the first of three consecutive AFC titles for the Dolphins, who would go on to win two consecutive Super Bowls with their first such championship being the only perfect NFL season in the modern era. This was the last AFC Championship Game appearance by the Colts while they were based in Baltimore. The Colts relocated to Indianapolis in 1984, but did not return to the AFC Championship Game until the 1995 season which incidentally was the last season of the NFL's absence from Baltimore. A Baltimore-based team would finally return to the AFC Championship Game in 2000, which Baltimore's current team (the Ravens) won en route to their first Super Bowl championship. Six NFL teams have been enfranchised since 1971, four of which reached a title game (two in each conference) in less than the six seasons it took Miami to do so. Of those four clubs, the only team to win their first title game was the aforementioned Ravens in their fifth season. The Ravens, upon their enfranchisement, acquired the roster of the Cleveland Browns, who suspended operations for three seasons. The Ravens were not a 1996 expansion team from a football operations perspective. Scoring First quarter MIA – Warfield 75 pass from Griese (Yepremian kick) MIA 7–0 Second quarter no scoring Third quarter MIA – Anderson 62 interception return (Yepremian kick) MIA 14–0 Fourth quarter MIA – Csonka 5 run (Yepremian kick) MIA 21–0 Super Bowl VI: Dallas Cowboys 24, Miami Dolphins 3 This is the only Super Bowl meeting between the Cowboys and Dolphins. References Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League () The Sporting News Complete Super Bowl Book 1995 () Notes External links Article from Sportslifer's Worldpress blog National Football League playoffs Playoffs December 1971 sports events in the United States January 1972 sports events in the United States