But Don Strock, a former Dolphins quarterback and now the coach at Florida International University, said during his radio show that he believed Wannstedt had lost part of the team.

On Saturday night it seemed like every time a Dolphins quarterback was running for his life, Strahan was doing the chasing.

He is the first Dolphins quarterback since Hall of Famer Dan Marino to throw for 3,500 yards.

A13 SPORTS D1-8 Dan Marino Retiring The Dolphins quarterback, the most prolific passer in N.F.L. history, will retire after 17 years rather than accept an offer from the Minnesota Vikings, broadcast reports said.

He is best known as a favorite passing target of Dolphins quarterbacks Bob Griese and Dan Marino.

We learn that for the exterior of Mary's home in Miami, they used the house of the former Dolphins quarterback Bob Griese, and that if you're building a fake drooping breast, putting three ball bearings in the breast "will give it a life of its own."

At F.I.U.'s opening game, a 27-3 victory over St. Peter's of New Jersey, Division I-AA's top-rated defensive team last year, an overflow crowd of 17,314 attended, including the former Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino; Florida Marlins third baseman Mike Lowell, an F.I.U. graduate; and Gov. Jeb Bush.

(AP) AN HONOR FOR MARINO: Miami-Dade County will rename a street after the former Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino.

On September 21, Jets quarterback Ken O'Brien and Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino put on a legendary offensive performance.

The rivalry continued well into the 1990s, but with different results: from 1986 to 1996-the years in which Bills quarterback Jim Kelly and Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino played at the same time-the Bills won 14 of 22 matchups between the teams.