who has the most pass attempts in a season in nfl history before 1990

Before 1990, Dan Marino made the most pass attempts in a season, with 623 attempts in 1986.

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Data note: Passing Attempts: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	ATT	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Dan Marino D. Marino	623	1986	MIA	16	378	60.7	4,746	7.6	296.6	44	23	92.5	7.1	3.7	17	119
2	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	609	1981	SD	16	360	59.1	4,802	7.9	300.1	33	17	90.6	5.4	2.8	19	134
3	Dan Marino D. Marino	606	1988	MIA	16	354	58.4	4,434	7.3	277.1	28	23	80.8	4.6	3.8	6	31
4	John Elway J. Elway	605	1985	DEN	16	327	54.0	3,891	6.4	243.2	22	23	70.2	3.6	3.8	38	307
5	Bill Kenney B. Kenney	603	1983	KC	16	346	57.4	4,348	7.2	271.8	24	18	80.8	4.0	3.0	41	284
6	Don Majkowski D. Majkowski	599	1989	GB	16	353	58.9	4,318	7.2	269.9	27	20	82.3	4.5	3.3	47	268
7	Tommy Kramer T. Kramer	593	1981	MIN	14	322	54.3	3,912	6.6	279.4	26	24	72.6	4.4	4.0	19	149
8	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	589	1980	SD	16	348	59.1	4,715	8.0	294.7	30	24	84.7	5.1	4.1	32	210
9	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	578	1979	SF	16	347	60.0	3,652	6.3	228.3	17	21	73.1	2.9	3.6	17	119
10	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	572	1978	MIN	16	345	60.3	3,468	6.1	216.8	25	32	68.9	4.4	5.6	27	254
11	Dan Marino D. Marino	567	1985	MIA	16	336	59.3	4,137	7.3	258.6	30	21	84.1	5.3	3.7	18	157
12	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	567	1981	CLE	16	313	55.2	3,876	6.8	242.3	17	25	68.2	3.0	4.4	34	310
13	Tommy Kramer T. Kramer	566	1979	MIN	16	315	55.7	3,397	6.0	212.3	23	24	69.3	4.1	4.2	36	249
14	Dan Marino D. Marino	564	1984	MIA	16	362	64.2	5,084	9.0	317.8	48	17	108.9	8.5	3.0	13	120
15	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	560	1988	PHI	16	301	53.8	3,808	6.8	238.0	24	16	77.6	4.3	2.9	57	442
16	Neil Lomax N. Lomax	560	1984	STL	16	345	61.6	4,614	8.2	288.4	28	16	92.5	5.0	2.9	49	377
17	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	554	1980	CLE	16	337	60.8	4,132	7.5	258.3	30	14	91.4	5.4	2.5	23	217
18	Dan Marino D. Marino	550	1989	MIA	16	308	56.0	3,997	7.3	249.8	24	22	76.9	4.4	4.0	10	86
19	Jay Schroeder J. Schroeder	541	1986	WAS	16	276	51.0	4,109	7.6	256.8	22	22	72.9	4.1	4.1	28	240
20	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	535	1979	CLE	16	286	53.5	3,793	7.1	237.1	28	26	73.4	5.2	4.9	43	347
21	Phil Simms P. Simms	533	1984	NYG	16	286	53.7	4,044	7.6	252.8	22	18	78.1	4.1	3.4	55	434
22	Danny White D. White	533	1983	DAL	16	334	62.7	3,980	7.5	248.8	29	23	85.6	5.4	4.3	37	314
23	Steve Bartkowski S. Bartkowski	533	1981	ATL	16	297	55.7	3,829	7.2	239.3	30	23	79.2	5.6	4.3	37	287
24	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	532	1989	PHI	16	290	54.5	3,400	6.4	212.5	21	15	75.5	3.9	2.8	45	343
25	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	532	1985	SEA	16	285	53.6	3,602	6.8	225.1	27	20	76.2	5.1	3.8	52	448

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Sun 11/1	NE	@	MIA	4:25 PM
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Sun 11/15	MIA	@	IND	1:00 PM
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Bears	5	2	0	.714
Lions	4	2	0	.667
Packers	4	3	0	.571
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	3	0	.500
Falcons	3	4	0	.429
Buccaneers	2	5	0	.286
Saints	2	5	0	.286
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