The Greatest Games

As the NFL celebrates its 100th anniversary, we count down the top 100 games in Dolphins history

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Putting together a list of the top 100 games in Dolphins history is no easy task, considering the team has played almost 900 of them — including playoffs — since the franchise began play in 1966.

Ranking them from 1 to 100 is an even more difficult task, but that didn’t stop us from doing it as a way of doing our little part for NFL 100, the league’s celebration of its 100th anniversary.

So here it goes with Part 2 of the countdown, games 1 through 50:

50 — Sept. 22, 2013, Dolphins 27, Falcons 23: Second-year quarterback Ryan Tannehill completed nine passes on a 75-yard game-winning drive capped by a 1yard TD to tight end Dion Sims as the Dolphins improved to 3-0 on the season.

49 — Sept. 14, 1992, Dolphins 27, Browns 23: This Week 2 Monday night game ended up being the Dolphins’ season opener because their Week 1 game against New England was postponed in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew. And what an opener it turned out to be, as Dan Marino directed a late game-winning drive capped by a Mark Higgs touchdown run.

48 — Sept. 2, 1984, Dolphins 35, Redskins 17: While there was a lot of excitement heading into Marino’s first full season as a starter, the opener seemed daunting on the road against a Washington team coming off two Super Bowl appearances. It wasn’t daunting after all. Marino threw five TD passes to start his historic passing season.

47 — Dec. 20, 2004, Dolphins 29, Patriots 28: The 2004 season was one to forget for the Dolphins, but this Monday night thriller was one to remember. A.J. Feeley gave the 2-11 Dolphins a huge upset against the 11-2 Patriots with a fourth-down game-winning TD pass to Derrius Thompson and the defense picked off Tom Brady twice in the late stages.