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99-513: The game and trophy are named after former Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula . Don Shula was the head coach of the Miami Dolphins from 1970 to 1995. Each school's first head coach has previous ties to Don Shula. Florida Atlantic's first head coach Howard Schnellenberger was an assistant of Shula in the 1970s, and FIU's first head coach Don Strock was a player under Shula in the 1970s and 1980s. Don Shula set numerous records as head coach of

198-495: A 14–0 regular-season record in 1972 and winning the Super Bowl that year . It was the first of two consecutive Super Bowl wins and one of three appearances in a row. The 1980s and 1990s were also moderately successful. The early 80s teams made two Super Bowls despite losing both times and saw the emergence of future Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino , who went on to break numerous NFL passing records, holding many of them until

297-517: A 1952 remake of the 1927 original . In 1952, Thomas recorded several Arabic folk songs with Toufic Barham for a Saint Jude Hospital Foundation fundraiser record. The songs later appeared on the re-issue album The Music of Arab-Americans: A Retrospective Collection . Thomas enjoyed a successful 11-year run (1953–1964) on Make Room for Daddy, later known as The Danny Thomas Show . Jean Hagen , Sherry Jackson , and Rusty Hamer were his first family. The Hagen character died offscreen in 1956 and

396-608: A 2009 Monday night win against the New York Jets . However, the Dolphins would lose a 2010 Sunday night matchup with the Jets, their first loss in orange, and the orange jerseys in the original style would not be worn again. In 2009, the Dolphins switched to black shoes for the first time since the early 1970s glory days, following a recent trend among NFL teams. However, by 2011, they returned to wearing white shoes. The Dolphins' final game in

495-549: A Big Girl Now , which aired on ABC from 1980 to 1981. Thomas was guest of honor in The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast that aired on December 15, 1976, on NBC . He guest-starred in "In Full Command" (S05 E22), the March 18, 1978, series finale of the long-running detective drama Kojak , as a corrupt superior officer in the police department, in an episode directed by series star Telly Savalas . He also appeared in

594-705: A good luck charm for the Dolphins that season. The Dolphins became the first team in NFL history to record an undefeated season, going 17–0 en route to victory over the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII . The following season, Miami posted an equally impressive 15–2 record and capped the season with another title, defeating the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl VIII . The back-to-back championship runs, coupled with

693-514: A leading center in pediatrics with a focus on pediatric cancer . St. Jude now has affiliate hospitals in eight other American cities as of early 2020. Already a successful entertainer, Thomas began his film career in 1947, playing opposite child actress Margaret O'Brien in The Unfinished Dance (1947) and Big City (1948). He then starred in the long-running television sitcom Make Room for Daddy (later, The Danny Thomas Show from

792-509: A lengthy search through photos and records. In the early 1970s, Thomas reunited most of his second Daddy cast ( Marjorie Lord , Rusty Hamer , and Angela Cartwright ) for a short-lived update of the show Make Room for Granddaddy . Premised around Danny and Kathy Williams caring for their grandson by daughter Terry, who was away with her husband who was serving in the Military, and stationed in Japan,

891-537: A monument. A stretch of roadway in Memphis is locally known as Danny Thomas Boulevard. The road, built in the 1960s to partially reroute U.S. Highway 51 around downtown, runs from E.H. Crump Boulevard (U.S. 70/79/64) to North Parkway/A.W. Willis Avenue (Tennessee State Route 1), passing through St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's campus on a viaduct. For Thomas' contribution to the television industry, in February 1960 he

990-405: A navy outline. The helmets are white with a white facemask, just like the final years of the previous look; however, navy is a prominent color on the helmet stripe, joining aqua and a de-emphasized orange. Both jerseys have large "Dolphins" text above the numbers, written in the team's new script. The pants are either aqua or white, and contain no markings other than a small team wordmark. In 2018,

1089-640: A professional football team since the days of the Miami Seahawks , who played in the All-America Football Conference in 1946, before becoming the first incarnation of the Baltimore Colts . For the first few years, the Dolphins' full-time training camp and practice facilities were at Saint Andrew's School , a private, boys boarding prep school in Boca Raton. Miami joined the NFL as a result of

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1188-573: A television producer, and Terre as an accomplished singer-songwriter. Thomas was initiated to Freemasonry in Prudence Lodge No. 958, Chicago, passed, and raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason at Gothic Lodge No. 270 F&AM. A devout Catholic , Thomas was named a Knight Commander of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre by Pope Paul VI in recognition of his services to the church and

1287-509: A week after his 24th birthday, Thomas married Rose Marie Cassaniti. In 1940, after he moved to Chicago, Thomas did not want his friends and family to know he had gone back into working clubs where the salary was better, so he came up with the pseudonym "Danny Thomas" (after two of his brothers). Thomas first reached mass audiences on network radio in the 1940s playing shifty brother-in-law Amos in The Bickersons , which began as sketches on

