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 | 1950 - Shula gains 125 rushing yards as a running back at John Carroll University in Cleveland, as the Blue Streaks upset Syracuse, 21-15. |
 | 1951 - Shula is drafted in the 9th round (110th selection overall) by the Cleveland Browns. Shula brakes into the NFL as the lone rookie on Coach Paul Brown's defending NFL champions. |
 | March 26, 1953 - Shula is traded to the Baltimore Colts in what was, at that time, the largest NFL player trade ever made, involving 15 players. The Colts traded T Mike McCormack, DT Don Colo, LB Tom Catlin, DB John Petitbon, and G Herschell Forester to the Browns for Shula, DB Bert Rechichar, DB Carl Taseff, LB Ed Sharkey, E Gern Nagler, QB Harry Agganis, T Dick Batten, T Stu Sheets, G Art Spinney, and G Elmer Willhoite. Shula and Taseff were teammates at John Carroll, with the Browns and with the Colts. |
 | 1957 - Shula plays with the Washington Redskins. |
 | 1958-59 - Shula's first coaching job is as a defensive backs coach at the University of Virginia, where he coached under Head Coach Dick Voris. In 1959, Shula is named defensive backs coach at the University of Kentucky (pictured), where he coached under Head Coach Blanton Collier. |
 | 1960 - Shula enters the NFL coaching ranks as defensive coordinator of the Detroit Lions, where he coached under Head Coach George Wilson. |
 | Jan. 8, 1963 - Shula is hired by Colts' owner Carroll Rosenbloom to coach Baltimore at the age of 33, the youngest head coach in NFL history at that time. |
 | Nov. 22, 1964 - Coach Shula leads the Baltimore Colts to the NFL's Western Division title by beating the Rams, 24-7 at Los Angeles. |
 | Feb. 18, 1970 - Coach Shula, 40, becomes head coach and vice president of the Miami Dolphins after seven years coaching the Baltimore Colts. |
 | Dec. 25, 1971 - Coach Shula and the Dolphins win longest game (82 minutes, 40 seconds) in pro football history, 27-24 at Kansas City, as Garo Yepremian kicks 37-yard field goal in second overtime of AFC semifinal playoff. The victory marked the first postseason win in franchise history. |
 | Nov 12, 1972 - Coach Shula becomes first NFL coach to win 100 regular-season games in 10 seasons as Dolphins smother New England, 52-0, with 501 total yards at Orange Bowl. |
 | January 14, 1973 - “This is the ultimate,” Coach Shula said quietly after his unbeaten Dolphins dominated the Washington Redskins, 14-7, to cap a perfect season. Dolphins cap a perfect season in Super Bowl Vll at Los Angeles by defeating Washington, 14-7, for NFL’s first and only unbeaten, untied record. A 28-yard TD pass from Bob Griese to Howard Twilley and interceptions by linebacker Nick Buoniconti and safety Jake Scott are key plays. Scott, who recorded two interceptions on the day, is named game’s MVP, becoming the first defensive back to earn such recognition. |
 | Jan. 13, 1974 - Dolphins overpower Minnesota, 24-7, in Super Bowl Vlll at Rice Stadium in Houston for second consecutive NFL Championship. FB Larry Csonka gains 145 yards on 33 carries as Dolphins outscore three playoff foes, 85-33. Csonka is honored as game’s MVP. |
 | Nov. 8, 1981 - Shula captures 200.th NFL coaching victory when linebacker Bob Brudzinski intercepts pass in overtime to set up Uwe von Schamann for 30-yard field goal in 30-27 triumph at New England. |
 | Aug. 4, 1983 - The 874 Expressway is renamed The Don Shula Expressway. |
 | Sept. 22, 1991 - Coach Shula captures the 300th win of his coaching career with Miami’s 16-13 win over the Green Bay Packers. With career coaching win number 300, Shula joins the immortal George Halas (324 wins) as the only NFL coaches to win 300 or more games. |
 | Oct. 31, 1993 - Coach Shula wins the 324th game of his coaching career and ties George Halas for the all-time record for most wins by an NFL head coach as Miami earns a 30-10 win over the Kansas City Chiefs. Shula achieves the coaching milestone in his 31st year (482nd game) of his NFL coaching career as compared to 40 seasons (506 games) for Halas to accomplish the feat. |
 | Nov. 14, 1993 – The Dolphins endure another quarterback injury as Scott Mitchell suffers a separated shoulder during Miami’s 19-14 win at Philadelphia. The win enables Coach Shula to record the 325th triumph of his coaching career as he becomes the winningest coach in NFL history surpassing George Halas. |
 | Dec. 14, 1993 - Coach Shula is named Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year. He is the first professional coach to receive the honor. |
 | Oct. 2, 1994 - The Shula family makes sports history as it marks the first time in the history of the four major American professional sports (football, baseball, hockey and basketball) that a father and son battle as head coaches with Coach Shula and the Dolphins taking on his son, Head Coach David Shula, and the Cincinnati Bengals. The elder Shula improves to 6-0 when coaching against teams which feature one of his sons as a coach or player as the Dolphins earn a 23-7 win over the Bengals. |
 | January 5, 1996 - Coach Shula, the winningest coach in the history of the NFL, moves from his role as head coach of the team as he assumes another role within the Dolphins organization. He continues to serve as a partner to owner H. Wayne Huizenga and becomes Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors in addition to his status as a part-owner of the team. |
 | Nov. 25, 1996 - At halftime of a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday Night Football at Pro Player Stadium, former Coach Shula is inducted into the Dolphin Honor Roll. |
 | July 26, 1997 - Coach Shula becomes the sixth former Dolphin to be enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. He is inducted along with Mike Haynes, Wellington Mara and Mike Webster. |
 | Jan. 31, 2010 - The Dolphins unveil the “Perfect Moment in Time” statue in honor of Hall of Fame Coach Don Shula. The bronze statue adorns the entrance of the new Dolphins corporate headquarters at Sun Life Stadium, marking the return of the Dolphins front office to Miami-Dade County after 16 years. In addition, the stadium address is announced as 347 Don Shula Drive in honor of the head coach’s career victory total. |
 | Dec. 4, 2011 - Coach Shula is among the inaugural class of the Walk Of Fame At Joe Robbie Alumni Plaza. |
