The Undefeated Colts

OK, I’m officially on the Colts’ bandwagon. This team is incredible. I just watched them dismantle the Steelers. Every part of their game is top notch. They even have the league’s best kicker. Jeez, just give them the trophy right now.
The Colts are 11-0 and I’m rooting for them to finish the season undefeated. I’m getting tired of the 1972 Dolphins. If you’re not a football fan, the ’72 Dolphins were the last team to go undefeated. Every year the team reunites and celebrates when the last undefeated team goes under. It used to be cute but not anymore. The time has come for another team to finish off a perfect season. Apparently, Don Shula thinks the Colts can do it.
Since Miami’s annus mirabilis, eight teams have started 10-0. In 1975, the Vikings lost their 11th game to the Redskins 31-30. The 1984 Dolphins made it to 11-0 before losing to San Diego. Miami then went on to lose the Super Bowl to the 49ers—a team which had only lost one game.
The 1985 Chicago Bears were just scary. They went 12-0 before being losing to the Dolphins in a legendary Monday night game. That was the most-watched game in the history of Monday Night Football. The hype for that game was incredible. It was as big as any Super Bowl. Dear lord, Marino was amazing in his prime. Miami ran rings around the Bears. It’s hard for me to believe that this Friday will mark the 20th anniversary of that game. Yikes!
I remember how the whole world was waiting for the rematch in the Super Bowl but Miami had to go and lose to New England in the AFC Championship game. I actually felt sorry for the Super Bowl’s promoters. What could have been Ali-Frazier IV turned into football’s equivalent of Grenada. The Bears destroyed the Patriots 46-10.
In 1990, the Giants and the 49ers made it to 10-0 but both teams got tripped up in Week 11. They met in the NFC Championship game which the Giants won 15-13. And thanks to Scott Norwood’s missed field goal, New York won the Super Bowl.
The next year, the Redskins started 11-0 before losing to their archrivals, the Cowboys. Washington also went on to win the Super Bowl. In 1998, the Broncos made it all the way to 13-0. Strangely, they lost two straight games before recovering and winning the Super Bowl.
So I guess history is on the Colts’ side of winning the Super Bowl. I see that in the second-to-last game of the season, the Colts play the Seahawks in Seattle which could be trouble. Shaun Alexander is having a great season, but if the Colts keep playing like this, they’re going 16-0.

Posted by Eddy Elfenbein on November 29th, 2005 at 12:17 am

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