the last time the dolphins made it to the super bowl was 1972.
the last time the dolphins made it to the super bowl was 1972.
when was the last time the dolphins made it to the super bowl?
1972
when the summer olympics came to los angeles in 1932, two of the venues that hosted were the los angeles memorial coliseum and the rose bowl in pasadena. the former hosted the athletics, equestrian eventing and jumping, field hockey, and gymnastics event while the latter was constructed into a velodrome for track cycling events. in 1973, the coliseum played host to super bowl vii where the miami dolphins defeated the washington redskins 14-7 to go undefeated for the entire 1972 national football league (nfl) season. in 1979, the los angeles rams won their seventh straight nfl national football conference (nfc) western division title, and finally advanced to super bowl xiv where they lost to the pittsburgh steelers in the rose bowl. that season would also be the rams' last season at the coliseum where they lost their last game there against the new orleans saints 29-14. for the 1980 nfl season, the rams moved to anaheim (southeast of los angeles) to anaheim stadium (angel stadium of anaheim since 2004) though they lost their first game there against the detroit lions. the rams would remain at anaheim stadium until the end of the 1994 season when they moved to st. louis, missouri where they remained until 2015 before returning to los angeles in 2016. their last game in anaheim was against the redskins, losing 24-21. following the 1981 nfl season, the coliseum became home for the oakland raiders nfl team, where they opened up their 1982 season results with a win over the defending super bowl champions san francisco 49ers 23-17. the coliseum since 1923 has continued to play host for the university of southern california football team and still does as of 2010. the trojans' cross-town rivals, the ucla bruins, shared the coliseum with trojans from 1928 to 1981. in 1982, the bruins moved to the rose bowl where they have remained as of 2010. besides super bowl xiv, the rose bowl hosted super bowl xvii where the redskins avenged their super bowl loss to the dolphins from ten years earlier with a 27-17 victory.
venues of the 1984 summer olympics
this broadcast was the last for nbc as the afc network after 33 years (cbs has held the afc broadcast rights ever since), their last nfl broadcast overall until 2006, when they signed on to televise "sunday night football", and their last super bowl broadcast until 2009 (super bowl xliii). this was also the last time channel 4 in the uk would show the super bowl – and their last nfl coverage until 2010 – after they had been showing the event since 1983 (super bowl xvii). only sky sports would show it live until five joined them in 2003 (super bowl xxxvii). it also marked the last super bowl until 2007 for ctv in canada after airing the nfl and the event since super bowl xvi; from 1999 to 2006 the super bowl aired on the global television network. ctv had aired nfl football since 1970 and the super bowl since 1982 (super bowl xvi). it was also the final nfl game for gma network in the philippines until the 2006 season; gma had aired nfl football since 1986 and the super bowl since super bowl xxi in 1987. the super bowl would be broadcast on abc 5, also from 1999 until 2006. it was also the final super bowl in which the televisa family of networks aired on its own in mexico, also until 2007, being broadcast on canal 5; televisa had aired nfl football since 1970 and the super bowl since 1988 (at the time, the only other super bowl in san diego). azteca 13 likewise would exclusively air the super bowl from 1999 until 2006, including super bowl xxxvii which would be the next super bowl to be played at qualcomm stadium.
super bowl xxxii