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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. It also led the league in both points scored and fewest points allowed.
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 ...
Most wins of any coach in NFL history. Regular-season record: 328-156-6, .676. Overall record: 347-173-6, .665. First head coaching job at age 33. Seven straight winning seasons with Colts. Only 2 losing seasons in 26 years in Miami. Coached in six Super Bowls. Won Super Bowls VII, VIII. Coached only 17-0 perfect season in NFL history, 1972.
Super Bowl VII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Miami Dolphins and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Washington Redskins to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1972 season. The Dolphins vanquished the Redskins by the score of 14–7, winning their first ...
Morris' best season came in Miami's perfect 1972 campaign. He rushed for an even 1,000 yards as he and Csonka became the first teammates in NFL history to run for 1,000 yards in the same season.
Fifty years ago, members of the 1972 Dolphins team lifted fiery coach Don Shula onto their shoulders for a victory lap out of Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, celebrating not just a Super Bowl ...
The following year, 1971, the Dolphins made their first Super Bowl appearance against the Dallas Cowboys, but lost, 24–3. In 1972 Griese started and won the first five games of the season, but fell victim to injury against the San Diego Chargers. Earl Morrall started and won the remaining nine games of season.
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.