Don Shula probably spent much of the week leading up to a Week 12 trip by his 11-0 Dolphins to Foxboro’s Shaefer Stadium reminding his team of what happened exactly one year earlier.
Following a big Monday night win over Chicago and Miami on a long winning streak, the Dolphins traveled to take on the last-place New England Patriots only to be thoroughly throttled in a 34-13 upset loss.
So here they were again, on a short week following a Monday night win over St. Louis, traveling to the same place to take on a team with the worst record (2-9) in the AFC.