INDIANAPOLIS COLTS WEEKLY PRESS RELEASE

New York Jets (10/14).
• Completed 16-of-29 passes for 186 yards and added two rushing touchdowns in a victory over Cleveland (10/21) in Week 7. Became
the third quarterback in franchise history and the first since 1988 to rush for two touchdowns in a single game.
• Completed 26-of-38 passes for 297 yards, one touchdown and one interception for an 89.5 quarterback rating in a 19-13 overtime
victory at Tennessee (10/28). Threw the game-winning 16-yard touchdown pass to running back Vick Ballard in overtime to seal the
victory.
• Finished with a career day as he completed 30-of-48 passes for 433 yards and two touchdowns for a 105.6 quarterback rating against
Miami (11/4). His 433 yards set a new NFL record for passing yards by a rookie quarterback in a single game and topped his rookie
franchise record for single game passing yards (362 vs. Green Bay on Oct. 7, 2012). Became the second rookie in NFL history to
record four 300-yard passing games (Peyton Manning, 1998). His 433 passing yards mark the third-highest total in a single game in
franchise history. His first half passing total of 273 yards is the fourth-highest total in franchise history for a first half (Peyton Manning,
324 vs. Buffalo on Sept. 23, 2001). Luck also became the second player in the NFL with 270-plus passing yards in the first half (Drew
Brees, 314 in Week 7 vs. Tampa Bay) at that time in the season. He threw two touchdown passes, his first to Reggie Wayne (nine
yards) in the first quarter and the second, a 36-yard touchdown to fellow rookie T.Y. Hilton in the third quarter.
• Threw for 227 yards on 18-of-26 passing in an NFL Network Thursday Night Football victory at Jacksonville (11/8).
• Completed 27-of-50 passes for 334 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions at New England (11/18). With 334 yards, he
became the first rookie quarterback in NFL history to register five 300-yard passing outings in his first season, topping Peyton
Manning’s record of four, which was set in 1998.
• Completed 20-of-37 passes for 240 yards, one touchdown and one interception for a 71.9 quarterback rating vs. Buffalo (11/25). With
the win, he tied Sam Bradford for the most wins (seven) by a quarterback drafted No. 1 overall since 1970. Luck became the second
rookie quarterback in Colts history to throw for 3,000-plus yards in their first season, and with 449 passing attempts, passed Jack
Trudeau (417) for the second-most in a season by a rookie in team history.
• Finished the game having completed 24-of-54 passes for 391 yards, four touchdowns and three interceptions for a 70.8 passer rating
at Detroit (12/2). With the win, he surpassed Sam Bradford (seven) to become the first rookie quarterback drafted No. 1 overall to
record eight victories since 1966. With 3,596 passing yards, he has passed Andy Dalton (3,398 in 2011), Matt Ryan (3,440 in 2008)
and Sam Bradford (3,512 in 2010) for the third-most passing yards by a rookie in NFL history. Luck also totaled his sixth 300-yard
passing game of the season, which improved his current rookie record. Luck’s four touchdown passes set a career-high. His passing
attempt total was the second-highest in 2012 (55 vs. Green Bay, 10/7). Luck and Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson were the first pair
of NFL rookie quarterbacks with a game-winning touchdown pass in the final minute of the fourth quarter or overtime on the same day.
The two joined Tim Couch and Matthew Stafford as the only rookies to throw a game-winning touchdown pass with 0:00 on the clock
since 1970.
• Finished the game having completed 16-of-34 passes for 196 yards and one touchdown against Tennessee (12/9). With 196 yards, he
set a new franchise record (3,792) for passing yards by a rookie, topping Peyton Manning’s mark of 3,739 yards. With the Colts
victory, he got credit for his sixth fourth quarter/overtime game-winning drive for the Colts, which is the most by a rookie since the
AFL/NFL merger. He surpassed Vince Young (2006 Titans) and Ben Roethlisberger (2004 Steelers) who each had five.
• Completed 13-of-27 passes for 186 yards and two touchdowns for a 95.6 passer rating at Houston (12/16). Found wide receiver T.Y.
Hilton on a 61-yard touchdown in the second quarter for the team’s first touchdown of the game. The score marked Luck’s sixth
touchdown pass of 30-or-more yards and fourth touchdown pass of 40 yards or more.
