Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Dolphins–Raiders rivalry is a National Football League (NFL) rivalry between the Miami Dolphins and the Las Vegas Raiders. [1] History.
The expectations were understandable: The Raiders had gone 12–2 during their regular season, had appeared in four of the previous seven AFC/AFL Championship games, advancing to Super Bowl II, and boasting the 1974 NFL MVP, Kenny Stabler, while the Dolphins, 11–3 that year, had appeared in the previous three Super Bowls (VI, VII, and VIII ...
The Raiders were also the Dolphins' first-ever opponent in their 1966 expansion season and also ended the team's 18-game winning streak following the Dolphins' unbeaten 1972 season. [ 169 ] The all-time series is currently tied 21–21–1, but the Raiders are 3–1 in the playoffs.
The 1973 Oakland Raiders season was the team's 14th season, and fourth in the National Football League.. In Week Two of the regular season, the Raiders defeated the Miami Dolphins, ending Miami's 18-game winning-streak including a perfect season in 1972.
The ball bounced into the hands of Stabler, who was tackled for a loss by defensive back Dick Anderson, and the Dolphins used their running game to take time off the clock and set up Csonka's third touchdown to clinch the game. This was the second postseason meeting between the Raiders and Dolphins, with Oakland winning the only previous ...
They could not improve on their 12-2 record from last season and finished 11-3. Despite this, the Dolphins finished first in the AFC East for the fourth consecutive season, and they finished with the second best record in the NFL. In the playoffs, the Raiders beat the Dolphins in the AFC Divisional Playoff Game in the famous "Sea of Hands" game.
The Raiders defeated Pittsburgh 33–14 in the divisional round of the playoffs to reach the AFC Championship, but lost 27–10 to the Miami Dolphins. In 1974 Oakland had a 12–2 regular season, which included a nine-game winning streak.
The Dolphins had to punt after three plays on the opening possession of the second half, and Darrien Gordon returned Matt Turk's 39-yard kick 24 yards to the Oakland 46-yard line. The Raiders then drove 54 yards in 12 plays to make the score 27–0 on Tyrone Wheatley's 2-yard touchdown run. The next time Miami had the ball, they turned it over ...