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
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24–17 in the
Wild Card round
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, but lost to the
defending and
eventual Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos 38–3 in the Divisional Playoff Game.
The ''2012
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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
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in
2002
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, 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.
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This season marked the last time the Dolphins finished with the #1 Defense in the NFL.
Offseason
NFL Draft
Roster
Schedule
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Playoffs
Standings
References
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