SEVEN FROM SUNDAY – WEEK 1 - Ingles

A look at seven statistical highlights from games played at 1:00 p.m. ET and 4:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, September 13, the first week of the 2009 season.

* Denver wide receiver BRANDON STOKLEY caught a tipped pass and raced 87 yards for the game-winning score with 11 seconds remaining in the Broncos’ 12-7 win over the Cincinnati Bengals. That reception was the longest game-winning touchdown from scrimmage in the final minute of the fourth quarter in NFL history.

* New Orleans quarterback DREW BREES threw a career-high six touchdowns passes in the Saints’ 45-27 win over the Detroit Lions. Brees is the first player in NFL history to throw six touchdown passes on Kickoff Weekend.

* Minnesota running back ADRIAN PETERSON rushed for 180 yards and three touchdowns in the Vikings’ 34-20 victory over the Cleveland Browns. Peterson is the first player in NFL history to rush for at least 180 yards and three touchdowns on Kickoff Weekend.

* Minnesota quarterback BRETT FAVRE started his 270th consecutive game in the Vikings’ 34-20 win over the Cleveland Browns, tying JIM MARSHALL for the longest starting streak in NFL history. Marshall started 270 games in a row for Minnesota from 1961-1979. He played 12 games with Cleveland in 1960, but official records of starters were not kept before 1961. However, the Browns’ internal records – including highlight films, score sheets, game-day programs, newspaper clips and conversations with former players – indicate that Marshall started the first game in 1960, but did not start the final 11 games of that season while playing a significant back-up role.

* New York Jets quarterback MARK SANCHEZ made his first career start today against the Houston Texans. Sanchez became the first rookie quarterback since Pro Football Hall of Famer ROGER STAUBACH of the Dallas Cowboys (1969) to start on Kickoff Weekend for a team that finished the previous season with a winning record. The Jets posted a 9-7 (.562) record in 2008. Sanchez completed 18 of 31 passes (58.1 percent) for 272 yards and one touchdown in the Jets’ 24-7 victory.

* At 26 years, 13 days old, Arizona wide receiver LARRY FITZGERALD (6,046) became the second-youngest player in NFL history to reach 6,000 receiving yards. Fitzgerald, who had six receptions for 71 yards against the San Francisco 49ers, trails only RANDY MOSS, who reached the milestone at 25 years, 270 days old.

* Atlanta tight end TONY GONZALEZ, in his first game with the Falcons, had five receptions for 73 yards and one touchdown in the team’s 19-7 victory over the Miami Dolphins. Gonzalez became the first tight end in NFL history – and the 21st player overall – to reach 11,000 career receiving yards (11,013).