Record 12–4 Head coach Don Shula Home field Hard Rock Stadium | Division place 2nd AFC East Start date 1990 | |
Playoff finish Lost Divisional Playoffs Similar 1985 Miami Dolphins, 1999 Miami Dolphins, 1996 Miami Dolphins, 1982 Miami Dolphins, 2004 Miami Dolphins | ||
The 1990 Miami Dolphins season was the team's twenty-first season in the National Football League and twenty-fifth overall. After four seasons out of the playoffs with a combined record of 30 wins and 31 losses, the Dolphins returned to postseason play for the first time since 1985 with twelve wins and four losses. They defeated the Chiefs in the first round before being knocked out of contention by eventual AFC champions the Buffalo Bills in the Divisional Playoff.
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1990 marked the first time since their record 1972 perfect season that the Dolphins played the New York Giants, and merely the second in team history. The reason for this is that before the admission of the Texans in 2002, NFL scheduling formulas for games outside a team's division were much more influenced by table position during the previous season. Also, the scheduled game between the Giants and Dolphins in 1987 was cancelled due to a players' strike.
AFC Wild Card Game
With 2:28 left in the game, the Dolphins capped an 85-yard drive with quarterback Dan Marino's winning 12-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Mark Clayton.