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
^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
^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
^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
^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
^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
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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 Trubiskyon 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