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LOL @ Brian Billick kicking the tying FG from the half yard line at the end of regulation
Bob Griese with 6 touchdown passes!Hey, how about the 1977 Thanksgiving day game vs the Cardinals
Like 55-7 or something crazy...
Pennington beats the Jets to win the division in NYHenne beat the Jets
Every time we beat New England
Ricky with over 200 plus yards in the third quarter.
This would require some heavy reflection and research on my part. So many games to remember and to consider since roughly 1977 or so.
Another great question/topic to expound upon this one would be all-time memorable LOSSES in Dolphins history.
Of course the “wins” are always going to be our favorites, but there have been some memorable crushing losses that would have been among our favorites had a play or two (or an officiating call or two) went the Dolphins way.
I'll just put one of my favorites because it has a fun story for me:
December 9, 1990 vs the Eagles.
This was my first home game. I was 25 and had saved up to go with my sister, who wasn't a football fan, but had always wanted to go to Disney World. We're from California, so it's a pretty big trip. We saved up our money and took a red-eye with a layover in Atlanta that went to Miami and then went on to Orlando. I got off in Miami while she went to Orlando, and I just didn't use that portion of the flight. It was pre-911 and it was cheaper that way and nobody cared if I just didn't show up for the last leg.
I rented a car in Miami and had a bunch of time before the game. So not knowing anything, I drove down to the Keys as far as I dared. I think I turned around at about Islamorada. I made it back in plenty of time. I had never been to Miami before and it was before the days of Google Maps, so I had studied how to get to the Stadium. My fold out paper maps told me to take the 95 north to Ives Dairy Road. I still remember all this. I passed a fun little mall along the way. I didn't know where to park, but there were lots of kind people offering parking on their lawns, so I found a super nice lady who was charging just like $5. It wasn't a very far walk from there.
The game did not go well for a large portion and the little batch of Eagles fans were getting very loud and annoying. I kept thinking, I saved up all my money and came all this way for a loss? No way I was leaving, though.
As we all know, we came back and won in overtime. It was particularly significant because it clinched our first playoff berth in like 5 years. I had been to Dolphins games before, but always as the visitor. Being at a home game and being able to cheer with everyone else was such an amazing feeling. As we walked out, there would just be this rising crescendo of a roar and then die down and then start up again. They were playing Queen's "I Want it All"...I'm not sure it could have been any more magical. But it was like 1am, and I had slept very little on the red-eye and I had to drive up to Orlando.
I hopped on the turnpike and stopped at every little turnout along the way to caffeinate up. I was so sleepy. I think I got there around 5am and slept until 3pm the next day still humming "Miami Dolphins #1"...I had never heard the fight song before. My sister had been in Kissimmee, where our cheap hotel was, but didn't have a car, so she was anxious to get to Disney. We ended up flying out of Miami the next weekend and she DID go with me to the Seahawks game, another win, but it wasn't as magical as that first one.
I've been to a few home games since then, but I haven't been since 2005...another magical win vs. Buffalo, but that's another story.
Thx for your time and effort on a awesome storyI'll just put one of my favorites because it has a fun story for me:
December 9, 1990 vs the Eagles.
This was my first home game. I was 25 and had saved up to go with my sister, who wasn't a football fan, but had always wanted to go to Disney World. We're from California, so it's a pretty big trip. We saved up our money and took a red-eye with a layover in Atlanta that went to Miami and then went on to Orlando. I got off in Miami while she went to Orlando, and I just didn't use that portion of the flight. It was pre-911 and it was cheaper that way and nobody cared if I just didn't show up for the last leg.
I rented a car in Miami and had a bunch of time before the game. So not knowing anything, I drove down to the Keys as far as I dared. I think I turned around at about Islamorada. I made it back in plenty of time. I had never been to Miami before and it was before the days of Google Maps, so I had studied how to get to the Stadium. My fold out paper maps told me to take the 95 north to Ives Dairy Road. I still remember all this. I passed a fun little mall along the way. I didn't know where to park, but there were lots of kind people offering parking on their lawns, so I found a super nice lady who was charging just like $5. It wasn't a very far walk from there.
The game did not go well for a large portion and the little batch of Eagles fans were getting very loud and annoying. I kept thinking, I saved up all my money and came all this way for a loss? No way I was leaving, though.
As we all know, we came back and won in overtime. It was particularly significant because it clinched our first playoff berth in like 5 years. I had been to Dolphins games before, but always as the visitor. Being at a home game and being able to cheer with everyone else was such an amazing feeling. As we walked out, there would just be this rising crescendo of a roar and then die down and then start up again. They were playing Queen's "I Want it All"...I'm not sure it could have been any more magical. But it was like 1am, and I had slept very little on the red-eye and I had to drive up to Orlando.
I hopped on the turnpike and stopped at every little turnout along the way to caffeinate up. I was so sleepy. I think I got there around 5am and slept until 3pm the next day still humming "Miami Dolphins #1"...I had never heard the fight song before. My sister had been in Kissimmee, where our cheap hotel was, but didn't have a car, so she was anxious to get to Disney. We ended up flying out of Miami the next weekend and she DID go with me to the Seahawks game, another win, but it wasn't as magical as that first one.
I've been to a few home games since then, but I haven't been since 2005...another magical win vs. Buffalo, but that's another story.