Although no doubt it wouldn't be known at the time, the Dolphin dynasty DID die that day in Oakland in a "sea of hands". Miami wouldn't get back to the Super Bowl for 8 more years.
Curt Gowdy was one heck of a broadcaster back in the day as well! I also liked Hank Stram on color, he was really good! God bless the NFL! @@russellseilhamer4552
Well then you weren't miserable very often in those days. Unlike THESE days where being a Miami fan requires insane fortitude. Let's move on from Tua already and go a different direction.
Benny Malone !!! 6:42- 6:47, there is just something about this style of running that I can't get enough of watching. It's like he's putting every bit of strength and effort into it. He may not have been a hall of fame running back, but he definitely was good enough to play in the NFL for a while. RIP Benny 🏈.
Love the 70's Dolphins... like the 70's A's. They gradually became less dynastic as stars bailed, but looked cool and played hard, see '78 Dolphins/Oilers games. Wow.
I remember going to many games in the old Orange Bowl back then. It wasn't a perfect stadium and had many issues but I had so many great memories at that place it definitely had character. Rip OB🍊🏈
I was 7 yrs old. At the end of that game I locked myself in the bathroom and cried for two hours I was so distraught :). My parents could not get me out.
@@erickthefantabulous1 In reality the owner had 1st rights to the players , he let them go rather then pay them for their teams success , he was cheap , and because they left it broke up the nucleus of the teams unity and affected their game in 1974 in Oakland . In 1975 the team failed to make playoffs at 10- 4 and the slide started and players were traded .
@@mr.majestic2667 Well I never read the history of what actually happened back then but I did see a documentary on the world football league and I remember watching some games during that summer as a kid i think it was the summer The world football league I think it folded after one season .PS The sea of hands game what cost Miami more than anything was all pro safety Jake Scott got hurt in the beginning of the game & cornerback curtis Johnson was hurt The raiders had some big pass plays in that game
As a Raiders fan I love the Sea of Hands, but to me there were no better teams than 71-74 Dolphins, 72-77 Raiders, and as much as I hate saying it the 74-79 Steeler. And the Raiders were robbed in the 77 afc championship and I think they'd have beaten Dallas. The 70s AFC was so awesome
Had Miami survived the Oakland game I believe with game in Orange bowl they would have beaten Pittsburgh at home in Pittsburgh I don't know end of a great run by one the best teams in history bar none I do think that csonka kiick and Warfield stayed in Miami they could have won a couple of more super bowls
Hi Mike, I agree, I would love to have seen Csonka run over Lambert, with the exception of the opening day loss to New England their other two losses were by a combined total of 6 points and it could be argued that from a personnel standpoint this was their deepest team with the addition of Nottingham, Malone and Nat Moore, who finally gave the team another big play threat opposite Warfield which is something the 72 and 73 teams didn't have Peace
@@mikeraulerson4375 That 74 Pittsburgh Steelers had been rolling the final 7 weeks of that Season before the Playoffs.. I seen it with the whipping the Steelers put on Buffalo.. Bradshaw and the Offense came together for that game.. I could see the confidence in Bradshaw.. Pittsburgh's Rushing attack was potent and getting more Powerful each week.. Pittsburgh would have beaten Miami... No Mercury Morris hurt Miami by then.. a Steelers killer.. It was the Steelers time by 74.. they would have beaten Miami as they did with Oakland...
Re: Bills game in Miami, it was even less time-56 seconds. Dolphins went from their 19 to the end zone in just 4 plays and about 40 seconds to win 35-28 on the Nottingham TD.
The Sea of Hands Game took place on my 14th birthday. I was a Steelers fan, literally one week away from the birth of The Steeler's Dynasty. But the Sea of Hands game was the best game I think I ever saw, and I've seen some great games! I hated Stabler, Bilitnekoff, Branch, Doctor Death, Willie Brown, Villapiano all those dudes, but they could play and make plays so you had to respect that. They did tend to choke in the really big games before 1976.
If the dolphins had defeated the Raiders in '74 playoffs, does anybody think they could've beaten the Steelers the following week? Steelers had jack Lambert and the Dolphins had lost half their secondary in that raiders game. Plus, we didn't have Merc either... Who remembers?
True , we did have Malone , but Scott and Johnson hurt in the secondary , this game was a emotional grind and we saw Oakland at home play flat and lost , you never should lose a championship game at home , had went went to Pittsburgh most likely we would have lost .
the dolphin dynasty did not die in Oakland.....YES IT DID! Just as Kansas City's dynasty dies at the foot of Garo Yepremian, Miami's dynasty died at the hands of Clarence Davis.
