didn't have 5 eventual hofers on that roster untill 74 ,Bradshaw hadn't quite matured into the Hof QB and league MVP, 2 time SB MVP he eventually became , by the mid ,70's the Steelers were to deep, versatile ,had too many ultra talented ,great players in their prime collaborated with elite veterans who could all take over a game individually or blend into the team concept and defeat any opponent .
@@haroldmccoy6748 Good analysis. But there's lots of if's, and's, or but's, and shoulda coulda woulda's when discussing the past. Miami most likely would have been the team of the decade and the best dynasty ever if the Raiders didn't win on a last-ditch desperation play in the Sea of Hands game. The AFC championship game would have been played in Miami, where the Dolphins would have probably won considering how immense their home-field advantage was. They won 31 in a row from 1971-1975. This isn't to say they were better than Pittsburg in 1974, but the best team doesn't always win. That would have had Miami going to 4 SBs in a row and the only team to ever threepeat, in addition to the undefeated season.
If Joe Robbie and partners had offered up appropriate compensation, they’d have never left….
@@haroldmccoy6748 I agree there was no way to prevent the Steelers from becoming the Team of the 70s. Certainly by 1975 they would've beaten the Dolphins even if their stars had not bolted to the WFL, but I think if Miami had beaten the Raiders in the 74 playoffs, they would've defeated the Steelers in the AFC Championship Game. Talented as they were they were still too young. (And if Miami had reached the Super Bowl, does anyone seriously think the Vikings could've done anything against them??)
The 1972 Dolphins were no fluke.
No team ever did in a single season, in history, what they did. And I'm not taking about going undefeated.
Number 1 in Offense
Number 1 in Defense
Number 1 in Points Scored
Number 1 in Fewest Points Allowed
Number 1 in Special Teams
Number 1 in Most Takeaways (Turnovers)
Number 1 in Fewest Giveaways (Turnovers)
Least Penelized Team
Greatest Rushing Attack in NFL History 3,000 yards in a 14 game season
THEY WERE A MACHINE
I would put them up against any team in history.
In 1973, they were even better than 1972, winning another SuperBowl.
In those 2 years there record was 32-2, a winning percentage of 94.12%
Throw in 1974 & there record is 43-5. a winning percentage of 90.0%
No one comes close!
Don Shula was alleged to have said that had the Dolphins beaten the Raiders in the second game of the 1973 season, he would have played the game against the Colts, the Dolphins second loss of the season, much more differently. Shula pretty much emptied the bench in that game.
they had 12 pro-bowlers in 1973 lol --in terms of accomplishments and statistics, they were the greatest team ever (in the Super Bowl era). The key was that insane running attack (best ever) and physical OL. They would control the clock, beat up the defense, and when the opportunity arose, Griese would launch a bomb to Warfield.
The 1973 Dolphins were pretty much a carbon copy of the 1972 Dolphins, except in '73 Griese was available for more games. The narrator of this film, John Facenda died in 1984 (September 26th to be exact). I wish he would have seen the 1984 and 1989 San Francisco 49ers, he would have LOVED narrating the films of those teams too.
I disagree. The '72 Dolphins had an easy schedule a won some games by the skin of their teeth. the '73 team was so much more dominant and in a conservative ball control era won all their games by an average of 17.5 points. Dominance!!!
That's a shame that Facenda was able to do only one Super Bowl highlight film that involved my 49ers and that was Super Bowl XVI vs the Bengals at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan back on January 26, 1982, which the Niners won 26-21as the Niners won their first Super Bowl but that would have been something that if he was still alive and did the '84 49ers highlight film or their Super Bowl XIX over the Dolphins.
The greatest team ever.32-2 in 2 seasons....what more be said?an undefeated season.then a 15-2 season...they received the opening kickoff in each playoff game, and scored every time...basically., they won each game by halfway of the first quarter.....brilliance. ..greatest team ever....
I always believed the '73 team to be the most dominating team I've ever seen.
Happy 50 anniversary to the 72 dolphins!!!! Phins up
Csonka, Morris and Kiick- the Miami Ground Machine.
