{"id":1849,"date":"2024-11-18T03:34:42","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T03:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=1849"},"modified":"2024-11-18T03:34:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T03:34:42","slug":"chiefs-unbeaten-no-more-1972-dolphins-celebrate-another-year-of-being-the-only-perfect-team-in-nfl-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=1849","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs unbeaten no more: 1972 Dolphins celebrate another year of being the only perfect team in NFL history ."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"Article-subline\">Former Miami fullback Larry Csonka toasted the Bills&#8217; win<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ArticleAuthor\">\n<div class=\"ArticleAuthor-headshot\">\n<div class=\"Headshot Headshot--medium\">\n<div class=\"Article-featuredImage\">\n<figure class=\" img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Article-featuredImageImg \" src=\"https:\/\/sportshub.cbsistatic.com\/i\/r\/2024\/11\/18\/2e1afb1a-d0f3-4d57-983d-768b64a7843d\/thumbnail\/770x433\/008ba9f3db7835016e6ba57db8de8ef7\/dolphins-undefeated.jpg\" alt=\"dolphins-undefeated.jpg\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" data-lazy=\"https:\/\/sportshub.cbsistatic.com\/i\/r\/2024\/11\/18\/2e1afb1a-d0f3-4d57-983d-768b64a7843d\/thumbnail\/770x433\/008ba9f3db7835016e6ba57db8de8ef7\/dolphins-undefeated.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Article-bodyContent\">\n<p>With the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0winning back-to-back\u00a0Super Bowl\u00a0championships and starting the 2024 season 9-0, it made all the sense in the world to wonder if they were going to go undefeated.\u00a0Patrick Mahomes\u00a0and Co. pulled out win after win like it was preordained after\u00a0<span class=\"link\">blocking the Denver Broncos&#8217; attempt at game-winning field goal against them in Week 10<\/span>. However, their magic ran out Sunday in Buffalo\u00a0in their 30-21 road defeat\u00a0against the\u00a0Bills.<\/p>\n<p>That means the 1972\u00a0Miami Dolphins\u00a0(17-0) remain the only team in\u00a0NFL\u00a0history to have an undefeated season en route to winning a league championship. Each year, when the final unbeaten team in the NFL loses, the remaining living members of that 1972 Dolphins squad pop a bottle of champagne to celebrate their sole possession of this historic standing. 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