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EPISODE · Jan 1, 2026 · 8 MIN

Which Team “Could” Have Beaten the 1972 Dolphins?

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Pro Football in the 1970s is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear.JOE ZAGORSKI'S BOOKS ON AMAZONFrom the Outhouse to the Penthouse: The Football Journey of Hall of Famer Larry LittleFree Spirit at Free Safety: The Incredible (But True!) Football Journey of Bill Bradley The 2,003-Yard Odyssey: The Juice, The Electric Company, and an Epic Run For A RecordAmerica's Trailblazing Middle Linebacker: The Story of NFL Hall of Famer Willie LanierThe Year the Packers Came Back: The 1972 ResurgenceThe NFL in the 1970s: Pro Football's Most Important DecadeEPISODE SUMMARYCHECK OUT THE NFL IN THE 1970S FACEBOOK PAGECHECK OUT JOE'S WEBSITE - JOE ZAGORSKI WRITERThe 1972 Miami Dolphins established a standard that has not been equaled since. They are the NFL’s only perfect team of the league’s modern era. They finished that 1972 season with an unblemished 17-0 record. There is a lot to say about that team and their accomplishments, but I recently asked the followers of my Facebook page, The NFL in the 1970s, if they could put their thinking caps on and answer a question based solely on conjecture and their personal opinions......Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this episode here.PRO FOOTBALL IN THE 1970S BACKGROUNDReliving Gridiron Glory: Pro Football in the 1970s with Joe ZagorskiProfessional football is one of the most exciting spectator sports in America. The decade of the 1970s saw the sport grow by leaps and bounds, thanks mostly to exciting players who quickly became icons. NFL players such as Joe Namath, Roger Staubach, O.J.Simpson, Terry Bradshaw, “Mean” Joe Greene and Fran Tarkenton are still considered household names today.During the 1970s, the growing millions of pro football fans also witnessed numerous exciting games and plays, many of which are still remembered and discussed today. Plays like Franco Harris’ Immaculate Reception in 1972, or the original Hail Mary Pass in 1975, or the Sea of Hands game in 1974, or the Ghost to the Post game in 1977…so many memories, and all during one of the greatest decades in NFL history.Joe Zagorski’s Pro Football in the 1970s podcast explores all the great memories that occurred in the NFL during that memorable decade. Each segment will tackle a specific event or player in the NFL during the 1970s. Each episode will also include a trivia question from some aspect of that particular episode’s theme or topic. Joe Zagorski’s Pro Football in the 1970s podcast takes listeners back to a time of old school pro football, where the game might have been simpler in the form of strategy, but it was also more pure and more robust than it had ever been before. Practically everything that happened during that decade on pro gridirons gets attention in this podcast.

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