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2017 Nfl Records and Milestones FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1/4/18 http://www.twitter.com/NFL345 2017 NFL RECORDS AND MILESTONES A sampling of NFL records set and milestones reached in 2017: THE TEAMS & CLUB MILESTONES ARIZONA CARDINALS • Became the only team in NFL history with a QB-RB-WR trio to account for at least 300, 100 and 100 total touchdowns, respectively: QB CARSON PALMER (302), RB ADRIAN PETERSON (104) and WR LARRY FITZGERALD (110). • LB CHANDLER JONES led the NFL in sacks (17) and tackles for loss (28). His 17 sacks are a single-season franchise record. • Jones had at least one sack in 13 games this season, the most in franchise history. ATLANTA FALCONS • Earned a playoff berth for the second consecutive season. • QB MATT RYAN passed for 4,095 yards, his franchise-record seventh consecutive season with at least 4,000 passing yards. • WR JULIO JONES led the NFC with 1,444 receiving yards, his fifth career seasons with at least 1,000 yards. Jones joined RODDY WHITE (six) as the only players in franchise history with at least five 1,000-yard receiving seasons. • Jones has 585 career receptions and surpassed TERANCE MATHIS (573) for the second-most receptions in team history. White (808) is the only Falcon with more career receptions. • DE ADRIAN CLAYBORN recorded six sacks in Week 10, the most in a single game in franchise history. • DE TAKKARIST MC KINLEY had six sacks, tied for the second-most by a rookie in franchise history. BALTIMORE RAVENS • Ranked first in the NFL with a +17 turnover differential. • Recorded three shutouts this season and became the fifth team in the past 30 years to record at least three shutouts in a single season. • Became the third team since 1970 (1992 Pittsburgh and 1971 Cleveland) to have at least four interceptions in each of its first two games of a season. BUFFALO BILLS • Earned a playoff berth for the first time since 1999. • RB LE SEAN MC COY ranked fourth in the NFL with 1,586 scrimmage yards. McCoy, who had 1,623 scrimmage yards with Buffalo last season, joined Pro Football Hall of Famers THURMAN THOMAS (five) and O.J. SIMPSON (three) and JOE CRIBBS (three) and TRAVIS HENRY (two) as the only players in franchise history with multiple seasons with 1,500+ scrimmage yards. • CB TRE’DAVIOUS WHITE had four interceptions and became the third Bills rookie since 1980 with at least four interceptions. • White tied for first among NFL rookies with 18 passes defensed, the second-most by a rookie in team history (RONALD DARBY, 21 in 2015). • DT KYLE WILLIAMS has 43.5 career sacks, the most in franchise history by a defensive tackle. • K STEPHEN HAUSCHKA made seven field goals of at least 50 yards, the most 50+ yard field goals by a kicker in franchise history. CAROLINA PANTHERS • Earned a playoff berth for the fourth time in the past five seasons. • Had a fumble-return touchdown (LB LUKE KUECHLY) and a punt- return touchdown (PR KAELIN CLAY) in the fourth quarter of their Week 12 victory against the New York Jets, the second time in franchise history – and first since the club’s inaugural 1995 season (October 8, 1995 against Chicago) – in which the Panthers scored two return touchdowns in the fourth quarter of a game. • RB JONATHAN STEWART (7,318) surpassed DE ANGELO WILLIAMS (6,846) for the most career rushing yards in franchise history. • Stewart (51) surpassed Williams (46) for the most career rushing touchdowns by a running back in Panthers history. QB CAM NEWTON (54) has the most rushing touchdowns by a player in franchise history. • Stewart rushed 16 times for 103 yards and three touchdowns in Week 14 and became the second player in franchise history (TIM BIAKABUTUKA, October 3, 1999) to rush for at least 100 yards and three touchdowns on fewer than 20 carries. • RB CHRISTIAN MC CAFFREY set franchise rookie records in scrimmage yards (1,086) and receptions (80). • LB LUKE KUECHLY had a team-high 134 tackles and is the only player in franchise history with more than 100 tackles in each of his first six seasons as a Panther. • Kuechly had three interceptions this season and has 15 career interceptions, surpassing THOMAS DAVIS (13) for the most interceptions by a linebacker in franchise history. CHICAGO BEARS • RB JORDAN HOWARD ranked third in the NFC with 1,122 rushing yards. Howard, who rushed for 1,313 yards as a rookie in 2016, is the first player in franchise history to rush for at least 1,000 yards in each of his first two NFL seasons. • Howard has 12 100-yard rushing games and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer WALTER PAYTON (nine) for the most 100-yard games by