1386-423: A white or aqua jersey. The Dolphins continue to wear white at home, just as they had with the previous uniforms, with aqua being used for primetime home games. The white jersey features aqua numbers and names in a unique custom font, with orange and navy outlines on the numbers; however, the names only use navy as an outline color. The aqua jerseys use white numbers with an orange and aqua outline, and white names with

1485-464: Is an American anthology television series that was broadcast on NBC during the 1967–1968 television season . Thomas became a successful television producer (with Sheldon Leonard and Aaron Spelling among his partners) of The Dick Van Dyke Show , The Andy Griffith Show , That Girl and The Mod Squad . Thomas also produced three series for Walter Brennan : The Real McCoys , The Tycoon , and The Guns of Will Sonnett on ABC during

1584-529: Is located in Miami Gardens , a suburb of Miami located approximately 15 miles (24 km) north of downtown Miami. 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

1683-520: The 1998 NFL season on a Monday Night Football matchup. Both teams later met in the 1999 AFC Divisional Round in what would ultimately be the final career game for Dolphins' hall-of-fame quarterback Dan Marino . The Dolphins entered the game as heavy underdogs as they had finished the 1999 season 9–7, securing the lowest wild card berth. Meanwhile; the Jaguars had boasted an impressive 14–2 campaign under pro-bowl quarterback Mark Brunell ; culminating in

1782-454: The 2013 NFL draft . The new logo features a stylized aqua dolphin swimming in front of a heavily modified version of the orange sunburst. The dolphin in the logo is more vague and artistic, and is not wearing a helmet as it is merely a silhouette of a dolphin cast in aqua and navy. Navy was incorporated as featured color for the first time, with orange becoming greatly de-emphasized. The uniforms feature both white pants and aqua pants, with

1881-642: The Miami metropolitan area . The Dolphins compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team plays its home games at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida , a northern suburb of Miami . The team is owned by Stephen M. Ross . The Dolphins are the oldest professional sports team in Florida. Of the four AFC East teams,

1980-682: The Orange Bowl in Miami. They moved to the new Joe Robbie Stadium after the 1986 season. From 1993 to 2011, the Dolphins shared the stadium with Major League Baseball 's Florida Marlins (now known as the Miami Marlins). The venue has had multiple naming rights deals since 1996 , carrying the names Pro Player Stadium, Dolphins Stadium, Dolphin Stadium, LandShark Stadium, Sun Life Stadium, New Miami Stadium and, as of August 2016, Hard Rock Stadium . The facility

2079-702: The Television Hall of Fame . In 1991, Thomas died after a heart attack at his home in Beverly Hills, a hospital spokesman said. Two days previously he had celebrated St. Jude Hospital's 29th anniversary and filmed a commercial, which aired posthumously. He is interred in a mausoleum on the grounds of the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee , alongside his wife. A park in Toledo, Ohio, bears Thomas' name and

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2178-544: The 1970 AFL–NFL merger . The team played in its first Super Bowl in Super Bowl VI , losing to the Dallas Cowboys , 24–3. The following year , the Dolphins completed the NFL's only perfect season , culminating in a Super Bowl win, winning all 14 of their regular-season games, and all three of their playoff games, including Super Bowl VII . They were the third NFL team to accomplish a perfect regular season , and remain

2277-662: The 1970s and the 1990s, but there were some notable moments as well, including a 1982 game now known as the Snowplow Game . Fortunes changed when Tom Brady became the franchise quarterback for the Patriots, and during his tenure with the Patriots , New England dominated the AFC, especially the AFC East, winning 16 of 17 division titles between 2003 and 2019, with the Dolphins winning the only non-Patriots division title in that time frame when Brady

2376-405: The 1972 perfect season, these uniforms were used as the primary uniforms for road games and daytime home games, due to the extreme heat of South Florida. The team also had an aqua jersey used mainly for night home games or road games in which the opponent chose to wear white. The aqua jersey featured white block numbers and names with an orange outline, and orange and white sleeve stripes. An update

2475-573: The 1980s after the Colts struggled and moved to Indianapolis , but heated up once again in the late 90s until the Colts were reassigned into the AFC South as a result of the 2002 realignment of the NFL's divisions. As of 2023, the Dolphins lead the all-time series 48–28. Since the founding of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1976, the Dolphins and Buccaneers have shared a mellow in-state rivalry and were

2574-458: The 2006 season to leave for the University of Alabama. Prior to the 2007 season, the Dolphins hired Cam Cameron has head coach. The team suffered a franchise-worst 1–15 season in 2007 . After the 2007 season, the team fired Cameron. Tony Sparano was named head coach of the Dolphins prior to the 2008 season. In his first season, he led the team to an 11–5 result and an AFC East title. During

