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Yesterday's beat down made me question, what's the worst home loss we have ever had?
Worst home loss you ever remember?
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TrinidadDolfan
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Teenwolf
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ha ha!
1985 Season AFC Championship 31-14
1992 Season AFC Championship 29-10
Both those games were bigger blowouts than the score indicated, and obviously the stakes were almost as high as they get. Both games were classic Dolphins in that they failed to even show up.
1992 Season AFC Championship 29-10
Both those games were bigger blowouts than the score indicated, and obviously the stakes were almost as high as they get. Both games were classic Dolphins in that they failed to even show up.
I remember that 1992 AFCCG so well. Sad thing is, after the game I reassured myself we'd be back in the AFCCG again within a year or two. Here we are just short of 30 years later and well....
If my memory serves me correctly, both those games were classic examples of what happened when teams were actually able to shut down Marino and force him into mistakes. The loss to New England in ‘85 was just unimaginable, Miami was so much better than that Patriots team.
It wasn't at home, but I was at the Baltimore game when they trounced us 40-0. It was not fun and I left very very drunk.
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This loss was awfully bad. Here are some other painful home losses I remember:
* Being shut out by the Jets 24-0 at home in 2001. I remember a pass from Fiedler hitting James McKnight in the hands and then bouncing into the hands of a Jets DB, who promptly raced untouched to the end zone. That set the tone for the day.
* After a competitive start to the 1993 home game against the Bills, the wheels came off and the team fell apart in a 47-34 ugly loss.
* In 1995, we started the season 4-0 and led the Colts 24-3 at halftime in the fifth game of the season. In the second half, Jim Harbaugh became "Captain Comeback" and our defense had no answer for him. Similarly, our offense had no answer for Indy's defense. We were shut out in the second half and lost 27-24 in OT.
* I think it was 1989 when we hosted the Steelers. The game started out well, until the skies opened up and rain came down in sheets. The Steelers thrived in the awful weather while we faltered and lost 34-14.
* Another ugly home loss to Buffalo, this one in 1994. It started out well with Miami taking the lead on a beautiful long TD pass when Marino looked off the safety and found Irving Fryar wide open. Then Jeff Cross sacked Jim Kelly and forced a fumble, which rookie DE Tyoka Jackson recovered. Again, the wheels came off for us in the second half, ending in a 42-31 loss.
* Being shut out by the Jets 24-0 at home in 2001. I remember a pass from Fiedler hitting James McKnight in the hands and then bouncing into the hands of a Jets DB, who promptly raced untouched to the end zone. That set the tone for the day.
* After a competitive start to the 1993 home game against the Bills, the wheels came off and the team fell apart in a 47-34 ugly loss.
* In 1995, we started the season 4-0 and led the Colts 24-3 at halftime in the fifth game of the season. In the second half, Jim Harbaugh became "Captain Comeback" and our defense had no answer for him. Similarly, our offense had no answer for Indy's defense. We were shut out in the second half and lost 27-24 in OT.
* I think it was 1989 when we hosted the Steelers. The game started out well, until the skies opened up and rain came down in sheets. The Steelers thrived in the awful weather while we faltered and lost 34-14.
* Another ugly home loss to Buffalo, this one in 1994. It started out well with Miami taking the lead on a beautiful long TD pass when Marino looked off the safety and found Irving Fryar wide open. Then Jeff Cross sacked Jim Kelly and forced a fumble, which rookie DE Tyoka Jackson recovered. Again, the wheels came off for us in the second half, ending in a 42-31 loss.
Both of those games were bigger losses because of the importance of those games in the playoffs and the Dolphins certainly didn‘t play well in either game. As you stated, neither game was as close as the scores indicate. Yet I was a season ticket holder for over 40 years and I don’t remember a home game during the regular season in which the Dolphins looked as inept as they did yesterday. Especially on offense.
DolfanISS
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I remember all of those. It was a closer game but the Stoyonovich miss vs the Chargers was the worst one for me. Blowing that lead then missing the FG ugh. If there was a Finheaven or Twitter that year both Shula and Marino should have been getting slammed. The whole offensive performance in the 2nd half was a complete joke.
For whatever reason this one didn’t bother me as much as it should have. Guess I’m just getting older and more passive. Although I admit back breaking last second losses always hurt me more than embarrassing blowouts. There’s always a handful of plays I dwell on in the close ones .
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Can't believe its been 30 yrs. Its eye opening how long we have been bad
Yesterday was brutal in its own special way, lol. I said to my wife yesterday, “you know, I’ve been doing this for 39 years now, since I was 8, and I’m used to it, but today made me realize I‘m almost certainly not going to get a chance to watch the Dolphins win a Super Bowl with my dad”.
Even being what I’d call a “hopeful Tua skeptic“, I guess I thought this team was closer than it actually is. Oh well.
DolfanISS
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We must be about the same age my friend. My first Dolphins memory was 1982 vs the Jets in the mud. Then my dad would bet me a buck on the SB and I took Miami. He offered to trade at halftime and never took money from me of course but that’s how it all began. Now 39 years later still waiting to win a buck hahaha.
Yup. I see you’re also in Massachusetts and 46. I just turned 47 and my first Dolphins memory is exactly the same game as yours, lol. My dad was away on business, and I was with my grandfather who kept trying to change the channel to watch old WWII movies.
My second earliest Dolphin memory is my dad consoling me after Riggins’ run one game later.
I remember that loss. I was 10 years old and cried like a baby for hours after that loss. We were a much better team than them and was glad they got crushed by the bears in the SB.