Fifty-two years laters, 32 NFL teams keep chasing history. None of them will catch it in 2024.

With the Chiefs losing for the first time since Christmas Day 2023, the Dolphins’ 17-0 season of 1972 remains unmatched by perfection.

The Dolphins tweeted an image of Hall of Fame running back Larry Csonka drinking champagne in commemoration of the Kansas City loss. And while the Chiefs still had a long way to go to finish 20-0, it was feeling like it was destined to happen, more and more each week.

It ended today, thanks to a Bills team that has now beaten the Chiefs four times in the regular-season in the Josh Allen/Patrick Mahomes era — but that has yet to slay the dragon in the playoffs.

Will there be another rematch in January? We can only hope.