2673-411: The 2019 season, the Dolphins hired Brian Flores as head coach. He led the team to a 5–11 record in the 2019 season. The team drafted Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft. In the 2020 season, the team improved to a 10–6 mark but still missed the postseason. In the 2021 season, the team went 9–8 but missed the postseason. Following the end of the 2021 season, Flores

2772-462: The 2020s, the rivalry sharpened, with Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa , drafted in 2020, leading a resurgent Dolphins team against the Josh Allen -led Bills, who had gained a streak of success after Brady's departure from the Patriots and the division. Though Allen's career record against Miami currently stands at 11–2, Tagovailoa led the Dolphins to their first win over Bills in 8 games in 2022, and

2871-491: The AFC East following the AFL/NFL merger, they sparked a heated rivalry with the Dolphins, as a controversy involving the hiring of former Colts coach Don Shula forced Miami to forfeit a first-round draft pick. The Dolphins and Colts faced off several times in the AFC playoffs during the 1970s, including the AFC championship game leading up to Super Bowl VI , which the Dolphins lost to the Dallas Cowboys . The rivalry cooled down in

2970-563: The Bills-Dolphins rivalry is motivated by differences, the Dolphins-Jets series is also notable for the differences between New York and Miami. Unlike the former, this rivalry has been more consistent over the years. Some of the more memorable moments in this rivalry include Dan Marino 's fake spike , Vinny Testaverde leading the Jets to a notable comeback on Monday Night Football , and former Jets quarterback Chad Pennington signing with

3069-601: The Carolina Panthers on August 22, 2009, after being booed heavily in the first game. Furthermore, the team has preferred to play Buffett's song " Fins " after scores during the 2009 regular season instead of the traditional fight song. The team's cheerleaders are known collectively as the Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders. The company had its debut in 1978 as the Dolphins Starbrites. (The name referred to

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3168-616: The Chiefs lead the all-time series 17–16. The Dolphins also share historic rivalries with other AFC teams such as the Las Vegas Raiders , Los Angeles Chargers , and Pittsburgh Steelers , stemming from often competing against these teams in the playoffs during the Don Shula era. As of the 2023 season, the Raiders lead the all-time series 21–20–1. The Dolphins originally played all home games in

3267-578: The Clancys," the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem appeared as Marjorie Lord's Irish cousins and sang " Brennan on the Moor ." In 1970, the program was revived for a season under the title Make Room for Granddaddy . Angela Cartwright (who spoke about her on- and off-camera relationship with her television stepfather, Danny Thomas, on a groundbreaking ABC TV show, Make Room for Daddy ) had said: "I thought Danny

3366-641: The Divisional Round. In the 1999 season, the Dolphins went 9–7 and made the postseason. The team defeated the Buffalo Bills 24–17 in the Wild Card Round before falling 62–7 to the Jacksonville Jaguars in what would be quarterback Dan Marino's final game. Johnson resigned following the season. Going into the 2000 season, the Dolphins named Dave Wannstedt as head coach. In his first season with

3465-622: The Dolphins and leading them to a divisional title. The two teams have also played in the 1982 AFC Championship , with Miami winning to face the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl XVII . As of the 2023 season, the Dolphins lead the all-time series 60–56–1. The Dolphins have taken part in a minor rivalry with the Jacksonville Jaguars as both teams are the only two AFC franchises located in Florida. The two teams first met during

3564-585: The Dolphins are the only team in the division that was not a charter member of the American Football League (AFL). The Dolphins were also one of the first professional football teams in the southeast , along with the Atlanta Falcons . The Dolphins were founded by Joe Robbie , an attorney and politician, and Danny Thomas , an actor and comedian. They began play in the AFL in 1966 . The region had not had

3663-528: The Dolphins during their four playoff matchups in the 1990s, with the Dolphins' only playoff win coming after Kelly's retirement. With the rise of Tom Brady and the Patriots during the 2000s and the retirements of Kelly and Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino , the Bills-Dolphins rivalry faded in relevance, but remains somewhat intense to this day. Some former Dolphins have gone to play for the Bills as well, most notably Dan Carpenter , Chris Hogan , and Charles Clay . In

3762-423: The Dolphins played the Bills tightly in the teams' two other meetings that year despite losing both, including the playoffs. As of the 2023 season, the Dolphins lead the all-time series 62–58–1. The New York Jets are perhaps Miami's most bitter rivals. Dolphins fans despise the Jets due to the sheer amount of New York City transplants who have moved to South Florida and the Jets' misplaced cocky demeanor. Just as

3861-492: The Dolphins to five division titles, 10 playoff appearances, and an appearance in Super Bowl XIX before retiring following the 1999 season . Since Marino's retirement, they have experienced mediocre levels of success and have just six playoff appearances ( 2000 , 2001 , 2008 , 2016 , 2022 , and 2023 ) and two division titles ( 2000 and 2008 ) with one playoff win. They currently have the longest postseason win drought in