RIP Jim Kiick- death due to CTE and frequent head injuries.
RIP Nick Buoniconti CTE
RIP Bill Stanfill 😥
Many more... These guys were heroes to me.
The WFL probably cost the Dolphins at least two more Super Bowls.
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My uncle Jim Mandich played on this team.
A rugged defense. And, they didn't play such an easy schedule. They had both the Lou Saban Bills, who went 9-5 in 1973, and improving New England, twice. They also got the Cowboys and Steelers. They won by some convincing scores. - a dominating team.
They played 4 Super Bowl teams from 1969 game on , all 4 on ROAD , chiefs in SB-1 - 4 , Vikings in SB - 4 , Jets in SB - 3 ,Colts in SB - 3 - 5 , they played 10 games with a 38 yr old 17 yr QB and won all , , they won 2 games on road in December in NE and NYG in bad weather They went on road to Pittsburgh in late dec despite a 15 - 0 record , They led the league in Scoring Off and Def and total Off and Def , 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 , The only TEAM in NFL history EVER TO DO SO IN 102 YEARS .
Better than the 1972 team.
Cowboy fans always looked at Shula as sort of a Landry starter kit. But he did have the better steak house since Landry never tried the restaurant business.
15:32 How ironic and sad the site of Don McCafferty's greatest triumph would also be the site of his last game. Seven months after the Dolphins hammered the Lions, McCafferty dropped dead of a massive heart attack.
50 Years Ago 😲😳 Great 😃👍 Team 2Years in Row.
3 games...3 opening kickoffs to the dolphins....? 3 touchdowns...,game over.GREATEST playoff run EVER
Thank you for sharing!!
Best team I ever saw
Me Too.
5/4/20 RIP Coach Shula
RIP Jake Scott
😥 CTE had a hand in his early death. 69 years old only
Awesome!! Maybe one day the Phins will get back to dominating teams and winning Super Bowls.
Nah. They won't.
There should be more defenders of Miami Dolphins in the H.O.F. from this era
Dick Anderson comes to mind. One of the very few members of the 1970s All Decade Team not in Canton.
The entire team should be in the hall of fame
This was a team that had a smooth professional style -- no names, compared to steel curtains. Bob Griese and Don Shula seemed more like golfers than football players. And they were the last roster rooted in the AFL to win a Super Bowl.
Zonk had canyons not holes to run thru against my Vikes, Dolphins offensive line manhandled the purple like it was a high school team. I said screw it and walked to my friend's house at half time then went duck hunting in the Riverbed. Dolphins were a mean machine that 73 season.
What happened to the “Perfect Season”video? It was available until a few hours after Don Shula’s passing...
They blocked it.
Sports Odyssey that’s a shame - hopefully it will be available again some day.
It's back on
Michael Leroy awesome thanks for informing...
You Tube was practicing up for it’s Marxist censorship policies.
Shula ran then into winners !
The only two Super Bowl Championships for the Miami Dolphins (1972, 1973).
It has been said that the 1973 team was even better than the 1972 undefeated team
I saw every game, both seasons. The '73 team was better in my opinion, for these reasons:
They were more dominant in their wins
Everyone was gunning for them - think about it, the previous year they were the undefeated Super Bowl champs. This made it more difficult to win. Everyone knew their game plan too-- RUN. And it was only more dominating than ever.
They were way more dominant in post-season. Perfect Season they won their post-season games by 6, 4, and 7 points. In '73, they won by 18, 17, and 17.
Their only two losses were a) a 5-point road loss to Oakland, which they avenged in the AFC Championship game, and b) a meaningless late season loss in Baltimore, in which they played only 2nd and 3rd stringers.
@@rameshnyberg2257 Won their games by an average of 17.5 points in a ball control conservative era....Best Ever!
@Ramesh Nyberg -- not only were the '73 Dolphins more dominant than their famed 1972 counterparts, especially in the postseason, but they faced stiffer regular season competition. In 1973 the Dolphins played Buffalo twice, plus Pittsburgh, Oakland, Dallas, Cleveland, all of whom had winning records that year. The only teams the Dolphins faced in 1972 who finished above .500 that year were Kansas City and the New York Giants.
