The 2015 preseason schedule has been released for the Miami Dolphins

The Miami Dolphins open their 50th season with a preseason schedule that features home games against the Atlanta Falcons and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The exact dates and kickoff times of all 2015 preseason games will be announced at a later date.

Miami opens its preseason schedule on the road for the third consecutive season when they travel to Chicago to play the Bears in Week One (Aug. 13-17). The teams have faced off 13 times, with the Bears leading the preseason series 8-4-1. The teams last played a preseason game in 2005 with Chicago defeating Miami 27-24 in Canton, Ohio.

The 2015 preseason continues on the road in Week Two  (Aug. 20-24) as Miami heads to Bank of America Stadium to take on the Carolina Panthers.  The teams are tied 2-2 in the preseason series, with Carolina winning the last contest 20-16 at Sun Life Stadium in 2012.
 
The Dolphins return to South Florida in Week Three (Aug. 27-30) to open the home portion of the 2015 preseason against the Atlanta Falcons in the newly modernized Sun Life Stadium. The teams have faced off 12 times, with the Dolphins holding a 5-7 advantage.

The preseason concludes at home in Week Four (Sept. 3-4) as Miami takes on its in-state NFC rivals, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The matchup between the two sunshine state teams will be the 15th consecutive year and the 23rd time in 24 seasons that the state’s two oldest professional football teams collide in preseason action. The teams played last season with Miami beating Tampa Bay 20-14 at Raymond James Stadium.

WFOR-TV, CBS4 will once again be the preseason home of the Dolphins as each of the four preseason contests will be shown on the CBS affiliate in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale market.  All preseason games will also be heard on WBGG 105.9FM and WINZ 940AM in Miami as well as across the Dolphins Radio Network.

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Additional notes in regards to the preseason schedule:

• The 2014 season marks the 28th time the Dolphins have opened the preseason on the road. The last time the Dolphins opened the preseason with a home game was in 2012.

• The Dolphins have posted a winning preseason record 24 times in the team’s history.

• This is the second-straight season Miami will open the preseason on the road in the first two contests. This is the first time in history that Miami has begun the preseason on the road in the first two games in back-to-back seasons. 

• This is the third consecutive season the Dolphins have opened up on the road. In 2013, Miami participated in the Hall of Fame game in Canton, Ohio and at Atlanta in 2014.

• Entering 2015, the Dolphins hold a 125-97-4 record in preseason contests.

• The four ties the Dolphins have posted in the preseason occurred in 1968, 1971, 1973 and 1982.

• The Dolphins have posted a perfect preseason five times in franchise history (1976, 1979, 1981, 1998 and 2009).

• The Dolphins have had a preseason schedule where they played only NFC teams nine times (1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1996, 1998, 2011, 2012 and 2014).

• The most preseason games the Dolphins have played in one season was seven in 1973.

 
This story comes courtesy via a Miami Dolphins Press Release

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