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Marino's GREATEST game...

Does anybody know the year of the opener vs. washington???

I agree he had too many great games...and your right I miss that guy!!!!!!:confused:
 
TIP said:
Does anybody know the year of the opener vs. washington???

I agree he had too many great games...and your right I miss that guy!!!!!!:confused:
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84 i think shag--it was the year we lost to the 49ers in the SB wasn't it?
 
Challenger74 said:
Fins vs the Pats in 94... Awesome game!!!
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That's mine. Marino had returned after his torn achilles in 1993 and had a dreadful preseason which actually left me doubting him. Then he came out and threw for 473 yards and 5 TD's in an old fashion shoot out with a very young Drew Bledsoe. Both defenses, especially ours as I can remeber a play where 2 of our defensive backs ran into each other, were dreadful on that day. We had a guy by the name of Chuck Bullough starting in place of an injured John Offerdahl and Ben Coates made him look silly. So Silly Bullough never started again as in week 2 Bryan Cox was moved to MLB.
 
DolphinDevil28 said:
I have a few favorites.

The '85 Bears game when we protected the undefeated season.

The "Fake Spike" Game. (my favorite single Marino play)

The 1994 Season Opener against New England. Dan was coming off of his achillies injury and everyone was starting to wonder if Dan was becoming brittle. Could the achillies hold up? Can Dan make it through a season?

...He threw for over 400 yards and 4 TD's in a roasting of the patsies.[/QUOTE]


473 yards, and 5 TDs :evil:
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New England 7 7 14 7--35
Miami 0 10 15 14--39

First Quarter

NE--Turner 1 run (Bahr kick), 10:16. Drive: 59 yards, 10 plays. Key
play: Bledsoe 20 pass to Thompson. New England 7, Miami 0.

Second Quarter

Mia--Ingram 64 pass from Marino (Stoyanovich kick), 12:45. Drive: 91
yards, 4 plays. Key plays: Vincent interception in end zone and return
to the Miami 9 yard line. New England 7, Miami 7.

NE--Coates 16 pass from Bledsoe (Bahr kick), 14:35. Drive: 68 yards, 8
plays. Key plays: Beldsoe 26 pass to Coates. New England 14, Miami 7.

Mia--FG Stoyanovich 42, 15:00. Drive: 42 yards, 3 plays. Key plays:
Marino 21 passes to McDuffie and Miller. New England 14, Miami 10.

Third Quarter

NE--Coates 63 pass from Bledsoe (Bahr kick), 2:27. Drive: 63 yards, 2
plays. New England 21, Miami 10.

Mia--Jackson 26 pass from Marino (Kirby run), 6:47. Drive: 61 yards, 4
plays. Key plays: Marino 40 pass to Fryar. New England 21, Miami 18.

NE--Timpson 5 pass from Bledsoe (Bahr kick), 10:33. Drive: 24 yards, 5
plays. Key plays: Jones fumble recovery on Miami 24 yard line. New
England 28, Miami 17.

Mia--Fryar 54 pass from Marino (Stoyanovich kick), 11:51. Drive: 78
yards, 5 plays. Key plays: Hurst 24 pass interference to the New
England 48. New England 28, Miami 25. Fourth Quarter

Mia--Fryar 50 pass from Marino (Stoyanovich kick), 1:00. Drive 54
yards, 2 plays. Key plays: O'Neill 29 punt to the Miami 46 yard line.
Miami 32 New England 28.

NE--Crittenden 23 pass from Bledsoe (Bahr kick), 4:48. Drive 67 yards,
6 plays. Key plays: Bledsoe 6 pass to Brisby on 3rd-and-4; Brown 15
yard pass interference to Miami 29 yard line. -New England 35, Miami
32.

Mia--Fryar 35 pass from Marino (Stoyanovich kick), 11:41. Drive 80
yards, 10 plays. Key plays: Marino 21 pass to Kirby on 3rd-and-12;
Marino 18 pass to Miller on 3rd-and-7; Marino 13 pass to Kirby. Miami
39, New England 35.

Great game and as I said 5TD's.
 
Bar none, Chicago Bears OB 1985.. Best defense ever was made to look very silly.

Washington Redskins 1984 1st game of the season gets honorable mention since it started it all...
 
I'm never overly impressed by home efforts. A best ever should require overcoming some adversity and that means road or neutral site. And coming from behind at home doesn't cut it either, because you never should have been in that deficit to begin with.

I would pick the Washington opener in '84 and the Ram OT game in '86. Both of those teams were thought of as Super Bowl contenders. If I remember correctly the Rams were something like 9-4 or 10-4 and we were a sizeable underdog. That was an era of NFC dominance so beating a top caliber NFC team on the road is much more impressive to me than anything at home vs. AFC mush.

For lasting significance, obviously the Bears game in '85 stands out.
 
The Rams game in 1986 was amazing. A come from behind win in overtime, on the road to deny LA the NFC West. 5 TD's by Marino, including the game winning 20-yarder to Duper for a 37-31 win.
 
dolphan999 said:
Dolphins vs Redskins when Marino threw 5 TD's and over 500 yds it was a season opener in D.C when they where still playing at RFK
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It was'nt 500 yards...he had a great day and I can't find my S.I. article (the issue has Mark Clayton on the cover) but I do know it was'nt over 500 yards...I think it was around 400.
 
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