Which NFL team is based in Miami, Florida?

Which NFL team is based in Miami, Florida? The Miami Dolphins are the NFL team based in the Miami area.

The Dolphins were founded in 1965 and began play in 1966 as an American Football League expansion team. They joined the NFL during the AFL–NFL merger in 1970 and compete in the American Football Conference’s East division.

Their home games are played at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, a suburb north of Miami. The franchise’s defining achievement came in the 1972 season, when Miami completed the NFL’s only perfect season, finishing 17–0 after winning Super Bowl VII. The Dolphins repeated as champions in 1973.

The wording “based in Miami” refers to the metropolitan area: the team’s stadium and training facilities are in Miami Gardens rather than the city of Miami proper. Florida’s other NFL teams are the Jacksonville Jaguars and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, while the Atlanta Falcons are based in Georgia.