1972 miami dolphins was the last nfl team to go undefeated.
1972 miami dolphins was the last nfl team to go undefeated.
what was the last nfl team to go undefeated?
1972 miami dolphins
the patriots clinched the afc east before their eleventh game (in week 12), the fourth time since the nfl introduced the 16-game schedule in 1978 that a team had clinched a division title by its eleventh game. in the season finale, the patriots looked to finish the regular season with the first 16–0 record in nfl history, and did so successfully. in that game, brady and moss connected on two touchdown passes, with moss setting his 23-touchdown record and brady setting a then-nfl record with 50 touchdown passes on the season. it was the first undefeated regular season in the nfl since the 1972 miami dolphins finished 14–0 and the fourth and most recent time that an nfl team has had an undefeated regular season (the chicago bears recorded undefeated regular seasons in both 1934 and 1942). tom brady earned his first nfl mvp award, while the patriots' offense broke numerous records, including those for points scored and point differential. they also broke the record for most games won in a single regular season (15) that had previously been held by the 1984 san francisco 49ers, 1985 chicago bears, 1998 minnesota vikings, and 2004 pittsburgh steelers, although four years later, the 2011 green bay packers would also record a 15-1 regular season.
history of the new england patriots
there is also evidence that several early national football league teams wore the winged helmet. the new york giants wore an early version of the winged helmet in 1930–1931. the chicago bears used the winged helmet in 1931 and 1932. the frankford yellow jackets wore the winged helmet in 1931 before the franchise folded due to the great depression. the yellow jackets successors, the philadelphia eagles, used the yellow jackets old uniforms (including the winged helmets) for their first two seasons in the nfl, and would later use replicas as a throwback uniform during the 2007 season. the short-lived cincinnati reds also used a winged helmet in 1933. the pittsburgh pirates (now the pittsburgh steelers) wore the winged helmet in 1935 and 1936. finally, the giants would wear the winged helmet again from 1937 to 1947, making them the last nfl team to wear the winged helmet on a regular basis as well as the last nfl team to wear them in any occasion until the eagles wore the yellow jackets throwbacks in 2007. as well, the british columbia lions of the cfl used a winged helmet in 1960 and 1961.
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