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Dolphins/Redskins Superbowl VII, Who was Favored?
I wanted to know the final closing line for MIA vs WAS in Superbowl VII on 1/14/73. Vegas Insider Superbowl history shows MIA as a 1 point favorite but Wikipedia shows WAS as a 1 point favorite and KronishSports.com shows WAS as a 2 point favorite. Maybe one of these was an open line and another is a closing line. Are there any other websites that I can check to see what line is listed at another source? Does anyone happen to recall what the line opened at and how it moved?
The line spent most of the week at Wash -3. The late money came in on the Dolphins. On Friday the line was Wash -3.
Dolphins only played 2 teams with winning records during the regular season
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Both were 8-6 if I recall, but I also recall the Dolphins going on the road to Pittsburgh for the AFC Championship game.
I lost my ass on the Skins that year............to this day I still believe George Allen and his curfews cost the Skins that Super Bowl. When we beat Dallas, which had crushed the Dolphins the previous year, I thought the SB was a foregone conclusion. Even without Jurgensen, I still cannot believe we lost. Oh, the traumas of youth. '83 and the loss to the Raiders was not much better!
I think the 73 Dolphins proved the 72 Dolphins weren't a fluke. If it weren't for a rival football league the Steelers dynasty might have been delayed.
HUH?Originally Posted by Wheell
Miami was 14-0.
And Washington was still -3 the morning of game day.
LOL! Washington was the better team!
I was just answering the question as to what the line was. I wasn't commenting on who was better.
I meant the teams that Miami had beaten with winning records during the regular season had both finished 8-6. You missed the context LT.
Got it, sorry Wheel. And I think Cleveland, who Miami played in the first round, was 7-7. So Miami's best win before the Super Bowl was indeed the AFC Championship Game on the road in Pittsburgh.
Thanks, so if the line was WAS-3 on Friday before the game what was the line on Sunday gameday?
Does anyone have access to Don Best odds archives to check?
Easy to say now, but man, did I clean up on that game. Nice for me to reflect back on a good game.
I was a die hard young Fin fan at that time, my heart was fluttering and I let it all fly. I couldn't believe I was getting points. Had some on the money line, also, although there wasn't too much shopping around as there is now..........you were limited to whatever local(s) you knew/used. Some would not give a money line.
Since then, I have gradually learned to not bet with my heart, although, as anything, it works sometimes.
My records indicate that Miami at game time was -1.
I note that the Vegas Insider site has the same number.
Jake Scott, Miami safety, was the MVP of that game, won by the Fins by 7.
In Vegas the line was -3. Vegas Insider logged the closing line after Miami got slammed late.
So the ultiimate answer to the OP's question is it depends on what source you use. Those were the days before Don Best screens, so there was a lot more fluctuation of lines than there is now.
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