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0 -- Players other than Barry Sanders to rush for more than 1,000 yards in their first 10 NFL seasons. |
Barry Sanders rushed for 14.3 percent of his yards against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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.488 -- Detroit's winning percentage in Sanders' 10 years. The Lions are 78-82 since he arrived in 1989. |
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1 -- Rushing touchdowns Barry Sanders needs to become the sixth man in NFL history with 100 in his career. |
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2 -- 100-yard receiving games in Sanders' career. He had a career-high 135 yards against Kansas City on Oct. 14, 1990.
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3 -- Position Sanders was taken in the 1989 NFL Draft behind Troy Aikman and Tony Mandarich. |
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4 -- Players in NFL history with more than 2,000 yards rushing in a season -- Sanders, O.J. Simpson, Eric Dickerson and Terrell Davis. Sanders rushed for 2,053 yards in 1997.
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4.99 -- Sanders' average yards per carry, second only to Jim Brown's 5.22.
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5 -- Carries of 80 yards or more in Sanders' career, three of which came against Tampa Bay. |
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6 -- Times Sanders was held to fewer than 25 yards rushing. |
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10 -- Years Sanders played in the NFL. He led the Lions in rushing every year.
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13 -- NCAA season records Sanders holds. He rushed for 3,797 yards and 56 TDs in his college career at Oklahoma State and won the 1988 Heisman Trophy.
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15 --Touchdown runs of longer than 50 yards, an NFL record.
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25 -- Games of 150 rushing yards or more, another NFL record. |
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43 -- Touchdowns Sanders had in his first three NFL seasons. He had 56 in his final seven. |
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76 -- Career 100-yard rushing games, one shy of Walter Payton's league record.
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153 -- Regular-season games Sanders played in his career. By comparison, Payton played 190 and Brown played 118. |
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237 -- Most rushing yards in a game in his career, also against the Buccaneers. Coincidentally, Brown's career high was also 237.
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352 -- Receptions Sanders had in his career, third on the Lions' all-time list. |
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386 -- Playoff rushing yards in Sanders' six career postseason games.
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803 -- Consecutive carries Sanders had without a fumble, a streak that ended in 1995.
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2,195 -- Yards Sanders rushed for against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the most against any opponent. |
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7,807 -- Career rushing yards Sanders had in the Pontiac Silverdome. |
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10,163 --Yards separating Sanders from second place on the Lions' all-time rushing list. Billy Sims rushed for 5,106 in his career.
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