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throwing at least three touchdowns.
‣ finished the home opener vs. Kansas City (9/18) 23-of-39 (58.9 pct) for
294 yards and 4 touchdowns, ending the day with a 106.1 passer rating.
His four touchdown passes marked the third career game of having at
least 4 touchdown passes.
‣ By recording back-to-back games with a passer rating over 100.0
(118.9 the previous week at Tampa Bay), he accomplished that feat
for the first time for the lions since QB Jon Kitna in 2007 (100.5 at
Philadelphia 9//23 and vs. Chicago 9/30). it is the first time that a lions
quarterback had a passer rating over 100.0 in the first two games of
the season since Gary Danielson in 1984 (119.6 vs. san francisco, 9/24
and 110.2 at atlanta 9/9).
‣ stafford found Wr Calvin Johnson on 2 touchdown passes in the game,
marking the second time in the season’s first two games that they connected
for 2 touchdowns. With the performance, stafford had thrown 7
touchdown passes to Johnson in his previous three games (including
last year’s win vs. Washington 10/31/10).
‣ Helped turn the lions 20-0 halftime deficit at Minnesota (9/25) into a
26-23 win in overtime by completing 32-of-46 passes (69.6 pct) for 378
yards and 2 touchdowns. He finished with a quarterback rating of 108.8.
‣ after trailing at halftime 20-0, stafford completed 22-of-30 passes for
314 yards and 2 touchdowns with a passer rating of 129.0 in the second
half and overtime. His 314 yards in the second half and overtime. His
314 yards in the second half and overtime were the most in the league
in 2011 after halftime in a single game.
‣ stafford’s 378 yards was his third career game throwing for 300+ yards.
He had three 300-yard games in his first 16 career starts.
‣ With two passing touchdowns, both to Wr Calvin Johnson, stafford
become only the second lions quarterback (Milt Plum, 1962) to throw
for 9 touchdowns in the season’s first three games.
‣ With 378 yards in the lions win at Minnesota (9/25), stafford accumulated
977 yards in the season’s first three games. He became
the 8th lions quarterback (9 times overall) to register 900 yards in a
three-game stretch, and his 977 yards marked the third-most all-time
in team history in a three-game span. With regards to the first three
games of the season, stafford’s 977 were the second-most all-time to
begin a season in franchise history.
‣ Through three games, stafford registered a 110.7 passer rating. He
became the fifth quarterback in team history to accumulate a 100.0
passer rating through the season’s first three games.
‣ at Dallas (10/2), engineered his fourth career comeback win. finished
the day 21-of-43 for 240 yards and 2 touchdowns. in the fourth quarter,
he was 10-of-16 for 121 yards and completed both scores for a fourth
quarter QB rating of 125.3.
‣ stafford was 19-of-26 for 219 yards and had 2 touchdown passes in
the lions 24-13 win vs. Chicago to push the team’s record to 5-0, their
best start since 1956. He connected with Wr Calvin Johnson on a 73-
yard touchdown pass, the second time in his career he connected with
Johnson on a 70+-yard TD pass.
‣ Connected on 28-of-50 passes for 293 yards and threw for 2 touchdowns
vs. san francisco (10/16). He threw 2 touchdown passes in each of the
season’s first six games.
‣ He was 21-of-30 for 267 yards and 3 touchdowns at Denver (10/30).
His passer rating was 130.8. The 130.8 rating was the highest of his
career. He connected on touchdown passes of 56 (Calvin Johnson) and
41 yards (Titus young).
‣ His 63 passing attempts at Chicago (11/13) set a new franchise record
for a single game.
‣ He threw for 329 yards at Chicago (11/13) which was his fourth career
300-yard passing game. That tied Gary Danielson for fourth on the lions
all-time list for career 300-yard passing games.
‣ stafford connected on 5 touchdown passes vs. Carolina (11/20) which
tied a team single-game record (Gary Danielson vs. Min 12/9/78 and
stafford vs. Cle 11/22/09).
‣ stafford became the first player in team history to throw 5 touchdowns
twice during his career.
‣ He also became the first player in team history to pass for 4 touchdowns
in game four times in his career. He broke the previous mark
set by Hall of fame QB Bobby layne who had 3 career games with
4 touchdown passes.
‣ By passing for 335 yards vs. Carolina (11/20), he reached 5 career 300-
yard games tying layne for the third-most in team history.
‣ stafford’s 77.8 completion percentage was the highest single-game
tally for a lions quarterback with at least 35 pass attempts.
‣ Through the first 10 games, stafford threw for 2,843 yards. it was the
highest total by a lions quarterback through 10 games in team history.
The previous high was 2,673 by QB Jon Kitna in 2007.
‣ He also had 25 touchdown passes on the year, tying him with layne (25,
1951) for the most touchdown passes through 10 games in team history.
‣ it was the fifth time in stafford’s career that he led the lions to victory
after trailing or being tied in the fourth quarter.
‣ in stafford’s two career games with 5 touchdown passes, he found 5
different receivers for scores in both games.
‣ He threw for 276 yards vs. Green Bay (11/24), moving his season total
to 3,119. He had the most passing yards by any lions quarterback
through the season’s first 11 games in team history (previous best
was QB Jon Kitna 2,897 in 2007). His became the first quarterback in
franchise history to throw for 3,000 yards in the season’s first 11 games.
‣ He also threw a touchdown pass to Calvin Johnson in the fourth quarter
giving him 26 touchdowns on the season. He tied Hall of fame QB
Bobby layne (26, 1951) for the second-highest single-season tally in
team history. QB scott Mitchell holds the team record with 32 in 1995.
