The 1972 Miami Dolphins team actually went 18-0 and did something no future perfect season champion could ever do. (the forgotten game) grant it, it was played in 1973, but so was the Super Bowl. From this game, the College All-stars were coach by John Mckay, who of course went on to become the Bucs first Head coach.
CHICAGO, July 27 (AP)-The bristling College All-Stars, rated 17-point underdogs, carried the game to the World Champion Miami Dolphins but yielded two touchdowns to crashing fullback Larry Csonka and bowed 14-3 in the 40th All-Star Football Game Friday night.
Before going down for the collegians' 10th straight defeat on rain-drenched Soldier Field, the All-Stars missed a touchdown by six inches and outplayed the National Football League champion Dolphins between Csonka's touchdown smashes leading off the first and fourth quarters.
The punting of Southern Mississippi's Ray Guy and the sharp quarterbacking of Bert Jones of Louisiana State thrilled a capacity throng of 54,103, which was thoroughly drenched by a torrential downpour at halftime of the nationally televised game.
Guy provided the All-Stars' only points with a 10-yard field goal with 15 seconds left in the first half when the best All-Star thrust of the game stalled after reaching the Dolphin six-inch line.
It took a fourth-quarter rally on the passing of 39-year-old Earl Morrall, in relief of Bob Griese. to wrap up the Dolphins' hard-earned victory with Csonka's seven-yard scoring smash after 3:57 of the fourth period.
Csonka, who bulled three yards for the first Miami touchdown to cap a 60-yard drive in the opening quarter, got his second touchdown after Morall whipped a pair of decisive passes to Jim Mandich.
In a drive starting from the Miami 46, Morrall flipped a 24-yard pass to Mandich carrying to the All-Star 20 and then hit Mandich on an 11-yarder reaching the seven.
On the next play, Csonka crashed around the right All-Star flank for a touchdown. The All-Star defense played brilliantly against the outweighed Dolphins, who were undefeated in 17 NFL games in a perfect 1972 season.
But it was rugged Dolphin lineman Bill Stanfill who met Purdue's Otis Armstrong head on at the goal line to kill the best All-Star scoring chance late in the second period.
A penalty set the All-Stars back to the Miami five and three plays later, Guy drilled his field goal from the 10 to cut Miami's lead to 7-3 at halftime.
Guy, who averaged a sizzling 44.1 yards on his nine punts, missed a 16-yard field goal late in the third quarter after another All-Star touchdown chance faded following recovery of a Dolphin fumble on the Miami nine.
A Griese bobble on a center snap was recovered by Florida State's Jim Thomas, but the All-Stars still wound up on the Dolphin nine and Guy's field goal try went wide to the right.
After that, it was downhill for the All-Stars as Morrall took over from Griese. The Dolphins' first line quarterback had hit on six of nine passes for 75 yards compared with nine for 16 and 79 yards by All-Star Jones.
Jones had a potential touchdown pass dropped by Florida State's Barry Smith at the start of the fourth quarter. On the next exchange, Morrall directed the Dolphins' 54-yard drive for the insurance touchdown.
Armstrong led the All-Star rushers with 39 yards on 11 carries, slamming 16 yards on three successive carries from Miami 17 to the Dolphin one. It was on his fourth straight whack into the middle that Stanfill stopped him six inches shy of the goal line.
The Dolphin victory swelled the one-sided pro edge in the series to 29-9-2. The All-Stars' last victory was a 1963 shading of the Green Bay Packers, 20-17.
Late in the first quarter, an All-Star drive from their 42 to the Dolphin 13 ended when Oklahoma's Greg Pruitt fumbled and Miami's Manny Fernandez recovered on the Dolphin 18.
CHICAGO, July 27 (AP)-The bristling College All-Stars, rated 17-point underdogs, carried the game to the World Champion Miami Dolphins but yielded two touchdowns to crashing fullback Larry Csonka and bowed 14-3 in the 40th All-Star Football Game Friday night.
Before going down for the collegians' 10th straight defeat on rain-drenched Soldier Field, the All-Stars missed a touchdown by six inches and outplayed the National Football League champion Dolphins between Csonka's touchdown smashes leading off the first and fourth quarters.
The punting of Southern Mississippi's Ray Guy and the sharp quarterbacking of Bert Jones of Louisiana State thrilled a capacity throng of 54,103, which was thoroughly drenched by a torrential downpour at halftime of the nationally televised game.
Guy provided the All-Stars' only points with a 10-yard field goal with 15 seconds left in the first half when the best All-Star thrust of the game stalled after reaching the Dolphin six-inch line.
It took a fourth-quarter rally on the passing of 39-year-old Earl Morrall, in relief of Bob Griese. to wrap up the Dolphins' hard-earned victory with Csonka's seven-yard scoring smash after 3:57 of the fourth period.
Csonka, who bulled three yards for the first Miami touchdown to cap a 60-yard drive in the opening quarter, got his second touchdown after Morall whipped a pair of decisive passes to Jim Mandich.
In a drive starting from the Miami 46, Morrall flipped a 24-yard pass to Mandich carrying to the All-Star 20 and then hit Mandich on an 11-yarder reaching the seven.
On the next play, Csonka crashed around the right All-Star flank for a touchdown. The All-Star defense played brilliantly against the outweighed Dolphins, who were undefeated in 17 NFL games in a perfect 1972 season.
But it was rugged Dolphin lineman Bill Stanfill who met Purdue's Otis Armstrong head on at the goal line to kill the best All-Star scoring chance late in the second period.
A penalty set the All-Stars back to the Miami five and three plays later, Guy drilled his field goal from the 10 to cut Miami's lead to 7-3 at halftime.
Guy, who averaged a sizzling 44.1 yards on his nine punts, missed a 16-yard field goal late in the third quarter after another All-Star touchdown chance faded following recovery of a Dolphin fumble on the Miami nine.
A Griese bobble on a center snap was recovered by Florida State's Jim Thomas, but the All-Stars still wound up on the Dolphin nine and Guy's field goal try went wide to the right.
After that, it was downhill for the All-Stars as Morrall took over from Griese. The Dolphins' first line quarterback had hit on six of nine passes for 75 yards compared with nine for 16 and 79 yards by All-Star Jones.
Jones had a potential touchdown pass dropped by Florida State's Barry Smith at the start of the fourth quarter. On the next exchange, Morrall directed the Dolphins' 54-yard drive for the insurance touchdown.
Armstrong led the All-Star rushers with 39 yards on 11 carries, slamming 16 yards on three successive carries from Miami 17 to the Dolphin one. It was on his fourth straight whack into the middle that Stanfill stopped him six inches shy of the goal line.
The Dolphin victory swelled the one-sided pro edge in the series to 29-9-2. The All-Stars' last victory was a 1963 shading of the Green Bay Packers, 20-17.
Late in the first quarter, an All-Star drive from their 42 to the Dolphin 13 ended when Oklahoma's Greg Pruitt fumbled and Miami's Manny Fernandez recovered on the Dolphin 18.