@@michaelleroy9281 It's still fair to call the Packers world champions in 1965. They won 5 that decade, three in a row. No way any AFL team would have beaten them.
The diving catch by Cliff Branch in the AFC playoff game was trapped. Refs made a terrible call. Without that, the Dolphins win. Next game would have been the AFC Championship against the Steelers at the Orange bowl. Miami hardly lost there with a record of 60-10. Thats an 85% winning percentage. The loudest stadium in football because it held 80,000. If Dolphins win, they play the Vikings in SB. Miami embarrassed them in the prior SB. Who knows, they could of been the only 3peat team in history.
The '74 Dolphins couldn't even get past the divisional round of the playoffs so they weren't anywhere close to a 3-peat and their vaunted running attack would have been shut down by the Steelers great defensive line which held playoff foes O.J. Simpson, the Oakland Raiders and the Minnesota Vikings to under 100 total yards rushing COMBINED! The Dolphins dynasty was over and a newer, stronger and longer lasting one was beginning in Pittsburgh as the Steelers easily did what the Dolphins could not, go into Oakland and dominate both lines of scrimmage and vanquish the Raiders.
@@john4psu Sounds good but not altogether true. Read my last post. Couldn't get past the Raiders? Type in "Sea of Hands" game. It's outcome came down to the last snap. Dolphins outplayed the Raiders. I get it. They lost. What I'm saying is they would of beat the Steelers because the game would of been in Miami. You heard homefield advantage is the 12th man? Well in the Orange bowl it was the 13th man. You shut down OJ? One back & a mediocre Bills team. The Dolphins had 3 backs to contend with. Czonka, Morris & Kick. With Czonk & Morris in the backfield on most plays. The Steelers never beat the Dolphins & Miami beat them in Pittsburgh in the 72 championship game. In 1973, the Dolphins played your mighty Steelers in the Orange Bowl game 12. The Dolphins had a 30-3 lead in the 2nd half & WON the game! Think of the psychological edge it gave the Dolphins with plenty of self doubt in the Steelers brains. Some would say we'll never know but I know. The Dolphins would of beaten Pittsburgh & destroyed the Vikings in the SB just like the year before.
@@jamesdavis6036 The Bills were a playoff team were they not? So not mediocre. The Steelers lost in '73 nearly coming back in that game. Add to the '74 Steelers FIVE FUTURE HALL OF FAMERS. FIVE. Lambert, Shell, Webster, Swann and Stallworth. That's more than the mystique of the Orange Bowl. The Dolphins didn't survive the mystique of the Oakland Coliseum. The Steelers destroyed it in '74. So believe your fantasy. The '74 Steelers dynasty began, the Dolphins ended. Sorry you can't handle that truth.
Man you guys do not even get it Steelers could not even beat the raiders emaculant reception Csonka Kiick Warfield gone after 3 straight super bowls Steelers never would have won 4 in the 70's no shot!!!
As soon as i heard the voice of John Facenda i just had to watch this.
The Voice of John Facenda is just sublime, what a voice!
Although no doubt it wouldn't be known at the time, the Dolphin dynasty DID die that day in Oakland in a "sea of hands". Miami wouldn't get back to the Super Bowl for 8 more years.
The "Voice Of God".
He was the greatest voice in pro football history. I also loved Pat Summeralls game intros for CBS; he was the closest in stature to Fascenda
Curt Gowdy was one heck of a broadcaster back in the day as well! I also liked Hank Stram on color, he was really good! God bless the NFL! @@russellseilhamer4552
Whenever the Dolphins lost a game, I was miserable. I was young back then, but what a great team to follow back in the 1970's...
The Oilers were my team in the 1970's. Miami was always a tough team to beat.
The football played in the 1970's was the best ever. We were lucky to see it.
Well then you weren't miserable very often in those days. Unlike THESE days where being a Miami fan requires insane fortitude. Let's move on from Tua already and go a different direction.
@@MGAF688 Did you watch the Dolphins after 1985 , believe me Marino gave us crack candy every Sunday for 14 more years.
70's football had Shula, Landry, Noll and Madden. And they game had more hitting and different rules. The game was better than it is now.
Yes I totally agree with you. Miss those days 🏈
Benny Malone !!! 6:42- 6:47, there is just something about this style of running that I can't get enough of watching. It's like he's putting every bit of strength and effort into it. He may not have been a hall of fame running back, but he definitely was good enough to play in the NFL for a while. RIP Benny 🏈.
He had an outstanding game in the "Sea of Hands" divisional playoff matchup against the Raiders that year.
Love the 70's Dolphins... like the 70's A's. They gradually became less dynastic as stars bailed, but looked cool and played hard, see '78 Dolphins/Oilers games. Wow.
