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Jim Kiick (#21) rushes for Miami in Super Bowl VII. The 1972 Miami Dolphins season was the franchise's seventh season and third in the National Football League (NFL). The team was led by third-year head coach Don Shula and achieved the only perfect season in NFL history.
The Miami Dolphins completed the only undefeated season in the Super Bowl era, finishing 17-0 with a win in Super Bowl VII at the Coliseum: ... “Don Shula can take his’n and beat your’n ...
Shula retired with an all-time regular and post season overall win-loss record of 347–173–6, which currently ranks him 1st in regular season wins (328) and overall total wins (347), making him the winningest head coach in NFL history in terms of coaching victories. As of 2024, Shula is the only head coach to win the AP NFL Coach of the Year ...
Don Shula holds the current records for regular season wins at 328. Shula’s tenure included many 14 game seasons, thus his win total took longer to amass than that of currently active coaches. Bill Belichick holds the record for postseason wins at 31. Among active head coaches, Andy Reid is the leader in regular season and postseason wins.
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.
Morris was the starting halfback and one of three go-to runners that Dolphins coach Don Shula used in Miami’s back-to-back title seasons of 1972 and 1973, alongside Pro Football Hall of Famer ...
During that tenure Griese became the first Miami Dolphins quarterback to start all of the season's games in 1970, led by head coach Don Shula. In the same year the Dolphins collected their first winning season and playoff berth, but lost against the Oakland Raiders, 21–14, in the divisional round.
During the undefeated 1972 season, Csonka ran 213 times for 1,117 and 5 TDs. Morris had 190-1,000 and 12 TDs and Kiick finished 137-521-5 TDs. Kiick caught 21 passes, Morris 15 and Csonka 5.