1982 Miami Dolphins season
17th season in franchise history; second Super Bowl loss / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 1982 Miami Dolphins season was the team's seventeenth in the National Football League (NFL). The Dolphins were coming off an unexpected 11–4–1 1981 season and a devastating loss to the San Diego Chargers in the Divisional Round the previous season in a game dubbed the Epic in Miami. The team had clinched the 2 seed and were picked by many to reach the Super Bowl during the 1981 season. Because of the high number of picks to reach the Super Bowl the previous season, many more fans picked them to win it during the 1982 season. The Dolphins looked to improve on their 11–4–1 record from 1981. However, a players strike cancelled 7 of the team's 16 games. Because of this, the NFL schedule was shrunk to 9 games.
1982 Miami Dolphins season | |
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Owner | Joe Robbie |
Head coach | Don Shula |
Home field | Miami Orange Bowl |
Results | |
Record | 7–2 |
Division place | 2nd AFC |
Playoff finish | Won Wild Card Playoffs (vs. Patriots) 28–13 Won Divisional Playoffs (vs. Chargers) 34–13 Won AFC Championship (vs. Jets) 14–0 Lost Super Bowl XVII (vs. Redskins) 17–27 |
Pro Bowlers | 3 FB Andra Franklin G Ed Newman DT Bob Baumhower |
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The Dolphins started out fresh, winning their first 2 games prior to the strike. When season play resumed 2 months later, the Dolphins defeated the Buffalo Bills 9–7 in Buffalo to clinch a 3–0 start. After a loss to Tampa Bay, they defeated the Minnesota Vikings 22–14. The next week, they lost a brisk game against the Patriots 3–0 in a game called the Snowplow Game. The Dolphins would then win 3 straight games to end the season 7–2, tied for second in the AFC with the Cincinnati Bengals. The Dolphins won 2nd place over them by virtue of a series of tiebreakers. In the playoffs, they defeated the Patriots in a rematch by the score of 28–13. They then defeated the Chargers in a rematch of the 1981 Divisional Playoffs by a score of 34–13. In the AFC Championship game, they shutout the Jets, 14–0 to reach the Super Bowl for the first time since 1973. In Super Bowl XVII, they lost to the Redskins 27–17 in a rematch of Super Bowl VII which concluded Miami's perfect 1972 season.