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Don Shula and Bob Griese, undated. (Miami Herald)

December 20 – “Announcer-less Game”

Dolphins lose 24-17 to the Jets, to finish the season 8-8. David Woodley, a rookie eighth-round draft pick, starts 11 games and is named team MVP despite posting just a 63.1 passer rating. As an experiment, the NBC television network broadcast the game without any announcers. The two teams were playing the last game of the season, neither had qualified for the playoffs and since the game was being broadcast nationally NBC executive Don Ohlmeyer decided on the idea to boost what would otherwise have been weak ratings.