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Miami
Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a
professional football team based in the Miami, Florida metropolitan
area. They play home games at Sun Life Stadium, in the suburb of
Miami Gardens. They are headquartered at the Miami Dolphins
Training Facility in Davie, Florida. The Dolphins belong to the
Eastern Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the
National Football League (NFL). The Dolphins were founded by Joseph
Robbie, and began play in the American Football League as an
expansion team in 1966, an example of that seminal league's
expanding the sport to areas that were not then represented. Miami
joined the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL merger. The Dolphins are the
oldest continuous major-league professional sports franchise in the
state of Florida. (The first Florida sports franchise was the Miami
Seahawks of the AAFC in 1946.)
The team made its first Super Bowl
appearance following the 1971 season in Super Bowl VI, but lost to
the Dallas Cowboys. In 1972, the Dolphins completed the NFL's first
and only perfect season culminating in a Super Bowl win, winning
all 14 regular season games, two playoff games and Super Bowl VII.
The achievement became the fourth pro football team to accomplish
the feat along with the 1937 Los Angeles Bulldogs (16-0-0, AFL),
the 1948 Calgary Stampeders (14-0-0, CFL) and the 1948 Cleveland
Browns (15-0-0, AAFC).
The 1972 Dolphins held the fourth
perfect regular season in NFL history, but the other three teams
were beaten in the NFL Championship game. The team also won Super
Bowl VIII, becoming the first team to appear in three consecutive
Super Bowls, and the second team (first AFL/AFC team) to win
back-to-back championships. Miami also appeared in Super Bowl XVII
and Super Bowl XIX, losing both games.
For most of their history, the
Dolphins were coached by Don Shula, the most successful head coach
in professional football history. His Dolphins teams posted losing
records in only two of his 26 seasons with the club. Six future
Hall of Fame members played for Miami during the 1970s, including
running back Larry Csonka and quarterback Bob Griese. During the
1980s and 1990s quarterback Dan Marino became the most prolific
passer in NFL history, breaking numerous league passing records. He
led the Dolphins to five division titles, 10 playoff appearances
and Super Bowl XIX before retiring after the 1999
season.
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