![]() Of course we didn’t do so well in that game even though the Dolphins were leading at halftime. Now it was on to Super Bowl XVII, to meet the Washington Redskins. ![]() Duhe intercepted Jets QB Richard Todd 3 times by himself, and returned one for a touchdown, leading the Dolphins to a 14-0 win. The offense would only score 7 points but the “Killers” wouldn’t let this one get away. This game was a defensive war, on one of the sloppiest, muddiest fields, in Dolphins history. Now the Dolphins were in the AFC Championship game, against the N.Y. The “Killers” held that high powered offense to 13 points while the offense seemed to feed off of the D, and score 34 for themselves. After downing the Patriots, the Dolphins got more revenge from the OT playoff game the previous season, by knocking the Chargers out of the playoffs. In the playoffs the “Killers” first stung the Patriots, holding them to 13 points and getting revenge for that snowplow game, earlier in the season, which was one of their two losses. Additionally, the “Killers” recorded 29.5 sacks. In 16 games last year, they only recorded 13, so this was really a “Killer” defense. The “Killer” Defense recorded 19 interceptions, and remember, they only played 9 games. The Dolphins finished the regular season with 7 wins and only 2 loses. But the whole defense swarmed like bees over opponents giving up only 131 points in the 9 games. Led by players Bob Baumhower, Doug Betters, Kim Bokamper, Charles Bowser, Bob Brudzinski, and the Blackwood boys, also nicknamed within the “Bees” as the “Bruise Brothers”. This was no ordinary defense this was the “Killer Bees”. The offense averaged 22 points a game, but it was the defense that led the team. However, he was a good runner and had no problems handing off to FB (remember when that was a position?) Andra Franklin. The offensive was led by QB David Woodley, who had a terrible season passing the ball, throwing only 8 touchdowns against 13 interceptions. In late November, the Dolphins finally played their 3 rd regular season game. By the time the NFL and the Players Union hashed it all out, 7 regular season games had been cancelled. After the first 2 regular season games (both Dolphins wins), a 57 day play stoppage or strike, began. Don Shula and the team had just come off a thrilling OT playoff loss to the San Diego Chargers, 41-38, ending the previous season…And expectations were high in 1982.ĭuring the pre-season, all teams were showing their union solidarity by meeting at midfield before the kick-off and shaking hands. Italy won the World Cup of Soccer and does everyone remember that crazy 5 lateral kick-off return where Cal beat Stanford, and the band member gets ran over? Now that is what I call entertainment!!īut here in South Florida the Miami Dolphins were embarking on season number 17. In sports, Cal Ripkin Jr, played the first game of what would become a record 2632 consecutive games.
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