Question 1

True or false: Marino never won an NFL MVP award during his career.

Accepted Answer

False. He won the AP NFL MVP in 1984 after his historic 48-touchdown season.

Question 2

True or false: Dan Marino played his entire 17-year NFL career with the Miami Dolphins.

Accepted Answer

True. He never played for another team, retiring as a Dolphin in 1999 after 242 games.

Question 3

True or false: Marino held the NFL single-season passing touchdown record for 20 years.

Accepted Answer

True. He set the record with 48 TDs in 1984, and it stood until Peyton Manning broke it with 49 in 2004.

Question 4

True or false: Dan Marino once played in a Super Bowl after the 1994 season.

Accepted Answer

False. Marino's only Super Bowl appearance was after the 1984 season (Super Bowl XIX), a loss to the 49ers. He never returned.

Question 5

True or false: Dan Marino was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the 1st round of the 1983 NFL Draft.

Accepted Answer

False. He was actually drafted 27th overall, in the first round, but after five other QBs—including John Elway and Jim Kelly.

Question 6

True or false: Marino once threw for over 5,000 yards in a single season.

Accepted Answer

True. In 1984, he passed for 5,084 yards, becoming the first QB to eclipse 5,000 yards in a season.

Question 7

True or false: Dan Marino was the first quarterback to reach 50,000 career passing yards.

Accepted Answer

False. He was the first to 60,000 yards (retiring with 61,361), but Fran Tarkenton reached 50,000 before him.

Question 8

True or false: Marino had a cameo as himself in the movie 'Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'.

Accepted Answer

True. He appeared briefly in the 1994 Jim Carrey film, playing a fictional version of himself.

Dan Marino Trivia Questions