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Miami Dolphins win Super Bowl VII to cap NFL's only perfect season | January 14, 1973 | HISTORY

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On January 14, 1973, the Miami Dolphins achieve something no NFL team has repeated: a perfect season. Despite a gaffe by kicker Garo Yepremian that has earned its own place in history, the Dolphins hold on to beat Washington, 14-7, in Super Bowl VII, capping a 17-0 season.

The Dolphins, 10-3-1 the previous season, were the defending AFC champions. Despite being blown out by the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl VI, they were early favorites to win the relatively weak AFC East. Miami survived close calls with the Minnesota Vikings and Buffalo Bills early in the season and lost their starting quarterback, Bob Griese, to injury in Week 5.

Miami Dolphins win Super Bowl VII to cap NFL's only perfect season | January 14, 1973 | HISTORY

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Born and raised in Miami. I was 14 when Miami went 17-0. Bob Griese lived a block over and would come out and play football with the neighborhood kids. Simpler times.

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That had to be a good memory. I am from Cleveland...so we have to go back to the fifties to our heydays. The Tribe (sorry Guardians) have now a legacy longer than the Cubs for not winning a World Series...and the Browns, well, we all hang on to Jim Brown. Heck we put a guy in the Hall of Fame who never played on a winning team: Joe Thomas, Left Tackle. And that has to be some sort of record too . LOL

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