Shula to be Showcased this Weekend

Legendary Dolphins coach Don Shula will be featured on a couple of television retrospectives this weekend

Alain Poupart | May 7, 2020

Don Shula's Hall of Fame career will be showcased in a couple of television episodes this weekend on NBC Sports and ESPN2.

On Saturday at 3 p.m., NBC will present segments the NFL 100: Greatest Teams episode at 3 p.m. ET.

The No. 1 team on the list, voted upon by an 80-person panel comprised of experts selected by NFL media and The Associated Press, was the 1972 Miami Dolphins.

That team produced the only perfect season in NFL history, going 17-0 after a 14-0 regular season and playoff victories against the Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII.

Also at 3 p.m. on Saturday, ESPN2 will feature "Peyton's Places: The Final Destination." Included will be highlights from Super Bowl VII and Super Bowl VIII when Shula and the Dolphins repeat as champions with a 24-7 victory against the Minnesota Vikings to cap a 32-2 run over those two seasons.

Additionally, the "Peyton's Places" episode features a conversation with Shula and a group of his players.

Shula passed away Monday morning at the age of 90. He is the winningest coach in NFL history with 347 victories (including playoffs) and had only two losing seasons in his 33 years with the Baltimore Colts and Dolphins.

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Alain Poupart has covered the Miami Dolphins on a full-time basis since 1989. You can follow him on Twitter at @apoupartFins.

Published May 7, 2020

ALAIN POUPART

Alain Poupart is the publisher/editor of All Dolphins and co-host of the All Dolphins Podcast. Alain has covered the Miami Dolphins on a full-time basis since 1989 for various publications and media outlets, including Dolphin Digest, The Associated Press, the Dolphins team website, and the Fan Nation Network (part of Sports Illustrated). In addition to being a credentialed member of the Miami Dolphins press corps, Alain has covered three Super Bowls (for NFL.com, Football News and the Montreal Gazette), the annual NFL draft, the Senior Bowl, and the NFL Scouting Combine. During his almost 40 years in journalism, which began at the now-defunct Miami News, Alain has covered practically every sport at one time or another, from tennis to golf, baseball, basketball and everything in between. The career also included time as a copy editor, including work on several books such as "Still Perfect," an inside look at the Miami Dolphins' 1972 perfect season. A native of Montreal, Canada, whose first language is French, Alain grew up a huge hockey fan but soon developed a love for all sports, including NFL football. He has lived in South Florida since the 1980s.