3960-417: The Dolphins were coached by Don Shula , the most successful head coach in professional football history in terms of total games won. Under Shula, the Dolphins posted losing records in only two of his 26 seasons as the head coach. During the period spanning 1983 to the end of 1999, quarterback Dan Marino became one of the most prolific passers in NFL history, breaking numerous league passing records. Marino led

4059-472: The Dolphins wore similar all-aqua or all-white uniforms in select games as the NFL gradually relaxed its rules regarding hosiery. The song was written and composed by Lee Ofman, and has similar instrumentation and lyrics to the fight song of the Houston Oilers . Ofman approached the Dolphins with it before the 1972 season because he wanted music to inspire his favorite team. The fight song would soon serve as

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4158-585: The Dolphins, he led the team to a 11–5 record and an AFC East title. The team defeated the Indianapolis Colts 23–17 in the Wild Card Round before losing 27–0 to the Oakland Raiders in the Divisional Round. In the 2001 season, the team made the postseason with a 11–5 record and runner-up placement in the AFC East. The team lost to the Baltimore Ravens 20–3 in the Wild Card Round. In the 2002 season,

4257-489: The Jaguars destroying Miami in a 62–7 blowout loss. The Jaguars managed an improbable upset victory during the 2021 Season as the team had declined severely under controversial head coach Urban Meyer . Despite this; the Jaguars managed a comeback victory against the Dolphins in London during week 6. The teams are tied 5–5 all time, though the Jaguars lead 1–0 in the postseason. When the then- Baltimore Colts were inserted into

4356-756: The Miami Dolphins Training Facility at Nova Southeastern University in Davie . In 2006, the facility added a domed field that allows the team to practice during thunderstorms which are common in the area during the summer. In 2021, the Dolphins opened a new, 135 million training facility, dubbed the Baptist Health Training Complex, the Dolphins will practice in. The complex is located next to Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. The Dolphins logo and uniforms remained fairly consistent from

4455-554: The Miami Dolphins and his legacy is seen throughout the Miami area. The Shula Bowl pays homage to Shula, to South Florida football and the ties and history of both universities. The Shula Bowl was first played at Hard Rock Stadium , then known as Pro Player Stadium, in present-day Miami Gardens, Florida , on November 23, 2002. The game now alternates between Florida Atlantic and FIU's home fields . Until 2010, Florida Atlantic used Pro Player Stadium (later renamed Dolphin Stadium in 2006) as its home field, where FIU has almost always used

4554-573: The NFL. The Miami Dolphins joined the American Football League (AFL) when an expansion franchise was awarded to lawyer Joseph Robbie and actor Danny Thomas in 1965 for $ 7.5 million, although Thomas would eventually sell his stake in the team to Robbie. During the summer of 1966, the Dolphins' training camp was in St. Pete Beach with practices in August at Boca Ciega High School in Gulfport . The Dolphins were

4653-527: The South Florida and Mexico community. ("The Dolphin") On Friday, April 18, 1997, the first "official" mascot of the Miami Dolphins was introduced. The 7-foot mascot made his public debut on April 19 at Pro Player Stadium during the team's draft-day party. The team then made a "Name the Mascot" contest that drew over 13,000 entries covering all 50 states and 22 countries. 529 names were suggested. The winning entry

4752-491: The Special Teams is to offer hands-on services to communities and families in need, to partner with existing organizations on worthwhile social, civic and charitable programs, to provide assistance at Miami Dolphins Foundation events, and to support community efforts in times of emergency. This program is headed by Leslie Nixon and Sergio Xiques. Since its inception, Special Teams has given over 250,000 community services hours to

4851-554: The TV movie Side by Side (1988), opposite Milton Berle and Sid Caesar . The last series in which Thomas was a headlining star was One Big Family , which aired in syndication during the 1986–1987 season. The situation comedy's premise was set around a semi-retired comedian whose grandchildren were orphaned after their parents were killed in a car accident. Thomas, like many actors prominent in television, endorsed commercial products, including Maxwell House coffee. According to Thomas,

4950-676: The cast of The Sound of Music : "I went on an interview for the part of Brigitta. I was still filming The Danny Thomas Show , but I knew the series was coming to an end. After several auditions, I was the first von Trapp cast. I asked Danny Thomas if he would let me out of my contract so I could be in the movie and he was very gracious to let me out of the last show of the season. He didn't have to do that and I am very grateful he did." In 1965 and 1966, Thomas presented The Wonderful World of Burlesque , featuring Lucille Ball , Jerry Lewis , Don Adams , Carol Channing , Andy Griffith , Sheldon Leonard , and Shirley Jones . The Danny Thomas Hour

5049-417: The cities of Miami and Buffalo, especially in climate and culture. The rivalry was extremely lopsided in favor of Miami during the 1970s, as the Dolphins won all 20 games against the Bills during that decade. Fortunes changed in the 1980s and 1990s when Jim Kelly became the Bills' starting quarterback. Though both teams were extremely dominant during that period, the Bills ultimately held the edge and dominated