Thanks for uploading this highlight film. This was a truly great team in the history of the NFL.
Love watching NFL highlights from the seventies.
Was the Year 1974 That Long ago. DAMN
50 years ago this year
RIP Don Shula
I remember going to many games in the old Orange Bowl back then. It wasn't a perfect stadium and had many issues but I had so many great memories at that place it definitely had character. Rip OB🍊🏈
That dolphins entrance in Oakland is too cool
Another Oakland Raider miracle, but Miami was one of the great teams. You'd turn on their games and you just expected them to win.
My Favorite Football Team growing up.
What a Great Dynasty.. One of the NFL Greats
The great run ended with the" Sea of Hands " catch
Yes the sea of hands
Talk about a heartbroken 10 year old kid at the end of that sea of hands game Wish I could see this game in its entirety
I was 7 yrs old. At the end of that game I locked myself in the bathroom and cried for two hours I was so distraught :). My parents could not get me out.
You do not want to , I cried at 13 yrs old , Miami never recovered from that loss with another championship .
@@mr.majestic2667 You can thank the world football league 4 or 5 Miami Dolphins Jump ship
@@erickthefantabulous1 In reality the owner had 1st rights to the players , he let them go rather then pay them for their teams success , he was cheap , and because they left it broke up the nucleus of the teams unity and affected their game in 1974 in Oakland . In 1975 the team failed to make playoffs at 10- 4 and the slide started and players were traded .
@@mr.majestic2667 Well I never read the history of what actually happened back then but I did see a documentary on the world football league and I remember watching some games during that summer as a kid i think it was the summer The world football league I think it folded after one season .PS The sea of hands game what cost Miami more than anything was all pro safety Jake Scott got hurt in the beginning of the game & cornerback curtis Johnson was hurt The raiders had some big pass plays in that game
As a Raiders fan I love the Sea of Hands, but to me there were no better teams than 71-74 Dolphins, 72-77 Raiders, and as much as I hate saying it the 74-79 Steeler. And the Raiders were robbed in the 77 afc championship and I think they'd have beaten Dallas. The 70s AFC was so awesome
Had Miami survived the Oakland game I believe with game in Orange bowl they would have beaten Pittsburgh at home in Pittsburgh I don't know end of a great run by one the best teams in history bar none I do think that csonka kiick and Warfield stayed in Miami they could have won a couple of more super bowls
Hi Mike, I agree, I would love to have seen Csonka run over Lambert, with the exception of the opening day loss to New England their other two losses were by a combined total of 6 points and it could be argued that from a personnel standpoint this was their deepest team with the addition of Nottingham, Malone and Nat Moore, who finally gave the team another big play threat opposite Warfield which is something the 72 and 73 teams didn't have Peace
They should have beat the raiders
@@michaelwworthingtonjr61 I would not believe that it would have been a hell of game miami would have been tough beat at home
@@mikeraulerson4375 That 74 Pittsburgh Steelers had been rolling the final 7 weeks of that Season before the Playoffs.. I seen it with the whipping the Steelers put on Buffalo.. Bradshaw and the Offense came together for that game.. I could see the confidence in Bradshaw.. Pittsburgh's Rushing attack was potent and getting more Powerful each week.. Pittsburgh would have beaten Miami... No Mercury Morris hurt Miami by then.. a Steelers killer.. It was the Steelers time by 74.. they would have beaten Miami as they did with Oakland...
@@mem61man fair enough I think it would have been a one hell of game two great teams going at it
Thanks 4 the Upload.
Re: Bills game in Miami, it was even less time-56 seconds. Dolphins went from their 19 to the end zone in just 4 plays and about 40 seconds to win 35-28 on the Nottingham TD.
The Sea of Hands Game took place on my 14th birthday. I was a Steelers fan, literally one week away from the birth of The Steeler's Dynasty. But the Sea of Hands game was the best game I think I ever saw, and I've seen some great games! I hated Stabler, Bilitnekoff, Branch, Doctor Death, Willie Brown, Villapiano all those dudes, but they could play and make plays so you had to respect that. They did tend to choke in the really big games before 1976.
If the dolphins had defeated the Raiders in '74 playoffs, does anybody think they could've beaten the Steelers the following week? Steelers had jack Lambert and the Dolphins had lost half their secondary in that raiders game. Plus, we didn't have Merc either... Who remembers?
True , we did have Malone , but Scott and Johnson hurt in the secondary , this game was a emotional grind and we saw Oakland at home play flat and lost , you never should lose a championship game at home , had went went to Pittsburgh most likely we would have lost .
