Marino the Magician Rallies Miami, 22-21 : AFC: Dolphins score 10 points in final four minutes for comeback victory over Colts.

The game appeared out of reach, but Dan Marino has an awfully long reach.

Marino bounced back from a costly fourth-quarter interception to rally the Miami Dolphins for 10 points in the final four minutes, lifting them past the Indianapolis Colts, 22-21, Sunday.

Pete Stoyanovich kicked a 34-yard field goal with four seconds left, capping the 28th fourth-quarter comeback victory of Marino’s career.

“After you do it a number of times, you believe you can do it,” Marino said.

He has done it three times this year alone.

Marring Miami’s victory were knee injuries to fullback Keith Byars and running back Bernie Parmalee. Both will be examined today.

Colt rookie Marshall Faulk, the AFC’s leading rusher, managed just 69 yards in 14 carries.

Nonetheless, the Dolphins appeared beaten when cornerback Ray Buchanan intercepted Marino’s pass and returned it 28 yards to score, giving Indianapolis a 21-12 lead with 7:32 left.

“I felt we snatched their heart out at the time,” Buchanan said. “I should have known better. That’s no sweat for Dan Marino.”

As Buchanan raced down the sideline, Marino stood motionless with his hands on his hips. Then he went back to work.

“There was no need to say anything,” Marino said. “Everyone knew what we had to do. You don’t have time for speeches.”

Miami quickly moved 83 yards and scored on Marino’s 28-yard pass to O.J. McDuffie with 3:52 left, making the score 21-19. Marino completed six of seven passes in the drive for 72 yards.

“Dan has done it so many times, he relaxed everybody,” said McDuffie, who made a career-high seven catches for 108 yards. “He just went out and threw strikes.”

The Colts ran three plays and had to punt, giving the Dolphins the ball at their 42 with 2:06 to go.

Five consecutive completions by Marino advanced the ball to the Colts’ 22. Irving Spikes ran for five yards, and following an intentional incompletion, Stoyanovich took the field. He had missed a 31-yard try in the first half but came through for the game-winner.

“It was a great job of hanging in there when things didn’t look good,” Coach Don Shula said.

Miami’s offense, ranked No. 1 in the NFL, struggled for much of the game, perhaps in part because of the injuries to Byars and Parmalee.

“It’s huge,” Marino said of Byars’ injury. “I’m real disappointed. I’ll say a prayer for Keith tonight.”

Indianapolis quarterback Don Majkowski bruised and sprained his right thumb and was replaced late in the second quarter by Jim Harbaugh, who started the Colts’ first eight games this season.