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5148-439: The co-sponsor, Starbrite Car Polish.) The cheerleaders' founding choreographer was June Taylor , famed colleague of Jackie Gleason , who led the squad until her retirement in 1990. In April 2010, the Dolphins started the first Volunteer Program in the NFL. Special Teams is a unique volunteer organization created to enlist and mobilize the ongoing services of the community with the Dolphins staff, players and alumni. The mission of

5247-658: The community. He was a member of the Good Shepherd Parish and the Catholic Motion Picture Guild in Beverly Hills, California . In 1983, President Ronald Reagan presented Thomas with a Congressional Gold Medal honoring him for his work with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Thomas was one of the original owners of the Miami Dolphins , along with Joe Robbie , but he sold his share soon after

5346-442: The dawn of life." In 1962, with help from Dr. Lemuel Diggs and close friend Anthony Abraham, an auto magnate in Miami, Florida, Thomas founded the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee . Since its inception, St. Jude has treated children from all 50 states and around the world, continuing the mission of finding cures and saving children. In 1996, Dr. Peter C. Doherty of St. Jude's Immunology Department,

5445-422: The defending Super Bowl champion Patriots 28–29, and handed them the second of their 2 losses that season. The rivalry briefly intensified in 2005 when Nick Saban , Bill Belichick 's former Browns defensive coordinator was hired as their new head coach and when Saban nearly signed quarterback Drew Brees , as well as in 2008, when the two teams battled for the AFC East division title. Miami and New England are also

5544-575: The defensive coordinator. The AFL merged with the NFL in 1970, and the Dolphins were assigned to the AFC East division in the NFL's new American Football Conference . For the rest of the 20th century, the Shula-led Dolphins emerged as one of the most dominant teams in the NFL, with only two losing seasons between 1970 and 1999. They were extremely successful in the 1970s, completing the first complete perfect season in NFL history by finishing with

5643-627: The first time the Shula Bowl was played on both rival schools' campuses. For years the game was telecast on the ESPN family of networks through an agreement to broadcast games in the Sun Belt Conference . In 2013, both schools moved to Conference USA , and the game was instead aired on Fox Sports 1 , as C-USA did not air games on the ESPN networks (save for the conference championship game). In recent years

5742-462: The fourth season onwards) from 1953 to 1964, in which he played the lead role of Danny Williams. He was the father of Marlo Thomas , Terre Thomas, and Tony Thomas . One of 10 children, Danny Thomas was born Amos Muzyad Yaqoob Kairouz ( Arabic : أموس مزيد يعقوب كيروز ) on January 6, 1912, in Deerfield, Michigan , to Charles Yaqoob Kairouz and his wife Margaret Taouk. His parents were Maronite Catholic immigrants from Bsharri , Lebanon. Thomas

5841-461: The franchise's history; to date, it is the last season the Dolphins won the AFC East. The team's season ended with a 27–9 loss to the Baltimore Ravens in the Wild Card Round. The 2009 and 2010 seasons saw regression with a 7–9 record in both years. After a 4–9 start to the 2011 season, Sparano was fired. Todd Bowles finished the 6–10 season as interim coach. Prior to the 2012 season, the team hired Joe Philbin as head coach. In his first season at

5940-423: The game has aired on Stadium and is carried locally on WSFL-TV The CW South Florida. It was announced in 2021 that FAU was set to leave Conference USA for the American Athletic Conference beginning in the 2023–24 school year, making it unclear whether the rivalry series would continue in the current format. It was presumed that football in particular would be on hiatus until at least 2024, because that would be

6039-406: The helm, Philbin led the team to a 7–9 record. In the 2013, the team improved to a 8–8 record but still missed the postseason. In the 2014 season, the team added Bill Lazor as offensive coordinator. The Dolphins once again finished 8–8. After a 1–3 start to the 2015 season, Philbin was fired. Dan Campbell was named as interim coach and finished the year with a 5–7 mark. Prior to the 2016 season,

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6138-411: The helm, he led the team to a 8–8 record and missed the postseason. In the 1997, the team improved to a 9–7 mark and made the postseason. The team saw their season end in the Wild Card Round with a 17–3 loss to the New England Patriots. In the 1998 season, the team went 10–6 and made the postseason. The Dolphins defeated the Bills 24–17 in the Wild Card Round before falling to the Denver Broncos 38–3 in

6237-541: The late 1950s and 1960s. Thomas often appeared in cameos on shows he produced, including his portrayal of the tuxedoed, droll alien Kolak, from the planet Twilo, in the Dick Van Dyke Show science-fiction spoof, "It May Look Like a Walnut". Thomas was responsible for Mary Tyler Moore 's first "big break" in acting. In 1961, Carl Reiner cast her in The Dick Van Dyke Show after Thomas personally recommended Moore. Reiner had remembered her as "the girl with three names" whom he had turned down earlier, but rediscovered her after

