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Most punts, season: 114, Bob Parsons, ... Bobby Hebert, 36 years, 62 days (NFL) Oldest player to record first rushing attempt: Charles Woodson, 39 years, ...
Passing for 5,000 yards in a single regular season is a rare achievement in the National Football League (NFL). Nine quarterbacks have accomplished the feat. Marino's record of 5,084 yards set during the 1984 season remained intact for 24 years, and for over a decade after his 1999 retirement. [1]
LaDainian Tomlinson holds the single-season scoring record with 186 in 2006. In American football, scoring can be achieved via touchdown (six points), a field goal (three points), a safety (two points), or by conversion try. After a touchdown is scored, a team will attempt a conversion try, often called the point after touchdown (PAT), for either one or two points. The National Football League ...
No player has hit more than 42 homers and stolen 46 bases in a single season since Alex Rodríguez did so in 1998. Last year, Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. posted a 40-70 season .
The first 2,000-yard season was recorded in 1973 by Buffalo Bills running back O. J. Simpson. Simpson is the only player ever to have surpassed 2,000 yards in a 14-game season; all others occurred in 16 or 17-game seasons. He finished the season with 2,003 rushing yards, averaging six yards per carry and an NFL-record 143.1 rushing yards per ...
Bases on balls: 137 Roy Cullenbine (1947) Strikeouts: 182 Cecil Fielder (1990) Stolen bases: 96 Ty Cobb (1915) Singles: 169 Ty Cobb (1911) Runs created: 172 Hank Greenberg (1937) Extra-base hits: 103 Hank Greenberg (1937) Times on base: 336 Ty Cobb (1915) Hit by pitch: 24 Bill Freehan (1968) Sacrifice hits: 52 Donie Bush (1909)
Peyton Manning holds the single-season passing yards record, passing for 5,477 yards in 2013. In American football, passing, along with running (also referred to as rushing), is one of the two main methods of advancing the ball down the field. Passes are typically attempted by the quarterback, but any offensive player can attempt a pass provided they are behind the line of scrimmage. To ...
The 1950 Los Angeles Rams, the best offensive team in NFL history in terms of average points (466 in 12 games, 38.8 PPG), scored 70 points, one of only three teams to ever do so. The following week, they beat the Detroit Lions 65–24, including an NFL record 41 points in one quarter. They are the only team in NFL history to score 60-or-more ...