What was the most disapointing loss in Dolphin history?

[nyjunc]

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

They contorlled that game but 14-0 is not a big domination, 1 fluke play like the garo play got wash back into it. Many more teams have been much more dominant. Miami '72 won 3 playoff games by a combined 17 poitns, the '85 Bears won their 3 playoff games by a combined 81 points. THAT is total domination. Your '73 team won 3 playoff games by a combined 52 points, THAT is domination. Again I don't mean to take anything away as it was an amazing accomplishment to go undefeated I just don't think that was the best team in NFL history.

 

[BlueFin]

They contorlled that game but 14-0 is not a big domination, 1 fluke play like the garo play got wash back into it. Many more teams have been much more dominant. Miami '72 won 3 playoff games by a combined 17 poitns, the '85 Bears won their 3 playoff games by a combined 81 points. THAT is total domination. Your '73 team won 3 playoff games by a combined 52 points, THAT is domination. Again I don't mean to take anything away as it was an amazing accomplishment to go undefeated I just don't think that was the best team in NFL history.

Excuse me Bucwheat......the 1972 Dolphins ranked number 1 in the entire NFL in both Offense and Defense, you name the other teams that have accomplished that, you name another undefeated team....you can't.

The fact is the No Name defense shut out the Redskins offense, the Bears didn't do that and they didn't go undefeated. The fact is Miami's 1972 offense was much better than the Bears offense, by a much larger margin than whatever advantage one might give the Bears defense over the No-Names.

 

[Mr Yu]

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.

- Great post. You must be 40+ in order to recall that much pain. That D got real old against the pasties , but the Oakland game ended an era. I would go 1 & 1A.

 

[Mr Yu]

Excuse me Bucwheat......the 1972 Dolphins ranked number 1 in the entire NFL in both Offense and Defense, you name the other teams that have accomplished that, you name another undefeated team....you can't.

The fact is the No Name defense shut out the Redskins offense, the Bears didn't do that and they didn't go undefeated. The fact is Miami's 1972 offense was much better than the Bears offense, by a much larger margin than whatever advantage one might give the Bears defense over the No-Names.

Preach it brother.

 

[finataxia24]

it was a playoff game

a few yrs ago miami had the ravens at home & we blew it


we had a real chance to win that game i think( not certain) it was surtain who let stokley

get by him to make the 1st then that sealed the victory for the ravens

 

['Deep]

They contorlled that game but 14-0 is not a big domination, 1 fluke play like the garo play got wash back into it.

You`re forgetting the long touchdown to Warfield that got called back...or did you even know that happened? Say what you want, we won 3 games by so much, we weren`t the best team in your opinion, and blah blah blah...but 17-0 is all I gotta say, `cause that`s all that matters. It ain`t happened since!

 

[BlueFin]

You`re forgetting the long touchdown to Warfield that got called back...or did you even know that happened? Say what you want, we won 3 games by so much, we weren`t the best team in your opinion, and blah blah blah...but 17-0 is all I gotta say, `cause that`s all that matters. It ain`t happened since!

Didn't happen in the 50 something years before either.............

 

['Deep]

Didn't happen in the 50 something years before either.............

Got that right!! But the Jet fan says perfection doesn`t prove we`re the best.

 

[Agent51]

Losing to San Fran in the Superbowl as Dan's only chance at a ring has to be up there.

I would have to say that SB loss to the 49ers also, HOWEVER, in terms of non-playoff/super bowl games I'd definately say that damn Monday night game against the Jets..............ouch

 

[phinking]

I have memoies of many disappointing losses like Seattle playoff game in 1983, 51-45 overtime loss to the jets 1986, 37-30 to jets in 2000. But the one I remember most is 23-20 loss to the jets in overtime at home in a game both teams needed to make the playoffs and we could not stop freakin Johnny Hector nor Rob Moore. We wound up losing on Raul Allegre's field goal
in overtime.

 

[nyjunc]

Excuse me Bucwheat......the 1972 Dolphins ranked number 1 in the entire NFL in both Offense and Defense, you name the other teams that have accomplished that, you name another undefeated team....you can't.

