INDIANAPOLIS COLTS MILESTONES • QB-Peyton Manning has 74 games with 20+ completions, the most in Colts history (John Unitas had 33 in 206 career games).
• Manning has 6 consecutive 3,000+ seasons and owns 6 of the 12 3,000+ seasons in Colts history (3, Unitas; 3, Jones). He is the only NFL QB ever to have 6 3,000+ seasons to open a career. Manning’s streak of 6 consecutive 3,000+ seasons is the 2nd-longest active streak in the NFL (12, Brett Favre, GB). The other all-time streaks of cons. 3,000+ seasons between Manning and Favre are: 9, Dan Marino; 7, John Elway; 7, Drew Bledsoe; 6, Boomer Esiason.
• Manning has 20+ TD passes in 7 consecutive seasons. Manning owns 7 of 17 20+-TD seasons in club history (6, Unitas; 3, Jones; 1, Earl Morrall), but only Unitas (1959-60, 65-66) and Jones (1980-81) were able to exceed 20 TDs in consecutive seasons. Manning’s streak of consecutive 20+-TD seasons is 3rd-best in NFL history (10, Marino; 10, Favre; 6, Len Dawson).
• Manning (7, 1998-04) has surpassed Marino (5, 1984-88) and Favre (5, 1994-98) to hold the NFL’s longest streak for most consecutive seasons with 25+ touchdown passes.
• Manning is the only NFL QB with 5 consecutive 4,000+ seasons. In 2001, he
became only the 3rd QB in NFL history to post 3 consecutive 4,000+ seasons (3, Marino, 1984-86; 3, Fouts, 1979-81). He set the record with his 4th straight in 2002 and extended it last season. Manning joins the NFL’s overall leaders in multiple 4,000+ seasons (6, Marino, 1984-86, 88, 92, 94; 5, Manning, 1999-2003; 4, Warren Moon, 1990-91, 94-95; 3, Fouts, 1979-81; 3, Brett Favre, 1995, 98-99).
• Manning has started the first 105 games of his career, the most ever by any NFL QB to start a career, and he broke the club QB starting streak of John Unitas (92, 1958-65) at Tennessee 12/7/03. The only streaks longer than Manning’s by an NFL QB are 198 by Brett Favre (1992-04, Green Bay), 116 by Ron Jaworski (1977-84, Philadelphia) and 107 by Joe Ferguson (1977-94, Buffalo). Dan Marino (95 games, 1987-93, Miami) has the 5th-longest streak.
• Manning (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003) has 4 double-digit victory seasons, passing Unitas (3) and Jones (3) as the only Colts QBs with double-digit victory seasons as a starter.
• Manning (198) reached 100 career TD passes in 56 games, the 4th-fastest
streak in NFL history in terms of games played (44, Dan Marino; 50, Kurt Warner; 53, John Unitas; 62, Brett Favre). Manning reached 150 career TD passes in 86 games, the 3rd-fastest NFL pace (62, Marino; 84, Favre; 87, Unitas). Manning needs two TD passes for 200. The fastest paces to 200 are 89 games (Marino), 107 (Favre) and 121 (Unitas).
• Manning tossed six TD passes at New Orleans 9/28 to break the club record for most in a game (5, Gary Cuozzo; 5, Gary Hogeboom; 5, Manning, three times). Six TD passes is one shy of the NFL record.
• Manning had five TD passes vs. Atlanta 12/14 to become only the 5th (now 6th) NFL QB since 1970 to have multiple 5+-TD games in one season (6 at New Orleans, 5 vs. Atlanta). Manning joined Dan Fouts (1982), Dan Marino (1986), Warren Moon (1990), Jim Kelly (1991) and Daunte Culpepper (2004).
• Manning is the only NFL QB with four 5+-TD games (including playoffs) in a one-year span (6, 9/28/03 at New Orleans; 5, 12/14/03 vs. Atlanta; 5, 1/4/04 vs. Denver (playoffs); 5, 9/26/04 vs. Green Bay). He added another 5-TD game at Kansas City 10/31/04. He added another 5-TD game vs. Houston 11/14/04, joining Culpepper as the only NFL QBs with three 5-TD games in one season.
• Manning is the only Colts QB with five career regular-season 5+-TD games (6, at New Orleans 9/28/03; 5 vs. Atlanta 12/14/03; 5, vs. Green Bay 9/26/04; at Kansas City 10/31/04; vs. Houston 11/14/04). He has one post-season 5+-TD game (5, vs. Denver 1/4/04).
