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Recording 22 touchdown passes last season, although Incumbent David Woodley was not quite dislodged until the sixth game, Marino became the only rookie quarterback ever elected to start the Pro Bowl. Throwing 55 in 18 games this year, he displaced longtime Record Holders George Blanda and Y.A. Tittle, who took it manfully: "You can't criticize a trapper who's got the skins on the wall." Marino puts Roger Staubach in mind of Hockey Prodigy Wayne Gretzky. By the CBS-New York Times calculations, Marino is already the country's favorite N.F.L. player (Chicago's Walter Payton second, Montana third...
...zone for six straight games, Duper gave thought to moping until Moore assured him, "When the guy on the other side is open, it's because you are dictating the coverages. When he starts dictating them, it'll come back to you." All three gathered touchdown passes against the Steelers...
...space shuttle Discovery will take off on Mission 51-C some time between 1:15 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. E.S.T. on a day no sooner than Jan. 23. But he refused to say what would be on board or how long the mission would last. He promised that touchdown will be announced 16 hours in advance, and that the press would be informed about any emergencies. Far more ominous was his warning that any "speculation" by the press about the mission and its payload could set off an investigation for breach of national security...
...Marino's touchdown passes were short ones. The longest was a 12-yarder to tight end Bruce Hardy that tied the record with 4:11 left in the third period and gave Miami a 28-17 lead...
Against Columbia, in his first start, Wilkinson intercepted a pass and returned it 45 yards for a touchdown...