NFL America's Game Super Bowl 7 Champions 1972 Dolphins

[@justjakewolverine4619]

I became a Dolphin fan in '70 when Shula left the Baltimore Colts and became the Dolphins head coach. Still and always a diehard Dolphins fan.

[@goldeneve]

Raise your glass and a toast to the greatest coach the only coach to become the perfect team…RIP Shula

[@countof3everybodyOD]

One of the greatest for sure Maybe the greatest

[@dannygray4898]

Up there with Chuck Noll, Bill Walsh, Paul Brown and Bill Belichek and Lombardi.... that's for certain.

[@Michael-dj9zq]

Shula is the only perfect coach PERIOD

[@waynenoll1967]

Shula won more games than all of them, some combined

[@adamdorgant9454]

@@Michael-dj9zq Yes indeed!!!

[@blaseblah204]

This year is the GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY of Perfection. 50 years. My Lord, where does the time go? Of all of the America's Games documentaries, the fact that the 72 Dolphins is the only one that ends with the final tableau of the team picture is just......... PERFECT.

[@user-gu4th6tv4k]

They would get crushed by todays team

[@waynejohanson1083]

@@user-gu4th6tv4k But it is a different game today. But in their time, they were the best.

[@randy4395]

There should be more Hall of Famers from that team:Manny Fernandez,Earl Morrall, Jake Scott,Dick Anderson,and Bob Kuechenberg.

[@dann547]

Jim Mandich was a great TE for the Dolphins.

[@thomas.walter8695]

And to this day....47 years later...still the only undefeated in pro football history.

[@fiftiesonly9579]

Thomas. Walter 2007 patriots were also undefeated but lost the super bowl

[@finchborat]

And with the Steelers losing to the Redskins, they still hold that title.

[@jasonsmith5226]

Thank Eli Manning, David Tyree..& God.

[@paulmicheldenverco1]

There was the 18-0 and the 0-1 New England Patriots.

[@michaelleroy9281]

Nobody will have a perfect season ever again

[@goldeneve]

72 dolphins 🍾 still perfect 🍾

[@tylerthorn3303]

Perfect. Don Shula and the Dolphins were perfect. Through hard work and sheer determination they solidified themselves in NFL history and their legacy will never die!

[@ChoseDeath]

Until Football dies, because we're currently ruining it. But until then, EVERYONE will remember the 1972 Dolphins.

[@aaronschutte7160]

Had to watch this again just to pay homage to Coach Shula’s life and legacy.

[@jvtherrien]

Idc what anyone says, THIS is the GREATEST TEAM IN NFL HISTORY. Idc about how the athletes got better as time went along, this team BEAT EVERYBODY. No matter how hard a game was (whether they blew em out or had to make a 4th quarter comeback like the AFC Championship vs Pittsburgh that year), they ALWAYS made the play. They have a ZERO (0) in their record. Even with how dominant the 85 Bears/84 and 89 49ers and the 92 Cowboys (I think 3 of the top 5 teams all time) were, they all LOST to someone. This team DIDN'T. They made the play(s) EVERY TIME they needed to. It's almost unfathomable. The 72 Dolphins deserve to be grandfathered into the 1 spot permanently as the GREATEST TEAM OF ALL-TIME

[@randomman3321]

You guys are perfect in super bowls 0-4 1990,1991,1992,1993

[@SoWhat-]

Chill he's giving respect ​@@randomman3321

[@Ironman-fk4rc]

Here’s to 50 years for the 1972 Miami Dolphins and RIP to another Dolphin from the team WR Marlin Briscoe.

[@Codemeisterrr]

72 Dolphins had 7 Hall of Famers. On offense they had Bob Griese, Paul Warfield, Larry Csonka, Larry Little, and Jim Langer. With Hall of Fame Linebacker Nick Buoniconti on defense AND Don Shula Coaching. What a roster!

[@liecrusher3506]

If it weren't for the WFL, they would've given the Steelers a run for their money.

