His six
touchdowns came against a bad team, sure.
Not exact matches
Their offense was decent, and aside from a late glitch
against MTSU (the Blue Raiders only gained 368 yards
against Illinois, but 153
came in two late
touchdowns drives), the defense was impenetrable.
Robert Meachem was brought in to be the Chargers» new # 1 receiver, but he hasn't been able to develop a rapport with quarterback Philip Rivers as of yet, while Floyd has continued to produce, totaling 13 catches for 227 yards, with his lone
touchdown catch of the season
coming against the Oakland Raiders in Week 1.
But McCown
came back down to earth
against the Denver Broncos in Week 6, throwing two
touchdowns and two interceptions in that game.
Holieway's first
touchdown against Nebraska
came with 5:52 remaining in the first quarter on a vintage piece of wishbone running: He faked a hand - off to his fullback, then shed three tacklers as he broke downfield for 43 yards.
His best performance
came on Oct. 11,
against the New England Patriots, when his fourth - quarter heroics — six carries for 47 yards and one
touchdown, plus four catches for 25 yards and another score — brought the 49ers from behind for a 24 - 12 road win.
McGuire only had one breakout performance his first year in the league, which
came when he had 131 total yards and a
touchdown in Week 4
against the Jacksonville Jaguars, arguably the best defense in the NFL this season.
Russell Wilson finished 12 of 24 for 168 yards, a
touchdown and a pick
against the Niners» tough defense, but
came up big when the Seahawks needed him to (with some help from a bad roughing the passer call), connecting with Paul Richardson for a
touchdown with 13:20 remaining.
Doug Martin racked up 235 yards
against the Philadelphia Eagles, but didn't score any
touchdowns,
coming just 2 yards shy of the record held by Barry Sanders for rushing yards in a game without a
touchdown.
Earlier, the New England Patriots used a late
touchdown to keep their game
against the Jets out of reach and the Minnesota Vikings and Washington
came from behind to earn victories.
Against the Wolfpack, Henderson had eight tackles, one
coming during a pivotal defensive stand that permitted the Terrapins to get the ball back with 2:19 to go and drive 61 yards for the winning
touchdown.
When Bob Churchich had trouble moving the Huskers
against Iowa State, Fred Duda
came in to throw two
touchdown passes, scored himself on a keeper play and Nebraska overwhelmed the Cyclones 44 - 0.
In the last three games, Purdue has been outscored by a 114 - 7 margin, with the only
touchdown coming off of a garbage - time bomb
against Nebraska.
Had they not been aided by a pick - six and great field position in the fourth quarter from McCarron's second interception, that streak of 30 - point games could have
come to an end on Sunday
against a Bengals defense that didn't allow Ben Roethlisberger to throw a
touchdown pass.
DFS edge: Rod Smith converted just 11 touches into 160 total yards and two
touchdowns during his
coming - out party
against the Giants last Sunday.
Coming off an exhilarating 63 - 60 shootout victory on the road
against Toledo last Tuesday, the 6 - 3 Huskies entered this MAC showdown favored by a
touchdown.
Osweiler
came into Sunday's game completing nearly 60 percent of his passes, with 2,656 yards and 14
touchdowns against 14 interceptions.
He had 233 yards
against Florida, and 303
against LSU, his two lowest numbers of the season, and his second - half numbers
against those two teams — Manziel had 55 yards
against Florida, or less than he did on game - winning
touchdown runs
against Ole Miss and Louisiana Tech; his 135 yards
against LSU were somewhat mitigated by two interceptions, one of which
came the snap after another interception was wiped out by a penalty — are strangely tiny for a guy who was so great at compiling stats.
Since his return on Oct. 14
against Purdue, Pryor has six receptions for 80 yards, and he showed off his athletic ability this past Saturday
against Indiana when he
came back to the sidelines and was able to get a foot down on a 14 - yard reception to secure a first down on 3rd - and - 2, setting up Jonathan Taylor's 32 - yard rushing
touchdown.
He did play
against # 10 San Francisco, the result they scored 21 points in a loss, but, the points
came off a Brad Smith (yes that Brad Smith) block punt return, a Int returned for a
touchdown, and a Darren Sproles punt return.
And yet Bryant's lowest salary since 2014
comes against a Giants defense that is one of just six units to allow 23 - plus passing
touchdowns this season and could also be without Eli Apple (hip, questionable).
Mike Gundy's team
comes to town as
touchdown favorites a week after Texas lost a close matchup
against Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry.