Pass For 300 Or Rush For 100, Part Five

Week Five of the NFL Season included six quarterbacks who passed for 300 yards or more. Two quarterbacks passed for 400 yards or more.
Eleven running backs rushed for 100 yards or more.

In our continuing study of these statistical and yardage outputs, how will these numbers further translate into WINS or LOSSES for the teams of these players.

The quarterbacks who passed for over 400 yards in Week Five are as follows:

Manning, NYGiants  420  LOSS
Schaub, Houston  416  LOSS

That works out to a WIN/LOSS record of 0 WINS/2 LOSSES, or a winning percentage of 0%.

The quarterbacks who passed for over 300 yards in Week Five are as follows:

Manning, NYGiants  420  LOSS
Schaub, Houston  416  LOSS
Rodgers, Green Bay  396  WIN
Brees, New Orleans  359  WIN
Brady, New England  321  WIN
Vick, Philadelphia  315  LOSS

That works out to a WIN/LOSS record of 3 WINS/3 LOSSES, or a winning percentage of 50%.

Take out Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady (because they are Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady), the WON/LOSS record then becomes 1 WIN/3 LOSSES. That equals a winning percentage of 25%.

The running backs who rushed for 100 yards or more in Week Five are as follows:

Best, Dteroit  163  WIN
Green-Ellis, New England  136  WIN
Gore, San Francisco  125  WIN
Matthews, San Diego  125  WIN
McGahee, Denver  125  LOSS
Peterson, Minnesota  122  WIN
Battle, Kansas City  119  WIN
Forte, Chicago  116  LOSS
Williams, Carolina  115  LOSS
Jackson, Buffalo  111 WIN
Dwyer, Pittsburgh  107  WIN

That works out to a WIN/LOSS record of 8 WINS/3 LOSSES, or a winning percentage of 73%

New England had a 300 yard passer (Brady) and a 100 yard rusher (Green-Ellis) in Week Five.

Year-to-date, here is how these results 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
25 WINS/25 LOSSES  50% Winning Percentage

100 YARD RUSHERS
27 WINS/10 LOSSES  73% Winning Percentage

BOTH A 300 YARD PASSER AND 100 YARD RUSHERS
1 WIN/1 LOSS  50% Winning Percentage

The data is still bearing itself out.
It's only Week Five.

It looks like the way to win in the NFL is to run the football successfully.