[ Esp - Eng ] 5️⃣0️⃣ años de la mayor hazaña en la NFL 🏈 5️⃣0️⃣ years of the greatest feat in the NFL.

Holding a record in sports is a great source of satisfaction and pride for the protagonists, the players, who demonstrate for themselves the mental strength with which they develop their talents and skills, and also for the teams and the fans of the sport, but to accomplish a feat that remains valid for 50 years in such a difficult team sport is rare to see in these times, at least in NFL soccer, in the following lines we will talk about the feat achieved by the Miami Dolphins, which will be 50 years old in 2022.

The franchise that we know today by the name of Miami Dolphins was the 1st professional team and of any other sport that the city of Miami had they were initially known under the name of Miami Seahawks while they were members of the AAFC (All-America Football Conference) where they were active for one year (1946), this league was the 2nd with a professional category, the 1st was the AFL (American Football League) which was active from 1944 to 1949. But it would only be until 1965, when the AFL in its expansion, would grant a new franchise for Miami on August 16, from this date and to the present (57 years) this team is known by its current name.

It would be with the arrival of the coach of the Baltimore Colts (now Baltimore Ravens) Don Shula in 1970 that it would begin to structure the foundations of the team, the work was constant, arduous, disciplined, and persistent over time to see the fruits of sweet victories mature, among the records of Don Shula in the NFL, which are many, is to have been the youngest head coach of the nascent NFL, Among Don Shula's records in the NFL, which are many, is to have been the youngest head coach of the nascent NFL, with only 33 years this former player (defensive back) of the Cleveland Browns, Baltimore and Washington would arrive in Miami to take the reins of a new franchise that would make history in American football.

With the arrival of Don Shula, the Miami Dolphins would become one of the first franchises to win the American Conference championship three consecutive times, but it would be the 1972-1973 season that would immortalize them forever, in which Miami was the only undefeated team to win 14 regular season games and three postseason games (divisional champion, conference and super bowl VII), the latter three also undefeated for a total of 17 games without defeat.

Don Shula was the architect of the rebuilding of a team of unknown players and the only perfect 17-game undefeated season in the history of the NFL, according to the coach's words in several interviews: "It was the hardest job of my life as a coach, the rest came as a consequence of the hard work we all did in the organization". Don Shula was active as a coach for 33 years, with Miami 26 and with Baltimore 7, he led the Dolphins to win 2 Super Bowls VII 1972 - VIII 1973 and 3 conference titles.

To date, he is the head coach with the most wins in NFL history, 328 in the regular season and 19 in the postseason for a total of 347. He is also the only coach who trained and developed 5 quarterbacks who are in the hall of fame: Johnny Unitas, Earl Morrall, Bob Griese, David Woodley, and Dan Marino. Don Shula was exalted to the Hall of Fame in 1997 as a coach, he left a record still standing of 328 wins, 156 losses, and 6 ties, he died at the age of 90 in 2020.

The following is the perfect season for the Miami Dolphins for those readers who are keen on numbers and statistics. It is important to note that due to a fractured left ankle of the 27-year-old starting quarterback, Bob Griese, who could only play 5 games, he was replaced by the 38-year-old quarterback, Earl Morral, who led his team to victory in the remaining 9 games, The Super Bowl MVP of the perfect season was 26-year-old left defensive tackle (LDT) Manny Fernandez, who had 17 tackles against the Washington Redskins (now Washington Commanders) offense, who lost on January 14, 1973, 14-7. This victory would seal the perfect season for the Miami Dolphins. We will also leave the roster of the players of that mythical and unrepeatable season. The key to the 17 victories was based on the perfect balance of offense and aggressive defense, based on the ground game scheme, 55% and 45% aerial.

In the following table, we leave the regular season schedule with their respective scores in 14 weeks, as well as the three postseason weeks, in the latter Miami manages to be a divisional champion against the Cleveland Browns | and American Conference Champion against the Pittsburgh Steelers and Super Bowl VII Champion against the Washington Redskins (Today Washington Commanders).

📌
Translated with 
www.DeepL.com/Translator 
(free version)
Notice to the reader
My mother tongue is Spanish,
 so please excuse me for any grammatical or syntax errors 
in the translation of this content. Dallas Cowboys Logo
American football icons created by Flat Icons 

2022 NFL Enterprises LLC. NFL y el diseño del escudo de la NFL son marcas registradas de la National Football League.Los nombres de los equipos, los logotipos y  los diseños de los uniformes son marcas registradas de los equipos indicados. Todas las demás marcas comerciales relacionadas con la NFL son marcas comerciales de la National Football League. Imágenes de la NFL © NFL Productions LLC. | 2022 NFL Enterprises LLC. NFL and the NFL shield design are trademarks of the National Football League. Team names, logos, and uniform designs are the teams' trademarks. All other NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of the National Football League. NFL Images © NFL Productions LLC.

Todas las estadísticas empleadas en la elaboración de este post son números oficiales de la National Football League (NFL) | All statistics used in this post are official numbers from the National Football League (NFL) | www.nfl.com