NFL Record

Coming into Sunday's game, Adrian Peterson was leading the league in rushing with 770 yards and facing the number 3 run defense in the league, giving up 89.0 yards per game. Little did we know that three hours later he would own the single game rushing record, a great treat for the home crowd to witness history. Minnesota doesn't have much of a pass game to begin with, so when Tavaris Jackson got knocked out the game you knew A.P. was going to touch the ball quite a bit. Well to kick of the 2nd half Peterson started off going left on a stretch play, got into the secondary and shrugged off a couple of defenders and sprinted 64 yards for the score. Then with 8 minutes to go in the 4th quarter, he went over right end broke a tackle and sprinted the rest of the way for a 46 yard touchdown. Peterson then started the next drive with a run for a first down and then came the record breaking run, a 3 yard dive into the middle of the line. After that run he broke a record that stood since week 2 in the 2003 season, when Jamal Lewis ran for 295 yards against the Browns. Adrian finished the day with 30 attempts for 296 yards and 3 TD, he now has 1,036 yards on 158 attempts after 8 games. Congratulations to Mr.Peterson for breaking the record, with the great blend of speed and power I'm sure it won't be the only record he breaks in his NFL career.