A look at seven statistical highlights from games played at 9:30 a.m. ET, 1:00 p.m. ET and 4:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, October 30, the eighth week of the 2016 season.
- Oakland quarterback DEREK CARR passed for 513 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions in the Raiders’ 30-24 overtime win at Tampa Bay. Carr completed a 41-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver SETH ROBERTS with 1:45 remaining in overtime for the game-winning score. Carr is the third quarterback in NFL history to pass for at least 500 yards and four touchdowns without an interception in a single game, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer Y.A. TITTLE (October 28, 1962) and BEN ROETHLISBERGER (October 26, 2014).
- New England quarterback TOM BRADY passed for 315 yards and four touchdowns in the Patriots’ 41-25 win at Buffalo. Brady has 26 career wins against the Bills, tying Pro Football Hall of Famer BRETT FAVRE (26 vs. Detroit) for the most victories against a single opponent in NFL history. The victory also marked Brady’s 48th career win in October, the most in the month in NFL history.
Brady has 25 career games with at least four touchdown passes, the third-most in NFL history behind PEYTON MANNING (35) and DREW BREES (29).
- Atlanta quarterback MATT RYAN, who passed for 288 yards and three touchdowns, threw the game-winning 11-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver MOHAMED SANUwith 31 seconds remaining in the Falcons’ 33-32 win over Green Bay. It marked the third time in Ryan’s career that he threw the game-winning touchdown pass in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter.
Packers quarterback AARON RODGERS threw four touchdown passes, his 18th career game with at least four touchdown passes. Rodgers surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer JOHNNY UNITAS (17) for the sixth-most games with at least four touchdown passes in NFL history. - New Orleans quarterback DREW BREES completed 27 of 35 passes (77.1 percent) for 265 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions in the Saints’ 25-20 win over Seattle. Brees extended his NFL-record streak with his 58th consecutive home game with at least one touchdown pass.
- New York Jets running back MATT FORTÉ rushed for two touchdowns in the Jets’ 31-28 win at Cleveland. Forté now has 51 career rushing touchdowns. He is one of only four players in NFL history with at least 50 rushing touchdowns (51), 500 receptions (507) and 20 receiving touchdowns (20), joining Pro Football Hall of Famers MARCUS ALLEN and MARSHALL FAULK and HERSCHEL WALKER.
- The Washington Redskins and Cincinnati Bengals played to a 27-27 tie in the first-ever overtime game played in London. The third of three 2016 International Series games in the United Kingdom was played in front of a sellout crowd of 84,488 fans at Wembley Stadium.
Today’s tie marks the second consecutive week there has been a tie (Seattle-Arizona in Week 7). It is the first time there have been ties in back-to-back weeks since 1997(Weeks 12-13). In Week 12, 1997, Baltimore and Philadelphia tied 10-10. The following week (Week 13), the New York Giants and Washington tied 7-7.
Washington quarterback KIRK COUSINS passed for 458 yards, the most ever in an International Series game. Cousins has 15 career games with at least 300 passing yards, tying Pro Football Hall of Famer SONNY JURGENSEN for the most in franchise history.
In the fourth quarter, Cousins threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver JAMISON CROWDER. It marked the 100th touchdown scored in London in the 17th overall game in the NFL International Series.
- The CAROLINA PANTHERS defeated the Arizona Cardinals 30-20 in a rematch of last season’s NFC Championship Game. The Panthers, who defeated Arizona 49-15 in the 2015 NFC Championship Game (January 24, 2016), are the first team since 2003 to win both a Championship Game and the rematch the following season by 10+ points each. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 27-10 in the 2002 NFC Championship Game (January 19, 2003) and 17-0 in the 2003 regular season (September 8, 2003).
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