1984 was the 18th season in football for the Miami Dolphins and the fifteenth for coach Don Shula with the club. The Dolphins sought to build on a spectacular 1983 season where they went 12–4 with rookie quarterback Dan Marino only to be upended by the Seattle Seahawks in the playoffs. Marino's passing ability became the focal point of Miami's offense and in 1984 he exploded to set league records with 5,084 passing yards and 48 touchdowns; the yardage record still stands while his touchdown record was broken by Peyton Manning (49) twenty years later. The Dolphins made a run at a perfect season twelve years after pulling off the feat as they won their first eleven games but were upended in overtime by the San Diego Chargers. The Dolphins broke 500 points scored for the first and to date onl