The Longest Game: 40th Anniversary of Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs Epic Contest
by Kevin Nogle on Dec 25, 2011 7:10 PM EST
in 2012 Miami Dolphins News
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PrintForty years ago today, the Miami Dolphins and the Kansas City Chiefs competed in an epic Christmas Day playoff battle, a game that lasted for 1 hour, 22 minutes, and 40 seconds of game play. The game drew viewers all over the country, as the two teams continued to battle at 24-24 into a second overtime.
The game still stands as the longest game in NFL history.
The game featured 11 Hall of Fame players: Nick Buoniconti, Larry Csonka, Bob Griese, Jim Langer, Paul Warfield, Bobby Bell, Buck Buchanan, Len Dawson, Willie Lanier, Jan Stenerud, and Emmitt Thomas. Both head coaches, Miami's Don Shiula and Kansas City's Hank Stram, along with the Chiefs' owner Lamar Hunt, also are in the Hall of Fame.
Kansas City opened the game with two first quarter scores, a 24-yard field goal and a 7-yard touchdown pass. The Dolphins responded in the second quarter with a 1-yard touchdown run, followed by a 14-yard field goal. The teams then traded 1-yard touchdown runs in the third quarter, then they both found the end zone again in the fourth.
The Chiefs missed a field goal with 35 seconds left on the clock, leading to overtime.
In the first overtime, both teams missed potential game winning field goals, before Garo Yepremian kicked a 37-yard field goal in the second extra period, giving the Dolphins the 27-24 victory.
The Dolphins would eventually make it to Super Bowl VI, losing to the Dallas Cowboys.
The full box score for the NFL's longest game can be found at the Pro-Football Hall of Fame website.
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Same here... Was glad I DVR'ed it.
Awesome to see some of the old time players, and some old school, hard hitting, dirty, muddy, power football… and then the finesse of Warfield (and that #14 from the Chiefs) throw in there.
Those NFL films rarely disappoint.
Watch, wait, & hope!
wopper "the king" computer
We often look rite past the positive's cuz the negative's-r-so hard they dominate! Have you touched & preened your beaver-pelt yet!
by wild zion beaver on Dec 25, 2011 8:40 PM EST reply actions
I watched it live
I remember wife and I were sick as a rat with a flu bug…had to cancel out of a fabulous Christmas dinner at Mom’s….and when Garo nailed it for the win it was a dynamite Christmas for us both!!
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Seams to me there was a game that was just un-real, "I couldn't sit still" was just one of the (most profound games against San Diago Chargers) awsum contest!
wopper "the king" computer
We often look rite past the positive's cuz the negative's-r-so hard they dominate! Have you touched & preened your beaver-pelt yet!
by wild zion beaver on Dec 26, 2011 2:42 PM EST reply actions
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