6336-437: The late 2000s. After winning every game against the division rival Buffalo Bills in the 1970s, the two teams gradually developed a competitive rivalry in the 80s and 90s, often competing for AFC supremacy when Jim Kelly emerged as the quarterback for the Bills. The Dolphins have also maintained a strong rivalry with the New York Jets throughout much of their history. Following the retirements of Marino and Shula and

6435-409: The lower-level seats were moved closer to the field. There are roughly 10,000 fewer seats. St. Petersburg Beach hosted the Dolphins' first training camp in 1966. St. Andrew's School in Boca Raton hosted training camp in the late 1960s. The Dolphins subsequently trained in Miami Gardens at Biscayne College, later renamed St. Thomas University , from 1970 until 1993. In 1993, the Dolphins opened

6534-500: The money he earned from those commercials was used to establish St. Jude Children's Hospital. As a "starving actor", Thomas had made a vow: If he found success, he would open a shrine dedicated to St. Jude Thaddeus , one of the patron saints of hopeless causes. In the early 1950s, after becoming a successful actor, his wife joined him and began traveling the United States to help raise funds to build St. Jude Children's Research Hospital . He fervently believed: "No child should die in

6633-518: The music-comedy show Drene Time , starring Don Ameche and Frances Langford . Thomas also portrayed himself as a scatterbrained Lothario on this show. His other network radio work included a stint as Jerry Dingle the postman on Fanny Brice 's The Baby Snooks Show . In the early 1950s he made several appearances on the popular NBC variety program The Big Show hosted by stage legend Tallulah Bankhead . Thomas also had his own radio program, The Danny Thomas Show . The 30-minute weekly variety show

6732-409: The next year when both teams would have openings in their non-conference schedules. In a statement announced on September 26, 2022, the FAU and FIU athletics departments inked a four-game series that would continue the Shula Bowl beginning in 2024. Miami Dolphins National Football League ( 1970 –present) The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in

6831-433: The now-famous 2018 Miracle in Miami play against the Patriots. On September 29, 2016, the Dolphins debuted their new Color Rush uniform in a Thursday Night Football game against the Cincinnati Bengals . The all-orange uniform marked the first time since 2010 that the Dolphins wore an orange uniform. However, the set was only used for that game as the Dolphins immediately retired the uniform soon after. In later years,

6930-463: The on-campus venue now known as FIU Stadium as its home field. On one occasion, in 2007, FIU used the Miami Orange Bowl in Little Havana , Miami , as its home field, while FIU Stadium was undergoing an expansion. The 2007 game was played in the final months of the Orange Bowl before being demolished for the construction of LoanDepot Park . Beginning in 2012, Florida Atlantic used its newly built FAU Stadium in Boca Raton as its home field, marking

7029-421: The only team to do so including playoffs since the AFL-NFL merger, the time known as the Super Bowl era. The next year, the Dolphins won Super Bowl VIII , becoming the first team to appear in three consecutive Super Bowls, and the second team (the first AFL/AFC team) to win back-to-back championships. Miami also appeared in Super Bowl XVII and Super Bowl XIX , losing both games. For most of their early history,

7128-578: The only two franchises to have posted undefeated regular-season records since the NFL-AFL merger, with Miami going 14–0 in 1972 and New England going 16–0 in 2007 , but only the 1972 Dolphins were able to win the Super Bowl. As of the 2023 season, the Dolphins lead the all-time series 62–55. The Dolphins and the Buffalo Bills have a long-standing rivalry, as there are stark characteristic differences between

7227-576: The only two teams in Florida until the Jacksonville Jaguars joined the NFL in 1995. As of the 2023 season, the Buccaneers lead the all-time series 7–5. The Dolphins won a notable pair of games against the Kansas City Chiefs, defeating them in "The Longest Game", the final game in Municipal Stadium , and then the first regular season game at Arrowhead Stadium in 1972. As of the 2023 season,

7326-553: The original style uniforms with block numbers and the iconic leaping dolphin logo was the final game of the 2012 season, a 28–0 shutout loss to the New England Patriots in Foxboro . The white jerseys were worn for the game, and as rumors of a new look had been swirling, many fans watching knew that it would likely be the last time their team would wear the leaping dolphin logo. A new logo and new uniforms were unveiled shortly before

7425-419: The popularity of the fight song amongst Dolphins fans, have ensured the song's longevity. The Dolphins revealed a new fight song by T-Pain and Jimmy Buffett featuring Pitbull on August 7, 2009, which was introduced for the 2009 NFL season. The fight song was played during the preseason home opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars on August 17, 2009, but was not played during the second preseason game against

