Sunday afternoon marks just the 14th time the Miami Dolphins and Chicago Bears have faced off in a regular-season meeting. They first met in 1971 and last played against each other in 2018. There is one game that stands out above the rest, and one game that should have been played, but the New England Patriots interrupted a dream meeting.
In 1971, the Dolphins came into a Week 11 meeting with the Bears at 8-1-1, while Chicago was 6-4 for the season. Played in Miami’s Orange Bowl, the Dolphins, in just their sixth-season of existence, came out firing, scoring a field goal and a touchdown in the first quarter, then matching that in the second period.