What was the perfect football season?

The 1972 Miami Dolphins finished 17-0 and won Super Bowl VII over the Washington Redskins. The '72 Dolphins have remained the only NFL team to complete an entire season undefeated.
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What was the best football season?

Since the National Football League began in 1920, only one team has played a perfect season (both regular season and playoffs): the 1972 Miami Dolphins, who won all fourteen of their regular season games and three postseason games, including Super Bowl VII, to finish the season 17–0–0.
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Has there ever been a perfect football season?

The 1972 Miami Dolphins season was the franchise's seventh season and third in the National Football League (NFL). The team was led by third-year head coach Don Shula and achieved the only perfect season in NFL history.
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What football teams have had a perfect season?

The 2007 New England Patriots were the first NFL team to achieve a perfect 16-0 regular season record, and seemed destined to go down as the greatest team ever until their stunning defeat in Super Bowl XLII.
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Has any football team went 16-0?

The New England Patriots (USA) scored a 16-0 record in 2007, becoming the first team in NFL history to achieve an undefeated regular season since the league went to a 16-game schedule in 1978.
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Who Had The Greatest Season In Football History?



Has there ever been a 1/0 football game?

So far, 1,075 different final scores have been achieved in NFL history. The lowest possible score is 0-0 and has been achieved 73 times, though the most recent scoreless tie came on Nov. 7, 1943.
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What football team is undefeated?

The 1972 Miami Dolphins are the only team that has ever achieved a perfect, undefeated season. The media could not be played.
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Has a soccer team ever gone undefeated?

Preston North End became known as "The Invincibles" after they won the inaugural Football League competition in 1888–89, completing the season unbeaten in both the league and the FA Cup, so becoming the first team ever to achieve the "Double".
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Has any team won 4 trophies in a season?

Celtic's Lisbon Lions – in 1966/67 – are the only team to date to have lifted a quadruple of European Cup, domestic league, domestic cup and domestic league cup in the same season.
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Has there ever been an undefeated football season?

50 years on, the 1972 Miami Dolphins' undefeated season remains undefeated. It's been 50 years since the 1972 Miami Dolphins became the first (and, so far, only) team in NFL history to win every game in a season.
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Has any football team went 17 0?

Has an NFL team ever gone 17 0? 14, 1973 — and no one was hotter than the undefeated Miami Dolphins. On that day, the Dolphins not only beat Washington, 14-7, but also completed their 17-0 season and cemented themselves in NFL history as the only team in the Super Bowl era to win every game.
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Has a football team ever had 1 point?

A conversion safety by the defense is also possible, though highly unlikely; although this has never occurred, it is the only possible way a team could finish with a single point in an American football game.
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Has there ever been a 100 point football game?

Played on December 22, 1963, the game took place in the American Football League (AFL), but it was absorbed into official NFL records after the NFL–AFL merger. The Oakland Raiders defeated the Houston Oilers 52–49, combining for a total of 101 points.
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Who has the best peak in football history?

This time, Pelé scored 4. THE GREATEST PEAK IN FOOTBALL HISTORY At his peak in the early 60's Pelé did things that no-one has done before or since. From 1961-63 Pelé competed in 11 tournaments, winning 10. Overall, including European Tours, Pelé scored 176 goals in 124 games between January 1961 & December 1962.
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What is the best win in football history?

AS Adema 149–0 SO l'Emyrne was a football match played on 31 October 2002 between two teams in Toamasina, Madagascar.
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Who was the greatest football team ever?

1) 1972 Miami Dolphins

The undefeated 1972 Dolphins sit on the throne of the greatest NFL teams of all time.
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What is the hardest sport to win a trophy in?

The Stanley Cup is without a doubt the hardest championship trophy to win in all of professional sports. Harder than winning the Superbowl, harder the winning the World Series, and harder than winning the NBA Title.
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Has Real Madrid won a treble?

Real Madrid have brought the curtain down on the 2021/22 season with a further three pieces of silverware in the trophy cabinet: the 14th European Cup crown, the 35th LaLiga title and a 12th Spanish Super Cup.
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Has Chelsea ever won a treble?

Upon winning the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, Chelsea became the fourth club in history to have won the "European Treble" of European Cup/UEFA Champions League, European Cup Winners' Cup/UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League.
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What is the biggest loss in soccer history?

1. A.S Adema 149-0 Stade Olympique L'Emyrne (2002) The match took place on October 31, 2002, in the Madagascar National Football Championship which ended with a score of 149-0 in favour of the home team. It was the match with the most number of goals in world football history recognised by the Guinness Book of Records.
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Which football team never lost?

The 1972 Miami Dolphins are the only team that has ever achieved a perfect, undefeated season.
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Has any soccer team scored 100 points?

Only one team have ever won 100 points in a single English top-flight season: Manchester City in 2017-18. They only hit the century thanks to an injury-time goal from striker Gabriel Jesus away at Southampton on the final day of the season, with that 1-0 victory taking them to the landmark.
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What football team has 0 Super Bowl wins?

Arizona Cardinals

The Cardinals have reached the final game of the season just once since winning the 1947 NFL Championship 73 seasons ago. They appeared in the Super Bowl in 2008. They are the oldest franchise that has not yet won the championship.
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What is the longest a football team has gone undefeated?

The Indianapolis Colts hold the record for the longest regular season winning streak in NFL history. They won 9 straight games to finish the 2008 season and started the 2009 season with 14 straight wins, compiling a total of 23 consecutive regular season wins.
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What are the newest football teams?

The Houston Texans are the youngest franchise in the NFL, becoming the league's 32nd franchise during the 2002 season.
  • NRG Stadium. Houston, TX. Opened: 2002. Capacity: 72,220. ...
  • NRG Stadium. Houston, TX. Opened: 2002. Capacity: 72,220. ...
  • Hometown. Houston, TX. Population: 2,228,250 (2021) ...
  • Team Colors. Deep Steel Blue/Battle Red. 3/3.
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