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Tarik Cohen became the shortest player to throw an NFL touchdown in 83 years

Related Topics: Curly Oden, Tarik Cohen, Touchdown

BALTIMORE -- The last time a player of Tarik Cohen's size threw a touchdown, it was 1934, and that player's name was Wee Willie Smith.

That's an 83-year break between touchdowns thrown in an NFL game by players 5-foot-6 or shorter. And Cohen's pass was good, too -- he dropped a dime perfectly over the heads of the Ravens' defense into the waiting arms of Zach Miller for a 21-yard touchdown in the second quarter of Sunday's game at M&T Bank Stadium.

Other players 5-foot-6 or shorter to throw an touchdown: Eddie Scharer, Roddy Lamb, Joey Sternaman (who was a Bear), Chuck Dressen, Tom Holleran, Curly Oden, Pard Pearce, Pid Purdy and Gus Sonnenberg.