@@rameshnyberg2257 Also the '73 Colts were coached by Howard Schnellenberger, who wanted to beat his former boss badly, especially after being hammered by the Dolphins in the Orange Bowl earlier in the season.
I was a Dolphin fan back then and the one stat I recall from this team was this, although it would be hard to prove now due to the loss of stats: this team possessed the ball the least of any team in the league that season and, yet, led the league in scoring. This meant that when they got the ball, they scored almost every possession.
As I wrote, this stat was mentioned during the end of that season on one of the broadcasts and is probably buried in the piles of stats that no one ever looks at anymore.
On every opening drive of the playoffs to the Superbowl the Dolphins won the coin toss and scored a touchdown
Morris # 22 , my guy !!! Show some tape when Mer had a better YPC average than OJ during Simpson record 2000 + yard season... Morris was the real deal.. with that stiff arm waiving it around looking for would be defender #22
17-0 i still there & always will be.The Pittsburgh Steelers matched these guys the next 2 seasons by also going back-to-back
18:43 what's the structure in the background?
We will return.
Our 🏠 house was in north Miami 1120 nw 123 St near sasso pool I learned to swim at 11 years old.
The WFL derailed any hope for a dynasty and the penny pinching of Joe Robbie.
Those damn cheap owners, right?😂
This team was so good that they enjoyed large leads in almost every game. Unfortunately, because they were so good, they unveiled something that has become a dirge to most teams ever since--the prevent defense.
Finding themselves up by 15+ points in most of their games, they began trading yards for time. They never lost any game with this new tactic. However, the following season, other teams began using it at the end of games even when they were up by less than 6 points, oftentimes losing a game they should've won,
The worst example was Super Bowl XVI, when Cincinnati lead San Francisco 21-19. Deploying the prevent defense they allowed the 49ers to move from their own 4 yard line to the game winning touchdown. The Bengals got out of the prevent defense, but by the time they did SF was already within field goal range. They lost that game 26-21, a game they should've won had they used their normal defense. Countless other games by every team have been lost using this defense.
Only Csonka's many times broken nose complained when he ran.
Anyone know name of song in beginning?
It's called "Flash," although I don't know much more than that and that it appeared for a few seconds in the Super Bowl VIII video. Dave Volsky had a great catalogue of this music until the NFL made him take it down. He still has several entries under a new website called Dave Volsky's Back Door.
Mercury Morris was Gale Sayers on weed.
super bowl? over by the second set of commercials....
simple-the ghetto degenerate effect overwhelmed civility
In 1973 they beat more teams that went to the playoffs in 1972 they played only 2 teams with winning records
Shula said in an interview once that he believed the 73 squad was the best team he ever coached ...
Marlin Briscoe former QB great out of OU. No not that OU. Omaha University.
They allowed less points than the 17-0 team
Shula even said '73 was his best team.
@@SportsOdyssey2019yeah, i can see why. The 72 squad had an incredibly easy schedule. The 73 team also had a fairly easy schedule, but at least they faced some playoff teams
they don't talk much about there other rb Jim kick
i have heard it said that the Miami Dolphins had a cupcake regular season schedule that year. is that true?
They were defending superbowl champs so i doubt it!
