NEW YORK – A look at seven statistical highlights from games played during the 9:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. ET windows on Sunday, October 20, the seventh week of the 2024 season.
- With three games remaining in Week 7, five games were decided by seven or fewer points, four teams came back to win after trailing by at least 10 points (Buffalo, Detroit, Indianapolis and Jacksonville) and two teams won on game-winning plays in the final minute of regulation (Detroit and Green Bay).
There have been 57 games this season decided by seven points or fewer, tied with 2022 (57 games) and 2012 (57) for the most such games through Week 7 in NFL history.
This is the first week this season in which four-or-more teams came back to win after trailing by at least 10 points.
The Kansas City Chiefs (6-0) defeated San Francisco, 28-18, in a rematch of Super Bowl LVIII, the 10th regular-season rematch of the previous season’s Super Bowl.
Kansas City is the last remaining undefeated team in the NFL and the seventh reigning Super Bowl champion to begin the following season 6-0 since 2000, joining the 2019, 2015 and 2004 New England Patriots, 2011 Green Bay Packers, 2007 Indianapolis Colts and 2000 St. Louis Rams.
- Jacksonville quarterback Trevor Lawrence completed 15 of 20 pass attempts (75 percent) for 193 yards and one touchdown with no interceptions and a 121.5 passer rating, while wide receiver Parker Washington recorded a 96-yard punt-return touchdown in the Jaguars’ 32-16 victory over New England at Wembley Stadium, the third and final game in London this season.
Lawrence has 1,401 passing yards in six career London games, surpassing Blake Bortles (1,209 passing yards) for the most career passing yards ever in London games. The victory also marked Lawrence’s fourth-career win in London, surpassing Bortles (three wins) for the most wins by a starting quarterback ever in London games.
Washington’s 96-yard punt-return touchdown marks the first punt-return touchdown ever in an NFL international game and the longest touchdown ever in an NFL international game.
- Detroit quarterback Jared Goff completed 22 of 25 pass attempts (88 percent) for 280 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions and a 140.0 passer rating in the Lions’ 31-29 victory at Minnesota.
Goff, who had a 153.8 passer rating in Week 6 and a 155.8 passer rating in Week 4 prior to Detroit’s Week 5 bye, is the fourth quarterback in NFL history with a passer rating of 140-or-higher in three consecutive games, joining Aaron Rodgers (Weeks 7-10, 2011), as well as Pro Football Hall of Famers Roger Staubach (Weeks 11-13, 1971) and Kurt Warner (Weeks 3-5, 1999).
- Green Bay quarterback Jordan Love completed 24 of 33 pass attempts (72.7 percent) for 220 yards and three touchdowns in the Packers’ 24-22 victory over Houston.
Love, who is 25 years and 353 days old, has recorded at least two touchdown passes in nine consecutive games and is the fourth quarterback aged 25-or-younger with at least two touchdown passes in nine-or-more consecutive games, joining Patrick Mahomes (14 consecutive games from Week 6, 2018 – Week 3, 2019), as well as Pro Football Hall of Famers Brett Favre (12 games from Week 10, 1994 – Week 4, 1995) and Dan Marino (10 games from Weeks 1-10, 1984 and nine games from Week 9, 1986 – Week 1, 1987).
- Philadelphia quarterback Jalen Hurts totaled three touchdowns (two rushing, one passing) and running back Saquon Barkley recorded 187 scrimmage yards (176 rushing, 11 receiving) and a rushing touchdown in Philadelphia’s 28-3 victory at the New York Giants.
Hurts has 45 career regular-season rushing touchdowns, surpassing Pro Football Hall of Famer Steve Young (43 rushing touchdowns) for the third-most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback in NFL history. Only Cam Newton (75) and Josh Allen (56) have more.
Including the postseason, Hurts has 50 career rushing touchdowns, becoming the fourth quarterback ever with 50 rushing touchdowns, including the postseason, joining Cam Newton (77 rushing touchdowns), Josh Allen (61) and Pro Football Hall of Famer Steve Young (51).
Hurts has 13 career games with multiple rushing touchdowns, the most by a quarterback in NFL history.
Barkley has 761 scrimmage yards this season, the most by a player in his first six games with a team since Barkley’s first six games with the Giants as a rookie in 2018 (811 scrimmage yards).
Barkley has totaled at least 115 scrimmage yards in five of his first six games with Philadelphia, becoming the fifth player ever with at least 115 scrimmage yards in five of his first six games with a team, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer Curtis Martin (with the New York Jets in 1998), Adrian Peterson (with Minnesota in 2007), Billy Sims (with Detroit in 1980) and Curt Warner (with Seattle in 1983).
- Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen recorded 323 passing yards and two touchdown passes with no interceptions and a 116.1 passer rating in Buffalo’s 34-10 victory over Tennessee today.
Allen, making his 100th career start, has 38 career games with at least two touchdown passes and a passer rating of 100-or-higher, tied with Philip Rivers (38 games) for the fifth-most such games by a player in his first 100 career starts in NFL history. Only Aaron Rodgers (54 games), Patrick Mahomes (49), Tony Romo (46) and Dak Prescott (40) have more.
- Los Angeles Rams running back Kyren Williams recorded 76 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns in the Rams’ 20-15 victory against Las Vegas.
Williams has recorded a rushing touchdown in nine consecutive games, tied with Shaun Alexander (nine consecutive games in 2005) and Ezekiel Elliott (nine in 2022) for the fourth-longest streak of games with a rushing touchdown since 2000. Only Pro Football Hall of Famer LaDainian Tomlinson (18 games from 2004-05), Priest Holmes (11 games in 2002) and Jonathan Taylor (11 games in 2021) have longer streaks since 2000.
Williams, who is 24 years and 55 days old, is the third player younger than 25 years old with a rushing touchdown in nine-or-more consecutive games in NFL history, joining Jonathan Taylor (11 games in 2021) and Natrone Means (nine games from 1993-94).
Additional notes from Sunday include:
- Las Vegas rookie tight end Brock Bowers had 10 receptions for 93 yards against the Los Angeles Rams today.
Bowers has 47 receptions this season, surpassing Eddie Royal (46 receptions) for the third-most by a player in his first seven career games in NFL history. Only Puka Nacua (58 receptions) and Saquon Barkley (49) have more.
Bowers has 477 receiving yards, surpassing Jordan Reed (425 receiving yards) for the third-most receiving yards by a tight end in his first seven career games in NFL history. Only Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Ditka (505 receiving yards in 1961) and Kyle Pitts (484 in 2021) have more
Bowers has nine games with at least nine receptions, the most ever by a rookie tight end and tied with Saquon Barkley (three games), Puka Nacua (three) and Eddie Royal (three) for the most-ever by a player in his first seven career games.
- Minnesota wide receiver Justin Jefferson recorded seven receptions for 81 yards and a touchdown today against Detroit.
Since entering the NFL in 2020, Jefferson has 6,430 career receiving yards, surpassing Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerry Rice (6,364 receiving yards) for the third-most by a player in his first five seasons in NFL history. Only Torry Holt (6,784 receiving yards) and Pro Football Hall of Famer Randy Moss (6,743) have more.
