bob griese was the dolphins qb when they went undefeated.
who was the dolphins qb when they went undefeated?
bob griese
the 1981 miami dolphins season was the 16th year of existence for the miami dolphins franchise. with the retirement of bob griese, not much was expected out of the dolphins. the dolphins defense became known as the killer bees because of the number of players whose last name began with the letter b; bill barnett, bob baumhauer, lyle blackwood, kim bokamper, and bob brudzinski anchored a strong team. they finished 11-4-1, as don shula reached a milestone by winning his 200th game of his coaching career. in the divisional playoffs against the san diego chargers the dolphins fell behind 24-0 early in front of a sold out crowd at the orange bowl. with time running out in the first half the dolphins desperately needed a score to get back in the game. out of nowhere the dolphins ran the old schoolyard hook and lateral play to success. on the play quarterback don strock threw a pass over the middle to wr duriel harris who lateraled to wr tony nathan who ran the ball in for touchdown. the play sparked the dolphins who came back, and took a lead in the 4th quarter. however, the killer bees could not contain chargers qb dan fouts who tied the game, and forced overtime where the chargers won the game on a rolf bernershka field goal in the 14th minute of overtime.
1981 miami dolphins season
the dolphins were hoping to rebound by playing an afc east bout with the visiting buffalo bills in their week 2 home-opener. from the start, the dolphins were unable to get anything going, as the bills' rian lindell kicked a 33-yard field goal in the first quarter, while buffalo's defense prevented miami from getting any points throughout the first half. in the third quarter, things only got worse, as opposing qb j. p. losman threw a 4-yard td pass to opposing wr josh reed, while lindell booted two field goals (45 & 43-yarders). the dolphins finally managed to get some points as wr chris chambers caught a 23-yard td pass, but miami failed on the two-point conversion. what made this loss even more frustrating was that dolphins qb daunte culpepper got sacked seven times and fumbled twice, making miami wonder if acquiring culpepper was the right idea in the first place. with the loss, the dolphins were 0–2.
2006 miami dolphins season