Miami Dolphins Tickets : The Dolphins Became The First Team To Accomplish A Complete Perfect Season

The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida

. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL).

The Dolphins play home games at Sun Life Stadium in the northern suburb of Miami Gardens, and have their headquarters at the Miami Dolphins Training Facility in Davie, Florida.

The Dolphins team was founded by Joe Robbie, and began play in the American Football League (AFL) as an expansion team in the year 1966 an example of the AFL's expanding into to parts of the United States that had not possessed professional football teams. In 1970, the Dolphins joined the NFL when the AFL/NFL merger occurred. The Dolphins are the oldest continually-operating major-league professional sports franchise in the state of Florida.

The team made its first Super Bowl appearance following the 1971 season in Super Bowl VI, but lost to the Dallas Cowboys. In 1972, the Dolphins team completed the NFL's first and only perfect season culminating in a Super Bowl win, winning all 14 of its regular-season games, both of its NFL playoff games, and also Super Bowl VII.

The Dolphins thus became the first NFL team to accomplish a perfect regular season and the first professional football team in any league to accomplish a complete perfect season. The Dolphins also won Super Bowl VIII, becoming the first team to appear in three consecutive Super Bowls, and the second team (the first AFL/AFC team) to win back-to-back championships. Miami also appeared in Super Bowl XVII and Super Bowl XIX, losing both games.

For most of their early history, the Dolphins were coached by Don Shula, the most successful head coach in professional football history in terms of total winning games. His Dolphins teams posted losing records in only two of his 26 seasons as the head coach of the team.

Six future Football Hall of Fame members played for Miami during the 1970s, including the fullback Larry Csonka, the quarterback Bob Griese, and the linebacker Nick Buoniconti.

During the 1980s and 1990s, the Dophins' quarterback Dan Marino became the most prolific passer in NFL history, breaking numerous league passing records. He led the Dolphins to five division titles, 10 playoff appearances, and Super Bowl XIX before retiring following the 1999 season.

After another disappointing season, the Dolphins looked to make a strong comeback the next season by acquiring Brandon Marshall from the Denver Broncos for two second round draft picks, Karlos Dansby from free agency.

Ronnie Brown was also back from his leg injury the previous year, and Ricky Williams also returned (while many speculated he would retire). During the 2010 NFL Draft, the Miami Dolphins selected Jared Odrick with their first round draft pick.

The Dolphins started out 2010 by winning their first two games against the Buffalo Bills and the Minnesota Vikings( a pre-season superbowl favorite) at Buffalo and Minnesota, respectively.

The Dolphins then lost the following two games at home. The first, a close loss to the New York Jets, and the second, to the New England Patriots. After the bye week, the Dolphins came back with win in overtime against the Green Bay Packers.

In week 7, the Dolphins played against the Pittsburgh Steelers, in a very competitive game. They lost however, due to a controversial call that gave the Steelers the ball after an apparent fumble recovery by Miami.

It was not clear that the Dolphins had recovered the ball, so the Steelers retained possession of the ball, and scored the game winning field goal. The Dolphins then went on the road against the Cincinnati Bengals, and won 22-14.

On November 10th Coach Sparano in a press conference told that Chad Henne would be benched and the veteran Chad Pennington would start in their home game against the Titans and for the rest of the season, also after waiving Jason Allen, Al Harris formerly of the Green Bay Packers.

After losing both Chad Pennington and Chad Henne in a win over the Tennessee Titans the Dolphins looked to third string quarterback Tyler Thigpen.

Dispite keeping the game close into the 4th quarter, thanks to the defense, the Dolphins were shut-out at home for the second time in team history falling to the Chicago Bears 16 to zero.

by: Amanda Harrison

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