PERFECTION It is one of the oldest legends in pro football Every season when the last undefeated team in the National Football League NFL loses the surviving members of the 1972 Miami Dolphins celebrate After all the 1972 Dolphins went undefeated They won all 14 games in the regular season Then they won two playoff games to reach the Super Bowl And they won that game too No team had ever done that And no team has done it since Members of the 1972 Dolphins still take great pride in being the only undefeated Super Bowl champion
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FAST FACT Dolphins running backs Larry Csonka 1 117 yards and Mercury Morris 1 000 yards became the first teammates to rush for at least 1 000 yards in the same season
Miami's 1972 season was perfect in other ways too The Dolphins had the NFL's best offense They scored almost 28 points per game They also had the league's best defense Miami's opponents scored fewer than 13 points per game that year Mercury Morris was one of the biggest stars on the 1972 Dolphins
