FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1/4/17 http://www.twitter.com/NFL345 2016 NFL RECORDS AND MILESTONES A sampling of NFL records set and milestones reached in 2016: THE TEAMS ARIZONA CARDINALS Led the NFC in total defense (305.2 yards per game) and sacks (48). QB CARSON PALMER passed for 4,233 yards, his franchise-best third season with 3,500+ pass yards. RB DAVID JOHNSON set single-season franchise records in scrimmage yards (2,118), rushing touchdowns (16) and total touchdowns (20). ATLANTA FALCONS Won the NFC South division title for the first time since 2012. Ranked first in the NFL in total points (540) and second in total offense (415.8 yards per game). QB MATT RYAN set a franchise record and ranked second in the NFL with 4,944 passing yards. Ryan has six seasons with at least 4,000 passing yards, the most seasons in franchise history. He also owns the top six passing yardage seasons in team history. WR JULIO JONES ranked second in the NFL with 1,409 receiving yards, his fourth season with at least 1,000 receiving yards, tied for the second most in franchise history. In Week 4, became the first team in NFL history to have a 500-yard passer (Ryan, 503) and a 300-yard receiver (Jones, 300) in the same game. Jones’ 300 receiving yards and Ryan’s 503 passing yards both set franchise single-game records. BALTIMORE RAVENS QB JOE FLACCO passed for 4,317 yards, a career-high and single- season franchise record. Flacco recorded his seventh career season with 3,000+ passing yards, the most in franchise history. TE DENNIS PITTA had 86 receptions, the most by tight end in a single season in franchise history. BUFFALO BILLS Set a franchise record with 29 rushing touchdowns and led the NFL in rushing yards per game (164.4). RB LE SEAN MC COY had 13 rushing touchdowns, tied for the second-most in a season in franchise history. McCoy had four games with 100+ rushing yards and multiple rushing touchdowns this season, tied for the most in Bills history. CAROLINA PANTHERS Defeated Arizona 30-20 in Week 8 in a rematch of last season’s NFC Championship Game and became the first team since Tampa Bay in 2002-03 to win both a Championship Game and the rematch the following season by 10+ points each. QB CAM NEWTON set franchise records in passing touchdowns (136) and rushing touchdowns (48). RB JONATHAN STEWART has 51 career total touchdowns, third- most in franchise history. CHICAGO BEARS Rookie RB JORDAN HOWARD ranked second in the NFL with 1,313 rushing yards and surpassed MATT FORTÉ (1,238 in 2008) as the Bears’ all-time rookie rushing leader. Howard had seven 100-yard rushing games this season, the most games with 100+ rushing yards by a rookie in team history. Howard gained 202 yards from scrimmage (153 rushing, 49 receiving), including a rushing touchdown, in Week 8 and became the youngest player (21 years, 363 days) in Bears history to record at least 200 scrimmage yards in a single game. In Week 13, Howard became the fifth rookie in Bears history to rush for three touchdowns in a single game. CINCINNATI BENGALS QB ANDY DALTON had 4,206 passing yards, his second career season with 4,000+ pass yards (4,293 in 2013), and joined CARSON PALMER (two) as the only quarterbacks in team history with multiple 4,000-yard passing seasons. RB JEREMY HILL had nine rushing touchdowns and has at least nine rushing touchdowns in three consecutive seasons, the second- longest streak in franchise history. LB VONTAZE BURFICT has three seasons with 100+ tackles (101 in 2016), tied for the second-most in franchise history. CLEVELAND BROWNS WR TERRELLE PRYOR SR. had 1,007 receiving yards and became the seventh wide receiver in franchise history with a 1,000-yard receiving season. LB CHRISTIAN KIRKSEY had 143 tackles, the eighth-most in a season in team history. DALLAS COWBOYS Won the NFC East division title for the second time in the past three seasons. Won 11 consecutive games from Weeks 2-13, tied for the longest winning streak in franchise history. Ranked first in the NFL in rush defense, allowing 83.5 yards per game. QB DAK PRESCOTT and RB EZEKIEL ELLIOTT became the first rookie quarterback and running back duo to start a season opener for the Cowboys since Pro Football Hall of Fame QB ROGER STAUBACH and RB CALVIN HILL in 1969. Became the first team in NFL history to have a rookie pass for 20 touchdowns (Prescott, 23) and a rookie rush for 15 touchdowns (Elliott, 15) in the same season. In Week 9, Prescott had three touchdown passes and Elliott rushed for two touchdowns, marking the second time in NFL history in which a rookie passed