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5The Miami Dolphins is a professional football team based in Miami, Florida. The Dolphins belong to the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Dolphins play home games at "Sun Life Stadium", in the northern suburb of Miami Gardens. This team has its headquarters at the Miami Dolphins training facility locted in the town of Davie, Florida.
The Dolphins team was founded by Mr. Joseph Robbie, and it began play in the American Football League (AFL) as an expansion team in the year 1966 - an example of the AFL's expanding into to parts of the United States that had not possessed pro football teams. In 1970, the Dolphins joined the NFL when the AFL-NFL merger occurred. The Dolphins are the oldest continually-operating major-league professional sports franchise in the state of Florida.
The team made its first Super Bowl appearance following the 1971 season in Super Bowl VI, but lost to the Dallas Cowboys. In 1972, the Dolphins team completed the NFL's first and only perfect season culminating in a Super Bowl win, winning all 14 of its regular-season games, both of its NFL playoff games, and also Super Bowl VII.
The 1972 Dolphins achieved a perfect regular season for the fourth time in NFL history, but the other three teams were all defeated in the NFL Championship game. The Dolphins also won Super Bowl VIII, becoming the first team to appear in three consecutive Super Bowls, and the second team (the first AFL/AFC team) to win back-to-back championships. Miami also appeared in Super Bowl XVII and Super Bowl XIX, losing both games.
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Green Bay Packers
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