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Third-quarter shovel pass equals 1984 mark

Updated: December 27, 2004, 1:08 PM ET
Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS -- Peyton Manning broke one of football's most hallowed records, and his reward was praise from one of his boyhood idols.

Manning broke Dan Marino's single-season touchdown pass record when he threw his 48th and 49th of the season on Sunday against San Diego. And he did it in dramatic fashion, rallying the Colts from a 31-16 fourth-quarter deficit to win 34-31 in overtime.

Manning

Right after the game he got to speak with Marino, the player he grew up idolizing ...

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