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Are the Dolphins week 17 games always on the road so they can prepare the field for the orange bowl? it just seems liek they've been on the road in week 17 every year. This year it was in NE, last year in Baltimore, I think the year before it might have been home against the Jets (not sure tho) and 2001 it was in NE.

Am I right or is that just the way the schedule always seems to pan out?

Also we always seem to open @ home. When was our last week 1 game on the road?

I was just thinking about it so any info would be appreciated
 
Maybe Wayne has asked the NFL to schedule the last game of every year on the road. He did tear apart a World Series baseball club once upon a time. And I'm sure he makes more from the Orange bowl and all the other opportunities that arise from such an event than he does from a Dolphin home game...
 
Aqua4Ever04 said:
Also we always seem to open @ home. When was our last week 1 game on the road?

I was just thinking about it so any info would be appreciated
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We opened away against the Texans in 2003 and loss....Randy got called holding on a Ricky TD
 
Mogrinn said:
We opened away against the Texans in 2003 and loss....Randy got called holding on a Ricky TD
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No, that was in Miami. We also finished 2003 in Miami against the Jets.

2001 was the last time we opened on the road, Sunday Night at Tennessee (Somersault of Doom!), but we finished at home against the Bills, and would have finished at home against the Falcons anyway (Bills game was scheduled for Week 2, but all Week 2 games were moved to the end of the year due to 9/11).

The flip side to 2003 actually happened in both 1998 and 1999, opening and closing the season with road games.
 
Flying Pencil said:
No, that was in Miami. We also finished 2003 in Miami against the Jets.

2001 was the last time we opened on the road, Sunday Night at Tennessee (Somersault of Doom!), but we finished at home against the Bills, and would have finished at home against the Falcons anyway (Bills game was scheduled for Week 2, but all Week 2 games were moved to the end of the year due to 9/11).

The flip side to 2003 actually happened in both 1998 and 1999, opening and closing the season with road games.
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Thanks, good info
 
I thought last year the pat upset game was in Miami?
 
2005 -- Away vs Patriots
2004 -- Away vs Baltimore
2003 -- Home vs Jets
2002 -- Away vs Patriots
2001 -- Home vs Bills
2000 -- Away vs Patriots
1999 -- Away vs Redskins
1998 -- Away vs Falcons
1997 -- Home vs Patriots
1996 -- Away vs Jets
1995 -- Away vs Rams
1994 -- Home vs Lions
1993 -- Away vs Chargers
1992 -- Home vs Patriots
1991 -- Home vs Jets
1990 -- Home vs Colts
 
Aqua4Ever04 said:
Are the Dolphins week 17 games always on the road so they can prepare the field for the orange bowl? it just seems liek they've been on the road in week 17 every year. This year it was in NE, last year in Baltimore, I think the year before it might have been home against the Jets (not sure tho) and 2001 it was in NE.

Am I right or is that just the way the schedule always seems to pan out?

Also we always seem to open @ home. When was our last week 1 game on the road?

I was just thinking about it so any info would be appreciated
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actually in 2001 it was home against the Buffalo Bills.
 
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