INDIANAPOLIS COLTS WEEKLY PRESS RELEASE

ANDREW LUCK NOTES
Quarterback Andrew Luck
6-4 - 240 Pounds - Stanford
2nd NFL Season
• For his career, has completed 582-of-1,045 passes for
7,167 yards, 38 touchdowns and 26 interceptions for a
passer rating of 78.8. Also has nine rushing touchdowns.
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• Named to the 2012 Pro Bowl.
• Broke the NFL rookie record for passing attempts (627),
yards (4,374) and 300-yard passing games (6) in a season.
WINNING FROM THE BEGINNING
Quarterback Andrew Luck has led the Colts to 19 wins in his first
two seasons, which is tied for the sixth-most to start a career since
1970. With one more victory, he will tie Joe Flacco and Matt Ryan
(20) for the fourth-most wins in a quarterback’s first two seasons.
MOST WINS AMONG QUARTERBACKS, FIRST TWO
SEASONS, SINCE 1970
Player Team Years Wins
Ben Roethlisberger PIT 2004-2005 22
Dan Marino MIA 1983-1984 21
Russell Wilson SEA 2012-2013 21
Joe Flacco BAL 2008-2009 20
Matt Ryan ATL 2008-2009 20
Andrew Luck IND 2012-2013 19
Andy Dalton CIN 2011-2012 19
Mark Sanchez NYJ 2009-2010 19
GAME-WINNING DRIVES
Quarterback Andrew Luck has led the Colts on 10 fourth quarter/overtime
game-winning drives in his career, which is the most through a
quarterback’s first two seasons since 1970.
MOST FOURTH QUARTER/OVERTIME GAME-WINNING
DRIVES IN FIRST TWO SEASONS OF CAREER, SINCE 1970
Player Team GW Drives
Andrew Luck IND 10
Jake Plummer ARZ 9
Peyton Manning IND 8
RUNNING IT IN
Since 2012, Andrew Luck is tied for the second-most rushing touchdowns
among NFL quarterbacks and ranks first among AFC quarterbacks.
Only Cam Newton has run for more touchdowns over the
past two seasons.
MOST RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS BY NFL QUARTERBACKS
SINCE 2012
Player Team Rushing TD
Cam Newton CAR 14
Andrew Luck IND 9
Colin Kaepernick SF 8
Robert Griffin III WAS 7
Christian Ponder MIN 6
Matthew Stafford DET 6
MOST CAREER RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS BY
A QUARTERBACK, COLTS HISTORY
Player Years Rushing TD
Peyton Manning 1998-2010 17
Bert Jones 1973-1981 14
Johnny Unitas 1956-1972 13
Andrew Luck 2012-2013 9
In the season-opener against the Oakland Raiders, Andrew Luck
completed 18-of-23 passes for 178 yards and two touchdowns for
a passer rating of 127.9. He also rushed for the game-winning
touchdown in the fourth quarter.
Luck set career highs in completion percentage (78.3) and passer
rating while not throwing an interception for the fourth straight game
dating back to last season. With his performance, Luck became
the first quarterback since Ben Roethlisberger in 2008 to complete
at least 78 percent of his passes and throw multiple
touchdowns with no interceptions in the season opener.
Luck also led his eighth career game-winning drive in the
fourth quarter or overtime, which is the most through the first
17 games of any NFL quarterback that began his career since
the 1970 merger.
2013 SEASON
Week 7 - AFC Offensive Player of the Week
• Completed 21-of-38 passes for 228 yards and three touchdowns
for a 99.5 passer rating. Also rushed for one touchdown. Four total
touchdowns matched his single-game career-high.
2012 SEASON
2012 Pro Bowl
LUCK THROUGH TWO
Quarterback Andrew Luck has thrown for 7,167 career passing
yards, which is the fourth-highest total through the first two seasons
of a quarterback’s career in NFL history. Luck needs 128 yards to
pass Dan Marino (7,294) for third-most on the list.
MOST PASSING YARDS IN FIRST 2 SEASONS OF CAREER,
NFL HISTORY
Player Team Years Passing Yards
Cam Newton CAR 2011-2012 7,920
Peyton Manning IND 1998-1999 7,874
Dan Marino MIA 1983-1984 7,294
Andrew Luck IND 2012-2013 7,167
Andy Dalton CIN 2011-2012 7,067
IMPRESSIVE IN THE OPENER
CAREER HONORS
Week 9 - AFC Offensive Player of the Week and FedEx Air NFL
Player of the Week
• Completed 30-of-48 passes for an NFL single-game rookie record
433 yards and two touchdowns in a 23-20 victory over Miami.
Week 8 - PEPSI MAX NFL Rookie of the Week
• Completed 26-of-38 passes for 297 yards and a touchdown in a
19-13 overtime win over Tennessee. Became the third rookie in NFL
history to throw a game-winning touchdown pass in overtime.
Week 5 - PEPSI MAX NFL Rookie of the Week
• Completed 31-of-55 passes for 362 yards and two touchdowns in
a 30-27 victory over Green Bay. Became the fourth NFL rookie
quarterback since 1960 to overcome an 18-plus point deficit to win
a game.
Week 3 - PEPSI MAX NFL Rookie of the Week
• Completed 22-of-46 passes for 313 yards and two touchdowns in
a 22-17 loss to Jacksonville.
MOST RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS IN A SINGLE SEASON BY
A QUARTERBACK, COLTS HISTORY
Player Year Games Rushing TD
Andrew Luck 2012 16 5
Andrew Luck 2013 10 4
Bert Jones 1974 11 4
Peyton Manning 2006 16 4
Peyton Manning 2001 16 4
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