Posts with players, coaches, and other topics from the Miami Dolphins for The Football History Dude podcast, covering the history of the NFL.
Today we have Super Bowl VIII, between the defending Super Bowl champion Miami Dolphins out of the AFC, going up against the NFC champions, the Minnesota Vikings. This game was held on January 13, 1974, at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas. This was the first Super Bowl to be held at a site that is … Read more
Today we have Super Bowl VII, between the NFC champion Washington Redskins and the AFC champion Miami Dolphins. It was held on January 14, 1973, at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in the heart of USC country, the final Super Bowl to be held at this historic site. As always, we have a pop quiz, and … Read more
On December 24, 1978, the extension of the NFL’s very first 16-game regular season and two more playoff teams resulted in the league’s very first Wildcard Playoff Weekend. Two more teams would increase the total number of teams per conference to make the playoffs to five each. You would have your three division winners in … Read more
Don Shula is the winningest coach in NFL history, is the head coach of the only NFL team with a perfect season, went to three Miami Dolphins Super Bowls in a row, and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. His great success is well documented. However, the rocky relationship he had with … Read more