Their defense only gave up an average of 9.2 points per game.They only gave up 14 TDs all season, five rushing and nine passing, had 26 INTs and only allowed 98.9 passing yards per game. Tampa Bay’s 26-game losing streak, Tom Landry's 29 seasons as head coach for the Dallas Cowboys, Devin Hester's six return touchdowns, Derrick Thomas' seven sacks in one game, Marvin Harrison's 143 receptions in 2002, Eric Dickerson's 2,105 rushing yards in 1984, I'm sure there are other stats you feel belong, but this is a good start.Players who have never been named to the Pro Bowl or an All-Pro team but could play key roles this season WR becomes the seventh Pats player to sit out this season If they played another 2 games, that rushing record would have remained his.Since 2006 when it was set, this record hasn’t even been threatened. And the next guy is one of them…When Peyton Manning was sidelined in 2011 with a terrible neck injury, many fans figured he would retire. Here's the list of the toughest records to break in NFL history. Starting on September 20, 1992 Favre came in to relieve an injured Don Majkowski, he didn't miss a start from then on. While some of them have been set recently, they still seem ridiculously unreachableIn order to maintain a passer rating above 122, a quarterback has to accomplish several difficult feats at the same time all while throwing at least 224 pass attempts.
The NFL has become a pass-happy league and with that comes less running scores. The quarterback would not survive that many hits in today’s NFL, he just would not be able to do it. He played 10 seasons in the AAFC/NFL and one season in the NBL, going to the championship 11 times and winning eight titles.The Atlanta Falcons hired Jerry Glanville to be their defense coordinator and all he did was guide his team to give up the fewest amount of points ever in one season, 129 points in 14 games. Cy Young’s Win Record. Don Shula began coaching in 1963 with the Baltimore Colts and for seven seasons posted an overall record 71-23-4. Most of these records are not going to be broken because they were from a different time in the sport when a team could give up this many sacks and still keep the same head coach.Sure, it was 1932 and scoring was more scarce, but that does not change just how tough this record is to beat. Most Career Wins In A Season. When he announced his retirement at the end of the 2007 season he had the most consecutive starts, 253; 275 total starts including playoffs.His other records include: most career NFL touchdown passes, 442, most career NFL passing yards, 61,655, most career pass completions, 5,377, most career pass attempts, 8,758, most career NFL interceptions thrown, 288, and most career victories by a starting QB, 160.Graham played for the Cleveland Browns of the All-American Football Conference, and the NFL and took them to 10 straight Championship games from 1946-1955. Sorry Mr. Blanda.Only two players, Adrian Peterson and Chris Johnson, have come close to owning the NFL’s single season rushing record since 2009. Only two players in NFL history have surpassed the 120 passer rating mark. Aaron Rodgers played 15 games in 2011 going 14-1 while throwing for 4,643 yards with a 68.3% completion percentage, 45 touchdowns, and only 6 interceptions. You can imagine there would be plenty of shutouts.The Twelve Most Unbreakable NFL Single Season Records It would be hard for any one person coach for 33 years much less win 347 games.Lane burst onto the scene with the Los Angeles Rams in 1952 and established the single season interception record of 14, in 12 games, that still stands today. It is a record sure to live forever. Of all the records in the NFL, this is the holy grail.Adrian Peterson had an amazing season in 2012 when he rushed for 2,097 yards. Transfer fees, goals scored, clean sheets kept, the game is crammed with interesting tidbits that are difficult to break. Interceptions Thrown: Blanda – 42 (1962) With the impatience of NFL fans these days, there is no … The streak ended on the 11th game of the 1960 season and the only other player to come close is Brett Favre's streak of 36 from 2002-2004.Unitas finished his career 40,239 passing yards, 10 pro-bowls, three AP MVP's, three UPI MVP's and two NEA MVP's. When a professional athlete is able to break a longstanding NFL record, it is a huge deal. This will be one of the hardest NFL records to break. World Football is full of records. The only problem was the offense wasn't that great an only scored 179 points for a 7-7 record. The following players and teams belong to this elite group as they own some of the hardest to reach NFL records in history for a single season. He then took over the head coaching duties for the Miami Dolphins in 1970 and coached there until 1995.Over 33 years he compiled 328 regular season and 19 playoff victories for 347 total wins. In 2014, Justin Houston finished just 1 sack short of breaking the single season record held by the current host of a morning talk show. The most amazing part of Simpson’s season was that he only played 14 games and finished with 2,005 yards rushing.
If a player like Dick “Night Train” Lane was around today, he might have 8 or 9 in one season, not 14. LaDainian Tomlinson was a touchdown machine in the early 2000s and he topped it off with 28 scores in 2006.