The fact is the No Name defense shut out the Redskins offense, the Bears didn't do that and they didn't go undefeated. The fact is Miami's 1972 offense was much better than the Bears offense, by a much larger margin than whatever advantage one might give the Bears defense over the No-Names.

Again, i'm not trying to take anything away but you did not play 1 playoff team all season and you won 3 close games in the postseason while Chicago dominated. Chicago gave up 10 pts in 3 games, 10! What you guys did was great and is an all-time great team just not the greatest.

You`re forgetting the long touchdown to Warfield that got called back...or did you even know that happened?

I wasn't alive during the game but the TD must have been called back for a reason, right? last I checked we don't count TDs that were callled back by penalties.

 

[BlueFin]

Again, i'm not trying to take anything away but you did not play 1 playoff team all season and you won 3 close games in the postseason while Chicago dominated. Chicago gave up 10 pts in 3 games, 10! What you guys did was great and is an all-time great team just not the greatest.

Thats your opinion and you have a right to it, but that doesn't make it fact.

Its funny you think the 85 Bears were greater than the 1972 Dolphins, yet you don't think the 1972 Dolphins were greater than the 1985 Dolphins? If the 1985 Dolphins could beat the 85 Bears certainly the 1972 Dolphins could have.

The only exception to that of course is that Steroids entered the game with the late Seventies Steelers and certainly the Bears were a Roids team.

You weren't around to see that team so your opinion really doesn't count for much, and your ignorant statement about not playing playoff teams doesn't hold water.

If you had expanded the playoffs in 1972 from 8 to 12 like it was for the 1985 Bears the Dolphins would have played 4 playoff teams out of 14 games. You also seem to forget they beat three playoff teams in the playoffs including having to go to three Rivers on the road and beat those Steelers.

Again, the 72 Dolphins offense has 5 Hall of famers and it should be at least 6, it was a much greater offense than the 85 Bears offense. regarding defense, while most rank the 85 Bears as one of the top 3 defenses ever, those same experts also include the No-Name defense as one of the top ten ever. The Dolphins played ball control so they usually were not out to run the score up, they ran the clock out, that should not be held against them by an intelligent fan but should be praised.

 

[nyjunc]

Thats your opinion and you have a right to it, but that doesn't make it fact.

It goes both ways, you guys think just b/c you were undefeated that it automatically makes you te best but that is not the case.

Its funny you think the 85 Bears were greater than the 1972 Dolphins, yet you don't think the 1972 Dolphins were greater than the 1985 Dolphins? If the 1985 Dolphins could beat the 85 Bears certainly the 1972 Dolphins could have.

Again it was one reg season game at home and you would admit the '85 O was better than the '72 O, right? And that Dolphin team was a double digit win team and a playoff team, the '72 Phins faced neither.

 

[finsnchips]

the overtime game in NE in 2002 was very harsh.

i thort last season when we lost to the cards it kinda confirmed we had reached rock bottom.

 

[BlueFin]

It goes both ways, you guys think just b/c you were undefeated that it automatically makes you te best but that is not the case.



Again it was one reg season game at home and you would admit the '85 O was better than the '72 O, right? And that Dolphin team was a double digit win team and a playoff team, the '72 Phins faced neither.

Are you simple or what?, the 1972 Offense had 5 hall of famers and has been on the brink of 6, the 1985 offense will probably only place 2 in the hall of fame.

You equate everything to points scored, the 1972 Dolphins could have scored much if they had chosen, they were so dominant they didn't have have to, all they had to do was chew up 8 minutes per drive and win every game they played.

No, the 1985 Dolphins were not a good running team, they were one dimensional, how could they be better than a complete offense like the 1972 Dolphins?

And the fact is, if they had placed 12 teams in the playoffs in 1972 instead of 8 like they had in 1985, KC, Cinn., Detr. and NYG all would have been playoff teams, so the Dolphins would played 4 during the season.

Also, Minnesota was an excellent team that played in Superbowl 4 and would go on to play in Superbowl 8, 9 and 11, they were a real good team.