7524-663: The purchase. In addition, he also played golf regularly since his youth. Two PGA Tour tournaments bore his name: the Danny Thomas-Diplomat Classic in south Florida in 1969 and, along with co-founder Vernon Bell, the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic from 1970 to 1984. He was also the first non-Jewish member of the Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles. In 1990, Danny Thomas was inducted into

7623-498: The rise of Tom Brady and the New England Patriots , the Dolphins suffered a decline in the 2000s and 2010s. During this period, the team's level of play was largely described as mediocre. They have only made the playoffs four times since Marino's retirement and have largely been unable to find a consistent quarterback to replace him. Jimmy Johnson was hired to replace Shula prior to the 1996 season. In his first season at

7722-461: The season, they became the second team to make a 10-game improvement over the previous season. That same season, the Dolphins upset the New England Patriots on the road during Week 3 thanks to the use of the gimmick Wildcat offense , which handed the Patriots their first regular-season loss since December 10, 2006, in which coincidentally, they were also beaten by the Dolphins. However, this success in 2008 proved to be an outlier during this period in

7821-475: The show lasted one season. By the mid-1970s, Thomas' son Tony had become an accomplished television producer. Tony, along with Paul Junger Witt , formed Witt/Thomas Productions in 1975, and was responsible for his father's next three (and ultimately final) starring vehicles. Thomas returned to series TV in the NBC sitcom The Practice , airing from January 1976 to January 1977. Subsequently, he co-starred in I'm

7920-405: The team failed to make the postseason despite a 9–7 record. In the 2003 season, the team went 10–6 but missed the postseason. Following a 1–8 start in the 2004 season, Wannstedt resigned. Jim Bates finished out the year with a 3–4 mark. Nick Saban coached the Dolphins in the 2005 and 2006 seasons. He went 9–7 and 6–10 in those two seasons, missing the playoffs in both. Saban resigned following

8019-475: The team hired Adam Gase as head coach. He led the team to a 10–6 record and a postseason berth in the 2016 season. The team's season ended with a 30–12 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Wild Card Round. In the 2017 season, the Dolphins regressed to a 6–10 record. In the 2018 season, the Dolphins finished with a 7–9 record. After a cumulative 23–25 record, Gase was fired by the Dolphins. Prior to

8118-415: The team made some slight modifications to the logo and uniform set: The shades of orange and aqua were tweaked, and navy blue was removed from the color scheme, only remaining on the logo. In 2015, the Dolphins brought back their 1970s aqua uniforms for a few select games. Four years later, they brought back a white version from the same era as a second alternate uniform. The aqua throwbacks were worn during

8217-547: The team's founding through 2012. The team's colors were originally aqua and coral , with the coral color paying tribute to the Miami Seahawks and to the many natural coral reefs in Biscayne Bay. The team's original logo consisted of a sunburst with a leaping dolphin wearing a football helmet bearing the letter M. At their debut in 1966, a lighter & brighter orange was used instead of the deep coral color. The dolphin's head

8316-451: The worst team with a 15–39–2 record in their first four seasons under head coach George Wilson , before Don Shula was hired as head coach. Shula was a Paul Brown disciple who had been lured from the Baltimore Colts , after losing Super Bowl III two seasons earlier to the AFL's New York Jets , and finishing 8–5–1 the following season. Shula got his first NFL coaching job from then-Detroit head coach George Wilson, who hired him as

8415-848: Was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for key discoveries on how the immune system works to kill virus-infected cells. St. Jude's has grown to include eight affiliate hospitals across the United States. It is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with annual expenses, as of 2018, of over US$ 1.4 billion funded by nearly US$ 1.5 billion in donations. Further, the World Health Organization has named St. Jude's as its first "Collaborating Center for Childhood Cancer" to help increase survival rates on rare pediatric cancer from 20% to as much as 60% by 2030. Danny Thomas

8514-594: Was a struggling young comic when he met Rose Marie Mantell (born Rose Marie Cassaniti), who had a singing career with her own radio show in Detroit, Michigan, and was the daughter of Marie "Mary" Cassaniti, a drummer and percussionist for "Marie's Merry Music Makers". They were married on January 15, 1936, and had three children, Margaret Julia ("Marlo"), Theresa ("Terre"), and Charles Anthony ("Tony") Thomas. The Thomas children followed their parents into entertainment in various capacities— Marlo as an actress and producer, Tony as

8613-464: Was an American actor, singer, nightclub comedian, producer, and philanthropist. He created and starred in The Danny Thomas Show . In addition to guest roles on many of the comedy, talk, and musical variety programs of his time, his legacy includes a lifelong dedication to fundraising for charity. Most notably, he was the founder of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee ,