The Miami Dolphins had class. They were the coolest team in the NFL. They were the best on offence and the best on defense in the NFL
the dolphin dynasty did not die in Oakland.....YES IT DID! Just as Kansas City's dynasty dies at the foot of Garo Yepremian, Miami's dynasty died at the hands of Clarence Davis.
No team had won three straight world championships?
Lombardi's Packers, "Are we a joke to you?"
actually they won 2.
@@graciemaemarie11jones16 3. 1965-67. Yes, 65 counts. They would have beaten Buffalo big time.
@@timtebowsleftarm5368 1965 was the last season without the Super Bowl
@@michaelleroy9281 It's still fair to call the Packers world champions in 1965. They won 5 that decade, three in a row. No way any AFL team would have beaten them.
still a great teamin74
That sequence in Oakland is the best
Lots of former Colt players & coaches on that team…..
The WFL ended the Dolphin dynasty. If Csonka, Kick, and Warfield had stayed I believe the Dolphins would have won at least one more super bowl.
Owner Joe Robbie just didn't want to pay a fair salary.
They were aging. They were done. Their time was over.
Sometimes, you just have to let the images and music speak for themselves. 21:00 and following.
1974 great season,lookin for a 3pt until my beloved oakland raiders took care of business
Although 11-3 They didn't dominate like they did in 1972 and 1973
There would’ve been 100 flags thrown in the highlights I just watched if those games were played today ! Today’s NFL sucks
Yes you are so right!!! Sad game today
23:55 John Facenda turned out to be wrong.
Love Csonka abusing Chris Hanberger in some of the early footage.
Branch trapped it
The diving catch by Cliff Branch in the AFC playoff game was trapped. Refs made a terrible call. Without that, the Dolphins win.
Next game would have been the AFC Championship against the Steelers at the Orange bowl.
Miami hardly lost there with a record of 60-10. Thats an 85% winning percentage. The loudest stadium in football because it held 80,000.
If Dolphins win, they play the Vikings in SB. Miami embarrassed them in the prior SB. Who knows, they could of been the only 3peat team in history.
Shaddap
The '74 Dolphins couldn't even get past the divisional round of the playoffs so they weren't anywhere close to a 3-peat and their vaunted running attack would have been shut down by the Steelers great defensive line which held playoff foes O.J. Simpson, the Oakland Raiders and the Minnesota Vikings to under 100 total yards rushing COMBINED!
The Dolphins dynasty was over and a newer, stronger and longer lasting one was beginning in Pittsburgh as the Steelers easily did what the Dolphins could not, go into Oakland and dominate both lines of scrimmage and vanquish the Raiders.
@@john4psu Sounds good but not altogether true. Read my last post. Couldn't get past the Raiders? Type in "Sea of Hands" game. It's outcome came down to the last snap. Dolphins outplayed the Raiders. I get it. They lost.
What I'm saying is they would of beat the Steelers because the game would of been in Miami. You heard homefield advantage is the 12th man? Well in the Orange bowl it was the 13th man.
You shut down OJ? One back & a mediocre Bills team. The Dolphins had 3 backs to contend with. Czonka, Morris & Kick. With Czonk & Morris in the backfield on most plays. The Steelers never beat the Dolphins & Miami beat them in Pittsburgh in the 72 championship game.
In 1973, the Dolphins played your mighty Steelers in the Orange Bowl game 12.
The Dolphins had a 30-3 lead in the 2nd half & WON the game!
Think of the psychological edge it gave the Dolphins with plenty of self doubt in the Steelers brains. Some would say we'll never know but I know. The Dolphins would of beaten Pittsburgh & destroyed the Vikings in the SB just like the year before.
@@jamesdavis6036 The Bills were a playoff team were they not? So not mediocre. The Steelers lost in '73 nearly coming back in that game. Add to the '74 Steelers FIVE FUTURE HALL OF FAMERS. FIVE. Lambert, Shell, Webster, Swann and Stallworth. That's more than the mystique of the Orange Bowl. The Dolphins didn't survive the mystique of the Oakland Coliseum. The Steelers destroyed it in '74. So believe your fantasy. The '74 Steelers dynasty began, the Dolphins ended. Sorry you can't handle that truth.
@@john4psu That is true but winning cost money and ownership refused to pay , Dolphins were the victims of their own success
And the 1974-79 Pittsburgh Steelers would top them
Man you guys do not even get it Steelers could not even beat the raiders emaculant reception Csonka Kiick Warfield gone after 3 straight super bowls Steelers never would have won 4 in the 70's no shot!!!
Raiders were stopped cold by a team that would win 4 out of the next 6 Superbowls. Just move baby. Traitors.
Too many players spiking players when plays are over using their helmets for the cheating Raiders