The Perfect Season 

From 1970 through 1974 (5 seasons), Miami was 65-14-1 including the playoffs. Before 1970, Miami was 15-39-2 between 1966 and 1969. All thanks to Don Shula.

Earl Morrall deserves more credit than he ever got while he was alive. Great player and a very nice man who helped to save the Dolphins perfect season in 1972.

Earl Morrall is that unsung hero nobody knows about.

I was 12 years old when Shula's 72 Dolphins went 17 and O and won the first of 2 consecutive Superbowls. I was 13 years old when the Dolphins won their last Superbowl. I am just glad l was around back then to witness history.

In '72, the Dolphins lead the league in scoring on offense and fewest points on defense....I was a young teen boy growing up in Florida and watched almost every game...they were loaded with All Star and HOF talent, and with Shula coaching them, they were a beast of a machine...Bob Griese summed it up best years later when he said "we were loaded with talented players that played with a reckless disregard for their bodies".

No black, no white, no brown, no politics.....just a team with all the love and respect! Thank you guys!!

Mercury Morris was so great that whenever he spun around while running, he would then run backwards all at full speed without skipping a beat! Wow, what a talent !!!

Great job Breanna. I was born in Newark, NJ in 1952. My parents moved to Miami when I was 3 yrs old. I became a DOLPHAN their first year (1968, and I was 13 yrs old) and they were absolutely awful, but it didn't matter to me because the city finally had an NFL team. When Shula signed to coach the team I knew this team would raise some hell in the league, and boy did they ever. Again, you did a fine job putting this together. It brought back memories, and although I no longer live in Florida the Miami Dolphins remain my HOME team, and I root for them every game.

Thank you 1972 Miami Dolphins.

Rest In Peace coach.

I remember being a kid in Oregon we all loved the Miami dolphins , this team is the best of all time ,great absolutely great running back trio, with Bob griese, a defense that could hit you solid, I love this team and era

Much respect to these older guys that paved the way for football as we know today 💯🏈 I love the work ethic they had

The story of Earl Morrall should be made into an epic movie. There has NEVER been a player who contributed more with less recognition. After studying the "perfect season" for decades, I'm convinced the '72 Dolphins would not have gone undefeated had Griese stayed healthy. Few people realize what an athlete Morrall was. He played TWENTY-ONE years in pro football. How many players can claim that????

Most impressive thing about going 17-0 was the fact that they beat the Steelers in Pittsburgh!

Perfection can’t be duplicated !!! Dolphins football in my blood & soul !!! Rise-up 2018-19

chiefs fan here... the 72 and 73 dolphins...THE GREATEST TEAM EVER, EVER, IN FOOTBALL.....

Love the freestyle mercury had in the beginning

I was 13 in '70 when Shula came to town...I still remember his Introductory press conference...some reporter asked Shula what kind of coach he was and Shula replied "I'm about as subtle as a punch in the nose".

1:05 he spitting straight F I R E 🔥

Thank you Miami dolphins 1970-74

17-0 Says It All!

Great video!! The greatest team in the history of football. No one had done it before and no one has done it since.They also had the greatest three year run of any team. 32-2 over two years which has never been matched. 44-6-1 over three years which is still a record. 31 straight home victories which is still a record and has never really been approached. No other team has gone to three straight Super Bowls while winning two of them. They won the AFC Championship Game in Pittsburgh against a group of players that would go on to win four Super Bowls. I could go on...

I was 12 when the 72 season went down. I still get goosebumps watching film and interviews of that team. In my mind they will always be the best team ever. They were number 1 in every category and had an unselfish mindset that will never be duplicated.

1972 Miami Dolphins. Simply the Best. Better than all the rest.

Sure love to find all 14 games plus the playoffs on DVD.

RIP Shula, My all time favorite coach.

What a historic deep roster this team had and truly yes with Earl Morrall a back up QB led the Dolphins to 9 or 10 of those 17 wins no team could ever do it with a back up QB which makes this feat all the more impressive.I am proud to be a Dolphins fan went to my first Dolphins home game on October 23,2022 against the Steelers was worth flying from Hilo,HI and I really enjoyed the museum that honored the greatest TEAM in NFL history they were perfect in every aspect such an unselfish group of men that sacrificed self for Team that’s why this feat may never happen again because of the astronomical salaries these players make today and most teams don’t want to risk injuries once they clinch a playoff berth and will sit their starters.Only Bill Belichick truly knows the importance of this feat is why he pushed so hard to get it and fell just short of what only the great Don Shula has accomplished.

Mercury came with the bars!! 💯💯 🔥 🔥

Shula said that when he wanted to bring Eral Morrall onto the team with a $75K contract that team owner Joe Roby told him hell no I'm not paying a backup QB that much but Shula convinced him they needed him and Roby relented. Without him there probably would have never been a perfect season. But make no mistake, the Steelers had the Dolphin's offense shut down in the AFC Championship game until Shula put Griese in to start the 2nd half.

Hell Yeah That's Our Phins!!!.. I Got to meet m.morris back in 94 One of the Coolest things Ever!.

