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WHAT TO LOOK FOR – A LOOK BACK
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR: The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Detroit Lions 45-10 at London’s Wembley Stadium in this season’s third and final game of the NFL International Series in the United Kingdom.
In the first game on October 4, the New York Jets defeated the Miami Dolphins 27-14. In Week 7, the Jacksonville Jaguars defeated the Buffalo Bills 34-31.
The 14 regular-season games played at Wembley Stadium:
DATE WEEK WINNING TEAM OPPONENT FINAL SCORE November 1, 2015 8 Kansas City Chiefs Detroit Lions 45-10 October 25, 2015 7 Jacksonville Jaguars Buffalo Bills 34-31 October 4, 2015 4 New York Jets Miami Dolphins 27-14 November 9, 2014 10 Dallas Cowboys Jacksonville Jaguars 31-17 October 26, 2014 8 Detroit Lions Atlanta Falcons 22-21 September 28, 2014 4 Miami Dolphins Oakland Raiders 38-14 October 27, 2013 8 San Francisco 49ers Jacksonville Jaguars 42-10 September 29, 2013 4 Minnesota Vikings Pittsburgh Steelers 34-27 October 28, 2012 8 New England Patriots St. Louis Rams 45-7 October 23, 2011 7 Chicago Bears Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24-18 October 31, 2010 8 San Francisco 49ers Denver Broncos 24-16 October 25, 2009 7 New England Patriots Tampa Bay Buccaneers 35-7 October 26, 2008 8 New Orleans Saints San Diego Chargers 37-32 October 28, 2007 8 New York Giants Miami Dolphins 13-10
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PROLIFIC PEYTON: With Denver’s 29-10 victory over Green Bay on Sunday Night Football, Broncos quarterback PEYTON MANNING has registered 186 career regular-season wins as a starting quarterback in his 18-year career, tied with BRETT FAVRE for the most wins by a starting quarterback in NFL history.
The starting quarterbacks with the most career wins in NFL history:
PLAYER YEARS WINS Peyton Manning* 1998-present 186 Brett Favre 1991-2010 186 Tom Brady* 2000-present 167 John Elway^ 1983-1998 148 Dan Marino^ 1983-1999 147 *Active ^Pro Football Hall of Famer
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HEAD START: The Denver Broncos defeated the Green Bay Packers 29-10 on Sunday Night Football, and now have a 7-0 record in head coach GARY KUBIAK’s first season with the team.
Kubiak is the fourth head coach to lead his team to a 7-0 record in his first season with a new team since the AFL-NFL Merger.
The head coaches to lead their teams to a 7-0 record in their first season with a new team since 1970:
COACH TEAM SEASON STARTED FINAL RECORD PLAYOFF RESULT Ray Malavasi Los Angeles Rams 1978 7-0 12-4 Advanced to Conf. Champ. Jim Caldwell Indianapolis Colts 2009 14-0 14-2 Advanced to Super Bowl XLIV Andy Reid Kansas City Chiefs 2013 9-0 11-5 Advanced to Wild Card Gary Kubiak Denver Broncos 2015 7-0* -- --
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40,000 CLUB: Pittsburgh quarterback BEN ROETHLISBERGER passed for 262 yards against Cincinnati and now has 40,231 career passing yards in 12 seasons.
Roethlisberger is the fifth active quarterback to reach 40,000 passing yards, which is the most active QBs ever to have 40,000+ passing yards at one time. PEYTON MANNING (71,555), DREW BREES (58,415), TOM BRADY (55,668) and ELI MANNING (41,881) are the other four active quarterbacks to reach the milestone.
Roethlisberger also became the ninth quarterback in NFL history to reach the mark with one team and the first to do so with the Steelers.
Roethlisberger reached 40,000 yards in his 163rd game, surpassing Pro Football Hall of Famer WARREN MOON (165 games) for the fifth fewest games to reach the milestone.
The quarterbacks to reach 40,000 career passing yards in the fewest games in NFL history:
FEWEST GAMES TO REACH PLAYER 40,000 PASS YARDS Drew Brees 152 Dan Marino 153 Peyton Manning 154 Tom Brady 162 Ben Roethlisberger 163 Warren Moon 165
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WHAT TO LOOK FOR ON MNF: Two more notes to keep in mind for tonight’s Monday Night Football game between the Colts and Panthers…
100 LUCK: Indianapolis quarterback ANDREW LUCK has 97 touchdown passes in 53 career games since entering the NFL in 2012.
With three touchdown passes against Carolina on Monday Night Football, Luck would reach 100 touchdown passes in his 54th career game and surpass PEYTON MANNING (56) and MATTHEW STAFFORD (55) as the fourth-fastest quarterback to reach the milestone.
The quarterbacks to reach 100 career touchdown passes in the fewest games in NFL history:
FEWEST GAMES TO REACH PLAYER 100 TOUCHDOWN PASSES Dan Marino 44 Kurt Warner 50 Johnny Unitas 53 Matthew Stafford 55 Peyton Manning 56
Andrew Luck 53* *97 touchdown passes; will play 54th career game on Monday
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INTERCONFERENCE ACTION: With the NFL’s late-season schedule packed with division games, the mid-season slate features many exciting interconference matchups, including a Week 8 battle between quarterbacks ANDREW LUCK of the Indianapolis Colts and CAM NEWTON of the Carolina Panthers in primetime on Monday Night Football (ESPN, 8:30 PM ET). Luck (2012) and Newton (2011) were both first overall selections in consecutive NFL Drafts and led their teams to division titles last season.
A look at the Week 8 interconference games:
DATE GAME WINNING TEAM (FINAL SCORE) Sunday, November 1 Detroit Lions at Kansas City Chiefs (London) Kansas City Chiefs (45-10) Sunday, November 1 Arizona Cardinals at Cleveland Browns Arizona Cardinals (34-20) Sunday, November 1 Green Bay Packers at Denver Broncos Denver Broncos (29-10) Monday, November 2 Indianapolis Colts at Carolina Panthers ???
The teams with the top five interconference records since realignment in 2002:
TEAM RECORD WIN PCT. NEXT INTERCONFERENCE GAME New England Patriots 43-10 .811 Week 9 vs. Washington Pittsburgh Steelers 38-16-1 .700 Week 12 at Seattle Indianapolis Colts 34-19-0 .642 Week 8 at Carolina Cincinnati Bengals 32-19-2 .623 Week 11 at Arizona Baltimore Ravens 33-21-0 .611 Week 11 vs. St. Louis
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