KC VS. THE SUNSHINE BAND: The KANSAS
CITY CHIEFS (9-1) and the LOS ANGELES RAMS (9-1), the
league’s top two teams by winning percentage, are set to face off on Monday
Night Football (8:15 PM ET, ESPN) from the Los Angeles Memorial
Coliseum.
The matchup between the Chiefs and Rams marks the fifth
game since 1970 between opposing teams where each had one or fewer losses in
Week 11 or later.
The games in which opposing teams each had one or fewer
losses in Week 11 or later since 1970:
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DATE
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MATCHUP
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November 12, 2018
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Kansas City (9-1) at Los Angeles Rams (9-1)
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November 17, 2013
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Kansas City (9-0) at Denver (8-1)
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November 29, 2007
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Green Bay (10-1) at Dallas (10-1)
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December 3, 1990
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New York Giants (10-1) at San Francisco (10-1)
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November 27, 1977
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Baltimore Colts (9-1) at Denver (9-1)
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Through their team’s first 10 games of the season, Chiefs quarterback PATRICK
MAHOMES leads the NFL with 3,150 passing yards and has a 117.4 passer
rating, while Rams quarterback JARED GOFF ranks second in
passing yards (3,134) and has a 113.0 passer rating.
Mahomes and Goff are two of seven different
quarterbacks in NFL history to have at least 3,000 passing yards and a passer
rating of 110 or higher through their team’s first 10 games of a season. Each
of the five previous quarterbacks to accomplish the feat were named Associated
Press MVP in those seasons, with TOM BRADY accomplishing the
feat twice (2007 & 2017).
The quarterbacks with at least 3,000 passing yards and a
passer rating of 110 or higher through their team’s first 10 games of a season
in league history:
|
PLAYER
|
TEAM
|
SEASON
|
PASSING YARDS
|
PASSER RATING
|
|
Jared Goff
|
Los Angeles Rams
|
2018
|
3,134
|
113.0
|
|
Patrick Mahomes
|
Kansas City
|
2018
|
3,150
|
117.4
|
|
Tom Brady#
|
New England
|
2017
|
3,147
|
110.9
|
|
Matt Ryan#
|
Atlanta
|
2016
|
3,247
|
115.1
|
|
Peyton Manning#
|
Denver
|
2013
|
3,572
|
118.3
|
|
Aaron Rodgers#
|
Green Bay
|
2011
|
3,168
|
128.8
|
|
Tom Brady#
|
New England
|
2007
|
3,059
|
134.0
|
|
Dan Marino^#
|
Miami
|
1984
|
3,094
|
113.7
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|
^Pro Football Hall of Famer
|
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#Named Associated Press MVP
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-- NFL --
WINNING IN WASHINGTON: The WASHINGTON
REDSKINS lead the NFC East with a 6-3 record this season and have won
599 regular-season games since the franchise’s inception in 1932.
With a win on Sunday against Houston (1:00 PM ET, CBS),
Washington would become the fifth franchise in league history to register
600 regular-season wins, joining the CHICAGO BEARS (755
wins), GREEN BAY PACKERS (741), NEW YORK GIANTS (689)
and PITTSBURGH STEELERS (620).
The NFL franchises with the most regular-season victories:
|
TEAM
|
REGULAR-SEASON WINS
|
|
Chicago Bears
|
755
|
|
Green Bay Packers
|
741
|
|
New York Giants
|
689
|
|
Pittsburgh Steelers
|
620
|
|
Washington Redskins
|
599
|
-- NFL --
80 FOR ANDREW: Indianapolis quarterback ANDREW
LUCK ranks second in the NFL with 26 touchdown passes this season and
has thrown at least three touchdowns in each of his past six games,
the third-longest streak within a single season in NFL history.
Luck, who has 158 touchdown passes in 79 career games, needs
two touchdown passes on Sunday against Tennessee (1:00 PM ET, CBS) to join
Pro Football Hall of Famer DAN MARINO (182 touchdowns)
and AARON RODGERS (160) as the players with at least 160
touchdown passes in their first 80 career games in NFL history.
