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The Dolphins went 14–0 in the regular season and won all three postseason games to finish 17–0, the only undefeated and untied season in NFL history. Three other teams, the Chicago Bears in 1934 and 1942 and the New England Patriots in 2007 , reached the NFL's title game undefeated and untied, but all three lost the championship.
The 1972 NFL draft was the thirty-seventh annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible football players. The draft was held on February 1 and 2 at the Essex House in New York City, New York. [1] [2] With the first overall pick of the draft, the Buffalo Bills selected defensive end Walt Patulski.
The 1972 NFL season was the 53rd regular season of the National Football League. The Miami Dolphins became the first (and to date the only) NFL team to finish a championship season undefeated and untied when they beat the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII. The Dolphins not only led the NFL in points scored, while their defense led the ...
For yet another season, the 1972 Dolphins (17-0) will remain the NFL's only perfect champions. For years, the members of the '72 Dolphins have celebrated their undefeated legacy by drinking ...
THE 1972 MIAMI DOLPHINS ROSTER. NUMBER, NAME, POSITION: CURRENT STATUS, ‘72 HIGHLIGHT. 1. Garo Yepremian, kicker: Died in Pennsylvania in 2015, at age 70, after a bout with high grade ...
Mercury Morris, a three-time Pro Bowl running back and 1,000-yard rusher for the 17-0 Miami Dolphins in 1972, has died at age 77. Mercury Morris, star on Miami Dolphins' 1972 undefeated team, dies ...
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Dolphins’ Perfect Season, The Miami Herald is running weekly conversations with members of the 1972 team that went 17-0.
A third player who also played for the '72 Dolphins, Doug Swift, was taken by the Buccaneers in the expansion draft, but retired from football to enter medical school and never reported to the team.) [1] After football, Ball worked as a guidance counselor, department head, and coach for Miami-Dade County Public Schools in Miami, Florida. He ...