• Manning has 198 TD passes in 105 career games, an average of 1.8857 per game, the highest average per game of any QB in NFL history with 150+ TD passes (1.8020, Brett Favre, 364 TDs/202 games; 1.7355, Dan Marino, 420/242; 1.4813, Jim Kelly, 237/160; 1.4219, Joe Montana, 273/192; 1.4033, Dan Fouts, 254/181; 1.3990, Warren Moon, 291/208; 1.3902, Fran Tarkenton, 342/246; 1.3744, John Unitas, 290/211; 1.3728, Steve Young, 232/169).
• Manning had 4+ TD passes in three consecutive games (5, 10/31/04 at Kansas City; 4 vs. Minnesota 11/8/04; 5, vs. Houston 11/14/04) to break John Unitas’ prior club mark of two consecutive games with 4+ TD passes (4, 10/30/60 at Dallas; 4, 11/6/60 vs. Green Bay).
• Manning (60) ranks 2nd in Colts wins as starting QB (118, Unitas; 47, Jones).
• Since 1970, Manning is 1 of 5 NFL starting QBs who were 10 games below .500 and eventually had a record equaling or exceeding 10 games over .500 (Troy Aikman, 15 games below .500 (3-18) to 29 games over .500 (86-57): final starting record 94-71; Steve Young, -14 games (3-17) to +45 games (94-49): final record 94-49; Bert Jones, -12 games (3-15) to +16 games (42-26): final record 47-49; Trent Dilfer*, -11 games (8-19) to +10 games (49-39): current record 51-43; Manning*, -10 games (5-15) to +15 games (58-43): current record 60-45.
• Manning (57) is 1st in regular season starting wins by NFL QBs from 1999-present (56, Brett Favre; 51, Steve McNair; 50, Donovan McNabb; 45, Rich Gannon; 43, Brad Johnson; 40, Kurt Warner; 36, Kerry Collins).
• Manning surpassed 20,000 career passing yards at Cleveland 12/15/02, his 78th career game. It marked the 2nd-fastest pace to 20,000 yards in NFL history (74, Dan Marino). Manning surpassed 25,000 career yards in his 97th game, with the fastest pace to that plateau being 92 games by Marino, followed by Warren Moon (107) and Brett Favre (107).
• In every even-yeared season of his career (1998, 2000, 2002), Manning has taken every snap from center for the Colts.
• Manning had a streak of 10 straight games with 22+ completions end 12/21 vs. Denver. Since 1970, the NFL bests for most consecutive games with 22+ completions are by Warren Moon (11, 1991-92), Manning (10, 2003), Dan Fouts (8, 1984), Kerry Collins (8, 2003), Bill Kenney (7, 1983), Brett Favre (7, 1993-94), Matt Hasselbeck (7, 2002).
• Manning has thrown TD passes in 24 of 26 NFL venues (25 of 27 if counting the Meadowlands twice for Jets and Giants) in his regular season career. The only sites he played in and failed to toss a regular season TD pass are the TWA Dome (St. Louis) and INVESCO Field (Denver). He threw TD passes in four former NFL sites (Foxboro Stadium, Veteran’s Stadium, Kingdome, Husky Stadium). He has never played in a regular season game in Seahawks Stadium, Sun Devil Stadium, Bank of America Stadium, Paul Brown Stadium, Texas Stadium, Ford Field, the Metrodome, Network Associates Coliseum, Lincoln Financial Field.
• Manning has defeated all but six NFL teams (0-2, San Francisco; 0-2, Carolina; 0-1, St. Louis; 0-1, Pittsburgh; 0-1, Chicago; 0-0, Arizona).
• Manning and WR-Marvin Harrison have combined for 75 TDs, 3rd-most in NFL history (85, Steve Young-Jerry Rice, 1987-99, San Francisco; 79, Dan Marino-Mark Clayton, 1983-92, Miami; 65, Jim Kelly-Andre Reed, 1986-96, Buffalo; 63, John Unitas-Raymond Berry, 1955-67, Colts; 56, John Hadl-Lance Alworth, 1962-70, San Diego; 55, Marino-Mark Duper, 1983-92, Miami; 55, Joe Montana-Jerry Rice, 1985-92, San Francisco).
• Manning and Harrison have combined for 668 completions and 8,919 yards. Manning and Harrison own the NFL record for most completions by a tandem. The previous NFL record for most completions was 663 for Jim Kelly and Andre Reed, while that duo still owns the NFL yardage mark of 9,538.
