INDIANAPOLIS COLTS WEEKLY PRESS RELEASE

ROBERT MATHIS
Outside Linebacker 6-2 246 Alabama A&M
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NFL Exp: 11 (11th Year With Colts)
How Acquired: D5 – 2003 (138th overall)
Born: 2/26/81
GP/GS (Postseason): 152/88 (16/9)
CAREER TRANSACTIONS:
• Selected by the Colts in the fifth-round (138th overall) of the 2003 NFL Draft.
PRO CAREER:
• Named to five consecutive Pro Bowls (2008-2012).
• Named the team’s recipient of the 2011 Ed Block Courage Award.
• Became the 30th player in NFL history to total 100.0 career sacks following a 2.0-sack performance in a victory against Seattle (Oct.
6, 2013).
• Ranks second all-time in franchise history with 101.0 sacks.
• Has four career 10.0-plus sack seasons, including a team-leading 11.0 in 2010.
• Has compiled 24 multiple-sack contests and two career 3.0-plus sack games.
• Compiled a string of four-straight multiple-sack games in 2013 (vs. Miami (9/15, 2.0), at San Francisco (9/22, 1.5), at Jacksonville
(9/29, 3.0) and vs. Seattle (10/6, 2.0).
• In 2005, set an NFL record with sacks in eight consecutive games to start a season. His streak of eight games ranks as the secondlongest
in club history (Dwight Freeney, nine).
• Also had a streak of eight consecutive games with a sack spanning the last two games of 2011 and the first six games of the 2012
season.
• Along with Dwight Freeney, became the first defensive end tandem since 1970 from the same team to be named to three consecutive
Pro Bowls.
• Mathis and Freeney had 10.0-plus sacks each in 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2010, surpassing Reggie White and Clyde Simmons for the
most seasons of 10.0-plus sacks each by teammates in NFL history.
• Mathis and Freeney combined for 21.0 sacks in 2010, the fifth time they have topped 20.0 sacks as a duo (26.5, 2004; 22.5, 2005;
22.0, 2008; 23.0, 2009).
• Named AFC Defensive Player of the Week on three occasions (2005, 2008, 2011) and AFC Defensive Player of the Month two times
(November 2009 and September 2010).
2013 (COLTS):
• Started at RUSH linebacker in the regular season opener against Oakland (9/8). Finished the game with six tackles (four solo) and the
team’s lone sack of the game (16-yard loss), which came at a pivotal moment in the fourth quarter on the Raiders final possession of
the game.
• Logged 2.0 sacks against Miami (9/15) and added a forced fumble on his first quarterback takedown in the third quarter. The sacks
moved him past Henry Thomas for 37th place on the NFL’s all-time sack list (94.5) as he registered his 21st career multiple-sack
contest. Has also totaled sacks in three consecutive games against Miami dating back to 2009. The forced fumble for Mathis was the
41st of his career. Finished the game with seven solo tackles and topped 500 stops for his career.
• Finished a Week 3 meeting at San Francisco (9/22) with three tackles (two solo) and 1.5 sacks. The sacks marked the fourth time he
opened a season with at least 1.0 sack in three consecutive games (2005, 2010, 2012, 2013). The first sack of Colin Kaepernick also
marked the 50th different quarterback takedown in his career. Now with 96.0 career sacks, surpassed Robert Porcher (95.5) for 35th
place on the league’s all-time sack list.
• Started at RUSH linebacker and finished with 3.0 sacks and six solo tackles in a 37-3 victory against Jacksonville (9/29). The sacks
marked the 97th, 98th and 99th of his career, which moved him past Warren Sapp (96.5), Dexter Manley (97.5), Jacob Green (97.5),
Simon Fletcher (97.5) and Joey Porter (98.0) for 30th place on the league’s all-time sacks list. The performance marked his 23rd
multiple-sack game and his third career 3.0-sack contest. It was the third time in his career that he recorded a quarterback takedown
in each of the first four games to open a season (2005 and 2012). Has now posted at least 1.0 sack in five consecutive games against
Jacksonville.
• In a Week 5 victory against Seattle (10/6), started at RUSH linebacker and compiled four tackles, 2.0 sacks, one forced fumble and
one pass defensed. Became the 30th player in NFL history to record 100.0 career sacks. With 2.0 sacks, passed Charles Haley and
Williams Fuller (100.5) for 27th place on the league’s all-time sack list. Added his second sack of the game in the third quarter, which
marked his 24th career multiple-sack contest. It also marked the first time in his career that he totaled multiple sacks in four
consecutive games (9/15/13 - 10/6/13). Has now opened a season with at least 1.0 sack in each of the first five games for the third
time in his career (2005 & 2012). With 9.5 sacks through five games, ranks first among Colts players in quarterback takedowns
through the first five games of a regular season in franchise history dating back to 1982.
2012 (COLTS):
• Started all 12 games he played in and registered 51 tackles (31 solo), 8.0 sacks, two passes defensed, one forced fumble and his first
career interception.
• Selected to his fifth consecutive Pro Bowl.
• Started at strongside linebacker in the team’s season opener at Chicago (9/9) and posted eight tackles (six solo), 2.0 sacks and three
tackles for loss. He sacked Jay Cutler on the first play of the game and added his second of the contest in the third quarter. The multisack
performance by Mathis was the 20th of his career and the first since a December 22, 2011, meeting against Houston (2.0).
• Against the Vikings in Week 2 (9/16), compiled eight tackles (five solo) and 1.0 sack. His 3.0 sacks through the first two games of the
season matched his career-best of 3.0 sacks which he totaled through Week 2 of the 2010 campaign.
• Compiled three tackles and recorded a sack and forced fumble when he brought down quarterback Blaine Gabbert against
Jacksonville (9/23).
• Started at strongside linebacker against Green Bay (10/7) and finished with four
tackles and 1.0 sack for a loss of six yards.
• In his first contest back from a three-game absence due to injury, recorded a
sack of Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill against Miami (11/4). With the sack,
Mathis improved his consecutive games sack streak to eight, which tied a
personal best. The streak dated back to a 2011 Week 15 meeting against
MATHIS SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
Tackles: 10 vs. WAS (10/22/06)
Sacks: 3.0, three times (Last: at JAX 9/29/13)
FF: 3 vs. HOU (11/14/04)
FR: 1, 14 times (Last: at JAX 1/1/12)