Famous People (Dan Marino)
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Name: Daniel Constantine Marino, Jr.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 224 lbs.
Born: September 15, 1961
College: Pittsburgh
Drafted: Selected by the Miami Dolphins in the first round (27th pick overall) of the 1983 NFL Draft.
Dan Marino started his NFL career in 1983 with the basic life statistics listed above. Seventeen years later, he finished with the incomparable stats listed below.
Most Attempts, Career: 8,358
Most Completions, Career: 4,967
Most Yards Passing, Career: 61,361
Most Touchdown Passes, Career: 420
Highest Pass Rating, Rookie Season: 96.0 in 1983
Highest Completion Percentage, Rookie Season: 58.45 in 1983 (296-173)
Most Yards Gained, Season: 5,084 in 1984
Most Games, 400 or more Yards Passing, Career: 13
Most Games, 400 or more Yards Passing, Season: 4 in 1984
Most Games, 300 or more Yards Passing, Career: 60
Most Seasons, 3,000 or more Yards Passing: 13 (1984-92, 1994-95, 1997-98)
Most Consecutive Seasons, 3,000 or more Yards Passing: 9 (1984-92)
Most Games, Four or more Touchdown Passes, Career: 21
Most Games, Four or more Touchdown Passes, Season: 6 in 1984
Most Consecutive Games, Four or more Touchdown Passes: 4 in 1984
Lowest Percentage, Passes Intercepted, Rookie Season: 2.03 in 1983 (296-6)
Most Seasons Leading League, Attempts: 5 (1984, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1997)
Most Seasons Leading League, Completions: 6 (1984-86, 1988, 1992, 1997)
Most Seasons, 40 or more Touchdown Passes: 2 (1984, 1986)
Most Seasons, 20 or more Touchdown Passes: 13 (1983-92, 1994-95, 1998)
Most Consecutive Seasons, 20 or more Touchdown Passes: 10 (1983-92)
100 TD Passes in Fewest Amount of Games to Start Career: 44 (9/7/86 at S.D.)
200 TD passes in Fewest Amount of Games to Start Career: 89 ( 9/17/89 at N.E.)
300 TD passes in Fewest Amount of Games to Start Career: 157 ( 9/4/94 vs. N.E.)
Most Seasons Leading League, Yards Gained: 5 (1984-86, 1988, 1992)
with Sonny Jurgensen (Philadelphia, 1961-62;Washington, 1966-67, 1969)
Most Consecutive Seasons Leading League, Completions: 3 (1984-86)
with George Blanda (Houston, 1963-65)
Most Consecutive Games, 400 or more Yards Passing: 2 (1984)
with Dan Fouts (San Diego, 1982) and Phil Simms (N.Y. Giants, 1985)
Most Consecutive Seasons, 4,000 or more Yards Passing: 3 (1984-86)
with Dan Fouts (San Diego, 1979-81)
Regular Season :
Played 242 games, starting 240 of them
Career completion percentage of 59.4%
Career passing efficiency rating is 86.4
Threw 252 interceptions in his career
Only QB in NFL history to have six 4,000-yard seasons (1984-86, 1988, 1992, 1994)
Led 37 fourth-quarter comeback victories, second only to John Elway.
Holds Dolphins team record for most seasons played, 17.
Had 116 wins under Don Shula – the most by a head coach - quarterback combination in NFL history.
Won the AFC Offensive Player of the Week honor 18 times in the regular season (and 20 times overall, including playoffs).
Playoffs :
Passed for 4,510 yards over career in playoff games
Threw at least one touchdown pass in 16 of his 18 playoff contests, throwing a TD pass in his first 13 postseason contests.
Other :
Selected to nine Pro Bowls (1983-87, 1991-92, 1994-95), including seven as a starter (1983-86, 1992, 1994-95). Due to injuries, played only two games (1984, 1992).
Passing
YR TM G GS COMP ATT PCT YDS YDS/A LNG TD INT RAT ATT YDS AVG LNG TD
83 Mia 11 9 173 296 58.4 2210 7.47 85t 20 6 96.0 28 45 1.6 15 2
84 Mia 16 16 362 564 64.2 5084 9.01 80t 48 17 108.9 28 -7 -0.3 -0.3 0
85 Mia 16 16 336 567 59.3 4137 7.30 73 30 21 84.1 26 -24 -0.9 6 0
86 Mia 16 16 378 623 60.7 4746 7.62 85t 44 23 92.5 12 -3 -0.3 13 0
87 Mia 12 12 263 444 59.2 3245 7.31 59t 26 13 89.2 12 -5 -0.4 5t 1
88 Mia 16 16 354 606 58.4 4434 7.32 80t 28 23 80.8 20 -17 -0.9 6 0
89 Mia 16 16 308 550 56.0 3997 7.27 78t 24 22 76.9 14 -7 -0.5 2 2
90 Mia 16 16 306 531 57.6 3563 6.71 69t 21 11 82.6 16 29 1.8 15 0
91 Mia 16 16 318 549 57.9 3970 7.23 54 25 13 85.8 27 32 1.2 11 1
92 Mia 16 16 330 554 59.6 4116 7.43 62t 24 16 85.1 20 66 3.3 12 0
93 Mia 5 5 91 150 60.7 1218 8.12 80t 8 3 95.9 9 -4 -0.4 4t 1
94 Mia 16 16 385 615 62.6 4453 7.24 64t 30 17 89.2 22 -6 -0.3 10 1
95 Mia 14 14 309 482 64.1 3668 7.61 67t 24 15 90.8 11 14 1.3 12 0
96 Mia 13 13 221 373 59.2 2795 7.49 74t 17 9 87.8 11 -3 -0.3 7 0
97 Mia 16 16 319 548 58.2 3780 6.90 55 16 11 80.7 18 -14 -0.8 1 0
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Mia 16 16 310 537 57.7 3497 6.51 61t 23 15 80.0 21 -3 -0.1 10 1
99 Mia 11 11 204 369 55.3 2448 6.63 62 12 17 67.4 6 -6 -1.0 0 0
Totals G
242 GS
240 COMP
4967 ATT
8358 PCT
59.4 YDS
61361 YDS/A
7.34 LNG
85t TD
420 INT
252 RAT
86.4 ATT
301 YDS
87 AVG
0.3 LNG
15 TD
9
Scoring
YR TM G RUSH TD REC TD KR TD PR TD INT TD F-OTH TD FG PAT SF
83 Mia 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
84 Mia 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
85 Mia 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
86 Mia 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
87 Mia 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
88 Mia 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
89 Mia 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
90 Mia 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
91 Mia 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
92 Mia 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
93 Mia 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
94 Mia 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
95 Mia 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
96 Mia 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
97 Mia 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
98 Mia 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
99 Mia 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals G
242 RUSH TD
9 REC TD
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