<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> ← 1971 </Li> <Li> Dolphins seasons </Li> <Li> 1973 → </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> ← 1971 </Li> <Li> Dolphins seasons </Li> <Li> 1973 → </Li> </Ul> <P> The 1972 Miami Dolphins season was the team's seventh season, and third season in the National Football League (NFL). The 1972 Dolphins are the only NFL team to win the Super Bowl with a perfect season . The undefeated campaign was led by coach Don Shula and notable players Bob Griese, Earl Morrall, and Larry Csonka . The 1972 Dolphins went 14--0 in the regular season and won all three post-season games, including Super Bowl VII against the Washington Redskins, to finish 17--0 . </P> <P> The team remains the only NFL team to complete an entire season undefeated and untied from the opening game through the Super Bowl (or championship game). The closest team to repeating this feat was the 2007 New England Patriots, who recorded the most wins in a season in NFL history by going 18--0 before losing to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII (the Dolphins won 18 straight through and until the first week of the 1973 season). The 2007 Patriots were able to record a better regular season than the 1972 Dolphins because the NFL lengthened it to 16 games in 1978 . Besides the 1972 Dolphins and 2007 Patriots, the only other team to ever complete the regular season undefeated and untied is the Chicago Bears, who accomplished the feat in both 1934 and 1942 . Both of those Bears teams however failed to win the NFL Championship Game . </P>

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