What was the most disapointing loss in Dolphin history?

[nyjunc]

Yes there is absolutely zero doubt about the possible outcome of a game that was never played.

There is NO doubt that this is the typical mindless drivel of a typical Jets fan.

Anyone who has paid attention to football and followed that '85 season knows there was no chance for any team that day. You beat NE at home in the reg season and beat them about 20 straight times at home in the reg season, how did things work out in the playoffs? In 1990 you split w/ Buf but destroyed them in your win 30-7, how did things work out in the playoffs? In '92 you swept Buf in the reg season including a 37-10 thrashing, how did things work out in the playoffs? We have already been over '98 and what happened reg & postseason vs. Den. The reg season and postseason are a different beast, that Bear team might be the greatest team of all time and you had no chance if you met up in NO. Fool yourslef into thinking you did but I guess it doesnt' matter as you blew the Pats game and never had the chance(lucky for you).

 

[eddie4fins]

It was after the `94 season. I was at the Murph for that one, tough, tough loss...I don`t remember much about the drive back up to Ventura, lets just say I made a few stops along the way. When I got home my roommate had put a can of dolphin safe tuna on my bed. Damn Stoyanovich anyway!!

The story behind that game is very interesting, I guess at halftime for unknown reasons the Miami locker room had no lights so the Dolphins could not make adjustments to their game plan, Shula was mad for years he believed the problem was not a mistake but ordered by the Chargers owner.

 

[nyjunc]

The story behind that game is very interesting, I guess at halftime for unknown reasons the Miami locker room had no lights so the Dolphins could not make adjustments to their game plan, Shula was mad for years he believed the problem was not a mistake but ordered by the Chargers owner.

I guess that's payback for not having a tarp on the field during the week of the '82 AFC Championship Game?

 

[PMZQ]

All this Marino talk got me to thinking about this.....obviously there are many candidates for this.

1) The playoff loss to Oakland 28-26 in the 1974 playoffs where the Dolphins were trying for an unprecented third consecutive Superbowl title, everyone must remember the Stabler throw at the end with Vern Den Herder dragging him down.

2) The triple overtime playoff loss to San Diego in 1981 41-38.

3) Some younger fans might say the 62-7 playoff loss to JAX that ended the Johnson era, for me its not the most disapointing because I didn't feel we were good enough that year anyway.

For me......its the 1985 AFC Championship game at the Orange Bowl, the year the Bears were dominant and only lost to Marino and the Dolphins on Monday night, we should have beaten the Pats that day and Marino should have had his second crack at a Superbowl win against that great Bears team he had already beaten....instead the Dolphins fumbled the ball 5 or 6 times(can't remember which one) and the Patsies went on to get slaughtered in Superbowl XX.

Losing to Buffalo in the 1992 AFC Championship was high on the list, as well as the loss in San Diego in 1994 or 1995....can't remember which it is. That was the last time I think Danny had a real legitimate shot at a ring.

 

[eddie4fins]

I guess that's payback for not having a tarp on the field during the week of the '82 AFC Championship Game?

I wont waste my time talking to a Jets fan who is just looking to pick a fight your on my ignore list now See Ya!

 

[nyjunc]

I wont waste my time talking to a Jets fan who is just looking to pick a fight your on my ignore list now See Ya!

Oh I get it, you can blame SD for a problem they supposedly could control but the dophins go blameless when they were in control of the tarp and did not put it down?

 

[BlueFin]

Ok, people. I love my 'Fins and everything and would have absolutely loved to have seen an '85 Bears-Dolphins SUPER BOWL... but...

I challenge ANYONE to go back and watch that Monday Night game against the Bears and tell me...

1. Who started at QB for the Bears that game. Oh. Uh-hummm. Thank you.
2. If MAYBE - just maybe - Ditka didn't have the W-R-O-N-G gameplan in (on purpose??? fix??? seriously, watch the damn game and tell me something doesn't smell bad)... anyway, wrong gameplan in place for playing the 'Fins DEFENSE... forget Marino and our offense... the Bears lost that game for not grinding the damn ball out with Walter and keeping Marino on the bench (watch the second half closely - Bears had made adjustments but the game was already out of reach).
3. How many lucky breaks did Miami get in that game (remember the tipped pass that ended up flying waaaay up in the air and eventually caught for a TD [I think] by Clayton [again, I think].

Seriously, I remember watching that game when I was like 14 and getting all GEEKED up about it... lost my voice from screaming I was so happy. The memory of that game stayed with me for years. Then, the year we got Ricky, I got GEEKED UP AGAIN for my 'Fins and I decided to take a walk thru memory lane... bought that game tape... listen... I was SOOOOO disappointed. People's memories do fail them, folks. That game was a joke. If ever I thought a pro football game was fixed... this one sure looks like it. Watch Ditka on the sidelines if you doubt. THEN come back and post here.

Looking back, I'd love to have seen Miami play Chicago in the Super Bowl... if only to see if that MNF game was BS (fixed/thrown/whatever) or not.

