NFL Week 1 Recap: Football Returns!

Thursday, September 10

    Chiefs 34, Texans 20

        Clyde Edwards-Helaire rushes for 138 yards and a touchdown in his NFL debut

        The Chiefs have won six straight Week 1 games

        The Texans have lost four straight Week 1 games

        Patrick Mahomes ties two Hall of Famers (Dan Marino and Kurt Warner) for the most wins in a quarterbacks' first 32 career games since the 1970 merger


Sunday, September 13

    Raiders 34, Panthers 30

        Josh Jacobs rushes for a career-high three touchdowns

        The Raiders are 5-0 when Jacobs records a rushing touchdown (and 2-7 when he doesn't)

        Derek Carr posts his 20th career game-winning drive (ranking second in the league since 2014)

        The Panthers have lost nine consecutive games


    Seahawks 38, Falcons 25

        Russell Wilson leads Seattle in both passing and rushing yards for the 18th time in his career

        The Seahawks are 61-7 when leading at halftime since Wilson joined the team

        The Seahawks are 7-0 in the Eastern time zone since 2019

        Matt Ryan throws for 450 yards (157 to Jones, 130 to Ridley, 114 to Gage) in a losing effort


    Jaguars 27, Colts 20

        Gardner Minshew II throws a career-high three touchdowns, becoming just the third player in the Super Bowl era to do so while maintaining a completion percentage of 95 or above

        D.J. Chark has three receiving touchdowns in his last three games against the Colts

        The Colts start a different Week 1 quarterback for the fourth consecutive season

        Marlon Mack tears his Achilles, will miss the remainder of their 2020 campaign


    Bears 27, Lions 23

        The Lions become the fourth team since 2007 to lose a game when up 17+ points entering the fourth quarter

        The Bears have won five straight games against the Lions

        Mitchell Trubisky has three or more passing touchdowns in four consecutive games against the Lions

        Matthew Stafford has thrown 22 career interceptions against the Bears (most among all opponents)


    Ravens 38, Browns 6

        Lamar Jackson improves to 20-3 in his career as a starting quarterback

        The Ravens have won 13 straight regular season games dating back to 2019

        Since 2008, Baltimore is 35-0 when allowing 12 or fewer points at home

        The Browns are the only team without a Week 1 win since 2005, the longest drought in NFL history


    Bills 27, Jets 17

        Josh Allen becomes the first Bills quarterback with 300+ passing yards in a game since 2016

        Conversely, Allen has nine giveaways in four career games against the Jets

        The Bills have three wide receivers with 50+ receiving yards in a game for the first time since 2015

        Frank Gore surpasses Emmitt Smith (226) for the third most games played by a running back in NFL history

        

    Packers 43, Vikings 34

        Davante Adams' 14 receptions ties the Packers' single-game franchise record

        Jaire Alexander becomes the third player since 2000 with a sack, interception, and safety in a single game

        Aaron Jones has five touchdowns in his last four games against the Vikings

        Aaron Rodgers surpasses Fran Tarkenton (47,003) for the 12th-most career passing yards in NFL history


    Patriots 21, Dolphins 11

        Cam Newton's two rushing touchdowns ties the Patriots' franchise record for most in a game by a quarterback

        Newton becomes the first quarterback not drafted by the Patriots to win a game for the team since Hugh Millen in 1991

        New England improves to 34-7 at home since 2015

        Julian Edelman becomes the second player in franchise history with 600+ career receptions (Wes Welker)


    Football Team 27, Eagles 17

        Peyton Barber's two rushing touchdowns ties his career high

        The Eagles allow eight sacks, the most since 2007

        Carson Wentz throws a touchdown to both of his tight ends in the same game for the second time

        Wentz has at least one passing touchdown in 20 consecutive games


    Chargers 16, Bengals 13

        The Chargers improve to 3-0 against the Bengals in Week 1 match-ups

        Joe Burrow loses a game for the first time since November 2018 when Texas A&M defeated LSU 74-72 in 7 OT

        Since 2003, quarterbacks selected #1 overall are 0-12-1 in their first career start

        Giovani Bernard surpasses James Brooks (297) for the most receptions by a running back in Cincinnati history


    Cardinals 24, 49ers 20

        The Cardinals improve to 9-2 in their last 11 match-ups against the 49ers

        DeAndre Hopkins posts a career-high 14 receptions, ties the second-most in a game by a Cardinals receiver since 1962

        Jimmy Garoppolo throws his longest career passing touchdown on a 76-yarder to Raheem Mostert

        Larry Fitzgerald passes Jerry Rice (92) for the most career receptions in season-opening games in NFL history


    Saints 34, Buccaneers 23

        Drew Brees improves to 4-2 in head-to-head duels against Tom Brady

        Brees surpasses Peyton Manning (165) for the second-most career games with two or more passing touchdowns since 1950

        Tom Brady falls to 3-12 when trailing at halftime since the 2017 season (including playoffs) as opposed to his record of 38-3 when tied or leading at half

        Brady also becomes the oldest player to score a touchdown in NFL history (43 years, 41 days)

        

    Rams 20, Cowboys 17

        The Cowboys are now 1-7 in one-score games since 2019 (9-3 in 2018)

        Five of Malcolm Brown's eight career rushing touchdowns have come in Week 1 games

        Ezekiel Elliott becomes the 11th player in Cowboys' history with 50+ career touchdowns

        Aaron Donald leads the NFL with 34 sacks since 2018


Monday, September 14

    Steelers 26, Giants 16

        Ben Roethlisberger is now 15-4 in his career on Monday night (best quarterback record of all-time in a minimum of 15 starts)

        Roethlisberger ties Eli Manning (366) for the 8th-most career passing touchdowns in NFL history

        JuJu Smith-Schuster ties his career-high with two receiving touchdowns

        The Giants rush for -3 yards in the first half (fewest in first half since Week 13, 2002)

        

    Titans 16, Broncos 14

        Stephen Gostkowski hits a go-ahead 25-yard field goal with 17 seconds remaining

        Gostkowski misses three of four field goals attempts after missing a total of three field goals or less in 7 of his 14 seasons

        The Broncos lose a Week 1 home opener for the first time in their last eight attempts

        Ryan Tannehill has two or more passing touchdowns in eight consecutive games dating back to 2019


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