Great video! Dolphins are still the only team to win every game and the Super Bowl in history! Greatest team ever! Go Dolphins!

Went to Pittsburgh and beat the Steelers ...nuff said. Miss that team so much!

It’s 2023 May 7, I am early 40’s. I enjoyed watching Mercury Morris gloat about there 72’ season!! I really admire the sentiment Larry Csonka spoke about his teammates and Coach Don Shula and felt his passion and loneliness he spoke of. What a great Episode!!!!! RIP those who are not with us 72’ Dolphins and God speed with those still here, Congrats from some random guy!! :-)

I love what Larry Little they were so good they didn't make a big deal about it not like teams today that are not good and make a big deal about a play they make in the first half

My elementary school library had the "perfect season" book and I borrowed it every time i could !!! 🐬🏈🌞🐬17 - 0 my favorite team ever 72'

Man oh man! I was at the San Diego game at the Orange Bowl when Griese went down (as well as two other games that year). I'll never forget my mother sitting next to me rocking back and forth going, "Oh no, oh no!" watching him rolled off the field. But fortune shined. Earl Moral became the greatest backup QB in history. We've had a few ups and lots of downs since then, but last week a new era began in Miami... IT'S TUA TIME! Let the new dynasty begin! Phins forever!

I'll never forget Griese getting his ankle broken and Earl coming in to relieve Griese. He takes them to 14-0. Griese comes back in time to start for the 1st playoff game. Earl didn't play another game. 17-0......thanku coach and team.

i remember, i was just 21 yrs old, and every one on that team was the greatest, they were all my idle, no team will ever match them

born and raised in Miami ,went to several of these games, I remember all the horns honking after we won the superbowl

Dolphins would have had to play in pittsburgh for the afc title game in 74 if they had won the sea of hands game vs the raiders. It should be remembered that swann, stallworth and lambert were all rookies in 74 and all played key roles in their 24-13 defeat of oakland at alameda coliseum in the 74 afc championship. Miami beat pittsburgh in 71, 72, and 73 but the steeler dynasty roster was not complete until 74. Mike Webster was also a rookie in 74 but unlike the other 3 aforementioned players did not play against the raiders in the steelers 24-13 win, not supplanting ray mansfield as the starting center until the 76 season. In the dolphins victories vs the steelers in 71, 72 and 73 it should also be noted that their defense did not fare particularly well while Bradshaw was playing in those games. Jake Scott likely would not have been ready to go vs pittsburgh along with curtis johnson as well. The steel curtain allowed all of 29 yards rushing vs oakland in the afc title game. Also of note is the fact that Vince Costello was running the defense and not Bill Arnsparger. Tough to see how Miami could have won at three rivers minus 2 starters in the secondary and playing on the road. I would predict a close loss. The shame was that 74 was the last year the home sites were rotated amongst the divisions. Under the system used today the first round would have seen buffalo at oakland and pittsburgh at miami. A first round that year at the orange bowl and going in with a healthy scott and johnson I would predict a dolphins win. Then a trip to oakland and if they stay healthy they likely win that too. Then a 3 peat vs the vikings in new orleans. Bottom line is the current seeding system would have resulted in pittsburgh at miami to determine just who would have been the team of the 70's. I'm betting it would have been miami.

Greatest team ever......in any sport. Talent, Teamwork, no ego.....

I was 12, can remember that season forever.

Thank you for the video! This video should be shown to each Dolphins team at the beginning of each year. Because that's what it means to wear the Dolphins uniform (btw, best unis ever!)

1972 dolphins was a strong fast team 17-0 you got to love it!!!!

I was born in1970 in Florida so I'm a Dolphin fan still a fan I like for us to win one more SB before I get to old to really enjoy football GO finns (#FINUP)

I loved this team so much. When my parents became citizens, they asked. What name do you want to go by. Dad from Francesco to Frank, my mom Rozalia to Rose. I as a 14 year old wanted the name Mercury, however that didn't happen

RIP Don Shula 😢

What makes this season more impressive is their starting QB got injured and the back up went in and they still won the rest of their games.

I was at game 5, north side bleachers, about 2/3 the way up at about the 35. Hot as balls that day. Remember that game vividly

Mercury Morris the rapper cracks me up. Rap music wasn't even a thing when he was playing!

Bud Grant is the coach who couldn't win the big one...4 times he couldn't...my Vikings 💜💛

I want, no I NEED that Mercury Morris rap at the end on mp3!

19:10 the moving cart with the Dolphin is so funny

thank you for this fabulous video tribute. just wish they were half as good nowadays.

Congratulations on a Job Well Done. This record will stand forever. Teams now have too many "Individuals" who care about Money instead of their teammates.

I was there. Great memories from the Orange Bowl.

People say they didn't play teams that had good records. You play to win. On any given Sunday a 1-6 team can beat a 7-0 team. It has happened many times before and still today. There were a lot tight games and they won them. The Playoff teams they played were good and they beat them.

Perfectville: Population 1.

