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Records and Milestones Set in the 2009 NFL Season

Posted on 09. Feb, 2010 by gerakis100 in Football

With the Saints’ first Super Bowl victory fresh in our mind, we take a look at some of the records and milestones set in the 2009 NFL season. Drew Brees and Peyton Manning are here as well.

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* The Indianapolis Colts set a new record for consecutive regular season wins (carried over from the previous season), setting the mark at 23, after a 35-31 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. The previous record was 21, held by the New England Patriots. The Colts finished the season with a 14-2 record and lost in the Super Bowl to the New Orleans Saint 31-17.

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* The Denver Broncos became the third team since 1970 to miss the playoffs after a 6-0 nothing start to the season, finishing with a 8-8 record after losing to the Chiefs on the last day of the season, 44-24. The other two teams were the 1978 Washington Redskins and the 2003 Minnesota Vikings.

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* In the Patriots 59-0 thrashing of the Tennessee Titans on October 18th, Tom Brady threw an NFL record five touchdown passes in the second quarter, leading New England to a 45-0 halftime lead, another NFL record. Brady finished the game with 380 yards and six touchdown passes, with Randy Moss catching three of them. The Patriots finished the season with a 10-6 record, losing to the Baltimore Ravens in the Wild Card round 33-14.

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* Kurt Warner set a new NFL record for completion percentage in a single game, making 24 of his 26 passes as the Cardinals beat the Jaguars 31-17. Warner finished the game with 243 yards and 2 touchdown passes. The Cardinals finished the season with a 10-6 record, reaching the divisional playoff round were they got beat up by the Saints 45-14.

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* Again with the Broncos, this time a positive record, as Brandon Marshall broke Terrell Owens’ single-game reception record, catching 21 passes in the Broncos 28-16 loss to the Colts on December 13. Marshall finished with 200 receiving yards and two touchdowns.

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* Aaron Rodgers became the first quarterback in NFL history to throw for 4,000+ yards in each of his first two seasons as a starter. Rodgers threw for 4,434 yards and 30 touchdowns, leading the Packers into the playoffs and making his first pro-bowl game.

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* Drew Brees, the Super Bowl winning quarterback of the New Orleans Saints set a new regular season record for completion percentage in a season. Brees completed 363 passes out of 515 attempts, a 70.6% success rate. He narrowly beat Ken Anderson’s 70.55% from 1982. Brees finished the season with 4,388 yards and 34 touchdowns.

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* January 10, 2010 – The game that will be now known as the shootout – NFC wild card round, the Arizona Cardinals beat the Green Bay Packers in overtime 51-45, combining for 96 points, a new NFL playoff record. Kurt Warner threw for 379 yards and 5 touchdowns, Rodgers threw for 423 yards and 4 touchdowns. Two Packers (Finley & Jennings) and one Cardinal (Breaston) finished with 100+ receiving yards. Funny things is, the Cardinals won thanks to Karlos Dansby returning a fumble for a touchdown.

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