who had the most passing touchdowns in a season before 1990

Before 1990, Dan Marino had the most passing touchdowns in a season, with 48 touchdowns in 1984.

	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	Y.A. Tittle	36	1963	NYG	13	221	367	60.2	3,145	8.6	241.9	14	104.8	9.8	3.8
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	Y.A. Tittle	33	1962	NYG	14	200	375	53.3	3,224	8.6	230.3	20	89.5	8.8	5.3
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	Dan Marino D. Marino	30	1985	MIA	16	336	567	59.3	4,137	7.3	258.6	21	84.1	5.3	3.7	18	157
18	Steve Bartkowski S. Bartkowski	30	1981	ATL	16	297	533	55.7	3,829	7.2	239.3	23	79.2	5.6	4.3	37	287
19	Vince Ferragamo V. Ferragamo	30	1980	LA	16	240	404	59.4	3,199	7.9	199.9	19	89.7	7.4	4.7	23	191
20	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	30	1980	SD	16	348	589	59.1	4,715	8.0	294.7	24	84.7	5.1	4.1	32	210
21	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	30	1980	CLE	16	337	554	60.8	4,132	7.5	258.3	14	91.4	5.4	2.5	23	217
22	Daryle Lamonica D. Lamonica	30	1967	OAK	14	220	425	51.8	3,228	7.6	230.6	20	80.8	7.1	4.7
23	John Brodie J. Brodie	30	1965	SF	13	242	391	61.9	3,112	8.0	239.4	16	95.3	7.7	4.1
24	Len Dawson L. Dawson	30	1964	KC	14	199	354	56.2	2,879	8.1	205.6	18	89.9	8.5	5.1
25	Jim Everett J. Everett	29	1989	RAM	16	304	518	58.7	4,310	8.3	269.4	17	90.6	5.6	3.3	29	214

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