1930 1958 1970 2009 2020 Jacksonville University fields its first football team. In 1930, Jacksonville University (then known as Jacksonville Junior College) fielded its first football team. The team was coached by J. Ollie Edmunds, who would later become the university’s president. The team played a six-game schedule against other junior colleges and high schools in Florida. Their first game …
Miami Dolphins Team History
1966 1972 1972 1973 2008 Miami Dolphins Team Formation After a lengthy absence, professional football returned to Miami after the American Football League awarded an expansion team franchise to lawyer Joseph Robbie and actor Danny Thomas for $7.5 million. Robbie had originally wanted to establish the franchise in Philadelphia, but AFL commissioner Joe Foss suggested courting Miami due to its …