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Who holds the record for scoring a touchdown in consecutive straight football games?

Submitted by Scholar Muchu on Wed, 2005-10-26 22:29.

Lenny Moore - Consecutive TouchdownsExcellent questions. Who does hold the record for scoring a touchdown in consecutive football games? A touchdown can be scored by running, receiving or throwing. It's a tough task to accomplish in professional football and two men hold the record of 18 stright games scoring a touchdown.


 The first man to do it was Lenny Moore who did it for the Baltimore Colts between the years 1963-65. Inducted into the hall of fame as a running back in 1975, Lenny Moore accomplished this feat when scoring was at a premium in the NFL. The offenses were just beginning to open up. Lenny Moore finished his career with the following statistics:

  • 5174 yards rushing
  • 363 pass receptions
  • 113 touchdowns
  • 12,451 combined net yards


 

LaDainian Tomlinson - Consecutive Touchdown Record Lenny held the record for close to 40 years. From the 2004 to 2005 seasons, LaDainian Tomlinson scored touchdowns in 18 straight games. Unlike Lenny Moore, he also threw for a touchdown or two.

 

LaDainian Tomlinso's  statistics are pretty sharp, too:

RUSHING

Year Team G GS Att Yards Avg Lg TD 20+ FD
2001 San Diego Chargers 16 16 339 1236 3.6 54 10 7 67
2002 San Diego Chargers 16 16 372 1683 4.5 76 14 12 90
2003 San Diego Chargers 16 16 313 1645 5.3 73 13 12 81
2004 San Diego Chargers 15 15 339 1335 3.9 42 17 6 68
2005 San Diego Chargers 7 7 150 659 4.4 62 10 3 32
TOTAL   70 70 1513 6558 4.3 76 64 40 338

  Both of these players have accomplished something that is extremely hard to do in any era of professional football.