PFR looks at the record Manning will soon hold
Marino and Elway each sat on 32 comebacks as 1997 ended. Marino got to 33 on 10/25/1998, with Elway tying him a week later on 11/1/1998. Then Elway tied Unitas with his 34th and final comeback win on 12/6/1998. So after 35 years of having the record all to himself, Unitas had company, and Elway retired with a share of the record.
Deciding to give it one last try, Marino returned for his 17th and final season in 1999. In a classic against a young Peyton Manning in Indy, Marino notched his 34th comeback on 10/10/1999. On 12/19/1999, Marino picked up his record-setting 35th comeback win against the Chargers. A few weeks later, Marino won his first and only road playoff game with his 36th and final fourth quarter comeback victory in Seattle on 1/9/2000. Marino’s decade-long reign is the second longest anyone has held the record behind Unitas.
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