Dolphin complained about the car the team gave him as part of his contract?
Name the only Dolphin ever to intercept Joe Namath for a touchdown.
Cookie Gilchrist.
Pete Jaquess in 1966.
1966
January 29:
George Wilson is named the Dolphins’ first head coach after eight years coaching the Detroit Lions.
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Quarterback Dick Wood and head coach George Wilson during the first training camp, July 26, 1966. (Bob East/Miami Herald)
September 2:
In the franchise’s first regular-season game in front of 26,776 at the Orange Bowl, the Dolphins’ Joe Auer returns the opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown, but Oakland wins, 23-14.
DOLPHIN TRIVIA:
Which quarterback led Oakland to victory in the first regular-season game ever played by the Dolphins?
Tom Flores, who later coached the Raiders to two Super Bowl victories.
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Joe Auer takes the opening kickoff and runs 95 yards for a TD with 26,776 fans going nuts as he is pursued by Oakland’s Mike Mercer (10) and Rodger Bird (21). Auer, a hometown hero, played at Coral Gables High. Auer finished the season with 416 yards rushing, 22 catches, and averaged 24.9 yards on kickoff returns. Oakland won, 23-14. September 2, 1966. (John Pineda/Miami Herald)
October 16:
After going 0-4 in the preseason and opening the regular season 0-5, the Dolphins win their first game, beating Denver 24-7 in front of 22,191 at the Orange Bowl.
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DOLPHIN TRIVIA:
What was the shortest field goal ever missed by a Dolphin, and who missed it?
Nine yards, Gene Mingo in 1966 (the goalposts were on the goal line then).
1967
September 17:
Quarterback John Stofa breaks his right ankle, and rookie Bob Griese leads the Dolphins to a 35-21 victory over Denver in the season opener at the Orange Bowl. Griese throws a 68-yard TD pass to Joe Auer.
Bob Griese, soon to be known as the general, is Miami’s ‘smart’ quarterback in battle with Houston in the Orange Bowl, 1968. (John Pineda/Miami Herald)
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November 26:
Dolphins end an eight-game losing streak by defeating Buffalo, 17-14, on a fourth-down, 31-yard TD pass from Bob Griese to Howard Twilley with 1:01 remaining. Dolphins win three of their last five games to finish 4-10.
DOLPHIN TRIVIA:
DOLPHIN TRIVIA:
Name four Dolphins who were born on Christmas Day.
What hard-hitting Major League baseball player was a Dolphin draftee in the 1968 draft?
Larry Csonka, Howard Twilley, Norm Bulaich, Tom Drougas.
White Sox first baseman Tom Paciorek.
1968
August 31:
A crowd of 63,202 at the Orange Bowl watches Don Shula’s Baltimore Colts beat the Dolphins, 22-13, in a preseason game.
December 8:
Dolphins annihilate Boston, 38-7, two weeks after beating Boston, 34-10, providing two of the few highlights in a 5-8-1 season.
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1969
May 10:
The Dolphins are placed in the AFC East with Boston, the New York Jets, Buffalo and the NFL’s Baltimore Colts as part of a realignment.
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