• Completed 17-of-35 passes for 205 yards and one touchdown in a victory over Kansas City (12/23). With 205 yards, he set a new NFL
record for passing yards by a rookie quarterback, topping Cam Newton’s mark (4,051), which was set in 2011. Notched his seventh
game-winning drive in the fourth quarter or overtime, which tied an NFL record (previously done on six occasions). He also broke
Chris Chandler’s franchise rookie record for wins in a season (10). With 35 passing attempts, Luck set a new NFL record for passing
attempts by a rookie quarterback (topping Sam Bradford’s record of 590). He also passed Peyton Manning (575) for the most in a
season by a rookie quarterback in Colts history. Pieced together the team’s first touchdown drive of the game in the fourth quarter
when the Colts drove 73 yards in 13 plays, capped by a Reggie Wayne seven-yard touchdown.
• Completed 14-of-28 passes for 191 yards and two touchdowns in the team’s victory over the Texans (12/30). With his first two
completions in the first quarter, Luck set a new franchise record for completions by a rookie quarterback (327), topping Peyton
Manning’s old mark of 326 in 1998. Found wide receiver T.Y. Hilton for a 70-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter. The pass
and reception both marked career longs for Luck and Hilton. Luck finished the regular season with 23 touchdown passes and
surpassed Charlie Conerly (22) for the third-most touchdown passes by a rookie quarterback in NFL history. Finished the season
having won 11 games as a starter and joined Ben Roethlisberger (13), Joe Flacco (11), Matt Ryan (11) and Russell Wilson (11) as the
only starting rookie quarterbacks in the Super Bowl era (since 1966) to win at least 11 games. Luck’s 11 victories give him the most by
a quarterback drafted No. 1 overall in his rookie season in NFL history. Sam Bradford held the previous record of seven wins in his
rookie season with the St. Louis Rams in 2010.
• Completed 28-of-54 passes for 288 yards in the team’s Wild Card Playoff loss at Baltimore (1/6) and became the first quarterback
selected No. 1 overall to start a postseason game as a rookie. Compiled the second-most passing yards by a rookie quarterback in a
playoff game, set an NFL record for passing attempts by a rookie quarterback in a single postseason game and set a franchise record
for passing attempts by a quarterback in a postseason game.
COLLEGE:
• Started all 38 games he played in at Stanford, completing 713-of-1,064 passes (67.0 percent) for 9,430 yards, 82 touchdowns and 22
interceptions, as he set school career records for touchdown passes and pass completion percentage.
• Was a two-time Heisman Trophy finalist in 2010 and 2011.
• Named the Maxwell Award Winner for the National Collegiate Player of the Year, the Walter Camp Football Foundation Player of the
Year and the Pac-12 Conference Player of the Year following the 2010 and 2011 seasons. Was also the recipient of the Johnny Unitas
Golden Arm Trophy and named the Capital One Academic All-America of the Year by CoSIDA in 2011.
• Finished his collegiate career at Stanford with 31 victories as a starter, the most ever attained by a Cardinal quarterback. His winning
percentage (81.5) is the best in school history.
• Helped lead Stanford to 29 consecutive weeks in The Associated Press Top 25 poll, including 22 consecutive weeks in the Top 10.
• Quarterbacked three of the most prolific offensive teams in school history, by helping Stanford amass 461 points in 2009 as a freshman,
a school-record 524 points as a sophomore and 561 points as a junior, the seventh-highest total in the nation.
• With 82 career touchdown passes, left school ranked fourth in Pac-12 Conference history. His career-high 37 scoring strikes as a junior
are surpassed by only Southern California’s Matt Leinart (38 in 2003) for the Pac-12 Conference season record.
• Earned the top two spots on the Stanford season record chart with 37 touchdown passes in 2011 and 32 connections in 2010.
• Finished second in school annals behind Steve Stenstrom (10,531 yards; 1991-94) for the most passing yardage for a career, and his
pass attempts (1,064) and completions (713) both placed fourth in school history.
• Holds the second and third positions in the Stanford season record book with passing yardage figures of 3,517 yards as a junior and
3,338 yards as a sophomore, topped by only Steve Stenstrom’s 3,627 yards in 1993.
• Completed 288 attempts in 2011 to rank behind only Stenstrom’s 1993 total of 300 while his 2010 figure of 263 completions rank
fourth on the Cardinal annual record chart.