miami dolphins history
miami dolphins history
Mediocrity wasn’t working for Miami Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga. Something had to be done. Huizenga decided Nick Saban, one of the premier coaches in college football over the last decade, was the Dolphins ticket back to the top of the NFL. After winning a national championship at LSU, Saban, who tutored under New England Patriots frontman Bill Belichick, agreed to become the Dolphins sixth head coach on Christmas Day 2004. If Saban can perform one his patented resurrections in Miami, his hiring could be the best Christmas present Dolphins ticket holders have ever received. But, with the lack of a proven quarterback, that’s a big if. Still, if anyone can do it, it’s Saban. So don’t miss out as the first-year NFL head coach breaks ground on the rebuilding of the Dolphins – Get your Miami Dolphin football tickets today.
From Don Shula to Bob Griese to Dan Marino, Miami Dolphins ticket holders have grown accustomed to success. After leading the Baltimore Colts to the Super Bowl in 1968, Shula was named head coach of the Dolphins in 1970. His impact was felt immediately, as Griese led Miami to consecutive Super Bowls and posted the NFL’s first perfect season (17-0) in 1972. Shula would punch the Dolphins ticket to the Super Bowl twice more, but both times Miami would come up short, losing 27-17 to the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl XVII and falling 38-16 to Joe Montana and the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XL. In 1996, Shula retired as the NFL’s all-time winningest coach. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1997.
A shaggy haired quarterback named Dan Marino was responsible for 116 of Shula’s record 347 wins. Utilizing a dynamic receiving corps featuring Mark Duper and Mark Clayton, Marino delighted Dolphin ticket holders by lighting up scoreboards with an aerial assault seldom seen in the NFL. He threw at least one touchdown pass in 203 of his 242 regular-season games. But Marino was more than just a stat machine. He was clutch, leading 37 fourth-quarter comebacks. Although a Super Bowl championship eluded Marino, the QB with the lighting quick release was at is his best in the playoffs. Starting 18 times in the postseason, Marino set Dolphin playoff records for most attempts, completions, yards passing and touchdown passes before retiring in 2000 with 24 NFL records.
First-year head coach Nick Saban believes the Dolphins ticket to rebuilding starts from the ground up. He took Auburn running back Ronnie Brown with No. 2 overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft and helped convince former all-pro running back Ricky Williams to return to Miami after a year away from football. Saban also hired former offensive line coach Hudson Houck, who was responsible for the Dallas Cowboys’ great running attacks of the early 1990s. The question is not if Saban will restore the glory of this storied franchise, but when and how soon. Miami Dolphin football tickets are the best way to see this rebuilding process in person. So don’t wait, get your Miami Dolphins tickets today.
