Before joining the Dolphins, Shula spent seven years (1963-69) as head coach of the Colts where he was a three-time winner of the NFL Coach of the Year award. In that span he compiled a record of ...

Michaels was livid that Shula hadn’t covered the Orange Bowl with a tarpaulin during a virtual monsoon before the 1982 AFC Championship game — aka the Mud Bowl — when Richard Todd threw five ...

• In 1972, Shula brought his undefeated Dolphins to Three Rivers Stadium for the AFC Championship Game to face a Steelers team fresh off its first playoff win in franchise history, which happened to ...

• The Mud Bowl, the 1982 AFC Championship Game victory over the Jets • The game that ruined the 1985 Bears' shot at perfection, a 38-24 MNF Dolphins win ...

The Jets only lost four games in strike-shortened 1982, but three of them were to the Dolphins, including a 14-0 slop bath in the AFC Championship Game, dubbed the Mud Bowl because Shula had ...

Legendary Dolphins coach Don Shula, who died Monday at 90, helped develop a love for the NFL for a young fan who wasn't even rooting for him.

The '84 team went 14-2, advancing to the Super Bowl behind Marino's 421-yard effort versus the Steelers in the AFC Championship. Moore caught a touchdown in that game.

In winning the AFC championship game and Super Bowl VIII, Bob Griese’s combined stats were 9-of-13 for 107 yards and no touchdowns.

Along the way, his team authored a crushing blow to the Jets in the 1982 AFC Championship Game – aka The Mud Bowl – that turned linebacker A.J. Duhe into a forever-villain after his three ...

Don Shula legacy: Here's why his coaching philosophy was ahead of its time, as told by Hank Goldberg Shula's ability to adapt to his personnel is one of things that led to his long-lasting success ...

Further in 1970, Don Shula joined the Miami Dolphins. He remained in the team for 26 seasons where the team scored 5 AFC Championship victories and gained a total of 11 division titles.

The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Houston Texans in the divisional round to advance to a seventh straight AFC Championship Game.