‣ stafford’s 26 touchdown passes through 11 games tied layne (26,
1951) for the most touchdown passes by a lions quarterback through
11 games in team history.
‣ He also added a 22-yard rush vs. Green Bay – the longest run of
his career,
‣ stafford completed 31-of-44 passes (70.5 pct) for 408 yards and 1
TD with a passer rating of 97.5 at New orleans (12/4). it was the
fourth game in 2011 that he completed over 30 passes and the fifth
time he passed for 300 yards. additionally, he completed passes to
10 different receivers.
‣ He became the first quarterback in team history to register two 400-
yard passing games.
‣ stafford surpassed 300 yards for the sixth time in his career. He passed
Hall of fame QB Bobby layne (5) for third on the lions all-time list for
career 300-yard passing games.
‣ With 31 pass completions vs. the saints, stafford passed QB scott
Mitchell (293 in 1997) for fifth on the team’s single-season pass completions
list. He reached 307 on the season.
‣ By reaching 300 pass completions in 2011, he become the fourth passer
in team history to record 300 completions in a season, the fifth time
overall that a quarterback accomplished this feat. He joined QB Jon
Kitna (372 in 2006, 355 in 2007), QB scott Mitchell (346 in 1995) and
QB Joey Harrington (309 in 2003) to complete 300 passes in a year.
‣ stafford’s 9-yard pass to rB Maurice Morris near the end of the third
quarter was his 27th on the season. He moved past Hall of fame QB
Bobby layne (26, 1951) for the second-most touchdowns by a lions
quarterback in a single-season.
‣ His 408 yards moved his season total to 3,527 yards. against the saints,
he passed QB Gary Danielson (3223 in 1980) and QB scott Mitchell
(3,484 in 1997) to move to fourth place on the team’s single-season
passing yards list.
‣ He completed 20-of-29 passes (68.9 pct) for 227 yards and 2 touchdowns
vs. Minnesota (12/11). He threw a touchdown pass in 15
consecutive games. and at least 2 touchdown passes in nine of the
lions 13 games in 2011.
‣ He reached the most completions (Jon Kitna, 309 in 2006), yards (scott
Mitchell, 3470 in 1995) and touchdown passes (scott Mitchell, 26 in
1995) through the first 13 games of a season for a lions quarterback.
‣ He went 29-of-55 (55.8 pct.) for 391 yards and 4 touchdowns at oakland
(12/18). With 4 touchdowns, he broke the lions single-season
touchdown record with 33 this season. He passed QB scott Mitchell
who threw for 32 in 1995.
‣ against oakland, stafford led the lions on a 7-play, 98-yard drive with
2:14 left and no timeouts that resulted in a 6-yard pass to Wr Calvin
Johnson with :39 seconds to play in the game to capture the lead at
28-27. on the previous fourth quarter drive, stafford led the lions on
a 7-play, 71-yard drive to culminated with a 3-yard pass to rookie
Wr Titus young with 4:49 left to play that moved the lions within
six points at 27-21.
‣ He threw for 143 yards on the lions final two drives that resulted in
touchdowns, including 91 on the game-winning drive.
‣ stafford also converted perhaps the biggest fourth-down conversion of
the season with the lions facing 4th-and-2 at the oakland 8-yards line
with 5:36 left to play and trailing 27-14. He took the snap in shotgun
formation and ran a quarterback draw that was originally called a
pass play. stafford ran for the first down when the rest of the offense
was playing the pass play called. He gave the team a first down and
on the next play stafford converted the touchdown on the next play.
‣ stafford went 29-of-36 for 373 yards and 3 touchdowns vs. san Diego
(12/24). His 80.6 completion percentage set a new team single-game
record for completion percentage by a passer with at least 25 attempts
and his 137.6 rating is the highest by a lions quarterback in a game by
a quarterback who registered at least 35 pass attempts.
‣ in the season finale, stafford completed 36-of-59 passes for 520 yards
and 5 touchdowns. He broke the franchise’s single-game record for
passing yards (previous: 446 by Jon Kitna 9/23/07). He tied the team
single-season record for completions with 36 (Charlie Batch at arizona
11/18/01) and touchdowns (stafford vs. Cleveland 11/22/09 and vs.
Carolina 11/20/11; Gary Danielson vs. Minnesota 12/9/78). stafford’s 5
touchdowns at Green Bay were the most ever thrown in a road game
by a lions quarterback.
‣ He threw 5 touchdowns for the third time in his career, and second
time this season.
‣ His 59 pass attempts are the third-most in team history and the second
highest of his career.
COLLEGE
stafford closed out his three-year career at Georgia ranking third on the
school’s all-time record list for yards passing (7,731), pass attempts (987),
completed passes (564), touchdown passes (51), touchdowns responsible
for (57), and yards in total offense (7,944). in 34 starting assignments, he
compiled a 27-7 record (.794).
‣ stafford enjoyed his most successful collegiate season in 2008 starting
in all 13 games and completed 235-of-383 passes (both fourth on the
school season-record list) for 3,459 yards (second-best season total
by a Bulldog passer), compiling a 61.36 pass completion percentage. He
also set the Bulldog season-record with 25 touchdown tosses and 10
interceptions and averaged 9.03 yards per pass attempt, the third-best
season total in Georgia history. His passing efficiency rating of 153.54
is the second-best annual mark in school annals. also ran for 40 yards
and a score on 55 carries (0.7 avg).
‣ on 423 plays, he amassed a school season-record 3,499 yards in total
offense (269.15 yards per game), along with being responsible for 26
touchdowns (third on the Georgia season-record list).