Finally, I think people's memories are REALLY selective. For as much as Miami AS A TEAM played sloppy in the AFC Championship game against New England... Marino stunk it up that night, people. Again, go back and watch the tape. It's sad, but it was signs of what was more to come and, coincidentally, exactly what scouts had felt would be Marino's drawback (coming out of college)... Danny Boy never could lose a battle to win the war... that is, he FORCED THE DAMN BALL too much. Egos like his are prone to that mistake. Sorry, but the worst thing that ever happened to Marino was for Strock to have left the team. But that's another thread.

Peace. And don't be hating if I'm not all gushing and sh*t about Marino on the eve of his enshrinement. He's done a lot for football and the 'Fins, specifically, but I'd say his off-field efforts are as much or more to be recognized right now than his play. On the field... he was great... but he wasn't prefect. What's sad is, he could have been... if (as I suggest) he'd checked that titanic ego at the door. That's my only beef with Marino, really. Kinda makes me think of Carl Lewis. Imagine these two yelling at the top of their lungs in a hotel lobby check-in arguing for the last room...
"I'm CARL LEWIS!!!" "I'm DAN MARINO"
"I'M CAAAARL LEEEWIS!!!" "I'M DAN FREAK'n MARIIIINO!!!" And so on.

Dude relax..................geez. I have the game on tape and Miami beat the Bears straight up. I was not a boy when I watched it and my memory is not selective.

Yes McMahon didn't play, and I'm certainly not suggesting it would be easy, but Miami had a chance to beat Chicago, they were the only ones who did it.

 

[JUSTWINFINS]

Playoff loss to the Chargers some years back to go to the AFC Championship. Man was i f-ing pissed

That game is it for me.i remember Natrone means stepped out of bounds on like the four yard line.The replay clearly showed almost his whole dam foot was out.that gave them the lead for good.:cry:

 

[poornate]

I haven't read this thread. Don't have to. I will gush on dan at the eve of his enshrinement. I wanted him to win his Superbowl. That is my game of regret.

(I'm sure others have agreed a hundred times in this thread already.)

:nate:

 

[mdolphins13dm]

What about the game vs the patriots where they were up 14 points and lost in the 4th quarter making us miss the playoffs in 2001 i think, i dont remember.

 

[Dphins4me]

for me the worst was in San Diego 1994. I told my wife that it was Dan's last chance for a trip to the superbowl.


Sadly I was right.

Nice kick Stoyo!! :fire:

Do remember that the play before Stoyo kick was a deep pass by Marino. He could have stet Stoyo up with a easier kick by moving the ball another 5 or 10 yards with a more high percentage pass.

So its not all Stoyo fault for that one.

 

[Dphins4me]

No Miami '72 was not the best, Heck their '73 team was better. Chi '85, SF '84 & '89, Pitt '78 were all better teams..

Baseless statement.

The fact is only one team lined up each & every week and walked off the field a winner, plus on other major thing. Miami had to win the AFC Championship in another teams home stadium(Something those teams did not have to do), plus the team they beat in the SB only gave up 3 points in each of their 2 playoff games.

I've heard some on the Phins say they were better in '73 even Shula but the fact they lost to a 9-4-1 team & a 4-10 team, even though both were on the road does not help that argument.

The '78 Steelers lost twice (Once at home to a 10-6 team & on the road to a 12-4 team)

The '84 Niners lost at home to a 9-7 team.

Of course we know the '85 Bears lost on the road to a defensive weak Miami team & were basically dominated.

The '89 Niners lost twice at home to 11-5 & a 10-6 teams

So only in opinion could any other these teams be considered better, since each did not prove it on the field of play.

 

[Avalanche of Wins]

i thought the natrone means miss play and call led to a safety against us for san diego..?

 

[nyjunc]

So only in opinion could any other these teams be considered better, since each did not prove it on the field of play.

B/c a team went undefeated does not necessarily make them better than another team that lot 1 or 2 games. Like I posted earlier the schedule was the weakest of any SB Champion, you did not play 1 playoff team all year. It doesn't take away that you were the best that year but I think it hinders your best of all-time argument. I fully believe the '73 team was better as were a few other teams. There is no way to prove any f it but just b/c you wnet undefeated does not make it a fact you were the best team of all time.

 

[Dphins4me]

B/c a team went undefeated does not necessarily make them better than another team that lot 1 or 2 games. Like I posted earlier the schedule was the weakest of any SB Champion.

First off you cannot compare teams from one era against another. Miami's ground game was dominate & to say these other teams could have stopped them on the ground would not be accurate.

They also lined up against the team put in front of them & won. Something those other teams cannot say. Plus each team lost to a far less superior team while Miami won those games.

you did not play 1 playoff team all year. It doesn't take away that you were the best that year but I think it hinders your best of all-time argument. I fully believe the '73 team was better as were a few other teams. There is no way to prove any f it but just b/c you wnet undefeated does not make it a fact you were the best team of all time.

Unbeaten, means no one was good enough to beat you. Miami beat the team most thought was the best in the NFL that year in the Super Bowl.

They actually dominated the Skins & would have had the only SB shut out had it not been for Garo.

As I said. In opinion only can another team be considered better. The proof was left on the field.