[@user-kx3fx4eo9i]

and you truly think that Bob Griese belongs in the HOF? He did absolutely nothing in that superbowl and dont give me any bs about that "perfect season" because he maybe started four games that year...Errol Morrell was the qb....If anyone should not be in the hall, its griese

[@mrcnub]

​@Ezra Styles Yes, absolutely. Griese was selected first team All-Pro twice and for the Pro Bowl six times. He was top 10 in the league in passing efficiency every year from 1970-1978 including 1st in 1977. His stats don't look like anything special today, but for a solid decade he was one of the better QBs in the league.

[@user-kx3fx4eo9i]

@@mrcnub Maybe you were watching different games than I was. He did absolutely nothing in both those super bowl wins. In the undefeated season he started only four games, but some how gets credit for that season. You can say what ever you want, but the fact of the matter is , he does not belong in the HOF.

[@mrcnub]

@Ezra Styles I never said that he did anything in the Super Bowl wins. You're right, he didn't. I said he was one of the best QBs of the 1970s, which he was. Stack his numbers up against the other HOF QBs of that era (Staubach, Stabler, Tarkenton, Bradshaw, Namath, etc) and Griese's are as good as or clearly better than some of them. So if you think Griese shouldn't be in the HOF, you better be campaigning for Stabler and Namath to be taken out too.

[@MarkFrisbie-hy7xl]

That team won every game.Im a dolphin fan forever.I love the miami dolphins

[@michaelleroy9281]

it doesn't get much better than the 1972 Miami Dolphins!

[@Rescue162]

Still, the most treasured story in all of the 150+ years of American football. The 1972 Miami Dolphins have to be in the conversation among the greatest feats of all of sports (i.e. the 1932 Babe Ruth's "Called Shot"; the 1980 "Miracle on Ice"; the 1951 MLB "Shot Heard Round the World" (Giants-Dodgers); Nadia Comeneci's first "perfect 10"'s in the 1976 Olympics; Michael Phelps' 2008 8 gold medals in swimming; UCLA's "88-straight" game win streak NCAA Men's Basketball 1972-74; Buster Douglas' upset of undefeated Mike Tyson in 1991.)

[@gregwatson8219]

We get ur point!

[@michaelleroy9281]

Tyson vs Douglas was 1990 February 10

[@BrentHarmon]

Manny Fernandez should have been MVP of Super 7 if not CO-MVP with Jake Scott

[@4736dmr]

He definitely was MVP of that game, with all those unassisted tackles, and handling Larry Brown. Its always annoyed me, that the QB seems to get the award in so many SB games, where a D lineman or two has great games. SB 42 was another example, Giants/Pats. They gave it to Eli, but actually Giants D lineman Strahan and Tuck deserved to be co-mvp's. Fernandez should be considered for H.O. F.

[@michaelleroy9281]

The 50 th anniversary of the Dolphins perfect season is here now 2022

[@adamdorgant9454]

The Greatest Regular Season Team Of All Time, period!!!

[@DeplorableJaredBrodersen]

And they won most of those games with a backup QB!

[@adamdorgant9454]

@@DeplorableJaredBrodersen True!!!

[@academicdeaneducation6671]

@@DeplorableJaredBrodersen Something I always remind people of.

[@gregwatson8219]

I agree! Regular season. Could they survive extra rounds or modern football teams? we never know for certain

[@adamdorgant9454]

@@gregwatson8219 Who knows!!!

[@dnasty312]

#Godspeed, Coach :'( 1930-2020 🏆🏆🏈 *347*

[@loulew07]

Grew up in Miami 1st game me and my dad was in 1966, by 1970 with Don Shula wow , RIP Coach Shula

[@michaelleroy9281]

Those first few seasons you could get a seat anywhere at the Orange Bowl

[@LPGD1994]

50 years later. Still the only perfect team.

[@4736dmr]

...And I hope it remains that way, (from a giants fan)

[@David.M._1979]

The greatest team ever. Period.

[@joshlight6892]

I'm not sure they were the greatest. Yes doing what no team has done was a remarkable feat. But they had a ridiculously easy schedule for a Super Bowl runner up that has never been repeated. Some even say the '73 Dolphins were better but played a much tougher schedule. But even so, perfection is hard to argue with. The 2007 Patriots won more games actually, 18 in all but lost the last one. Just things to consider. They were without a doubt top five.

