Pass For 300 Or Rush For 100, Part Nine

Week Nine of the 2011 NFL Season had five quarterbacks who passed for 300 yard or more and nine players who rushed for 100 yards or more.

The quarterbacks who passed for 300 yards or more in Week Nine are as follows:

Rivers, San Diego  385  LOSS
Brady, New England  342  LOSS
Palmer, Oakland  332  LOSS
Rothlisberger, Pittsburgh  330  LOSS
Flacco, Baltimore  300  WIN

The teams whose quarterbacks who passed for 300 yards or more had a combined ONE/LOSS record of 1 WIN/4 LOSSES, or a winning percentage of 20%

The players who rushed for 100 yards or more in Week Nine are as follows:

McGahee, Denver  163  WIN
Murray, Dallas  139  WIN
Lynch, Seattle  135  LOSS
Forte, Chicago  133  WIN
Jackson, St. Louis  130  LOSS
Foster, Houston  124  WIN
Tebow, Denver 118  WIN
Tate, Houston  115  WIN
Gore, San Francisco  107  WIN

The teams who had players who rushed for 100 yards or more had a WON/LOSS record of
7 WINS/2 LOSSES, or a winning percentage of 78%.

In Week Nine, both Houston (Foster/Tate) and Denver (McGahee/Tebow) had two players rush for 100 yards or more. Both of these teams won their games in Week Nine.

Year-to-date, this is how these statistics break down:

500 YARD PASSERS
1 WIN/0 LOSSES  100% Winning Percentage

400 YARD PASSERS
3 WINS/7 LOSSES 30% Winning Percentage

300 YARD PASSERS
39 WINS/33 LOSSES  54% Winning Percentage

200 YARD RUSHERS
2 WINS/0 LOSSES  100% winning percentage

100 YARD RUSHERS
53 WINS/15 LOSSES  78% Winning Percentage

TWO 100 YARD RUSHERS ON THE SAME TEAM
3 WIN/0 LOSSES  100% Winning Percentage

BOTH A 300 YARD PASSER AND 100 YARD RUSHERS
3 WIN/1 LOSS  75% Winning Percentage

Currently for the season, teams who have had quarterbacks pass for 300 yards or more would have a won/loss record total in a 16-game season of 9 WINS/7 LOSSES.

Currently for the season, teams who have had player rush for 100 yards or more would have a WON/LOSS record total in a 16-game season of 12 WINS/4 LOSSES.

We are at the halfway point of the 2011 NFL Season.
Once again, the statistics bear it out.
If a team wants to win in the NFL, a team must be able to run the ball effectively.