Does anybody else remember 1991?

[72TributeBike]

I went to that game solo. None of my buddys were Miami fans and so nobody wanted to cough up the cash for a playoff ticket. Drove down from Ventura and it rained all the way down until kickoff and then it stopped. Rained started back up on the drive home. God, that was a long drive back to Ventura. My roomate and his gfriend put a can of Dolphin safe tuna on my bed. Went back down the next year and watched Miami whip up on SD on a Sunday night game. But, still that was a heartbreaking loss. And we would`ve gotten smoked by SF if we`d have beaten Pitt.

My favorite Miami vs SD stadium experience was when San Diego had to move the game out of state because of a fire near the stadium in San Diego.

The game was played in Tempe, AZ. It was a home game for San Diego, but 90% of the fans were supporting Miami...with jerseys and team colors. It was amazing to see so much aqua and orange with a stadium decked out to be a home venue for San Diego.

OMG, it was loud that night. Miami kicked their ass! It was a great game and I thoroughly enjoyed all the hours of driving I endured to attend.

 

[Sons Of Shula]

Anyways, that game has angered me for 20+years and I think it's time for some payback and exercise the demons of the past. Also, If you should happen to come across Tom Olividatti today, please do me a favor and kick him in the nuts.

I was always under the impression that this is a given among fans of the Shula/Marino era. POS

**** the Jets.

 

[cltchperf]

I was only 7. I just got into watching the dolphins the year after. But I didn't really know much history of the team or players until later on.

 

[gofins60]

Season finale. Against the Jets, At home. For the playoffs.

As it typically happened during this era, Marino led us to a lead in the 4th quarter but watched helplessly as our run D was gashed for over 200 yards by perennial all-pro running-backs by the names of Johnny Hector and Freeman McNeil.

Well, thanks to Ireland, Philbin, and Coyle (who turned a Top 5 run defense into a Bottom 5 run defense), expect to see the Jets do the same again.

 

[Awsi Dooger]

I remember that game very well. I watched it during the first day of a time share exchange week at Hilton Head island. I was desperate to get to the golf course but I stayed in the room that first afternoon to watch the Dolphins. I had a bet on the Jets +6. The spread was almost identical to this week. And the Dolphins in 1991 had many games with 20 or fewer rushes, just like this year.

But there are some differences, important ones. The Jets hammered the Dolphins at home in midseason in 1991, with Miami running very few times. This time Miami benefits from anti revenge tomorrow, after defeating the Jets in New York. That should enable the Dolphins to own the energy early in the game. Hopefully Tannehill can translate it to the scoreboard.

Also, that Jets team had a crafty veteran quarterback in O'Brien. This time it's a rookie. Rookie quarterbacks don't put many points on the board. That's generally the common denominator, unless they are ultra special. It doesn't matter if a rookie quarterback is on a hot streak because he still defaults to rookie. If Tannehill bounces back to his typical level of 20-odd points, it should be enough, barring big plays from the Jets.

Oh, one more thing I remember from that 1991 trip to Hilton Head island. I watched a Chiefs/Raiders game at Applebees before my time share was available. Bill Walsh was an NBC analyst and he couldn't stop raving about rookie Todd Marinovich, touting him as a future star. I was annoying others at Applebees by laughing at how ridiculous that was. Marinovich had a pop gun arm and never had a chance to overcome that weak arm toward stardom, even if he never had one off field issue.

 

[The Bopkin]

OK, the Carroll choke game:
It was a Sunday night, at home, 1992. In 1994 at NYJ was the spike game, the home game that year the Jets wore throwbacks.
In the 1992 choke game, Carroll was the DC for the jets. That night our offense was totally stagnant. We got it going late and drove to tie the game. We got a touchdown late, 17-16, but Stoyanovich missed the extra point.
Carroll made the choke sign.
We got the ball back and Marino drove us for a last second FG which stoyo made, we won 19-17.
I have this game on video, and just dubbed it to a DVD not long ago. that is how I know.
BOX SCORE link below will give some clarity also.
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199212200mia.htm

 

[The Goat]

Horrible, heart breaking game. But that team was flawed. The defense really regressed from the previous season, and if you are old enough to remember, that is the season during which Sammy Smith had goal line carries in back to back weeks and fumbled. I believe the first one cost the game vs the Oilers, it was a last second play, then the following week doomed us vs the Chiefs.
Argh. The memories.
Almost as bad as losing out to the Patriots in New England Week 17 of 2002. The sickest I've ever been after a football game, blowing a 24-13 lead with 4:59 to go.

I thought everyone had agreed to never speak of this again.

 

[The Goat]

That one the refs stole on a complete bs pass interference call on fletcher.

No.

The Fins had the best rusher in the NFL, a slim lead, and just over 2:00 with the ball at their own 20. Obviously, they passed the ball three times. THAT is why they lost the game. THAT is why they missed the playoffs.

Thus began the worst decade in franchise history. 11 years. One playoff appearance.

Let's hope they can end that #### today.

 

[Canadianfishfan]

Don't you just love the "remember when we lost" trips down memory lane.

I don't think about a chick I dated 20 yrs ago.

The past is the past. We (fans/organization) spend way too much time reminiscing.

 

[The Goat]

Don't you just love the "remember when we lost" trips down memory lane.

I don't think about a chick I dated 20 yrs ago.

The past is the past. We (fans/organization) spend way too much time reminiscing.

Some truth to this.

You ready to let go of last week now?

 

[Roman529]

Anyways, that game has angered me for 20+years and I think it's time for some payback and exercise the demons of the past. Also, If you should happen to come across Tom Olividatti today, please do me a favor and kick him in the nuts.



http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199112220mia.htm

I think we have beaten the Jets the last four or five times when the playoffs were on the line between us, or ended the Jets season, so we have gotten paybacks on them.