FOR USE AS DESIRED October 13, 2014 http://twitter.com/NFLFootballInfo WHAT TO LOOK FOR – A LOOK BACK 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 Famer JOHNNY 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). -- NFL -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 Calvin Johnson Julius Thomas Many tied TEAM Detroit Denver YEAR 2011 2014 MOST TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS THROUGH FIRST 5 GAMES 9 9 8 -- NFL -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 New England 1996-2005 263 Indianapolis 2006-Present 197 Total -460 *Successful two-point conversion EXTRA POINTS MADE 367 314 681 OTHER 1* -1 TOTAL POINTS 1,158 905 2,063 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 Morten Andersen Gary Anderson Jason Hanson Adam Vinatieri* John Carney *Active YEARS 1982-2007 1982-2004 1992-2012 1996-present 1988-2010 POINTS 2,544 2,434 2,150 2,063 2,062 -- NFL -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 San Francisco 49ers Dallas Cowboys Miami Dolphins Pittsburgh Steelers Oakland Raiders MNF WINS 45 43 40 40 37 The milestone games in the Monday Night Football series: GAME NO. 1 100 200 300 400 500 600 DATE 9/21/1970 11/14/1977 10/15/1984 11/19/1990 10/28/1996 10/28/2002 10/20/2008 WINNING TEAM Cleveland - 31 St. Louis - 24 Denver - 17 LA Raiders - 13 Chicago - 15 Philadelphia - 17 New England - 41 OPP. TEAM New York Jets - 21 Dallas - 17 Green Bay - 14 Miami - 10 Minnesota - 13 New York Giants - 3 Denver - 7 ### NOTES Browns LB Billy Andrews has 25-yard INT-TD Cardinals QB Jim Hart throws 2 TD passes Broncos return 2 fumbles for TDs Raiders RB Marcus Allen totals 101 yards & TD Bears RB Rashaan Salaam has rushing TD Eagles rush for 295 yards Patriots QB Matt Cassel has 3 TD passes