• Manning has 6 consecutive 3,000+ seasons and owns 6 of the 12 3,000+ seasons in Colts history (3, Unitas; 3, Jones). He is the only NFL QB ever to have 6 3,000+ seasons to open a career. Manning’s streak of 6 consecutive 3,000+ seasons is the 2nd-longest active streak in the NFL (12, Brett Favre, GB). The other all-time streaks of cons. 3,000+ seasons between Manning and Favre are: 9, Dan Marino; 7, John Elway; 7, Drew Bledsoe; 6, Boomer Esiason.
• Manning has 20+ TD passes in 7 consecutive seasons. Manning owns 7 of 17 20+-TD seasons in club history (6, Unitas; 3, Jones; 1, Earl Morrall), but only Unitas (1959-60, 65-66) and Jones (1980-81) were able to exceed 20 TDs in consecutive seasons. Manning’s streak of consecutive 20+-TD seasons is 3rd-best in NFL history (10, Marino; 10, Favre; 6, Len Dawson).
• Manning (7, 1998-04) has surpassed Marino (5, 1984-88) and Favre (5, 1994-98) to hold the NFL’s longest streak for most consecutive seasons with 25+ touchdown passes.
• Manning is the only NFL QB with 5 consecutive 4,000+ seasons. In 2001, he
became only the 3rd QB in NFL history to post 3 consecutive 4,000+ seasons (3, Marino, 1984-86; 3, Fouts, 1979-81). He set the record with his 4th straight in 2002 and extended it last season. Manning joins the NFL’s overall leaders in multiple 4,000+ seasons (6, Marino, 1984-86, 88, 92, 94; 5, Manning, 1999-2003; 4, Warren Moon, 1990-91, 94-95; 3, Fouts, 1979-81; 3, Brett Favre, 1995, 98-99).
• Manning has started the first 105 games of his career, the most ever by any NFL QB to start a career, and he broke the club QB starting streak of John Unitas (92, 1958-65) at Tennessee 12/7/03. The only streaks longer than Manning’s by an NFL QB are 198 by Brett Favre (1992-04, Green Bay), 116 by Ron Jaworski (1977-84, Philadelphia) and 107 by Joe Ferguson (1977-94, Buffalo). Dan Marino (95 games, 1987-93, Miami) has the 5th-longest streak.
• Manning (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003) has 4 double-digit victory seasons, passing Unitas (3) and Jones (3) as the only Colts QBs with double-digit victory seasons as a starter.
• Manning (198) reached 100 career TD passes in 56 games, the 4th-fastest
streak in NFL history in terms of games played (44, Dan Marino; 50, Kurt Warner; 53, John Unitas; 62, Brett Favre). Manning reached 150 career TD passes in 86 games, the 3rd-fastest NFL pace (62, Marino; 84, Favre; 87, Unitas). Manning needs two TD passes for 200. The fastest paces to 200 are 89 games (Marino), 107 (Favre) and 121 (Unitas).
• Manning tossed six TD passes at New Orleans 9/28 to break the club record for most in a game (5, Gary Cuozzo; 5, Gary Hogeboom; 5, Manning, three times). Six TD passes is one shy of the NFL record.
• Manning had five TD passes vs. Atlanta 12/14 to become only the 5th (now 6th) NFL QB since 1970 to have multiple 5+-TD games in one season (6 at New Orleans, 5 vs. Atlanta). Manning joined Dan Fouts (1982), Dan Marino (1986), Warren Moon (1990), Jim Kelly (1991) and Daunte Culpepper (2004).
• Manning is the only NFL QB with four 5+-TD games (including playoffs) in a one-year span (6, 9/28/03 at New Orleans; 5, 12/14/03 vs. Atlanta; 5, 1/4/04 vs. Denver (playoffs); 5, 9/26/04 vs. Green Bay). He added another 5-TD game at Kansas City 10/31/04. He added another 5-TD game vs. Houston 11/14/04, joining Culpepper as the only NFL QBs with three 5-TD games in one season.
• Manning is the only Colts QB with five career regular-season 5+-TD games (6, at New Orleans 9/28/03; 5 vs. Atlanta 12/14/03; 5, vs. Green Bay 9/26/04; at Kansas City 10/31/04; vs. Houston 11/14/04). He has one post-season 5+-TD game (5, vs. Denver 1/4/04).
