Who Is The Only Nfl Team To Go Undefeated?
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The 1972 Miami Dolphins were the only NFL team to go undefeated.
The 1972 Miami Dolphins
The 1972 Miami Dolphins were the only team in NFL history to go undefeated, finishing with a perfect 17-0 record. They are also the only team to win all their games in a season, including the playoffs. The Dolphins were coached by Don Shula and led by quarterbacks Bob Griese and Earl Morrall. In the 1972 season, the Dolphins had an average margin of victory of 18 points per game.
The perfect season
The 1972 Miami Dolphins season was the perfect season. The team became the first and only team in NFL history to finish a regular season undefeated and untied. They are currently the only team to have an undefeated regular season and win a Super Bowl.
The Dolphins finished the regular season with a record of 17–0 and won all three of their playoff games, including Super Bowl VII against the Washington Redskins, to finish the season 20–0. The team was coached by Don Shula and featured running back Larry Csonka, wide receiver Paul Warfield, linebacker Nick Buoniconti, and defensive end Bill Stanfill.
The only team to go undefeated
The 1972 Miami Dolphins were the only NFL team to go undefeated and win the Super Bowl that year. They finished the regular season with a record of 14-0 and won all three of their playoff games, including the Super Bowl against the Washington Redskins, 27-17. The Dolphins were coached by Don Shula and led by star quarterback Bob Griese. Wide receiver Paul Warfield was also a key player on the team.
The 2007 New England Patriots
The 2007 New England Patriots became the only NFL team to go undefeated in a 16-0 regular season. They finished the season with a record of 18-1, which included a win in Super Bowl XLII. The Patriots were coached by Bill Belichick and quarterbacked by Tom Brady. The team’s offensive and defensive coordinators were Josh McDaniels and Matt Patricia, respectively.
The perfect season
The 2007 New England Patriots completed the only perfect regular season in NFL history with a 16-0 record. They became the first team to finish a regular season undefeated since the 1972 Miami Dolphins and is the only team in NFL history ever to do so.
The 2012 San Francisco 49ers came close to finishing the regular season undefeated, but they lost their final game against the NFC West rival Seattle Seahawks. The 49ers finished with a record of 11-4-1.
The only team to go undefeated
In 2007, the New England Patriots became the first and only team in NFL history to go undefeated in the regular season.
The team, which was led by head coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady, finished the regular season with a perfect record of 16-0. The Patriots then went on to win the Super Bowl, defeating the New York Giants in one of the most thrilling games in NFL history.
Since their perfect season, the Patriots have come close to repeating their feat on several occasions, but have ultimately fallen short each time. In 2011, they came within one game of going undefeated again, but lost to the Giants in a thrilling Super Bowl rematch.
The 2011 Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers were the only team in the NFL to go undefeated in the 2011 season. They had a record of 15-1 and won the Super Bowl. The Packers were led by their quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, who was the MVP of the Super Bowl.
The perfect season
In the history of the National Football League (NFL), only one team has ever completed a season undefeated and untied from both regular season and playoff games: the 1972 Miami Dolphins. In 2007, the New England Patriots became the first (and, to date, only) team to finish a regular season undefeated since the league expanded its schedule from 14 to 16 games in 1978.
The Packers finished the 2011 regular season with a 15–1 record. They entered the playoffs as the No. 1 seed in the NFC. In the divisional round, they defeated the New York Giants 37–20; in the NFC Championship Game, they beat the second-seeded San Francisco 49ers 48–21; and, in Super Bowl XLV, they defeated the AFC’s third-seeded Pittsburgh Steelers 31–25 to win their 13th NFL championship (fourth Super Bowl title). The Packers became just the sixth team to win at least 15 games in a single season since the league expanded to a 16-game regular season schedule in 1978, joining fellow NFC teams 1980 San Francisco 49ers (15–1), 1984 Chicago Bears (15–1), 1998 Minnesota Vikings (15–1), and 2004 Philadelphia Eagles (13–3) as well as AFC team 1998 Denver Broncos (16-0).
The only team to go undefeated
The Green Bay Packers are the only team to have a perfect regular season in the National Football League (NFL). They accomplished this feat in 2011, when they went 15-0 before losing to the New York Giants in the NFC Divisional Playoffs. The Packers’ record that year was aided by the fact that they played in a division with two other teams that had losing records.
Prior to the Packers’ perfect season, the New England Patriots had come close to achieving the same feat. In 2007, they went 18-0 before losing to the Giants in Super Bowl XLII.