[@IAmAHeater]

Just the fact that they had to play the AFC title game in Pittsburgh should put them at #1

[@jonvisser1509]

Love Zonks helmet lol I remember him being an announcer on American Gladiators

[@theminuteman3460]

R.I.P Don Shula. I may hate the Miami Dolphins, but I really do admire what he did as a head coach. He will not be forgotten. (Pats fan)

[@michaelleroy9281]

How could you hate them in 1972 in this age of free agency and the salary cap something like this will NEVER happen again

[@theminuteman3460]

That’s why I admire Shula as a head coach. Achieving the ultimate achievement by going undefeated and winning the Super Bowl is Unprecedented. No franchise will ever go undefeated again. With that being said, I dislike the Miami Dolphins as a Patriots fan because of the rivalry. For example, Stephen Ross paying coach Flores to lose is despicable.

[@theminuteman3460]

I was born in the year 2000.

[@dannyandino6002]

Bruh you like a franchise that cheats yes you guys have 6 Super Bowl Championships but they are all fake non of them are real legit championships none of them were ever earned they were even by spying on or by deflating the footballs like who does that 😂😂😂😂😂🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️Bill Bellichick should have retired when Tom Brady left the Patriots IMO he should’ve retired with one team and played his entire career with them him and Gronk are the only guys that I respected even tho Tom Brady was a cheater as well another thing they play in a HORRIBLE Stadium outside of Boston which IMO they should be in Boston with a retractable roof stadium and they should be named the Boston Patriots not New England Patriots and eventually it will not be a Rivalry anymore because the Dolphins will most likely DOMINATE the Patriots in the next decade

[@sheilapasquini6232]

In spite of protests to the contrary, you must put these Dolphins #1. They were perfect for an entire season. It doesn't matter what might have been, the fact is THEY did it. Only the Patriots have come close and lost to the Giants in the SB. Whatever may have happened, Miami is still the only NFL team with that perfect season.

[@finchborat]

RIP Don Shula. Prayers from Patriot nation. At least he lived to see the NFL's 100th season. It's sad he won't be around for the 50th anniversary of the Dolphins' perfect season. He just barely made it to the 50th anniversary of the Dolphins hiring him.

[@michaelleroy9281]

I think Csonka will.make it for the 50 th anniversary , sad some others won't

[@finchborat]

@@michaelleroy9281 It'd be nice if he makes it. You never know when God calls us home.

[@krakatoa923]

Csonkas comments from the 36:20 mark to the 37:21 maek about TEAM and going back in time for 5 seconds is the most goosebump chilling moment I have ever experienced.

[@KB1983.]

50 years later the 1972 Forever Undefeated Miami Dolphins

[@dannygray4898]

I've watched every America's game, multiple times.... and this is by far the best of em all. However, I also particularly love the 75 Steelers one and the 76 Raiders one aswell.

[@Gruntpla]

RIP Coach Shula!

[@kyledamron]

Larry Csonka took a brutal hit to the back I can't believe he didn't get seriously injured

[@michaelleroy9281]

That was from Roy Winston from the Vikings

[@chris7933]

I remember the year before when Miami lost to the Cowboys. So the next year being out west we didn't get hardly any Dolphins games . So when they got to the playoffs I thought they eventually lose somewhere. So I was shock they got to the Super Bowl. Watching Csonka plow thru Washington with ease was incredible. Absolutely breathtaking, with Jim Kick next to him. And then Mercury Morris, that backfield was incredible.

[@drewkucek230]

Happy 50th Anniversary Miami Dolphins Super Bowl VII Champions #miamidolphins

[@fanofsome7915]

Amazing story of redemption, perseverance, hard work, teamwork and perfection! 50 years and still perfect! #finsup

[@vince065us]

This team deserves better recognition.Earl Morrall,in particular, deserves a spot in the Dolphins Ring Of Honor and in Canton.

