A long time ago, the Miami Dolphins were able to Three peat.
Dolphins had won consecutive Super bowls – Defeat the Redskins of Washington in SB VII to crown their perfect 17-0 season, then beat the Vikings of Minnesota in SB VIII. They entered the qualifiers for the 1974 season with a 11-3 sheet before playing raiders in a divisional match of the AFC at the Oakland-Alameda County Colosseum on December 21.
The dolphins opened the scoring during a return to kick off from 89 yards of Nat Moore and the teams went back and forth all afternoon. At the end of the fourth quarter, the raiders (12-2) rolled on the ground and marked on a pass of 8 yards of Kenny Stabler to the Ball Carrier Clarence Davis with less than 30 seconds. Davis was covered by several Dolphins defenders – of which Manny Fernandez -But he left with football in the goals area.
The dolphins recovered the ball with 21 remaining seconds, but Bob Griese launched an interception and Miami’s offer for a three peat ended with a 28-26 defeat on what has become the game “Sea of Handes “.
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