They played only two teams with a winning record inthe Chiefs and Giants nether made the playoffs with 8-6 records, the Vikings were 7-7 . That dosent discredit the Dolphins illustrious achievement .They can only play the schedule presented ,and besides several strong teams teams in nfl history have had weak schedules and weren't successfully at going undefeated or winning the SB..2011 49ers with 9 probowlers 6 all pro's won 13 games and lost the nfc championship at home against the eventual SB champion NY Giants ,Hof QB Kurt Warner 2009 defending NFC Conference Champion Cardinals finished 10-6 had 5 probowlers ,3 All Pros ,lost inthe divional round . The undefeared Dolphins defeated the decades winningest team, the Raiders inthe conference championship game ,a team who would eventually win a SB 3 years later . The Dolphins esteemed accomplishment is elevated even more when you contemplate how other elite teams in nfl history have had a weak schedule but weren't capable of winning the SB ,let alone even getting to the Big Game . They were the first franchise to also advance to 3 consecutive SB's .Along the way inthe conference championship games they defeated a defending SB Colts team in 71 ,two eventual SB winners inthe Steelers 72,Raiders 73 ,the Steelers would become the team of the 70's decade and arguably the goat SB franchise ,of course as previously mentioned Dah Raiders would have the best winning % of any team inthe NFL and all of team sports inthe 70's . The Dolphins owe no apology for it's 1972 undefeated season ,they defeated great teams in the conference championship in order to get to the big game .
@@CoreyT127 From 1970-77, schedules outside the division were pure rotation with no rhyme or reason.
In 73 they played the raiders , cowboys and steelers n reg season along with their usual home and home afc east rivalry games .
What more do you need to demonstrate a tough schedule than raiders, cowboys and Steelers?
Played raiders twice.
@@haroldmccoy6748 They played 5 HOF QB s , they beat 3 former SB champions and 1 runner up , they beat 2 SB champions twice that yr , KC MINN , Baltimore Jets all in first 5 SB s Dawson , Tarkington , Namath , Unitas , Bradshaw , all started at least 1 game .
The first time I saw 6 defenders taking down 1 guy: 13:17
Baloney same roster. Only difference bob griese played whole season. Earl no griese
except they only played a 14 game regular season back then. it hardly seems fair because they play 16 game seasons now. we will never know what would have happened if miami would have had to play a 16 game regular season back then. isnt it incredibly ironic that the only team that the 1985 Chicago Bears lost to was the Miami Dolphins on a monday night ? if i remember right i dont think that miami was good that year. what about the New England Patriots winning every single game only to lose to the NY Giants in the Super Bowl ?
The "not good" Dolphins lost in the AFC championship which, looking back now, was probably a good thing b/c it didn't give the Bears a chance to avenge that loss.
The playing only "14 games" perspective you scrutinize them engaging in only validates the Dolphins dominance and incredible achievement even moreso ,in a condensed season setting of 14 games every single game is vastly more important then a 16 game season , only four post season spots available ,1 wildcard entry .Every team is psychologically locked in to dismantle you especially if your the defending conference champion like the 72 Dolphins were .,injuries , complacency ,aren't a vehicle that can be traveled in when a single game could have such a detrimental effect upon a team making post season ,the 1967 Colts won 11 and lost only 1 game with 2 ties and weren't a playoff team , 1969 Rams , 77 Dolphins ,75 Oilers ,all won 10 games and weren't a post season team , all during the SB era 14 game formatt. The obvious analogy of a team can't control the schedule or dynamics of rules applied is why you cannot punish this incredible Dolphins team ,they could only play inthe structure upon which their time frame was ,that's it , they deserve their flowers from all .I'm a Steelers fan stating this ,yet my Objective respect for this organizations 3 year reign ,3 conference championships ,3 consecutive SB appearances ,2 NFL Championships ,a undefeated regular and post season ,speaks of a resonating greatness . Why not adequately grant them the notion that they would have still accomplished going undefeated and producing an exact replica of success from 71/73 in a 16 game context ? They certainly had all of the essential elements to do so ,they've already done it in a 14 game itinerary . Oh yeah ,those 85 Dolphins were a pretty good ball club ,they won their division with a 12-4 record and advanced to the conference championship game as the host team ,and were the defending conference champion ,having lost the previous years SB 18 to the 49ers . Their style of spreading a defense out would have been a distinct problem for that bears 46 defense ,styles makes fights and also creates mismatch problems between adversary's ,the Dolphins with Marino were a big problem for that Bears defenses heavy utility blitz scheme . The undefeated Patriots losing inthe SB had obsolutely nothing to do with a 16 game regular season ,they simply met a opponent who's strength " pass rush " neutralized the Patriots potent offense ,again mismatches can dismantle a opponents strength , and even more credibility should be acknowledged to the undefeared Dolphins based on your theory because the Dolphins actually won the SB against a superior opponent then the Patriots , the Bud Grant ,Fran Tarkenton ,Alan Paige ,Carl Eller,Paul Krause ,Chuck Foreman Vikings who would proceed to advance to and lose 2 additional SB's inthe next 3 years . The 71/73 Dolphins were great by any objective measure .Again I'm a Steelers fan ,but I gotta apply objectivity ,the early 70's decade Dolphins were great ,especially the 72/73 teams . 🌹 Given to the Dolphins 72/73 empire .
