UNDEFEATED ONE: The MINNESOTA VIKINGS improved to 5-0 with a 31-13 victory over Houston in Week 5. Since 1990, when the 12-team playoff format was adopted, 44 of the 49 (89.8 percent) previous teams to start 5-0 made the playoffs.
Quarterback SAM BRADFORD completed 22 of 30 passes (73.3 percent) for 271 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions for a 123.1 passer rating in the Vikings’ win. Minnesota is only the second team since 1933 to start 5-0 without throwing an interception, joining the 1969 Los Angeles Rams.
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CLOSE GAMES: There have been 58 games within one score in the fourth quarter through Week 5, the most such games in the first five weeks of a season in NFL history.
Most games within one score in the fourth quarter through Week 5:
SEASON
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GAMES WITHIN ONE SCORE IN THE 4TH QUARTER THROUGH WEEK 5
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2016
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58
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2013
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57
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2004
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56
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2011
|
55
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1999
|
53
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2007
|
53
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2015
|
53
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STARTING ROOKIES: Denver rookie quarterback PAXTON LYNCH made his first career start in Week 5, joining Dallas’ DAK PRESCOTT(five starts), Philadelphia’s CARSON WENTZ (four), Cleveland’s CODY KESSLER (three) and New England’s JACOBY BRISSETT (two) as the fifth rookie quarterback to start a game this season.
The five rookie quarterbacks to start a game in 2016 is tied with the 2012 season for the most rookie quarterbacks to start a game in the first five weeks of a season in the past 25 years.
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RARE ROOKIES: Dallas rookie quarterback DAK PRESCOTT passed for 227 yards and rookie running back EZEKIEL ELLIOTT rushed for 134 yards in the Cowboys’ 28-14 win over Cincinnati.
This season, Prescott has 1,239 passing yards and Elliott has 546 rushing yards. The Cowboys are the first team in NFL history to have a rookie quarterback with at least 1,000 passing yards and a rookie running back with at least 500 rushing yards in the first five games of a season.
Elliott’s 546 rushing yards this season are the fifth-most in NFL history over a player’s first five games.
The players with the most rushing yards through their first five career games:
PLAYER
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YEAR
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TEAM
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RUSHING YARDS IN FIRST FIVE CAREER GAMES
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Eric Dickerson
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1983
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Rams
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645
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Adrian Peterson
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2007
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Vikings
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607
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Todd Gurley
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2015
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Rams
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575
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Billy Sims
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1980
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Lions
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560
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Ezekiel Elliott
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2016
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Cowboys
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546
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PROLIFIC IN PITTSBURGH: Pittsburgh quarterback BEN ROETHLISBERGER passed for 380 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions for a 124.4 passer rating in the Steelers’ 31-13 win over the New York Jets.
Roethlisberger has now thrown a touchdown pass in 41 consecutive home games, the third-longest streak in NFL history.
The quarterbacks with the most consecutive home games with a touchdown pass:
PLAYER
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YEARS
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TEAM
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CONSECUTIVE HOME GAMES WITH TD PASS
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Drew Brees
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2009-present
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New Orleans
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56*
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Tom Brady
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2009-2014
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New England
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47
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Ben Roethlisberger
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2010-present
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Pittsburgh
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41*
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Dan Marino
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1983-1988
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Miami
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39
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Aaron Rodgers
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2008-2012
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Green Bay
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35
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RISING RIDDICK: Detroit running back THEO RIDDICK had two touchdown catches, both in the first quarter, in the Lions’ 24-23 victory against Philadelphia in Week 5.
Riddick joins JAMAAL CHARLES (2010 and 2013) as the only running backs in the past 25 years to record two touchdown catches in the first quarter of a game.
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PRODUCTIVE PATS: New England quarterback TOM BRADY completed 28 of 40 passes (70 percent) for 406 yards with three touchdowns for a 127.7 passer rating in the Patriots’ 33-13 win at Cleveland. Brady now has 38 career games with at least 350 passing yards, trailing only DREW BREES (51) for the second-most such games in NFL history.
The Patriots’ win marked head coach BILL BELICHICK’s 250th career victory (including the postseason). Belichick joins Pro Football Hall of Famers DON SHULA (347), GEORGE HALAS (324) and TOM LANDRY (270) as the only coaches in NFL history to reach 250 career victories.
The coaches with the most career victories in NFL history:
COACH
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TEAM(S)
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TOTAL CAREER VICTORIES
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Don Shula
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Baltimore Colts, Miami
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347
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George Halas
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Chicago
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324
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Tom Landry
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Dallas
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270
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Bill Belichick*
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Cleveland, New England
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250
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*Active
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