LIVING LEGENDS: Arizona wide receiver LARRY FITZGERALD and Indianapolis running back FRANK GORE continue to etch their names in the NFL record book.
Fitzgerald led the Cardinals with 10 receptions for 98 yards and a touchdown in their Week 13 loss. He has 1,207 career catches and became the third player in NFL history to reach 1,200 receptions, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer JERRY RICE(1,549) and TONY GONZALEZ (1,325).
Fitzgerald, who played in his 214th career game, is the fastest player in NFL history to reach the milestone (Rice, 221 games and Gonzalez, 247).
The players with the most career receptions in NFL history:
PLAYER |
TEAM(S) |
CAREER RECEPTIONS |
GAMES TO REACH 1,200 CATCHES |
Jerry Rice^ |
San Francisco, Oakland, Seattle |
1,549 |
221 |
Tony Gonzalez |
Kansas City, Atlanta |
1,325 |
247 |
Larry Fitzgerald |
Arizona |
1,207* |
214 |
*Active |
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^Pro Football Hall of Famer |
Fitzgerald has 15,267 career receiving yards and surpassed ISAAC BRUCE (15,208) to move into fourth place on the NFL’s all-time receiving yards list.
The players with the most career receiving yards in NFL history:
PLAYER |
TEAM(S) |
CAREER RECEIVING YARDS |
|
Jerry Rice^ |
San Francisco, Oakland, Seattle |
22,895 |
|
Terrell Owens |
San Francisco, Philadelphia, Dallas, Buffalo, Cincinnati |
15,934 |
|
Randy Moss |
Minnesota, Oakland, New England, Tennessee, San Francisco |
15,292 |
|
Larry Fitzgerald |
Arizona |
15,267* |
|
*Active |
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^Pro Football Hall of Famer |
Frank Gore rushed for 61 yards in the Colts’ Week 13 loss and has 13,697 career rushing yards. He surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famers LA DAINIAN TOMLINSON (13,684) and JEROME BETTIS (13,662) to move into fifth place on the NFL’s all-time rushing list.
The players with the most career rushing yards in NFL history:
PLAYER |
TEAM(S) |
CAREER RUSHING YARDS |
Emmitt Smith^ |
Dallas, Arizona |
18,355 |
Walter Payton^ |
Chicago |
16,726 |
Barry Sanders^ |
Detroit |
15,269 |
Curtis Martin^ |
New England, New York Jets |
14,101 |
Frank Gore |
San Francisco, Indianapolis |
13,697* |
*Active |
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^Pro Football Hall of Famer |
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SAINTS ARE MARCHING: New Orleans running backs ALVIN KAMARA (126 scrimmage yards with two touchdowns) and MARK INGRAM (122 scrimmage yards with a touchdown) combined for 248 scrimmage yards and three touchdowns in the Saints’ 31-21 win over Carolina in Week 13.
Kamara and Ingram have both recorded at least 100 scrimmage yards in the same game four times and are the first pair of running back teammates with four such games in a season since ROGER CRAIG and WENDELL TYLER of the 1985 San Francisco 49ers.
The pairs of running back teammates to record 100+ scrimmage yards each in the same game at least four times in a single season since 1970:
TEAM |
PLAYERS |
SEASON |
GAMES WITH 100+ SCRIMMAGE YARDS EACH |
Atlanta |
Dave Hampton, Art Malone |
1972 |
6 |
New Orleans |
Mark Ingram, Alvin Kamara |
2017 |
4* |
San Francisco |
Roger Craig, Wendell Tyler |
1985 |
4 |
Pittsburgh |
Rocky Bleier, Franco Harris^ |
1976 |
4 |
Dallas |
Walt Garrison, Calvin Hill |
1972 |
4 |
*Through Week 13 |
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^Pro Football Hall of Famer |
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RECORD-SETTING RECEIVER: Pittsburgh wide receiver ANTONIO BROWN had eight catches for 101 yards and a touchdown in the Steelers’ 23-20 win at Cincinnati on Monday Night Football last week.
