First NFL game I ever watched was the Dolphins winning the 73 Super Bowl. But I was too young to really understand the game yet.
First games I watched, understanding the game were the 1974 playoffs and SB.
The Oakland-Miami game “Sea of Hands” was the first of many heartbreaks the Dolphins would hand me. I still remember Benny Malone running in that TD that should have sealed the game and the announcer saying “I think the Dolphins scored too quickly”, which turned out to be proverbial, as Stabler tossed a desperation pass, his knees inches from the ground through multiple Dolphin defenders, to win the game in the final seconds. I think that was the real Super Bowl that year. The Dolphins had already beaten the Steelers earlier in the season and both Oakland and Miami were spent in that game, leaving Pittsburgh with a cakewalk to the SB. A one dimensional Bills team, an exhausted Raiders team and the never quite good enough against the AFC Vikings, though I did love watching Tarkenton and Foreman.
