Marino was the first quarterback in NFL history to reach 5,000 yards passing in a season (1984); 50,000 and 60,000 career passing yards respectively, and also the first quarterback to reach 40-plus touchdown passes in a season (48 in 1984), and 400 career touchdown passes.

Head coach Don Shula decided it was as good a time as any to sit starting QB David Woodley to give his rookie QB his first play in a pro game. That rookie's name was Dan Marino.

Jun 4, 2018 · Although Dan Marino had been given limited opportunities earlier in the year, this game was his very first as the starting quarterback of our beloved Miami Dolphins. In his previous action,...

October 9, 1983: Dan Marino makes his first career NFL start as the Dolphins played the Buffalo Bills in the Orange Bowl. Marino was 19 for 29 passing for 322 yards, 3 touchdowns, and 2 interceptions.

Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino throws for 322 yards in Week 6 1983 against the Buffalo Bills.

Oct 22, 2020 · MIAMI (AP) — It was 1 p.m. on an October Sunday in 1983, and Miami Dolphins rookie Dan Marino was about to take the field for his first NFL start when veteran teammate Lyle Blackwood approached him on the sideline. “I was always joking around too much,” Blackwood says in his Texas drawl.

Nov 11, 2024 · Two years later, he reached another monumental milestone by throwing his 400th career touchdown pass in a game against the New Orleans Saints to be the first quarterback in NFL history to reach the 400 TD mark.

Dan Marino led Miami to Super Bowl XIX after throwing for a record 5,084 yards and 48 TDs in 1984. 1983: Named Rookie of the Year and was first rookie QB to start in Pro Bowl. Became first...

Sep 25, 2018 · Marino started his first NFL game on Oct. 9, 1983 against the division rival Buffalo Bills at the Orange Bowl in Miami. The rookie passer handled himself extremely well as he completed 19 of 29 passes for 322 yards and three touchdowns.

Marino was named the NFL’s Most Valuable Player, and at the end of that season he made the only Super Bowl appearance of his career; the Dolphins lost that game to Montana and the San Francisco 49ers.