History Of The Miami Dolphins

Founded in 1966, the Miami Dolphins are the oldest professional sports team in the state of Florida.

History Of The Miami Dolphins
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Original owner Joe Robbie, along with his partner, television star Danny Thomas, were awarded the American Football League franchise for $7.5 million and began a meteoric rise to success both on and off the field.

Playing their games at the Orange Bowl near Downtown Miami, the Dolphins developed an immediate bond with the city and its eclectic mix of cultures, embedding themselves in the community despite holding the first four training camps up in Boca Raton at St. Andrew’s School. Robbie moved team headquarters to Biscayne College in North Miami in 1970, the same year he hired Hall-of-Fame Head Coach Don Shula.

Shula, fresh off of coaching the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III against the New York Jets at the Orange Bowl in Miami, enjoyed immediate success with his new team by going 10-4 and reaching the playoffs in his first season. That was the team’s first winning record after combining for 15 victories from 1966-69 and the beginning of a streak of 14 out of 16 winning seasons, which included three consecutive Super Bowl appearances from 1971-73 and back-to-back wins in Super Bowls VII and VIII.

The Perfect Season of 1972, which saw Miami finish 17-0 after beating the Washington Redskins, 14-7, in Super Bowl VII, produced the only unbeaten team in NFL history and cemented Shula’s place among the all-time great coaches. He retired in 1995 as the league’s all-time winningest head coach with 347 victories.

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