![]() ![]() During the kick, Marino held the ball after it was snapped in the aftermath of Super Bowl XVII, Finkle blamed Marino for the miss, claiming he held the ball "laces-in" when he should have held it "laces-out." But this was dismissed as the ravings of a sore loser. ![]() He missed on wide right though, and Miami lost. In the final play, the Dolphins had a field goal, which if Finkle converted would give them the title. The team, led by star quarterback Dan Marino and with Finkle having a great performance, went all the way to the Super Bowl against the San Francisco 49ers. Halfway through the 1982 NFL season, Finkle joined his home state's NFL team, the Miami Dolphins. He became a football kicker nicknamed "The Mule," holding two NCAA division one records, for most points in a season and distance. He graduated from Collier High June 1976, and attended Stetson University, where he was an honors graduate from the Class of 1980. Ray Finkle hailed from Collier County, Florida.
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