Dan Marino by the numbers

By Hugo Guzman  |   Saturday, August 06, 2005  |  Comments( 0 )

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Let's take a quick glance at Dan Marino's NFL career...by the numbers:

-Dan Marino was the 6th quarterback selected in the 1983 NFL draft. He was picked after guys like Todd Blackledge and Ken O'Brien.

-Dan Marino played all 17 of his NFL seasons for one team....the Miami Dolphins.

-Dan Marino played in only one Super Bowl, losing to the San Francisco 49ers. (if he had any semblance of a defense or a running game he most likely would have returned several times)

-Dan Marino was selected to nine NFL Pro Bowls

-Dan Marino led the Miami Dolphins to 37 fourth quarter comeback victories. That is the second highest total in NFL history, behind only John Elway.

-Dan Marino holds 28 NFL records. He holds 24 outright and is tied with other player(s) for four others. Here is a sampling of those records:

Career passing yards: 61,361
Career touchdown passes: 420
Career 300+ yard passing games: 60
Career 400+ yard passing games: 13
Passing yards in one season: 5,084 (1984)
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