Pass For 300 Or Rush For 100, Part Six

Week Six of the 2011 NFL Season had six quarterbacks pass for 300 yards or more.
Week Six of the 2011 NFL Season had eight running backs rush for 100 yards or more.

We have seen in previous weeks that passing the ball for 300 or even 400 yards does not at all guarantee wins. We have seen in previous weeks how successfully running the ball in the NFL directly translates into wins. Will Week Six of the NFL Season prove out the same results?

Quarterbacks who passed for 300 yards or more in Week Six, break down like this:

Brees, New Orleans  383  LOSS
Bradford, St. Louis  328  LOSS
Romo, Dallas  317  LOSS
Rodgers, Green Bay  316  WIN
Flacco, Baltimore  305  WIN
Freeman, Tampa Bay  302  WIN

The WIN/LOSS record for the teams of theses quarterbacks is 3 WINS/3 LOSSES, for a winning percentage of 50%. Not very impressive.

Take out Aaron Rodgers from this equation (because he is Aaron Rodgers), and the WIN/LOSS results for these quarterbacks becomes 2 WINS/3 LOSSES.

Running backs who rushed for 100 yards or more in Week Six break down like this:

Mendenhall, Pittsburgh  146 WIN
Gore, San Francisco  141  WIN
Turner, Atlanta  139  WIN
McCoy, Philadelphia  126  WIN
Jackson, Buffalo  121  LOSS
Graham, Tampa Bay  109 WIN
Bradshaw, NYGiants  104  WIN
Rice, Baltimore  101  WIN

The WIN/LOSS record for the teams of these running backs is 7 WINS/1 LOSS, for a winning percentage of 88%. That is downright dominating.


Tampa Bay had a 300 yard passer and a 100 yard rusher in Week Six (Freeman/Graham).
Baltimore also had a 300 yard passer and a 100 yard rusher in Week Six (Flacco/Rice).

Year-to-date, here are these statistics broken out:

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

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

300 YARD PASSERS
28 WINS/28 LOSSES  50% Winning Percentage

100 YARD RUSHERS
34 WINS/11 LOSSES  74% Winning Percentage

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

Once again, the statistics are proving out what we have always known:
To be successful in football (and the NFL) a team needs to be able to run the ball consistently well.

(Statistics from NFL.com)