a Bear in his first two NFL seasons. • RB TARIK COHEN threw a 21-yard touchdown pass in Week 6 and became the first Bears rookie running back to throw a touchdown pass since Pro Football Hall of Famer GALE SAYERS on October 10, 1965. • QB MITCHELL TRUBISKY passed for 2,193 yards in 2017, the most passing yards by a rookie in franchise history. • Trubisky passed for 271 yards with a touchdown and added a four- yard touchdown run in Week 14 and became the first rookie quarterback in team history with a passing touchdown and a rushing touchdown in a single game since JIM MC MAHON (December 5, 1982). CINCINNATI BENGALS • QB ANDY DALTON did not have an interception in six consecutive games (Weeks 8-13), tied for the second-longest streak of regular- season games without an interception in franchise history. • LB CARL LAWSON led NFL rookies with 8.5 sacks, tied for the second-most sacks by a rookie in franchise history. • Lawson had 2.5 sacks in Week 3, the most in a single game by a Cincinnati rookie since 2001 (JUSTIN SMITH, three). • WR A.J. GREEN led the team with 1,078 receiving yards, his sixth 1,000-yard season, the second-most in franchise history (CHAD JOHNSON, seven). CLEVELAND BROWNS • RB DUKE JOHNSON, JR. had 74 receptions, the most in a single season by a running back in franchise history. • TE DAVID NJOKU led the team with four touchdowns catches, the most by a rookie tight end in franchise history. • LBs JOE SCHOBERT (142) and CHRISTIAN KIRKSEY (138) became the second pair of teammates in franchise history with 125+ tackles each. Schobert’s 142 tackles tied for second in the NFL, while Kirksey’s 138 tackles tied for fourth. DALLAS COWBOYS • WR DEZ BRYANT has 73 career touchdown catches and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer BOB HAYES (71) for the most touchdown receptions in franchise history. • TE JASON WITTEN has 12,448 career receiving yards and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer MICHAEL IRVIN (11,904) for the most career receiving yards in franchise history. • Witten has 68 career touchdown catches and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer MICHAEL IRVIN (65) for the third-most in franchise history. • DE DEMARCUS LAWRENCE is the third player in franchise history with at least 14 sacks in a season (14.5), joining DE MARCUS WARE and JIM JEFFCOAT. DENVER BRONCOS • Ranked third in the NFL in total defense (290 yards per game). • WR DEMARYIUS THOMAS ranks second in team history in receiving yards (8,653) and touchdown catches (57) and ranks third in receptions (629). • RB C.J. ANDERSON rushed for 1,007 yards and became the 14th player in franchise history with 1,000+ rushing yards in a single season. • LB VON MILLER led the team with 10 sacks and became the first player in team history to record at least five sacks in each of his first seven seasons. • Miller has 83.5 career sacks, the second-most in franchise history. DETROIT LIONS • Four players – TE ERIC EBRON (94), WR GOLDEN TATE (85), RB THEO RIDDICK (64) and WR MARVIN JONES, JR. (64) – gained at least 60 yards in Detroit’s Week 14 win, the second time in franchise history (December 14, 1980) that the Lions had four players with 60+ receiving yards in a non-overtime victory. • DE EZEKIEL ANSAH had three games with three sacks in 2017 and has four career games with at least three sacks, tied with ROBERT PORCHER for the most such games in franchise history. • CB DARIUS SLAY led the NFL with 26 passes defensed, the most by a Detroit player in a single season since 1991. • Slay tied for the league lead with a career-high eight interceptions. GREEN BAY PACKERS • Won games in Week 13 and Week 14 in overtime, the first time in franchise history the Packers won back-to-back games in overtime. Scored a rushing touchdown (Week 13) and a receiving touchdown (Week 14) in overtime in the same season for the first time in franchise history. • Rookie RB AARON JONES rushed for the game-winning 20-yard touchdown in overtime of the Packers’ Week 13 win over Tampa Bay. Jones is only the second Packers player all-time to score a rushing touchdown in overtime (JIM HARGROVE, October 18, 1987). • QB BRETT HUNDLEY had a rushing touchdown in each of his first two career starts (Weeks 7 and 9) and became the first Packers quarterback to accomplish the feat since 1940. • CB DAMARIOUS RANDALL had four interceptions and became the sixth Packer since 1940 to record at least three interceptions in each of his first three NFL seasons. HOUSTON TEXANS • Scored 57 points in their Week 4 victory against Tennessee, the most points in a single game in franchise history.
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