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FOR USE AS DESIRED October 28, 2015 http://twitter.com/NFLFootballInfo

WHAT TO LOOK FOR – WEEK 8

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR: The 2015 International Series resumes in Week 8 with a matchup between the and the at London’s .

This is the third of three games to be played in London this season. In the first game on October 4, the Jets defeated the Dolphins 27-14. Last week the Jacksonville Jaguars defeated the 34-31.

The 13 regular-season games played at Wembley Stadium:

DATE WEEK WINNING TEAM OPPONENT FINAL SCORE October 25, 2015 7 Jacksonville Jaguars Buffalo Bills 34-31 October 4, 2015 4 27-14 November 9, 2014 10 Cowboys Jacksonville Jaguars 31-17 October 26, 2014 8 Detroit Lions Falcons 22-21 September 28, 2014 4 Miami Dolphins Raiders 38-14 October 27, 2013 8 Jacksonville Jaguars 42-10 September 29, 2013 4 Steelers 34-27 October 28, 2012 8 St. Louis Rams 45-7 October 23, 2011 7 24-18 October 31, 2010 8 San Francisco 49ers Broncos 24-16 October 25, 2009 7 New England Patriots Tampa Bay Buccaneers 35-7 October 26, 2008 8 Saints Chargers 37-32 October 28, 2007 8 Miami Dolphins 13-10

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PROLIFIC PEYTON: Denver has registered 185 career regular-season wins as a starting quarterback in his 18-year career.

With a win on Sunday against Green Bay, Manning would (186) for the most wins by a starting quarterback in NFL history.

The starting with the most career wins in NFL history:

PLAYER YEARS WINS Brett Favre 1991-2010 186 Peyton Manning* 1998-present 185 * 2000-present 166 ^ 1983-1998 148 ^ 1983-1999 147 *Active ^Pro Football Hall of Famer

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HEAD START: Denver has led the Broncos to a 6-0 record in his first season with the team.

With a win against the Packers on Sunday Night Football, Kubiak would become 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 Rams 1978 7-0 12-4 Advanced to Conf. Champ. Jim Caldwell Colts 2009 14-0 14-2 Advanced to XLIV Andy Reid Kansas City Chiefs 2013 9-0 11-5 Advanced to

Gary Kubiak 2015 6-0* -- -- *6-0 through six games

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40,000 CLUB: Pittsburgh quarterback needs 31 passing yards Sunday against Cincinnati to become the fifth active quarterback to reach 40,000 passing yards, which would be the most active QBs ever to have 40,000+ passing yards at one time. PEYTON MANNING (71,215), (57,904), TOM BRADY (55,312) and (41,531) are the four active quarterbacks to reach the milestone.

In 12 seasons, Roethlisberger has 39,969 passing yards.

Roethlisberger would also become the ninth quarterback in NFL history to reach the mark with one team and the first to do so with the Steelers.

With 31 passing yards on Sunday, Roethlisberger would also reach 40,000 yards in his 163rd game, surpassing Pro Football Hall of Famer (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 Warren Moon 165

Ben Roethlisberger 162* *39,969 passing yards; will play 163rd career game on Sunday

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100 LUCK: Indianapolis quarterback has 97 passes in 53 career games since entering the NFL in 2012.

With three touchdown passes against Carolina on , Luck would reach 100 touchdown passes in his 54th career game and surpass PEYTON MANNING (56) and (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 50 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 and of the 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.

Of the 14 games scheduled for Week 8, four will be interconference games.

A look at the Week 8 interconference games:

DATE GAME TIME (ET) NETWORK Sunday, November 1 Detroit Lions at Kansas City Chiefs (London) 9:30 AM FOX Sunday, November 1 at 1:00 PM FOX Sunday, November 1 at Denver Broncos 8:30 PM NBC Monday, November 2 Indianapolis Colts at Carolina Panthers 8:30 PM ESPN

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. 38-16-1 .700 Week 12 at Indianapolis Colts 34-19-0 .642 Week 8 at Carolina Cincinnati Bengals 32-19-2 .623 Week 11 at Arizona 33-21-0 .611 Week 11 vs. St. Louis

****************************************************************************************************************************************** SUPER BOWL REMATCHES FEATURED THIS SEASON AS PART OF CELEBRATION

WEEK 7: PACKERS AT BRONCOS

The 2015 NFL regular-season schedule features 19 Super Bowl rematches as part of the year-long celebration of Super Bowl 50, which will be played on Sunday, February 7, 2016 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, .

In Week 8, the Packers will travel to take on the Broncos on Sunday Night Football in a rematch of Super Bowl XXXII, won by the Broncos 31-24. The Broncos’ Super Bowl XXXII team will be honored and owner will be inducted into the club’s Ring of Fame. Rematches are part of the NFL’s On The Fifty platform, designed to link the past 49 Super Bowls with this year’s game and honor the teams, players, coaches, fans and communities that have been a part of those games.

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