Lions RB
David Montgomery has logged his 50th-career rushing TD. In his first 25 games with the Lions, he has rushed for 24 TDs. This ties Curtis Martin (Patriots from 1995-96) for the 6th-most rushing TDs a player has had in their first 25 games with a team in
NFL history.
Lions RB
Jahmyr Gibbs is the third player in franchise history to produce 10+ scrimmage TDs in each of a player's first two-career seasons, joining:
Barry Sanders (1989-90)
Billy Sims (1980-81)
Lions RBs
Jahmyr Gibbs and
David Montgomery are the first RB duo in
NFL history to each rush for 10+ TDs in consecutive seasons.
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The
Lions have scored 3+ TDs in 9-straight games, tying the second-longest streak of games with 3+ TDs in a season in team history. They've also scored 20+ points in 9-straight games, tying the second-longest streak of games with 20+ points in a season in team history.
Lions RBs
David Montgomery and
Jahmyr Gibbs have each rushed for a TD in the same game on five occasions this season. This ties for the second-most games in which each member of an RB duo has rushed for a TD in a season in
NFL history.
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The
Lions have started the season 10-1. This ties the 1934 Lions for the best start to a season in franchise history.
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The
Lions have won 9-straight games in a season for the first time since 1934.
The
Lions have won 10+ games in consecutive seasons for the first time in franchise history.
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The
Lions have won 22 games over the last two seasons, their most wins in any two-season span in team history.
The
Lions have not allowed a TD in consecutive games for the first time since 1999.
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The only times the
Lions have not allowed a game with multiple TD passes within the first 11 games of a season:
1. 2024
2. 1934
3. 1932
4. 1931.
The most rushing TDs through the first 11 games of a season in
Lions history:
1. 24, 1934
2t. 21, 2024
2t. 21, 1936
Detroit has also rushed for 100+ yards and a TD in each of the first 11 games of a season for the first time since 1936.
The
Lions have only allowed seven passing TDs through the first 11 games of the season. This is their fewest passing TDs allowed through the first 11 games of a season since 1986, when they only allowed six.
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The
Lions have not allowed a TD in three different games this season. The only other times they've done so in a season since the 1970 AFL/NFL merger were in 1983 and 1970.
The
Lions have not surrendered a TD in 10-straight quarters. The last time they didn't allow a TD in any 10-quarter stretch was from Nov 20-Dec. 5, 1983.
Lions LB Jack Campbell has totaled 7+ tackles in eight-straight games. This is the longest streak by a Lions player since Stephen Boyd had a 13-game streak in 2000.
The
Lions have not surrendered a second-half point in three-straight games. This is their longest streak since not allowing a second-half point in each of the first four games of the 1980 season.
The
NFL's only tandem of RB teammates to each rush for 10+ TDs through the first 11 games of a season:
1.
Lions RBs
David Montgomery and
Jahmyr Gibbs (2024).
2. Packers RBs Paul Hornung and Jim Taylor (1960).
The only teams to produce at least 10 wins, 350 points scored & a +175 point differential through the first 11 games of any season since the 1970 AFL/NFL merger:
1. 2024
Lions
2. 2009 Saints
3. 2007 Patriots
4. 1998 Broncos
5. 1991 Commanders
6. 1984 Dolphins
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The
Lions have only allowed 17 TDs this season, their fewest allowed through the first 11 games of any season since 1962.
Over the last two seasons,
Lions RBs
David Montgomery and
Jahmyr Gibbs have combined for 2,252 rushing yards after contact, the most by any
NFL RB duo. They're also the only duo to each force 90+ missed tackles in that span.(stats per
@NextGenStats).
The only players in
Lions history to total at least 1,100 scrimmage yards & 11 TDs through the first 11 games of a season:
1.
Jahmyr Gibbs (2024)
2. C
alvin Johnson Jr. (2013)
3.
Barry Sanders (1990)
4.
Billy Sims (1981, 1980)
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