The players with the most touchdown passes in their first 80
career games in NFL history:
|
PLAYER
|
TEAM
|
PASSING TOUCHDOWNS
|
|
Dan Marino^
|
Miami
|
182
|
|
Aaron Rodgers
|
Green Bay
|
160
|
|
Andrew Luck
|
Indianapolis
|
158*
|
|
^Pro Football Hall of Famer
|
||
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*In 79 career games
|
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-- NFL --
RYAN ON A ROLL: Atlanta quarterback MATT RYAN ranks
third in the league with 3,015 passing yards and has thrown for at least 325
yards in each of his past four games.
With 325 passing yards on Sunday against Dallas (1:00 PM ET,
FOX), Ryan would become the fourth different quarterback in league annals
with at least 325 passing yards in five consecutive games.
The players with the most consecutive games with at least
325 passing yards in NFL history:
|
PLAYER
|
TEAM
|
SEASON
|
CONSECUTIVE GAMES
|
|
Rich Gannon#
|
Oakland
|
2002
|
6
|
|
Drew Brees
|
New Orleans
|
2011
|
5
|
|
Kurt Warner^
|
Arizona
|
2008
|
5
|
|
Kurt Warner^
|
St. Louis
|
2000
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Matt Ryan
|
Atlanta
|
2018
|
4*
|
|
^Pro Football Hall of Famer
|
|||
|
#Named Associated Press MVP
|
|||
|
*Active streak
|
|||
-- NFL --
ELECTRIC CHARGERS: Los Angeles Chargers
quarterback PHILIP RIVERS ties for fourth in the NFL with 21
touchdown passes in 2018 and has thrown for at least two touchdowns in each of
the Chargers’ first nine games of the season.
Rivers, who plays against Denver (4:05 PM ET, CBS), can
become the sixth quarterback in league history to throw at least two
touchdown passes in each of his team’s first 10 games to start a season. Four
of the five previous quarterbacks to accomplish the feat were named Associated
Press MVP in those seasons.
The players with the most consecutive games with at least
two touchdown passes to begin a season in NFL history:
|
PLAYER
|
TEAM
|
SEASON
|
CONSECUTIVE GAMES
|
|
|
Aaron Rodgers#
|
Green Bay
|
2011
|
13
|
|
|
Peyton Manning#
|
Indianapolis
|
2004
|
13
|
|
|
Johnny Unitas^
|
Baltimore Colts
|
1959
|
12
|
|
|
Tom Brady#
|
New England
|
2007
|
10
|
|
|
Dan Marino^#
|
Miami
|
1984
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Philip Rivers
|
Los Angeles Chargers
|
2018
|
9*
|
|
|
^Pro Football Hall of Famer
|
||||
|
#Named Associated Press MVP
|
||||
|
*Active streak
|
||||
Chargers running back MELVIN GORDON ranks
third in the AFC with 1,033 scrimmage yards and has recorded at least 120
scrimmage yards and a touchdown in each of his past five games.
With 120 scrimmage yards and a touchdown on Sunday, Gordon
would become the fifth player in league annals to record six consecutive
games with at least 120 scrimmage yards and a touchdown in a single season.
The players with the most consecutive games with at least
120 scrimmage yards and a touchdown in a single season in NFL history:
|
PLAYER
|
TEAM
|
SEASON
|
CONSECUTIVE GAMES
|
|
|
Larry Johnson
|
Kansas City
|
2005
|
7
|
|
|
LaDainian Tomlinson^#
|
San Diego
|
2006
|
6
|
|
|
Fred Taylor
|
Jacksonville
|
2000
|
6
|
|
|
Franco Harris^
|
Pittsburgh
|
1972
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Melvin Gordon
|
Los Angeles Chargers
|
2018
|
5*
|
|
|
^Pro Football Hall of Famer
|
||||
|
#Named Associated Press MVP
|
||||
|
*Active streak
|
||||
-- NFL --
ELITE ELLIOTT: Dallas running back EZEKIEL
ELLIOTT has 4,339 scrimmage yards and 31 touchdowns in 34 career
games.
