The Miami Dolphins offense does a dance routine after scoring against the Denver Broncos in the second quarter of an NFL game at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Sept. 24, 2023.

The Miami Dolphins will be looking to restart an home opener winning streak when they face the Kansas City Chiefs at Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday.

The Dolphins had won three home openers in a row before they were outlasted by the New England Patriots, last year. The Dolphins will be facing the Chiefs in their home opener for the second time, though the first needs an asterisk because it came in Week 7 after a players' strike wiped out three weeks after Miami opened with back-to-back road games.

Overall, the Dolphins have a 41-18-1 record in openers, and along the way there have been some memorable games. Here's our countdown of the top 10, based on excitement level, overall significance and uniqueness of the contests, along with our bottom 10 list that needs to include that poor performance at Indy last year.

In one of Ryan Tannehill's brightest moments as Dolphins quarterback, he led the Dolphins to a comeback victory with a late touchdown pass to tight end Dion Sims.

Ricky Williams announces his arrival in a big way with a dominating performance against the Lions. The game also features the feel-good story of running back Robert Edwards scoring two touchdowns in his first game back after his devastating injury at a Pro Bowl event.

This wasn’t a particularly exciting game, but beating the Jets by 38 points deserves recognition. The Dolphins took advantage of six Jets turnovers.

This was a wild day, to be sure, one that began with Tyreek Hill getting detained next to Hard Rock Stadium after a traffic violation and then scoring on an 80-yard touchdown pass from Tua Tagovailoa to help the Dolphins come from behind.

This game forever will be remembered for the two lengthy lightning delays that made it the longest game in NFL history, clocking at a ridiculous 7 hours, 8 minutes. But it also was a game filled with big plays — in the fourth quarter alone, the Dolphins got a 102-yard kickoff return by Jakeem Grant and a 75-yard touchdown pass from Ryan Tannehill to Kenny Stills, and the Titans got a 94-yard kickoff return by Darius Jennings.

The second half of that opener, when the Dolphins outscored the Patriots 23-0, might have been the team's finest half of the millennium (given the competition). Newcomer Knowshon Moreno set the tone with 134 rushing yards, while Cameron Wake had two sacks and two forced fumbles.

After back-to-back road losses to open the Adam Gase era, the Dolphins won this game when Jay Ajayi scored on an 11-yard run one play after Tannehill completed a 32-yard pass to Jarvis Landry. Little did anyone know this win would help the Dolphins earn a playoff spot. They won that game thanks to three missed field goal by Cody Parkey, including a 46-yard attempt on the last play of regulation. Parkey would become the Dolphins kicker in 2017 and miss two attempts the entire season.

Like the 2016 game, this was a Week 3 matchup, though this time the Dolphins came home with a 2-0 record. And what they did to the Broncos that day remains astonishing to this day, amassing 726 total yards with De'Von Achane and Raheem Mostert each scoring four touchdowns.

The Dolphins' 2001 home opener was scheduled against the Buffalo Bills on Sept. 16, but all games that weekend were pushed back to the weekend after the end of the regular season because of the events of 9/11. This game, filled with emotion from the start, ended with Jay Fiedler's game-winning touchdown run, capped by the famous picture that captured his celebration with his fist raised after he dove into the end zone.

Maybe the most memorable Dan Marino moment in a career filled with them. In his first regular season game since he had torn his Achilles tendon the previous October, Marino outdueled Drew Bledsoe in a dazzling display of passing. Three of Marino’s five touchdown passes on the day went to Irving Fryar, including the game-winning 35-yard hook-up on a fourth-and-5.

1966 — Oakland 23, Miami 141967 — Miami 35, Denver 211968 — Oakland 47, Miami 211969 — Miami 20, Oakland 20 (tie)1970 — Miami 20, Oakland 131971 — N.Y. Jets 14, Miami 101972 — Miami 34, Houston 131973 — Miami 21, San Francisco 131974 — Miami 21, N.Y. Jets 171975 — Oakland 31, Miami 211976 — Miami 16, N.Y. Jets 01977 — Miami 27, Houston 71978 — Miami 31, Buffalo 241979 — Miami 19, Seattle 101980 — Miami 17, Cincinnati 161981 — Miami 30, Pittsburgh 101982 — Miami 24, Baltimore 201983 — Miami 34, New England 241984 — Miami 28, New England 71985 — Miami 30, Indianapolis 131986 — Miami 30, Indianapolis 101987 — Miami 42, Kansas City 0*1988 — Miami 24, Green Bay 171989 — Buffalo 27, Miami 241990 — Miami 30, Buffalo 71991 — Miami 17, Indianapolis 61992 — Miami 26, L.A. Rams 10*1993 — N.Y. Jets 24, Miami 141994 — Miami 39, New England 351995 — Miami 52, N.Y. Jets 141996 — Miami 24, New England 101997 — Miami 16, Indianapolis 101998 — Miami 13, Buffalo 71999 — Miami 19, Arizona 162000 — Miami 23, Seattle 02001 — Miami 18, Oakland 15*2002 — Miami 49, Detroit 212003 — Houston 21, Miami 202004 — Tennessee 17, Miami 72005 — Miami 34, Denver 102006 — Buffalo 16, Miami 62007 — Dallas 37, Miami 202008 — N.Y. Jets 20, Miami 142009 — Indianapolis 27, Miami 232010 — N.Y. Jets 31, Miami 232011 — New England 38, Miami 242012 — Miami 35, Oakland 132013 — Miami 27, Atlanta 232014 — Miami 33, New England 202015 — Buffalo 41, Miami 142016 — Miami 30, Cleveland 24 (OT)2017 — Miami 16, Tennessee 10*2018 — Miami 27, Tennessee 202019 — Baltimore 59, Miami 102020 — Buffalo 31, Miami 282021 — Buffalo 35, Miami 02022 — Miami 20, New England 72023 — Miami 70, Denver 202024 — Miami 20, Jacksonville 172025 — New England 33, Miami 271987 home opener vs. Kansas City was a strike replacement game; 1992 season opener vs. New England was postponed because of Hurricane Andrew; 2001 home opener vs. Buffalo was postponed because of 9/11; 2017 home opener vs. Tampa Bay was postponed because of Hurricane Iram