most passing touchdowns in a season before 1997

Before 1997, Dan Marino had the most passing touchdowns in a season, with 48 touchdowns in 1984.

Interpreted as:

most passing touchdowns by a player in a season before 1997

	NAME	TD	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Dan Marino D. Marino	48	1984	MIA	16	362	564	64.2	5,084	9.0	317.8	17	108.9	8.5	3.0	13	120
2	Dan Marino D. Marino	44	1986	MIA	16	378	623	60.7	4,746	7.6	296.6	23	92.5	7.1	3.7	17	119
3	Brett Favre B. Favre	39	1996	GB	16	325	543	59.9	3,899	7.2	243.7	13	95.8	7.2	2.4	40	241
4	Brett Favre B. Favre	38	1995	GB	16	359	570	63.0	4,413	7.7	275.8	13	99.5	6.7	2.3	33	217
5	Y.A. Tittle	36	1963	NYG	13	221	367	60.2	3,145	8.6	241.9	14	104.8	9.8	3.8
6	George Blanda G. Blanda	36	1961	HOU	14	187	362	51.7	3,330	9.2	237.9	22	91.3	9.9	6.1
7	Steve Young S. Young	35	1994	SF	16	324	461	70.3	3,969	8.6	248.1	10	112.8	7.6	2.2	31	163
8	Daryle Lamonica D. Lamonica	34	1969	OAK	14	221	426	51.9	3,302	7.8	235.9	25	79.8	8.0	5.9	11	100
9	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	33	1996	BAL	16	325	549	59.2	4,177	7.6	261.1	19	88.7	6.0	3.5	34	270
10	Warren Moon W. Moon	33	1995	MIN	16	377	606	62.2	4,228	7.0	264.3	14	91.5	5.4	2.3	38	277
11	Brett Favre B. Favre	33	1994	GB	16	363	582	62.4	3,882	6.7	242.6	14	90.7	5.7	2.4	31	188
12	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	33	1991	BUF	15	304	474	64.1	3,844	8.1	256.3	17	97.6	7.0	3.6	31	227
13	Warren Moon W. Moon	33	1990	HOU	15	362	584	62.0	4,689	8.0	312.6	13	96.8	5.7	2.2	36	252
14	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	33	1981	SD	16	360	609	59.1	4,802	7.9	300.1	17	90.6	5.4	2.8	19	134
15	Y.A. Tittle	33	1962	NYG	14	200	375	53.3	3,224	8.6	230.3	20	89.5	8.8	5.3
16	Scott Mitchell S. Mitchell	32	1995	DET	16	346	583	59.3	4,338	7.4	271.1	12	92.3	5.5	2.1	31	145
17	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	32	1984	SEA	16	276	480	57.5	3,671	7.6	229.4	24	83.3	6.7	5.0	40	314
18	Lynn Dickey L. Dickey	32	1983	GB	16	289	484	59.7	4,458	9.2	278.6	29	87.3	6.6	6.0	40	307
19	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	32	1961	PHI	14	235	416	56.5	3,723	8.9	265.9	24	88.1	7.7	5.8
20	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	32	1959	BAL	12	193	367	52.6	2,899	7.9	241.6	14	92.0	8.7	3.8
21	Jim Everett J. Everett	31	1988	RAM	16	308	517	59.6	3,964	7.7	247.8	18	89.2	6.0	3.5	28	197
22	Joe Montana J. Montana	31	1987	SF	13	266	398	66.8	3,054	7.7	234.9	13	102.1	7.8	3.3	22	158
23	Steve Bartkowski S. Bartkowski	31	1980	ATL	16	257	463	55.5	3,544	7.7	221.5	16	88.2	6.7	3.5	35	324
24	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	31	1967	WAS	14	288	508	56.7	3,747	7.4	267.6	16	87.3	6.1	3.1
25	Babe Parilli B. Parilli	31	1964	BOS	14	228	473	48.2	3,465	7.3	247.5	27	70.8	6.6	5.7

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