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): 149/85 (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.
• Ranks second all-time in franchise history with 94.5 sacks.
• Has four career 10.0-plus sack seasons, including a team-leading 11.0 in 2010.
• Has compiled 21 multiple-sack contests and two career 3.0-plus sack games.
• Compiled a string of three-straight multiple-sack games in 2008 at San Diego (11/23), at Cleveland (11/30) and against Cincinnati
(12/7).
• 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.
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 Tennessee (12/18/11). In the eight-game sack streak, he totaled 10.0 sacks.
• Tallied three tackles and a sack against Buffalo (11/25). With the sack, Mathis topped 90.0 sacks for his career (90.5) and improved
his season total to 7.0.
• Started at strongside linebacker at Detroit (12/2) and totaled four tackles, his first career interception and one pass defensed in the
team’s victory.
• Recorded his team-leading eighth sack of the season when he dropped Texans quarterback Matt Schaub for an eight-yard loss at
Houston (12/16). Also added five tackles (four solo).
• Finished with six tackles (four solo) and one tackle for loss against Houston (12/30).
• Started at strongside linebacker in the team’s AFC Wild Card Playoff loss at Baltimore (1/6) and tallied seven tackles (four solo) and
the team’s lone sack of the game. The sack was his sixth in nine career games against Baltimore (including the postseason) and
improved his career postseason total to 4.5. Mathis also moved into a tie for sixth place in franchise history for the most postseason
games played (16).
2011 (COLTS):
• Competed in all 16 contests (15 starts) and totaled 45 tackles, a team-leading 9.5 sacks, three forced fumbles, three fumble
recoveries and one pass defensed.
• Selected to his fourth consecutive career Pro Bowl.
• Named AFC Defensive Player of the Week for his performance against
Houston (12/22).
• Started in the season opener at Houston (9/11) and posted two tackles and the
team’s lone sack.
• Posted 1.0 sack, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery against
MATHIS SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
Tackles: 10 vs. WAS (10/22/06)
Sacks: 3.0, two times (Last: vs. BAL 10/12/08)
FF: 3 vs. HOU (11/14/04)
FR: 1, 14 times (Last: @ JAX 1/1/12)