• Manning has 198 TD passes in 105 career games, an average of 1.8857 per game, the highest average per game of any QB in NFL history with 150+ TD passes (1.8020, Brett Favre, 364 TDs/202 games; 1.7355, Dan Marino, 420/242; 1.4813, Jim Kelly, 237/160; 1.4219, Joe Montana, 273/192; 1.4033, Dan Fouts, 254/181; 1.3990, Warren Moon, 291/208; 1.3902, Fran Tarkenton, 342/246; 1.3744, John Unitas, 290/211; 1.3728, Steve Young, 232/169).
• Manning had 4+ TD passes in three consecutive games (5, 10/31/04 at Kansas City; 4 vs. Minnesota 11/8/04; 5, vs. Houston 11/14/04) to break John Unitas’ prior club mark of two consecutive games with 4+ TD passes (4, 10/30/60 at Dallas; 4, 11/6/60 vs. Green Bay).
• Manning (60) ranks 2nd in Colts wins as starting QB (118, Unitas; 47, Jones).
• Since 1970, Manning is 1 of 5 NFL starting QBs who were 10 games below .500 and eventually had a record equaling or exceeding 10 games over .500 (Troy Aikman, 15 games below .500 (3-18) to 29 games over .500 (86-57): final starting record 94-71; Steve Young, -14 games (3-17) to +45 games (94-49): final record 94-49; Bert Jones, -12 games (3-15) to +16 games (42-26): final record 47-49; Trent Dilfer*, -11 games (8-19) to +10 games (49-39): current record 51-43; Manning*, -10 games (5-15) to +15 games (58-43): current record 60-45.
• Manning (57) is 1st in regular season starting wins by NFL QBs from 1999-present (56, Brett Favre; 51, Steve McNair; 50, Donovan McNabb; 45, Rich Gannon; 43, Brad Johnson; 40, Kurt Warner; 36, Kerry Collins).
• Manning surpassed 20,000 career passing yards at Cleveland 12/15/02, his 78th career game. It marked the 2nd-fastest pace to 20,000 yards in NFL history (74, Dan Marino). Manning surpassed 25,000 career yards in his 97th game, with the fastest pace to that plateau being 92 games by Marino, followed by Warren Moon (107) and Brett Favre (107).
• In every even-yeared season of his career (1998, 2000, 2002), Manning has taken every snap from center for the Colts.
• Manning had a streak of 10 straight games with 22+ completions end 12/21 vs. Denver. Since 1970, the NFL bests for most consecutive games with 22+ completions are by Warren Moon (11, 1991-92), Manning (10, 2003), Dan Fouts (8, 1984), Kerry Collins (8, 2003), Bill Kenney (7, 1983), Brett Favre (7, 1993-94), Matt Hasselbeck (7, 2002).
• Manning has thrown TD passes in 24 of 26 NFL venues (25 of 27 if counting the Meadowlands twice for Jets and Giants) in his regular season career. The only sites he played in and failed to toss a regular season TD pass are the TWA Dome (St. Louis) and INVESCO Field (Denver). He threw TD passes in four former NFL sites (Foxboro Stadium, Veteran’s Stadium, Kingdome, Husky Stadium). He has never played in a regular season game in Seahawks Stadium, Sun Devil Stadium, Bank of America Stadium, Paul Brown Stadium, Texas Stadium, Ford Field, the Metrodome, Network Associates Coliseum, Lincoln Financial Field.
• Manning has defeated all but six NFL teams (0-2, San Francisco; 0-2, Carolina; 0-1, St. Louis; 0-1, Pittsburgh; 0-1, Chicago; 0-0, Arizona).
• Manning and WR-Marvin Harrison have combined for 75 TDs, 3rd-most in NFL history (85, Steve Young-Jerry Rice, 1987-99, San Francisco; 79, Dan Marino-Mark Clayton, 1983-92, Miami; 65, Jim Kelly-Andre Reed, 1986-96, Buffalo; 63, John Unitas-Raymond Berry, 1955-67, Colts; 56, John Hadl-Lance Alworth, 1962-70, San Diego; 55, Marino-Mark Duper, 1983-92, Miami; 55, Joe Montana-Jerry Rice, 1985-92, San Francisco).
• Manning and Harrison have combined for 668 completions and 8,919 yards. Manning and Harrison own the NFL record for most completions by a tandem. The previous NFL record for most completions was 663 for Jim Kelly and Andre Reed, while that duo still owns the NFL yardage mark of 9,538.
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