Rest In Peace

48 years later ...😔

This team was as good as it gets! Today the teams that are undefeated late in the year always blow it! This Miami team had a tough AFC playoff run, but still managed to win, and win the championship in Pittsburgh!

'72 DOLPHINS ( Perfection )!

The season didn't mean crap until they won the Super Bowl. People gave them zero respect throughout that season because of their schedule and that's why they were underdogs going into the Super Bowl. The AFC was still looked at as overall inferior.

Fantastic documentary! Thank you for putting this classic footage together!

So many teams try to go undefeated The '84' 49ers The '85' Bears The '07' Patriots The '10' Colts The '11' Packers The '15' Panthers The one thing reason why they had that lost they where to confint to easliy relaxed to win and they choked but these '72' Dolphins had to stay focus to beat every team to make them puke out blood and vomit meaning they will not beat

I am not sure if this was already mentioned, but Don Shula was the coach in half of the first 8 SBs.

greates team in history. theyll come back soon enough.

"Prepare, execute, win and go to the next week." Dick Anderson

THE DAYS OF THE POWER FULLBACK BEING DOMINANT! I MISS SMASH MOUTH FOOTBALL AS THAT'S THE WAY WE PLAYED IN THE DAY! CSONKA IS DEFINITELY ONE OF MY FAVES AS WAS JIM TAYLOR, BILL BROWN.

DEM DOLPHINS!!!!!! DA BOYZ!!!!!! And we gone do it again!!!!! GO DOLPHINS!!!!!

Mercury Morris,...Was so fast & with Unbelievable Moves,...He was Far ahead of the Times & teamed wit, Csonka, Kick, !!!,.. They saw 73 team was better then 72,...& Unfortunately Stabler got that off in Sea a Hands, in 74,...Believe Dolphins Would a Been 1st, to 3 Peat, & Still Hold that Record Today !!!!

GM Joe Thomas set up the players. But with Shula coming, it was understood that Shula would be GM. But coach Monte Clark was the guy who brought Jim Langer and traded veteran Bob DeMarco. The chemistry of him and Bob Kuechenberg really launched the 3 headed monster.

I remember the 84 Dolphins were 11-0 before finally losing their first game in OT to San Diego. The 49ers had the best record in the league, overall and in the regular season, but they had lost before the Dolphins. Miami went 16-0 that year against teams that weren't from the state of California, but 0-3 against teams that were.

I was at Palmetto Jr High when the Great Fins went Undefeated. Family members used to drive to Orlando during the blackout games. I was always in trouble,so I couldn't go 🤪

Critics like to argue the '72 Dolphins had a weak schedule, playing only three games against teams that ended up with a winning record, but consider these facts: 1. They played the Chiefs in an epic playoff game the year before and had them on the '72 schedule. Who knew they would be bad in '72? 2. They had a career backup, 38-year-old quarterback most of that season in Earl Morrall after Griese went down. 3. There was no home field advantage for the AFC title game. Miami had to win IN PITTSBURGH! The biggest regret I have about that Super Bowl was Shula got greedy. He wanted to win that game 17=0 to finish 17-0. Garo was kicking low line drives all day and was attempting a long FG. Shula should have had Seiple punt. Even if it's a touchback, there would be less than two minutes, and Washington did not have all its time outs. They needed two scores. The No-Name defense would have shut the Redskins down as it had all afternoon. So Miami would have had, to date, the only Super Bowl shutout, 14-0 instead of 17-0.

RIP Jim Kiick

so awesome, a state like florida deserves the BEST team of the league - best state = best team

RIP Coach Shula

Thank you Brenna!

4 practices a day. That is insane. No wonder why there were so good.

Shula, all time winningest NFL coach! 33 seasons, only 2 losing records. Nuff said.

1972 Dolphins went 14-0, won ALL playoff games, and also won the Super Bowl the same year to go 17-0 including playoffs

Still perfect season 17-0

Miami has the Dolphins.....the greatest football team....

RIP Don Shula best head coach NFL ever GOAT!!!!!

Great video, go Fins!!

great documentary ...yup downloaded it to my collection...

Born in '72 im proud of it saw that NYGiants dethrone the Patriots the closest ever anybody got that closed to Perfection and Park their Luxury car in the Exclusive Club for the Ages,Kudos to the Boys of no name defense and smash mouth Football 32-2in two years try to duplicate it👿good luck👹...

The absolute best ever.

GOD BLESS ELI!!!!!!

Anderson and Scott made up one of the best safety pairs ever.

I love Mercury. Always rhyming

Well done. Please produce more

My dad is a die hard fins fan

RIP Don

Everybody forgets, or doesn't know, that despite being undefeated, Miami had to travel to Pittsburgh for the AFC championship game.

Jaguars fan here. I just want my team to win a Superbowl while still young so I can say that we won a ring faster than the saints did

I saw on another video where someone questioned the 72 Dolphin schedule. Are you kidding me ? The Bears should have beaten the Dolphins in 85. But, they didn’t. 72 Dolphins plain took care of business.

What the 1972 Miami Dolphins did will never happen for any other football team because it is just so hard to do 👍

No doubt. The greatest team of all time