@@haroldmccoy6748 Are you aware of their greatness, they led the league , 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 in 1972 Total OFF and Def and Scoring OFF and Def , The only TEAM ever to do so in 102 years .They went 75 - 16 in 6 yrs including post season ,Green bay packers in their heyday from 1961 - 1966 they went 65 - 16 , Miami went 67 - 16 from 70 - 75 , regular season ,they AVERAGED 10 points a game against their Defense from 1970 - 1975 , WOW 10 points a GAME every year for 6 seasons they led the league 2 yrs in row in points given up , 171 in 72 and 150 in 73 .They had a 31 game unbeaten streak at home .Miami played Colts who were in SB - 3 - 5 , NY jets in SB - 3 twice a year both had HOF QBs - Namath and Unitas , They played the Chiefs on road in 72 they were in SB-4, in 1970, HOF QB Dawson and Vikings on road in 72 they were in SB - 4 in 1970 . They played Pittsburgh on road , Future HOF QB Bradshaw with no reward for best record and won 10 games with a 38 yr old 17 yr vet .
in 73 the dolphins were better than the 72 team. the 72 team had alittle more luck go their way, the 73 team thought they would win like last years team and who ever they would play would fear them, they got awake up call in the radiers game, after the loss, shula had their full attention, go fins
The 72 team played most of the season without Griese.
1972 Dolphins played two teams with winning records (Chiefs and Giants), both of whom were barely above .500 (8-6 each), plus weaklings like the OIlers, Cardinals and Chargers. 1973 Dolphins played the Raiders, Steelers and Cowboys, plus the Bills were radically improved.
Ok like grieve breaking ankle in game 5. Some luck. They wouldn't have'squeaked by'
This highlight music is annoying.
Luckiest team ever in 1972-73. Week 3: 16-14 over the Vikings. Week 6: 24-23 over the Bills. Week 10: 28-24 over the Jets. Playoffs and Super Bowl: 55 points for: 38 points against. Compare this to the 1985 Bears: 91-10.
I think you better check your stats. This video is about the 1973 Dolphins. The ‘73 Dolphins steamrolled everyone in the playoffs and SB, destroying the Vikings in SB VIII 24-7, en route to their second consecutive championship. For as good as the ‘85 Bears were, they couldn’t repeat.
@@Walsh1502 I believe the 73-74 Dolphins at 12-2 were a better team than the 72-73 undefeated team and comparable to the 1985 Bears.
@@drbonesshow1 better than the bears...in fact, better than them all...3 playoff games...received the opening kickoff, scored each time....in essence, game over.....65-15-1 from 70 to 74.....65 and 15 !!
Another way to look at it: great teams win the close games. The 72 Dolphins also won every trap-game. That's hard to do! It's why there's only been one undefeated team in history. There's been plenty of easy schedules, but only one team to take complete advantage of it.
@@filthyswit Impossible to do it now with 17 games plus.
19:47 - It's good to see a running back showing a little love and appreciation for his linemen. 🥲
Joe Robbie’s cheapness ruined the dolphins
R.I.P. Don Shula🙏☝️👉SO privileged & honored to be old enough to possess yearsss of memories of the greatest coach..... And singular LEGEND John Facenda’s rarified, immortal voice will never ever be equaled, whether in the booth or highlights ~ never☝️☝️
RIP Mercury Morris