Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, October 7, 2012
Former Purdue star and current New Orleans QB Drew Brees set an NFL record Sunday night by throwing a touchdown pass for the 48th consecutive game. The record, previously held by NFL Hall of Famer Johnny Unitas, stood since 1960. Brees set the record on 40-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter of Sunday's 31-24 victory over San Diego, Brees' old team (Watch the TD | Brees talks record).
The record-setting performance was extra sweet because it came in a winning effort, New Orleans' first in the opening five weeks. Brees also had one of the better days of his career, completing 29-of-45 passes (64 percent) for 370 yards and four touchdowns.
It's Brees' record, of course, but another former Big Ten quarterback is on his heels. Michigan product Tom Brady threw a touchdown pass Sunday for the 37th consecutive game, making him and Brees the only players ever to get within 10 of Unitas' record that stood for more than a half-century.
As expected, people went to Twitter to congratulate Brees on his record. Here are some of the tweets:
Congrats to @drewbrees & his teammates on breaking Unitas' record. Amazing accomplishment by great QB & leader. We?re proud of you, Drew
— Roger Goodell (@nflcommish) October 8, 2012
Congrats to Drew Brees for breaking Johnny U consec-games-w/-TD record. Many wrote him off b/c of shoulder. Earned record w/ work, toughness
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) October 8, 2012
Congrats 2 my guy @drewbrees 4 the new record & also being 1 of the BEST qbs 2 ever play the game!! @BoilerFootball #BOILERLEGEND @nfl
— Rosevelt Colvin (@rcolvin3) October 8, 2012
Congrats to fellow #Boilermaker @Drewbrees on his new NFL record! #salute
— JaJuan Johnson (@JaJuanJohnson) October 8, 2012
Congrats to @drewbrees on the NFL record! 48 straight games w/ a touchdown pass! #wow #BoilerUp
— Purdue Athletics (@PurdueSports) October 8, 2012
Former Austin Westlake QB Drew Brees breaks NFL Record for consecutive games with TD pass at 48. #txhsfb
— Texas HS Football (@texashsfootball) October 8, 2012
Congrats to you @drewbrees you are a true champion!!!
— Mark Schlereth (@markschlereth) October 8, 2012
An amazing record broken by an amazing man. Congratulations @DrewBrees.
— Ellen DeGeneres (@EllenDeGeneres) October 8, 2012
I'd like to give a special congratulations to Drew Brees on a remarkable accomplishment.
— Barry Sanders (@BarrySanders) October 8, 2012
Brees!!!!!! He did it!!!! Congrats to a great QB and a great career! Manning Favre Elway Montana Marino…..and guess who.. Drew Brees
— Lorenzo Neal (@LorenzoNeal) October 8, 2012
Thought Johnny Unitas' games with a TD streak was close to unbreakable in the NFL. Congrats to Drew Brees, heck of a record to hold.
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) October 8, 2012
And Brees hit Twitter to thank all of his fans:
Great win for the team tonight. Thanks to the Who Dat Nation for making it such a special night. Now let?s get this thing rollin??.
— Drew Brees (@drewbrees) October 8, 2012
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BTN.com web editor Brent Yarina covers football and men's basketball for BTN.com. He writes the popular uniform feature "Clothes Call," which also focuses on the latest cosmetic changes across Big Ten arenas and stadiums. Read all of his latest work here. You can subscribe to Yarina's RSS feed and follow him on Twitter @BTNBrentYarina. |