Elliott, who will play in his 35th career game on Sunday at
Atlanta (1:00 PM ET, FOX), needs 161 scrimmage yards to join Pro Football
Hall of Famer ERIC DICKERSON and EDGERRIN JAMES as
the only players in NFL history with at least 4,500 scrimmage yards and 30
touchdowns in their first 35 career games.
The players with at least 4,500 scrimmage yards and 30
touchdowns in their first 35 games in NFL history:
|
PLAYER
|
TEAM
|
SCRIMMAGE YARDS
|
TOUCHDOWNS
|
|
Edgerrin James
|
Indianapolis
|
4,842
|
38
|
|
Eric Dickerson^
|
Los Angeles Rams
|
4,731
|
38
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ezekiel Elliott
|
Dallas
|
4,339*
|
31*
|
|
^Pro Football Hall of Famer
|
|||
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*In 34 career games
|
|||
-- NFL --
LIGHTS, KAMARA, ACTION: New Orleans running
back ALVIN KAMARA has 1,019 scrimmage yards (546 rushing, 473
receiving) and ranks second in the NFL with 14 touchdowns (11 rushing, three
receiving) this season.
Kamara, who has scored 28 touchdowns (19 rushing, eight
receiving and one kickoff return) in 25 career games, needs two touchdowns on
Sunday against Philadelphia (4:25 PM ET, FOX) to tie Pro Football Hall of
Famer JIM BROWN (26 games) for the fourth-fewest games to
reach 30 career touchdowns in league annals.
The players to reach 30 career touchdowns in the fewest
number of games in NFL history:
|
PLAYER
|
TEAM
|
GAMES TO REACH 30 TOUCHDOWNS
|
|
Gale Sayers^
|
Chicago
|
23
|
|
Steve Van Buren^
|
Philadelphia
|
23
|
|
Edgerrin James
|
Indianapolis
|
25
|
|
Jim Brown^
|
Cleveland
|
26
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alvin Kamara
|
New Orleans
|
25*
|
|
^Pro Football Hall of Famer
|
||
|
*Has 28 career touchdowns
|
||
Kamara, who had 826 receiving yards and 728 rushing yards as
a rookie last season, needs 27 receiving yards against the Eagles to become
the fourth player in NFL history with both 500 rushing yards and 500
receiving yards in each of his first two seasons.
The players with both 500 rushing yards and 500 receiving
yards in each of their first two seasons in NFL history:
|
PLAYER
|
TEAM
|
SEASON
|
RUSHING YARDS
|
RECEIVING YARDS
|
|
Edgerrin James
|
Indianapolis
|
1999
|
1,553
|
586
|
|
|
Indianapolis
|
2000
|
1,709
|
594
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Herschel Walker
|
Dallas
|
1986
|
737
|
837
|
|
|
Dallas
|
1987
|
891
|
715
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Abner Haynes
|
Dallas Texans
|
1960
|
875
|
576
|
|
|
Dallas Texans
|
1961
|
841
|
558
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alvin Kamara
|
New Orleans
|
2017
|
728
|
826
|
|
|
New Orleans
|
2018
|
546*
|
473*
|
|
*Entering Week 11
|
||||
-- NFL --
800 FOR AB: Pittsburgh wide receiver ANTONIO
BROWN has 790 receptions for 10,600 yards and 69 touchdowns in his
nine-year NFL career.
With 10 catches on Sunday at Jacksonville (1:00 PM ET, CBS),
Brown can become the third player in league annals with at least 800
receptions in their first nine career seasons, joining Pro Football Hall of
Famer MARVIN HARRISON (845 catches) and TORRY HOLT (805).
The players with at least 800 receptions in their first nine
career seasons in league history:
|
PLAYER
|
TEAM
|
RECEIVING YARDS IN 1ST 8 SEASONS
|
|
Marvin Harrison^
|
Indianapolis
|
845
|
|
Torry Holt
|
St. Louis
|
805
|
|
|
|
|
|
Antonio Brown
|
Pittsburgh
|
790*
|
|
^Pro Football Hall of Famer
|
||
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*In ninth NFL season
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