Dolphins7273
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So what do you guys think is the best Dolphins game of all-time?
Which is the best Dolphins game of all-time?
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Super Bowl VIII Dolphins 14-7. Immortality, Nuff said.
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1971 Christmas day against the KC Chiefs.
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MNF against the Bears in the Orange Bowl....Wish we woulda got the chance to beat them a second time...
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D-day, GreatWade and I .......the best 2 quarters EVER!
Dolphins7273
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I was gonna add a poll to the thread but I guess I took too long. Anyway, these were the options I was gonna post:
1. 1971 playoff game against the Chiefs
2. Thanksgiving 1993
3. 1981 playoff game against the Chargers
4. MNF against the Bears in '85
5. Marino's fake spike
6. Super Bowl 7
7. Super Bowl 8
1. 1971 playoff game against the Chiefs
2. Thanksgiving 1993
3. 1981 playoff game against the Chargers
4. MNF against the Bears in '85
5. Marino's fake spike
6. Super Bowl 7
7. Super Bowl 8
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3 is probably the best game we've been a part of, but I stick with 4...it was the Bears' only loss, and we destroyed one of the best defenses EVER! Plus the hype and atmosphere was infinitely more intense than more than half of the games mentioned...
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The 1981 Playoff game even though we lost.
1981 Chargers game.
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I would have to say...the two SB wins are the best just because they were for the title.
However; the most entertaining was probably the following:
(1) the 85 MNF game wehn we beat the then undefeated Bears
(2) the 81 playoff game we lost to the chargers
(3) the shootout with the Jets (cant remember what year, but it was when Marino hit Duper for a long TD when Duper made a one handed catch down the sideline)
(4) the shootout with NE in the mud a year after Dan's achilles injury!
However; the most entertaining was probably the following:
(1) the 85 MNF game wehn we beat the then undefeated Bears
(2) the 81 playoff game we lost to the chargers
(3) the shootout with the Jets (cant remember what year, but it was when Marino hit Duper for a long TD when Duper made a one handed catch down the sideline)
(4) the shootout with NE in the mud a year after Dan's achilles injury!
1. Super Bowl VII
2. Monday Night Football v Chicago Bears 1985
3. Fake Spike v NY Jets 1994
4. Thanksgiving Day v Dallas Cowboys 1993
5. Christmas Day 1971 v KC Chiefs
6. AFC Championship game v NY Jets 1983
And in no particular order...
Lamar Smith TD in overtime v Indy 2000
Shutout of the Patriots 21-0 2006
Edging Patriots 29-28 2004
Edging Buffalo 24-23 2005
Ricky romps all over the NY Jets 30-3 2002
2. Monday Night Football v Chicago Bears 1985
3. Fake Spike v NY Jets 1994
4. Thanksgiving Day v Dallas Cowboys 1993
5. Christmas Day 1971 v KC Chiefs
6. AFC Championship game v NY Jets 1983
And in no particular order...
Lamar Smith TD in overtime v Indy 2000
Shutout of the Patriots 21-0 2006
Edging Patriots 29-28 2004
Edging Buffalo 24-23 2005
Ricky romps all over the NY Jets 30-3 2002
BennySwella
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The best one I've seen in person was the Baltimore game last year to get our first win.
The comeback win against the Buffalo Bills a couple years back, when Chambers balled out and caught the game winning touchdown, will always be one of the best ever to me.
The comeback win against the Buffalo Bills a couple years back, when Chambers balled out and caught the game winning touchdown, will always be one of the best ever to me.
Obviously the Super Bowl wins, particularly the first. The second win was a foregone conclusion and a loss would have been stunning.
The '74 playoff game at Oakland was the most devastating loss in team history, but it was also a fantastic game. If you disregard the outcome, that was probably the greatest game in Dolphin history in terms of drama and quality of play. It opened with a kickoff return for TD by Nat Moore and remained edge-of-your-seat nerve wracking throughout. Absolutely no contest between the caliber of that game and the laughable ineptitude of the '81 game vs. the Chargers, two remarkably flawed teams repeatedly determined to surrender advantage through unforced errors like turnovers and shanked FGs or divoted FGs.
Al DeRogatis was the premier TV football analyst of the '60s and through the mid '70s. He partnered with Curt Gowdy on NBC and did the call of that '74 playoff game. At the end of the telecast, DeRogatis called it perhaps the best football game he had ever seen.
I guarantee DeRogatis would never have said anything similar about that '81 mess.
Dr. Z of Sports Illustrated calls DeRogatis his #1 football analyst of all time so it's hardly a throwaway opinion.
The '71 Christmas Day game at Kansas City obviously belongs on a list like this. So does the '72 AFC Championship Game at Pittsburgh. That was hellish to come out of there with a win against a young brute team, particularly the way the game opened. The bold decision to yank Morrall at halftime and replace with Griese adds a variable that boosts the intrigue and status of that game.
And I'm surprised the '78 Monday Night loss at Houston isn't prominently featured in a thread like this. It has long been considered one of the best Monday Night games ever, a resurgent Griese vs. Earl Campbell.
The '74 playoff game at Oakland was the most devastating loss in team history, but it was also a fantastic game. If you disregard the outcome, that was probably the greatest game in Dolphin history in terms of drama and quality of play. It opened with a kickoff return for TD by Nat Moore and remained edge-of-your-seat nerve wracking throughout. Absolutely no contest between the caliber of that game and the laughable ineptitude of the '81 game vs. the Chargers, two remarkably flawed teams repeatedly determined to surrender advantage through unforced errors like turnovers and shanked FGs or divoted FGs.
Al DeRogatis was the premier TV football analyst of the '60s and through the mid '70s. He partnered with Curt Gowdy on NBC and did the call of that '74 playoff game. At the end of the telecast, DeRogatis called it perhaps the best football game he had ever seen.
I guarantee DeRogatis would never have said anything similar about that '81 mess.
Dr. Z of Sports Illustrated calls DeRogatis his #1 football analyst of all time so it's hardly a throwaway opinion.
The '71 Christmas Day game at Kansas City obviously belongs on a list like this. So does the '72 AFC Championship Game at Pittsburgh. That was hellish to come out of there with a win against a young brute team, particularly the way the game opened. The bold decision to yank Morrall at halftime and replace with Griese adds a variable that boosts the intrigue and status of that game.
And I'm surprised the '78 Monday Night loss at Houston isn't prominently featured in a thread like this. It has long been considered one of the best Monday Night games ever, a resurgent Griese vs. Earl Campbell.