Brown, who has 569 receptions since 2013, surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer MARVIN HARRISON (563 from 1999-2003) for the most catches by a player over any five-year span in NFL history.
The most receptions by a player over any five-year span in NFL history:
PLAYER |
TEAM |
SEASONS |
RECEPTIONS |
Antonio Brown |
Pittsburgh |
2013-17 |
569* |
Marvin Harrison^ |
Indianapolis |
1999-2003 |
563 |
*In fifth season of span^Pro Football Hall of Famer |
Brown, who has 7,611 receiving yards since 2013, also surpassed Harrison (7,594 from 1999-2003) for the most receiving yards by a player over any five-year span in NFL history.
The most receiving yards by a player over any five-year span in NFL history:
PLAYER |
TEAM |
SEASONS |
RECEIVING YARDS |
Antonio Brown |
Pittsburgh |
2013-17 |
7,611* |
Marvin Harrison^ |
Indianapolis |
1999-2003 |
7,594 |
*In fifth season of span^Pro Football Hall of Famer |
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LEGENDARY LANDRY: Miami wide receiver JARVIS LANDRY ranks third in the NFL with 80 receptions this season.
Landry, who entered the NFL as a second-round draft pick in 2014, is the only player in NFL history to have at least 80 receptions in each of his first four seasons.
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CLUTCH WILSON: Seattle quarterback RUSSELL WILSON threw three touchdown passes, including one in the fourth quarter, in the Seahawks’ 24-10 win over Philadelphia on Sunday Night Football last week.
Wilson has 15 fourth-quarter touchdown passes this season, tied with ELI MANNING (15 in 2011) for the most in a single season.
The players with the most fourth-quarter touchdown passes in a single season in NFL history:
PLAYER |
TEAM |
SEASON |
4TH QUARTER TD PASSES |
|
Russell Wilson |
Seattle |
2017 |
15* |
|
Eli Manning |
New York Giants |
2011 |
15 |
|
Drew Brees |
New Orleans |
2016 |
14 |
|
Blake Bortles |
Jacksonville |
2015 |
14 |
|
Peyton Manning |
Denver |
2013 |
14 |
|
Peyton Manning |
Indianapolis |
2002 |
14 |
|
Johnny Unitas^ |
Baltimore Colts |
1959 |
14 |
|
*Through Week 13 |
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^Pro Football Hall of Famer |
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JETS SOARING: New York Jets quarterback JOSH MC COWN completed 26 of 36 passes (72.2 percent) for 331 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions for a 109.8 passer rating and rushed for two touchdowns in the team’s 38-31 win over Kansas City last week.
McCown, who turned 38 years old in July, became the third player in NFL history with at least two rushing touchdowns in a single game at the age of 38 or older.
The players with at least two rushing touchdowns in a single game at the age of 38 or older:
PLAYER |
TEAM |
SEASON |
AGE |
RUSHING TDS |
|
Josh McCown |
New York Jets |
2017 |
38 |
2 |
|
Doug Flutie |
San Diego |
2003 |
41 |
2 |
|
Jim Thorpe^ |
Canton Bulldogs |
1926 |
38 |
2 |
|
^Pro Football Hall of Famer |
— NFL —
DOMINANT DUMERVIL: San Francisco linebacker ELVIS DUMERVIL recorded a sack in the 49ers’ 15-14 win at Chicago last week. Dumervil ranks fourth among active players with 104.5 career sacks.
Dumervil’s sack of Chicago rookie quarterback Mitchell Trubisky on Sunday marked the 50th different quarterback he has sacked in his 12-year NFL career. Dumervil is the fourth active player to have at least a half-sack against 50 different quarterbacks in his career.
The active players with at least a half-sack against 50 different quarterbacks:
PLAYER |
TEAM(S) |
NO. OF QUARTERBACKS SACKED |
Julius Peppers |
Carolina, Chicago, Green Bay |
74 |
Terrell Suggs |
Baltimore |
69 |
Dwight Freeney |
Indianapolis, San Diego, Arizona, Atlanta, Seattle, Detroit |
63 |
Elvis Dumervil |
Denver, Baltimore, San Francisco |
50 |