8712-450: Was announced at the annual Dolphins Awards Banquet on June 4, 1997. Denny Sym cheered on the Miami Dolphins for 33 years as a one-man sideline show, leading Miami crowds in cheers and chants in his glittering coral (orange) and aqua hat from the Dolphins' first game in 1966 until 2000. Sym died on March 18, 2007. He was 72. Danny Thomas Danny Thomas (born Amos Muzyad Yaqoob Kairouz ; January 6, 1912 – February 6, 1991)

8811-414: Was fired as head coach. Prior to the 2022 season, Mike McDaniel was hired as head coach. In his first season, he led the Dolphins to a 9–8 record and a 34–31 loss to the Bills in the Wild Card Round. In the 2023 season, the team improved to a 11–6 mark but the season again ended in the Wild Card Round with a 26–7 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. The Dolphins dominated the New England Patriots during

8910-513: Was first used on a Sunday night in 2003 against Washington , a Dolphin win. In 2004, the orange jersey was brought back for an Monday Night Football match pitting the 2–11 Dolphins against the 12–1 defending champion New England Patriots . The Dolphins scored a huge upset win after trailing by 11 points with less than 5 minutes remaining. Due to the unusual orange jerseys, the game has become known within some Dolphin circles as " The Night That Courage Wore Orange ". The orange jerseys were used for

9009-428: Was given to the logo in 1997 – the sunburst was simplified and the dolphin was darkened and given a more serious game-face expression. The uniforms remained the same; however, a different block number font was used and navy drop shadows were added. On very rare occasions, an orange jersey was used for primetime games. The uniforms essentially swapped the location of orange and aqua from the aqua jersey. The orange jersey

9108-470: Was hilarious and he was always cracking me up. He was loud and gregarious, nothing like my real dad who is far more reserved than that. So, it was fun to be able to make smart remarks and get away with it. I would never have talked to my real parents that way, but in the make-believe world of the Williams family I got away with that." Cartwright also added that by the time Thomas' show had ended, she wanted to join

9207-526: Was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6901 Hollywood Boulevard . Thomas was a posthumous recipient of the 2004 Bob Hope Humanitarian Award . In 1965, Danny Thomas was appointed as a Special Deputy Sheriff by Ben Clark, who was a long-standing Riverside County Sheriff and a recognized "trail blazer" in terms of professionalizing the law enforcement profession in California and

9306-503: Was near the center of the sunburst. In the 1967 season, the dolphin was centered on the sunburst, but it reverted to the original placement between 1968 and 1973. By 1974, the dolphin's body was centered on the sunburst in a slightly smaller logo than the 1967 version. The uniforms featured white pants with aqua and orange stripes, paired with either a white or aqua jersey. On the white jersey, aqua block numbers and names were outlined in orange, with aqua and orange sleeve stripes. Starting with

9405-516: Was on ABC from 1942 to 1943 and on CBS from 1947 to 1948. After his two late 1940s films with Margaret O'Brien , Thomas appeared with Betty Grable in the musical Call Me Mister (1951). He portrayed songwriter Gus Kahn opposite Doris Day in the 1951 film biography I'll See You in My Dreams . He then starred in The Jazz Singer opposite the popular contemporary vocalist Peggy Lee ,

9504-532: Was out due to injury. Miami posed the biggest divisional challenge to the Brady-led Patriots, however, winning more games against them than the Bills or Jets did during that era. Notable wins over New England by the Dolphins include the Miracle in Miami , which involved a dramatic last-minute game-winning touchdown that paralleled "The Night that Courage Wore Orange", where in 2004 , the Dolphins, at 2–11, upset

9603-537: Was produced at Desilu Studios , where Lucille Ball was appearing alongside Desi Arnaz in I Love Lucy , and it featured several guest stars who went on to star in their own shows, including Andy Griffith ( The Andy Griffith Show , Mayberry RFD ), Joey Bishop , and Bill Bixby ( My Favorite Martian and others). He also scored a major success at the London Palladium, in the years when many big American stars appeared there. In 1963, in an episode called "Oh,

9702-621: Was raised in Toledo, Ohio , attending St. Francis de Sales Church, Woodward High School . Bishop Samuel Stritch of Toledo confirmed Thomas in the Catholic Church in 1921. Stritch, a native of Tennessee, was a lifelong spiritual advisor for Thomas, and would later advise him to locate the St. Jude Hospital in Memphis. In 1932, Thomas began performing on radio in Detroit at WMBC on The Happy Hour Club . Thomas first performed under his anglicized birth name, "Amos Jacobs Kairouz". In 1936,

9801-556: Was replaced by Marjorie Lord ; Angela Cartwright also joined the cast at this time playing Danny's stepdaughter. Sherry Jackson left the series in 1958, and Penney Parker replaced her in the 1959–1960 season. Parker was written out of the series with her marriage to the character Patrick Hannigan, played by comedian Pat Harrington, Jr. On January 1, 1959, Thomas appeared with his other Make Room for Daddy child stars, Angela Cartwright and Rusty Hamer , in an episode of NBC 's The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford . The show

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