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There have been alot of heartbreaking seasons in the last 10 years or so for Miami Dolphins fans. Some seasons I just try to forget all together. So my question is, what was your most heartbreaking season as a Dolphins fan?
Now, there is a difference between most heartbreaking and worst. Clearly, last year was the worst season I have ever experienced as a Dolphins fan. However, once Ricky retired I wasn't expecting anything better than what we did so it wasn't heartbreaking. So what years really stick out in your mind as absolutely heartbreaking years where you just scratch your head and wonder how we managed to screw up the season.
 
This is further back but ,84 losing the SB to 49ers was gut-wretching after that great season.
 
FinFan71 said:
There have been alot of heartbreaking seasons in the last 10 years or so for Miami Dolphins fans. Some seasons I just try to forget all together. So my question is, what was your most heartbreaking season as a Dolphins fan?
Now, there is a difference between most heartbreaking and worst. Clearly, last year was the worst season I have ever experienced as a Dolphins fan. However, once Ricky retired I wasn't expecting anything better than what we did so it wasn't heartbreaking. So what years really stick out in your mind as absolutely heartbreaking years where you just scratch your head and wonder how we managed to screw up the season.
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I put the blame on the players, but 2002 was the most frustrating year I can remember. A few of the Shula's last year was bad also.
 
Wow, losing to the Baltimore Colts on a last minute field goal in 1975 after all the WFL defections was a heartbreaking end to that season. I *think* we ended up with the same records, but because Baltimore had swept us, they went to the playoffs and we sat home.
 
Being that I'am 40 now, I've seen every season dating back to the early 70's. Since this is just an opinion thread, I would have to say last year followed close by the 1995 season. I remember that Shula changed his ways and brought in quite a few big name free agents and the Dolphins (on paper) had the best team, but just barely made the playoff and got blown out in Buffalo.
 
93 or 95 take your pick, we had all kinds of talent and completely colapsed at the end of the season. 84 at least we made it to the bowl, SF was the better team though I never would have admitted it at the time. Of course the year (1974/75) i think we lost Kick, Zonk and Morris to the USFL or what ever it was and lost to Oak in the Conference championship (on that last second pass where the receiver got bashed 5 times by Miami defenders and still didn't drop the ball) has to get honorable mention on the heatbreak list.
 
Last game in the Orange Bowl... AFC Championship loss to the Patsies. That shoulda been a MIA/CHI Super Bowl.
 
NY_FinFan_72 said:
Last game in the Orange Bowl... AFC Championship loss to the Patsies. That shoulda been a MIA/CHI Super Bowl.
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That game sucked,I remember it raining real bad and we
had like 5 turnovers.
 
2002 was bad, but my vote goes to 1995. In 2002, no one was going to beat the Bucs at the end of the year. Rich Gannon was mvp and he was dominated in that game. I can't even imagine what Fiedler would have done in that game.

However, we really could have won the Superbowl in 1995 against the Cowboys. That was the first real year of parity in my oppinion. We started the season by beating the Jets by like 50 points en route to a dominating 4-0 start. Then we blew a 15 point 4th quarter lead to the Colts, lost to the last place Jets and the last place Saints. We also lost at home to the 6-10 Patriots. We should have gone 13-3 that year and had homefield advantage throughout the playoffs. To go 9-7 and get blown out in the first round because we had to go up to Buffalo in the swirrling January winds was just awful. That is clearly the season that got away.
 
I have two, most dissapointing was Shula's last year and we lost by a field goal to San Diego. All the free agent talent we brought in, It was the last time I remember Miami seriously being talked about as a super bowl chance. Most heartbreaking was the 62-7 loss in jacksonville that ended Marino's career.

A.It was just a complete stomping.
B. It was obvious Dan was done.
C. Zack and J.T. fighting really made you feel that this team was lost...
 
Namor said:
That game sucked,I remember it raining real bad and we
had like 5 turnovers.
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We woulda beat Chicago too...

I think we were looking past the Pats. SheCago wanted a rematch and we were ready to give it to them... we just apparently forgot that we had to beat someone else before we got a chance to play them in the SB.

Being a lifelong Syracuse Fan, that Fins/Pats game is a lot like Syracuse's last Basketball Game at Manley Field House (where they used to play before the Carrier Dome Opened).

Like the Orange Bowl, Manley Field House was confined, LOUD, and there was a HUGE home court advantage... Syracuse dominated there.

Anyway, their longtime rival Georgetown came in and beat them in the last game ever to be played at Manley... which promted John Thompson's (Georgetown's Coach, for those who don't know) now famous quote... "Manley Field House is Officially CLOSED". Ouch.
 
being a huge FINS fan , any season that ends with not making the play-offs, losing early in the play-offs, or having a losing season(thankfully there havn't been many) or just losing a regular season game are all heart breaking.
 
FinFan71 said:
There have been alot of heartbreaking seasons in the last 10 years or so for Miami Dolphins fans. Some seasons I just try to forget all together. So my question is, what was your most heartbreaking season as a Dolphins fan?
Now, there is a difference between most heartbreaking and worst. Clearly, last year was the worst season I have ever experienced as a Dolphins fan. However, once Ricky retired I wasn't expecting anything better than what we did so it wasn't heartbreaking. So what years really stick out in your mind as absolutely heartbreaking years where you just scratch your head and wonder how we managed to screw up the season.
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Based on score alone, Marino's last game and the horrible 62-7 blow-out Jacksonville handed to us. It was just so ugly and painful to watch..not a single brightspot.
 
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