[@michaelleroy9281]

Earl Morrall could have easily been MVP just like 1968

[@michaelzinno3471]

Great vids. Thank u

[@devinjerryfreedomisfree4599]

Always thought that division rotation thing the AFC did was weird. Having to go to Pittsburgh for the championship when you’re 15-0 is strange lol

[@ericthomas917]

Devin Jerry and I never heard a reason to justify that either

[@mrcnub]

@@ericthomas917 I couldn't tell you why, but it's just how the NFL did things for a long time. In 1975 they started giving home field to the best record, but until then it alternated between divisions. MLB did the same thing with the world series until 2003, alternating home field between the two leagues. The NL team would have it one year, the AL team would have it the next.

[@DNSKansas]

From 1970-74, the NFL did all it could to prevent a team from having two home playoff games, but it didn’t always work. The rotation in ‘72 favored the AFC Central, and if the Raiders would have won, they would have hosted the Dolphins because they were on the road Miami home in the divisional round

[@bigdrew565]

@@mrcnub stupidest fucking thing they ever did was tie that to the All Star Game. Doesn't make me want to watch the goddamn game anymore than I already did, and the players still aren't going to give a shit.

[@Michael-dj9zq]

Excellent point I’ve been saying that for years Unbelievable

[@jimmyjames2903]

The greatest team ever 💪😎😁🙏🙏🙏

[@ronmobley2819]

It's unbelievable those that refuse to admit the '72 Dolphins were the best ever. Their main quarterback was out for most of the season, replaced by a 38 year old quarterback; though undefeated, they had to travel to Pittsburgh for the AFC championship game; their ability to play smartly. Of course they were the greatest. Take my word for it, and disregard the fact that I was a ten year old Dolphin fanatic living in Tampa.

[@MightyDuckofAnaheim200203]

2022-23 NFL season is the 50th anniversary of the Perfect Season of Miami Dolphins and RIP the greatest coach in NFL Don Shula 🙏🐬

[@Ironman-fk4rc]

I’m a Miami Dolphins fan since I was little I actually trained to play for the Dolphins and Don Shula Greatest coach of all time. This team was beyond awesome 17-0 they take you on an adventure. My 8th grade year my football team won a state championship undefeated only 13-0. My opinion is this it’s a team game you depend on each other. RIP also to the greatest coach in NFL history Don Shula you will be missed. I don’t believe 17-0 will ever be beaten with those 1972 Dolphins Ghosts Go Dolphins.

[@DeplorableJaredBrodersen]

The 2007 Patriots almost went undefeated and would've beat their record but lost to the stupid Giants unfortunately when they got to the Superbowl.

[@jamesireland6606]

Great team great players Great era

[@captjim007]

I was already a Dolphins fan at 7 years old and watched this game live. Those teams of the 70's, not just the Dolphins but all the NFL just seemed like a special time.

[@user-gu4th6tv4k]

Todays teams would destroy all of them lol js

[@captjim007]

? @@user-gu4th6tv4k

[@utahhoopsfreak8648]

50 years and nobody else has done it

[@mireyaporter3631]

Dick Anderson should be in the Hall of Fame

[@oscarl.ramirez7355]

An amazing team that did the Unthinkable. The best of the best of the best.

[@oscarl.ramirez7355]

No one will ever Touch This Team of Men. In a different time and space.

[@oscarl.ramirez7355]

Never 2 Be "Duplicated.

[@christopherpelll3602]

The Hoosier s of 🏈

[@paulstewart9359]

The Steelers might have won the battle back in 1972 when they beat the Raiders but they lost the war to the dolphins back in 1972 all right coach Shula way to go R.I.P.👍😇👍

[@paulstewart9359]

The third time was sweet

[@paulstewart9359]

I'm going to be honest I am a cowboys and Raiders if any of my teams can't go undefeated I'm glad the dolphins did it cuz I'm sure glad the Patriots didn't do it I rather be the dolphins that did it 👍

[@jeffnaslund]

I had the privilege of seeing it in real time when I was 13. I even attended game five. Fins forever 🐬

[@frederickallegri3993]

I Remember 1972 Well

[@roncaruso931]

Baseball is still America's game.

[@dickjones8119]

Manny Fernandez sideburns should be in the hall of fame.

[@davidmccann9811]

Undefeated. It took 50 years for an NFL team to do it, and 50 years later it hasn't been repeated.

[@victoruribe2924]

American football at its purest!! Before all the prima-donnas decided to complaint to the league and come up with rules with their name on it!!

