night train lane has the record for most interceptions in a season.
night train lane has the record for most interceptions in a season.
who has the record for most interceptions in a season?
night train lane
an interception, also known as a pick, is a gridiron football concept involving a pass being caught by an opposition player, who usually gains possession for his team. record-keeping for interception counts in the national football league (nfl) began in 1940. the record for most interceptions in a single season is held by night train lane, who logged 14 interceptions as a rookie in 1952, while playing for the los angeles rams. previously dan sandifer of washington and spec sanders jointly held the record, earning 13 interceptions, in 1948 and 1950, respectively. the record for most league-leading seasons in interceptions is 3. this was first achieved by everson walls, who led the league in interceptions in 1981, 1982, and again in 1985. ed reed was later able to match walls, by leading the league in 2004, 2008, and 2010. bill bradley became the first player to led the league in interceptions in consecutive seasons (1971 and 1972). the aforementioned walls matched bradley with his 1981 and 1982 efforts. the most recent players to lead the league in interceptions are kyle fuller , xavien howard, and damontae kazee with 7 in 2018. additionally, new york giants players have led the league in interceptions in more seasons (7), than any other team.
list of national football league annual interceptions leaders
ray completed 234 of 303 for 2,878 yards in 10 games and had a 77.23% completion percentage which broke the previous cfl and pro football single season record of 73.98% set by dave dickenson in 2005 and his own argo record of 68.59% set last year. ray finished with 21 touchdowns and just 2 interceptions, resulting in a 10.5 to 1 touchdown to interception ratio, breaking the single season cfl record of 6 to 1 set by dave dickenson in 2000. ray also set the cfl record for lowest percentage of passes intercepted in a single season with a 0.66% breaking the previous cfl record of 1.09% set by anthony calvillo in 2009. ray had a streak of 222 consecutive pass attempts without throwing an interception to begin the year, going back to the previous year the streak was 247 pass attempts, before throwing his first interception on his last pass of a game in week 16 against hamilton. this figure is possibly a cfl record as the argo team itself set a league record for most consecutive passes without an interception by a team. ray finished the year with a record passer efficiency rating of 126.37, surpassing the previous pro football record of 122.46 set by aaron rodgers in 2011 and the cfl record of 118.77 set by dave dickenson in 2005. on july 19, 2013, ray completed 19 of 20 passes against winnipeg setting a new single game cfl and pro football completion percentage record of 95.0%, beating the previous record of 94.74% set by alex smith in 2012, his own cfl record of 92.0% set in 2008 and the argos team record of 87.1% set by condredge holloway in 1985. in the same game, he tied the argo record for most consecutive pass completions held by mike rae with 17. only to surpass that mark in his final game of the season against winnipeg. ray set a new team record with 21 consecutive pass completions, the second longest such streak in cfl history, falling one shy of the record of 22 held by jason maas. in the same game ray also set a new personal high for passing yards with 505. it was the first time in his career that he had passed for over 500 yards and the third highest single game total in argos history. ray did however break a 53-year-old argo record for most completions in a single game with 39 besting the previous record of 38 set by tobin rote in 1960. it was also the 9th time in his career and 2nd time in the year that he had passed for over 400 yards in a game. in addition to the numerous records ray set, he was named offensive player of the month for september and also named offensive player of week three times. in the first game of the season against hamilton, ray complete 24 of 34 passes for 368 yards, 4 touchdowns and no interceptions, earning him offensive player of the week honors. ray would earn his second offensive player of the week honors after completed 30 of 35 passes for 413 yards with 3 touchdowns and no interceptions against edmonton in game 6. and lastly for his aforementioned performance against winnipeg, where he completed 39 of 45 passes for 505 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions.
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