Английская Википедия:1998 Miami Dolphins season

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The 1998 Miami Dolphins season was the team's 33rd overall and 29th as a member of the National Football League (NFL). The Dolphins improved upon their previous season's output of 9–7, winning ten games. The team qualified for the playoffs for the second straight year. The Dolphins defeated the Buffalo Bills 24–17 in the Wild Card round, but lost to the defending and eventual Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos 38–3 in the Divisional Playoff Game.

The 2012 Football Outsiders Almanac states that the 1998 Dolphins had the single biggest defensive improvement (from the previous season) from 1991 to 2011.

As with the 1985 Bears, the Dolphins defeated a team (the Broncos) widely tipped a few weeks earlier to beat their unbeaten 1972 season, although this time the Dolphins were not defending their status as the only unbeaten team since the Giants had already beaten the Broncos. Because, before the admission of the Texans in 2002, scheduling for NFL games outside a team's division was subject to much greater influence from table position during the previous season, that game was the first time the Dolphins had opposed the Broncos since that same 1985 season.

This season marked the last time the Dolphins finished with the #1 Defense in the NFL.

Schedule

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1	September 6	at Indianapolis Colts	W 24–15	1–0	RCA Dome	60,587
2	September 13	Buffalo Bills	W 13–7	2–0	Pro Player Stadium	73,097
3	September 20	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 21–0	3–0	Pro Player Stadium	73,948
4	Bye
5	October 4	at New York Jets	L 9–20	3–1	Giants Stadium	75,257
6	Шаблон:Dow tooltip	at Jacksonville Jaguars	L 21–28	3–2	Alltel Stadium	74,051
7	October 18	St. Louis Rams	W 14–0	4–2	Pro Player Stadium	65,418
8	October 25	New England Patriots	W 12–9 OT	5–2	Pro Player Stadium	73,973
9	November 1	at Buffalo Bills	L 24–30	5–3	Ralph Wilson Stadium	79,011
10	November 8	Indianapolis Colts	W 27–14	6–3	Pro Player Stadium	73,400
11	November 15	at Carolina Panthers	W 13–9	7–3	Ericcson Stadium	67,887
12	Шаблон:Dow tooltip	at New England Patriots	L 23–26	7–4	Foxboro Stadium	58,729
13	November 29	New Orleans Saints	W 30–10	8–4	Pro Player Stadium	73,216
14	December 6	at Oakland Raiders	W 27–17	9–4	Network Associates Coliseum	61,254
15	December 13	New York Jets	L 16–21	9–5	Pro Player Stadium	74,369
16	Шаблон:Dow tooltip	Denver Broncos	W 31–21	10–5	Pro Player Stadium	74,363
17	December 27	at Atlanta Falcons	L 16–38	10–6	Georgia Dome	69,754

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Playoffs

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Wild Card	Шаблон:Dow tooltip	Buffalo Bills	W 24–17	1–0	Pro Player Stadium	72,698
Division	Шаблон:Dow tooltip	at Denver Broncos	L 3–38	1–1	Mile High Stadium	75,729