Miami Dolphins

Miami Dolphins | The US Trends | The Miami Dolphins are a professional american football team based in the U.S. metropolitan Miami, Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). Dolphins play home games at the stage of the life of the sun in the northern suburb of Miami Gardens, and are in training Miami Dolphins facility in Davie, Florida.

The Dolphins team was founded by Joe Robbie, and began play in the American Football League (AFL) as an expansion team in 1966 – an example of the AFL's expanding into parts of the United States that had not possessed professional american football teams (with the exception of the Miami Seahawks, who played in the AAFC in 1946 before becoming the first incarnation of the Baltimore Colts). In 1970, the Dolphins joined the NFL when the AFL–NFL merger occurred. The Dolphins are the oldest continually-operating major-league professional sports franchise in the state of Florida.

The team made its first Super Bowl appearance following the 1971 season in Super Bowl VI, but lost to the Dallas Cowboys. In 1972, the Dolphins team completed the NFL's first and only perfect season culminating in a Super Bowl win, winning all 14 of its regular-season games, both of its NFL playoff games, and also Super Bowl VII. The Dolphins thus became the first NFL team to accomplish a perfect regular season. Miami Dolphins also won Super Bowl VIII, becoming the first team to appear in three consecutive Super Bowls, and the second team (the first AFL/AFC team) to win back-to-back championships. Miami also appeared in Super Bowl XVII and Super Bowl XIX, losing both games.

For most of its debut, Miami Dolphins were coached by Don Shula, coach the most successful in the history of professional football in terms of total games won. His teams posted records Dolphins lost two of his 26 seasons as head coach of the team. Football Hall of Fame six future members played for Miami in the 1970's, including fullback Larry Csonka, Bob Griese quarterback and linebacker Nick Buoniconti. During 1980 and 1990, the Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino became the most prolific passer in NFL history, breaking several records for the passage of the league. He led the Dolphins to five division titles, 10 playoff tickets and Super Bowl XIX, before retiring after the 1999 season. -THE US TRENDS

Miami Dolphins