[@michaelleroy9281]

Perfection is perfection anything less.........get a cigar

[@jamesfarrington9030]

So many from that team are gone - Shula, Nick B, Langer, Mandich, Kuch, Garo, Kiick, Scott.

[@michaelleroy9281]

Marlin Briscoe also and Wayne Moore

[@dirty.dan37]

6:23 THANK YOU

[@christopherpelll3602]

Amen to that team ♾️💯👍🏆🎇

[@bufnyfan1]

At least 7 Dolphin players from that 1972 team have now died of dementia--including Jim Kiick, Nick Buoniconti, Earl Morrall and Bill Stanfill--all these players had early Level 3 or 4 CTE on their autopsies

[@devildog65]

Miami had to be ecstatic that Dallas didn’t make it to the SB. They wouldn’t have gotten revenge, Doomsday would have crushed them AGAIN (at least that’s what I thought until Miami beat Pittsburgh, something Dallas just couldn’t do in the Postseason). But even though Dallas was my favorite team, I grew up in FL so Miami was my second favorite team. So I was happy they won. #DC4L

[@fanofsome7915]

Yes they would’ve, keep in mind that Morris did not play in Super Bowl VI and he was a big reason for their offensive success. The cowboys defense would not have been able to stop that backfield. And not to mention, the Dolphins D would’ve tore through them. Lastly, it’s important to remember that they would’ve been playing a team with revenge on their minds from last year. That loss physically and mentally drove them to getting back. (Similar to Dallas after they lost Super Bowl V). So no, Dallas nor any other team was beating Miami that year. They had their goals set before they 1972 season even started. It would’ve been a close game like 21-17 or 23-20 but Miami was a complete and more prepared team heading into Super Bowl VII and they weren’t gonna lose for a second consecutive year…

[@michaelleroy9281]

Imagine that the Dolphins beat the Patriots 52-0 in a game and Shula still wasn't happy

[@user-gu4th6tv4k]

lol Pats have owned them for years

[@kareemmoreland9119]

When people make fun of those Dolphins celebrating their record every year we make fun of people.

[@scottmain7214]

I can remember them all. From the first Super Bowl to the present. I will admit that when the kneeling began I stopped watching. Slowly I'm working my way back to watching.

[@dougk7075]

Kudos to the 1972 Miami Dolphins and the 1970's sideburns of the Dolphins defensive standout Manny Fernandez: both perfect.

[@natebellville3621]

RIP Coach Shula

[@anthonylawry3973]

R.I.P Shula great Coach

[@nala3038]

Miami Dolphins - the only team to win a Super Bowl without scoring a point in the 2nd half!

[@michaelleroy9281]

Best record didn't mean home field advantage at that time

[@ericradford2142]

RIP Don Shula

[@blusnuby2]

Larry Csonka, John Riggins & Jerome Bettis: BEST Fullbacks to EVER play in the NFL---PERIOD !

[@seanp3302]

jim brown was a fullback

[@devinjerryfreedomisfree4599]

blusnuby2 don’t think Bettis was a fullback

[@1999glock]

Earl Morrall should be in the HOF. 15 wins 1 loss in 1968 as a back up to Johnny U., 11 wins no losses in 72 as a back up to Bob Griese and an overall W-L as a starter from 1968 on of 44-6-1.

[@nadirba9]

RIP Don Shula. Watched this the day he died. May 4th 2020. 2020 has sucked assss.

[@finchborat]

2020 has sucked indeed. #JustThrowTheWholeYearAway

[@michaelleroy9281]

@@finchborat 2021 wasn't that much better either

[@finchborat]

@@michaelleroy9281 I agree. 2021 wasn't the granddaddy of train wrecks and dumpster fires like 2020, but it was kinda sorta its own monster, even though there was a little more redeeming value (2020 had none). I lost my dad and a couple of classmates during the final two months of last year, along with a few others I personally knew.

[@michaelleroy9281]

@@finchborat I don't know about my classmates haven't kept touch with them

[@finchborat]

@@michaelleroy9281 I'm connected with a lot of them on Facebook. We were suppose to have our 10 yr reunion in 2020, but we're still waiting.

