I hope by now you’ve had time to take a shower, dispose of all used tissues and clean up any excess lotion that may have found its way to the floor. The Rams and Chiefs exceeded expectations, bypassing their over/under of 63.5 combined points by a wide margin. After so much excitement, its nice to take a step back and appreciate the sheer excellence that was on display last night and to digest how these teams will be immortalized in the record books.
Below are some of the most impressive records and statistics from Monday night’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Rams.
Group
- 1st game in NFL history in which both teams scored 50 points
- The 105 combined points between both teams was the third-highest-scoring game since the NFL merger. (CIN and CLE combined for 106 points in 2004 was the latest instance)
- The 14 touchdowns that the Rams and Chiefs combined for are one more than the Buffalo Bills have scored all season
- Chiefs became the first team to score 50 points and lose. Teams scoring 50-plus points were 216-0 all-time before Monday night.
- The Chiefs became the second team to score 40-plus points in both of their losses. (1966 Giants)
- This was the fourth time this season a team lost when scoring 40 or more points, the most such instances in a season in the Super Bowl era.
- The Chiefs are averaging more points per game in losses (45.5) than in wins (34.8) this season.
- The 7,791 points scored league wide is the most through the first 11 weeks in NFL history by 210 points.
Individual
- Patrick Mahomes is the second quarterback to throw at least five touchdowns and lose. The other quarterback was Tony Romo.
- Mahomes joins Ben Roethlisberger (2014) and Y.A. Tittle (1962) as the only players since 1950 with two games of 6 or more touchdown passes in a single season.
- Mahomes had his sixth game of 4-plus pass TD this season which is the second-most in a season since 1950. Peyton Manning holds the record with 9.
- Mahomes is the fifth QB since 1950 to throw six pass TD in a losing effort. Eli Manning(2015), Carson Palmer (2007), Dan Marino (1986) and Charley Johnson (1969) are the other four.
- Mahomes is the first player with five passing touchdowns and five turnovers in a game since Gus Frerotte in 2000.
- Jared Goff became the first quarterback in Rams history with multiple career games of 400-plus passing yards and 4-plus passing touchdowns. Only Peyton Manning (4) and Dan Marino (3) have had more career games with 400-plus pass yards & 4-plus pass TD since 1950.
- Rams linebacker Samson Ebukam became the first player to record a sack, an interception and multiple touchdowns since sacks became an official statistic in 1982.
