2011 Colts Media Guide - Nfl

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ROBERT MATHIS
Defensive End
6-2 245
Alabama A&M
9th Year With Colts
Draft-5a, 2003 (138th overall)
Born: February 26, 1981
GAMES STARTED/PLAYED: (2003, 0/16); (2004, 1/16); (2005, 0/13); (2006, 16/16); (2007,
12/13); (2008, 2/15); (2009, 9/14); (2010, 16/16) Total 56/119
PRO: Pick was obtained from Houston for D4-04 choice.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Three-time Pro Bowl choice ranks 2nd on Colts career sacks list with 74…has four career
10+-sack seasons, including team-leading 11 in 2010…has 18 multiple-sack games and two 3+-sack games
(11/14/04 vs. Houston; 10/12/08 vs. Baltimore)…74 sacks rank 7th in NFL since 2003, while 36 FF ranks
1st…recorded sack in first eight games of 2005, setting NFL mark for most consecutive games with sack to start season
(DE-Dwight Freeney since tied record)…streak of eight consecutive games with sack ranks as 2nd-longest streak in
club history (9, Freeney)…Mathis and Freeney became first DE tandem since 1970 from same team named to three
consecutive Pro Bowls (2, Clyde Simmons-Reggie White, Philadelphia, 1991-92)...Mathis and Freeney had 10+ sacks
each in 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2010, surpassing White and Simmons for the most seasons (4) of 10+ sacks each
by teammates in NFL history…Freeney (94.0) and Mathis (74.0) rank 1st and 2nd in Colts career sacks and have combined
for 168 sacks, 77 FF and 14 FR...duo combined for 21 sacks in 2010, the fifth time they have topped 20 sacks
as a tandem (26.5, 2004; 22.5, 2005; 22, 2008; 23, 2009).
2010: Started 16 games at LDE, one of only four defensive players to open every game…earned third career Pro Bowl
selection, and along with DE-Dwight Freeney, became first defensive end tandem from same team since 1970 named to
three consecutive Pro Bowls (1991-92, Simmons and White, Philadelphia)…had 60 tackles, 44 solo, 11 sacks (59.5 yards),
19 QB pressures, one FF, one FR and one pass defensed…was fourth career 10+-sack season…had five tackles and one
sack at Houston 9/12…had four tackles, three pressures, two sacks and one FF vs. NYG 9/19…was 14th career multiplesack
game…had two tackles and one sack at Denver 9/26…was named AFC Defensive Player-of-the-Month for September
with 11 tackles, four sacks and one FF…tied season-high with six tackles vs. Kansas City 10/10…had five tackles and 1.5
sacks at Washington 10/17…had three tackles and one sack at Philadelphia 11/7 and vs. Dallas 12/5…had five tackles
and one sack vs. Cincinnati 11/14…had four tackles, three pressures and one sack vs. Jacksonville 12/19…had six tackles,
four pressures and 1.5 sacks at Oakland 12/26…had four tackles, one pass defensed and one FR vs. Tennessee 1/2.
POST-SEASON: Started at LDE in Wild Card Playoffs vs. NYJ 1/8 and had two tackles.
2009: Started nine of 14 games at LDE and earned second consecutive Pro Bowl selection...opened first six games, vs.
Houston 11/8, vs. New England 11/15 and vs. Tennessee 12/6…was inactive vs. NYJ 12/27 and was active but did not
play at Buffalo 1/3…had 39 tackles, 29 solo, 9.5 sacks (57 yards), 23 QB pressures, five FF and one pass defensed…finished
T3rd in NFL in FF…had one sack and one FF at Miami 9/21…had four stops, one sack and six QB pressures at
Arizona 9/27…had six tackles, 2.5 sacks and two FF vs. Seattle 10/4…was 14th career multiple-sack game and third
career game with multiple FF…had 0.5 sack at St. Louis 10/25 and vs. Houston…had four tackles and one sack vs. San
Francisco 11/1…had four tackles, two sacks and one FF vs. New England…was 15th career multiple-sack game…had one
sack and one FF at Houston 11/29…was named AFC Defensive Player-of-the-Month for November with 16 tackles, 4.5
sacks and 2 FF. POST-SEASON: Started three games at LDE…had eight tackles and one pressure…had four tackles vs.
Baltimore 1/16 in Divisional Playoffs and vs. NYJ 1/24 in AFC Championship Game.
2008: Started two of 15 games at LDE…started vs. Chicago 9/7 and vs. Jacksonville 9/21…was inactive vs. Tennessee
12/28…earned first career Pro Bowl selection…had 56 tackles, 42 solo, a team-leading 11.5 sacks (66.5 yards), five FF
and three FR, 16 pressures and two passes defensed…had four multiple-sack games, including three consecutive at San
Diego 11/23, at Cleveland 11/30 and vs. Cincinnati 12/7…seasonal sack total tied career-high (2005) and was third
career 10+-sack season (2004)…totaled six tackles, one sack and one FF vs. Chicago…had one tackle, one sack, one FF
and one FR at Houston 10/5…sack-fumble led to game-winning TD drive in 31-27 comeback victory…had nine tackles,
eight solo, three sacks, one FF and one FR vs. Baltimore 10/12…was 10th career multiple-sack game and second career
3+-sack game…had five solo tackles, two sacks and one FF at San Diego…recorded two sacks and one FR for 37t at
Cleveland…37t FR was game's only TD in 10-6 victory…passed Duane Bickett (50) for second place on club's career sacks
list…was named AFC Defensive Player-of-the-Week…had nine tackles, six solo, 2.5 sacks and one FF vs. Cincinnati. POST-
SEASON: Was reserve DE in Wild Card Playoffs at San Diego 1/3 and had four tackles, three solo, two sacks and three
pressures.
2007: Started 12 of 13 games at DE…started 10 games at LDE and two games at RDE…was reserve at San Diego
11/11 as team opened up in rush package…was inactive final three games with injury…had 63 tackles, 45 solo, 7.0
sacks (50 yards), 17 pressures, four FF and one FR…led team in sacks and tied for lead in FF…was second in pressures…had
six tackles, one sack, one FF and one FR vs. New Orleans 9/6…had four tackles and one sack at Houston
9/23…had nine tackles, six solo, at Carolina 10/28…had seven solo tackles and two sacks vs. New England
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