[@sportshistorybuff319]

Morrall reminds me of Jurgensen with his high-level play over such a long career so I (rightly or wrongly) am surprised he is not in the Hall like Sonny.

[@shiloh6519]

1972 Dolphins had a joke of a schedule though. Many great teams would've gone undefeated with that schedule.

[@jimmyjames2903]

17-0 Baby

[@user-cs9rx5ev6o]

They were truly the GREATEST TEAM OF ALL-TIME....!!! 17-0...PERFECTION...!!!

[@buttercupthetortoise7806]

Actually there was one other team that went undefeated with no ties. The 1948 Cleveland Browns. Granted there was no super bowl then but the crushed Buffalo in the championship. They finished the year a even 15-0. The 48 Browns and 72 Dolphins remain at the top of NFL’s greatest.

[@thenobleone-3384]

They were great this is the pursuit of perfection. 1972 Nixon was president wow

[@michaelleroy9281]

They wouldn't go to the White House because of him they didn't go until 2013

[@michaelleroy9281]

There is still only one resident of Perfectville

[@michaelleroy9281]

Watch the NFL 100 shows of best teams 1972 Dolphins No 1

[@joshjones287]

One thing Jake Scott has that Dan Marino will never get as a Dolphin player, is a Super Bowl ring.

[@salvacionkirland6848]

Make that 2 things(rings)😊

[@michaelleroy9281]

​@@salvacionkirland6848 and a Super Bowl MVP

[@derektorres9275]

9:12 Jesus!!!!

[@michaelleroy9281]

52 0 over Patriots

[@juanalbichu]

I cry watching this because I know that my dolphins will never reach the super bowl in my lifetime and I'm 26

[@sportshistorybuff319]

The Dolphins were credible underdogs in the SB because they barely won their playoff games, trailing both before pulling them out. Their defense gave up 31 points, while the Redskins totally dominated Green Bay and Dallas, 42-6. Piling up an 8-0 record against the Colts, Pats, Jets and Bills was a good feat, but hardly dynastic.

[@vicentevelarde2855]

I like Larry's comment, should of shubbed it down there throats. Classic and he was right😅. Hail Dolphins

[@retrobuZZz]

It seems like any team that tries to go for a perfect season fails at it. 85 bears for example if they didn’t play Dan Marino and the Dolphins that season they go perfect.

[@ab9957]

Seiple taking that fake punt for the long run was a good example of taking what the defense gives you.

[@nobrakes425]

how are the starters of the best team in nfl history not in the hall of fame?

[@finsfan9424]

50th anniversary fins up

[@darilcaldwell31]

sorry but Dallas was to much for them that day

[@paulfedor9828]

EAGLES GONNA BRING YOU DOWN E-A-G-L-E-S!!!! 20-0!

[@goldeneve]

8-1

[@michaelleroy9281]

Eagles went down the best they can do now is 19-1

[@incognitomosquito3120]

I wonder how 4 a days would work for him today now that load management has taken over all sports

[@jessiehenry5405]

12:40

[@thenobleone-3384]

Fernandez is Spaniard and doesn't speak Spanish that makes sense he's American. Miami has a large Cuban population. I only been there once

[@markcorrigan3930]

1:23

[@markcorrigan3930]

21:50

[@markcorrigan3930]

25:00

[@markcorrigan3930]

41:20

[@markcorrigan3930]

4:45

[@DeplorableJaredBrodersen]

Quite amazing. The 2007 Patriots almost had a perfect season until the stupid Giants beat them in the Superbowl unfortunately.

[@academicdeaneducation6671]

"Giants beat them..." Says it all.

[@paulmicheldenverco1]

He could have killed somebody by not hydrating them properly. That is something that seems to have been popular various places, like for Texas A & M with Bear Bryant and the Vikings (who actually lost a player to heat stroke) and the early 60's chargers. Water is necessary, especially where it is hot and humid.

[@michaelleroy9281]

I guess that is what you call changing the culture, Shula sure did that when he got there

[@Mma-basement-215]

They don't make them like this anymore I'll tell you T.O.U.G.H.

[@huskerjpg]

Hardly. the fins played a nothing schedule.