SAN DIEGO STREAK: San Diego quarterback PHILIP RIVERS completed 22 of 34 passes (64.7 percent) for 313 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions for a 123.8 passer rating in the Chargers’ 31-28 win at Oakland.
Rivers has posted a passer rating of 120 or better in five consecutive games, surpassing Pro Football Hall of FamerJOHNNY UNITAS (four in 1965) and KURT WARNER (four in 2009) for the longest such streak in NFL history (minimum 15 pass attempts in each game).
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TE TOUCHDOWNS: Denver tight end JULIUS THOMAS had four catches for 51 yards and two touchdowns in the Broncos’ 31-17 win at the New York Jets. Thomas leads the NFL with nine touchdown catches, tied for the most of any player in NFL history through his team’s first five games of a season (CALVIN JOHNSON, 2011).
The players with the most touchdown receptions through his team’s first five games:
| PLAYER | TEAM | YEAR | MOST TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS
THROUGH FIRST 5 GAMES |
| Calvin Johnson | Detroit | 2011 | 9 |
| Julius Thomas | Denver | 2014 | 9 |
| Many tied | 8 |
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KICK CLUB: Indianapolis kicker ADAM VINATIERI converted two field goals and three extra points for nine points in the Colts’ 33-28 win at Houston on Thursday. Vinatieri has now scored 905 points since joining the Colts in 2006, the first player in NFL history to score 900 career points with two different teams. Vinatieri scored 1,158 points in 10 seasons (1996-2005) with the New England Patriots before joining the Colts.
Vinatieri’s career kicking numbers:
| TEAM | YEARS | FIELD GOALS MADE | EXTRA POINTS MADE | OTHER | TOTAL POINTS |
| New England | 1996-2005 | 263 | 367 | 1* | 1,158 |
| Indianapolis | 2006-Present | 197 | 314 | – | 905 |
| Total | – | 460 | 681 | 1 | 2,063 |
| *Successful two-point conversion | |||||
Vinatieri now has 2,063 career points scored and surpassed JOHN CARNEY (2,062) for the fourth-most points all-time.
The players with the most points in NFL history:
| PLAYER | YEARS | POINTS |
| Morten Andersen | 1982-2007 | 2,544 |
| Gary Anderson | 1982-2004 | 2,434 |
| Jason Hanson | 1992-2012 | 2,150 |
| Adam Vinatieri* | 1996-present | 2,063 |
| John Carney | 1988-2010 | 2,062 |
| *Active |
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WHAT TO LOOK FOR ON MNF: One more note to keep in mind for tonight’s Monday Night Football game between the 49ers and Rams…
MONDAY NIGHT MILESTONE: Tonight’s contest featuring the San Francisco 49ers and the St. Louis Rams will mark the 700th game in the history of Monday Night Football, which debuted in 1970.
San Francisco has a 45-25 record (.643) on Monday Night Football, the most wins of any team in the history of the primetime series.
| TEAM | MNF WINS |
| San Francisco 49ers | 45 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 43 |
| Miami Dolphins | 40 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 40 |
| Oakland Raiders | 37 |
The milestone games in the Monday Night Football series:
| GAME NO. | DATE | WINNING TEAM | OPP. TEAM | NOTES |
| 1 | 9/21/1970 | Cleveland – 31 | New York Jets – 21 | Browns LB Billy Andrews has 25-yard INT-TD |
| 100 | 11/14/1977 | St. Louis – 24 | Dallas – 17 | Cardinals QB Jim Hart throws 2 TD passes |
| 200 | 10/15/1984 | Denver – 17 | Green Bay – 14 | Broncos return 2 fumbles for TDs |
| 300 | 11/19/1990 | LA Raiders – 13 | Miami – 10 | Raiders RB Marcus Allen totals 101 yards & TD |
| 400 | 10/28/1996 | Chicago – 15 | Minnesota – 13 | Bears RB Rashaan Salaam has rushing TD |
| 500 | 10/28/2002 | Philadelphia – 17 | New York Giants – 3 | Eagles rush for 295 yards |
| 600 | 10/20/2008 | New England – 41 | Denver – 7 | Patriots QB Matt Cassel has 3 TD passes |
