The most famous meeting had to be the Thanskgiving Day game in '77. St. Louis was favored but Griese had maybe the best passing game of his career and the Dolphins won in an amazing rout.
But the game I remember most was '72, late in the season hosting the Cardinals on Monday night. We were starting to sniff 14-0 and it was like a showcase for the nation.
I'm not sure younger fans realize what a big deal the Monday night spotlight was in those days. There were no cable games, or cable TV period. You had a handful of channels and when you were on the new national obsession Monday Night Football it was like nothing else was happening in the world. Howard Cosell would tell the nation if you were great or awful.
We dominated St. Louis on the ground in that '72 game, one of the best offensive displays of the season.
I was amazed at the Cardinal fans. That's the standout memory. The opposing fans always sat in our section in the lower northeast stands, just in front of us. Most teams had rowdy young fans, particularly the division rivals. But the Cardinal fans were unlike any I'd seen. They were older and dressed head to toe in bright cardinal, wearing hats and going back and forth to the concessions, returning with big cups of beer. In general they looked like they had more money and spare time than football interest.
