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Original: 75,000: Record attendance: ... the original and then-owner of the Miami Dolphins and the new stadium, did not want the stadium named after himself, saying ...
The Dolphins finished 12–2 after the 1973 regular season and repeated as NFL champions, beating the Minnesota Vikings 24–7 in Super Bowl VIII at Rice Stadium in Houston. Miami reached the playoffs again in 1974 but lost in the first round to the Oakland Raiders, in what has entered NFL lore as the "Sea of Hands" game, considered one of the ...
The Miami Dolphins share Hard Rock Stadium with the NCAA Miami Hurricanes. The 2015–2016 season was the first season in the newly renovated Hard Rock Stadium. The Dolphins spent more than two years and over $400 million on a major overhaul to Hard Rock Stadium. Every seat was replaced and the lower-level seats were moved closer to the field.
The stadium opened for Miami Hurricanes football on December 10, 1937. From 1926 to 1937, the University of Miami played in a stadium near Tamiami Park and also at Moore Park until the Orange Bowl was built. For a brief time in the late 1930s, the Orange Bowl was home to the headquarters of the International Baseball Federation. [7]
All these and more are part of a temporary museum in the South Plaza at Hard Rock Stadium to commemorate the Miami Dolphins’ undefeated 1972 team, which turns 50 this year.
The stadium is home to the Miami Dolphins, the city’s premier musical event Jazz in The Gardens, the Miami Open tennis tournament, and the University of Miami football team. The Miami Marlins ...
The Dolphins' stadium was officially called Joe Robbie Stadium from its opening in 1987 until 1996. It has undergone a series of name changes since, and it is currently known as Hard Rock Stadium. [11] Robbie had a small part playing himself in the film Black Sunday, in which he is interviewed about security for Super Bowl X (1976). [12]
For seasoned Miami Dolphins fans, the sound of football season is Lee Ofman’s original Miami Dolphins Fight Song, which came out after the team’s undefeated 1972 season. The song has been ...