for three touchdowns and a rookie teammate rushed for two touchdowns in the same game. WR DEZ BRYANT has 67 career touchdown catches and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer MICHAEL IRVIN (65) for the second-most in franchise history. DENVER BRONCOS Led the NFL in pass defense, allowing 185.8 yards per game. In Week 10, rookie JUSTIN SIMMONS blocked an extra-point attempt with 1:22 remaining in the fourth quarter and rookie WILL PARKS returned it for the game-winning two-point conversion in Denver’s 25- 23 win at New Orleans. It marked the first-ever game-winning defensive two-point conversion since the rule was adopted in 2015 and the first to give the scoring team the lead. DETROIT LIONS Earned a playoff berth for the second time in the past three seasons. Had eight wins after trailing in the fourth quarter or overtime, the most in a single season in NFL history. JIM CALDWELL became the third head coach in franchise history to lead the Lions to the playoffs twice in his first three seasons. QB MATTHEW STAFFORD passed for 4,327 yards, fifth-most in a season in team history, and had a 93.3 passer rating, third-highest in team history. GREEN BAY PACKERS Won the NFC North division title for the fifth time in the past six seasons. Have 217 victories at Lambeau Field, surpassing Chicago (216 at Wrigley Field) for the most wins by any franchise at one stadium in NFL history. QB AARON RODGERS passed for 4,428 yards, his sixth career season with at least 4,000 passing yards, surpassing Pro Football Hall of Famer BRETT FAVRE (five) for the most in franchise history. Rodgers and WR JORDY NELSON have connected on 59 touchdown passes, surpassing Favre and ANTONIO FREEMAN (57) for the most touchdown passes from a quarterback to a receiver in franchise history. WR DAVANTE ADAMS had 25 total receptions in Weeks 7 & 8, the most in a two-game span in Packers history. RB TY MONTGOMERY rushed for 162 yards and two touchdowns in Week 15 at Chicago and became the second Packer to rush for at least 150 yards and two touchdowns in a game against the Bears (AHMAN GREEN, September 29, 2003). HOUSTON TEXANS Won the AFC South division title for the second consecutive season. It is the second time in franchise history the team has won back-to- back division titles (2011-12). Led the NFL in total defense (301.3 yards per game). WR DE ANDRE HOPKINS has 317 career receptions and surpassed ANDRE JOHNSON (312) for the most receptions in a player’s first four seasons in franchise history. S QUINTIN DEMPS had six interceptions, tied for the second-most in a season in franchise history. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS WR T.Y. HILTON led the NFL with 1,448 receiving yards and has four seasons with at least 1,000 receiving yards, the third-most in franchise history. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS In Week 16, QB BLAKE BORTLES and WR MARQISE LEE became the first pair of teammates in NFL history to throw touchdown passes of at least 20 yards to each other in the same game. WR ALLEN ROBINSON joined JIMMY SMITH as the only players in team history with at least 800 receiving yards and six touchdown receptions in consecutive seasons. LB PAUL POSLUSZNY had 132 tackles and has five seasons with 100+ tackles with the Jaguars, the most in franchise history. DE YANNICK NGAKOUE had eight sacks, the most by a rookie in franchise history. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS Won the AFC West division title for the first time since 2010. Ranked first in the NFL with 33 takeaways and tied for the league lead with a +16 turnover differential. QB ALEX SMITH has 1,317 rushing yards in four seasons with Kansas City and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer LEN DAWSON (1,253) for the most career rushing yards by a quarterback in franchise history. Rookie WR-PR-KR TYREEK HILL had 12 touchdowns (6 receiving, 3 rushing, 2 punt return, 1 kick return), tied for the most by a rookie in franchise history. Hill had a 95-yard punt-return touchdown in Week 17, the longest punt-return touchdown in team history. Overcame a 21-point deficit in their 33-27 overtime victory against San Diego in Week 1 and became the first team in NFL history to extend a winning streak of at least 10 games with a 21+ point comeback victory. LOS ANGELES RAMS TE LANCE KENDRICKS has 17 career touchdown catches and surpassed BILLY TRUAX (16) for the second-most touchdowns by a tight end in franchise history. WR-PR TAVON AUSTIN has 146 career punt returns and tied LE ROY IRVIN (146) for the most punt returns in team history.