»» The Redskins seeking their first win on Sunday Night Football since their NFC East-clinching 28-18 victory against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 17 of the 2012 season.
»» The Redskins evening their all-time Sunday Night Football record at 17-17-1 since the introduction of the broadcast package in 1987.
»» The Redskins breaking their 9-9 all-time tie in home games against the Packers, including postseason play. The Redskins are 8-7 all-time in regular season home games against Green Bay.
»» The Redskins playing their first regular season home contest against the Packers since defeating the eventual Super Bowl champion Packers in overtime in 2010.
»» The Redskins entering the contest having won four of their last five home regular season games against the Packers dating back to 1972.
»» The Redskins defeating NFC North opponents in back-to-back weeks for the first time since divisional realignment in 2002.
»» The Redskins exceeding 300 yards of offense in a 14th consecutive regular season game, dating back to last season, for the first time since a 14-game stretch across the 2012-13 seasons.
»» The Redskins rushing for 100 yards in a fifth straight game for the first time since a five-game span across Weeks 15-17 of the 2014 season and Weeks 1-2 of the 2015 season.
»» The Redskins holding opponents to one sack or fewer in a third consecutive game for the first time this season.
»» The Redskins’ defense posting three sacks in a sixth consecutive game for the first time since a six-game stretch in Weeks 4-10 of the 2009 season.
»» Cornerback Bashaud Breeland (one) intercepting a pass to become the first member of the Redskins since Fred Smoot (2001-03) to open a career with multiple interceptions in three straight seasons.
»» Quarterback Kirk Cousins setting a team record with his 17th career 300-yard passing game, including postseason play. Fifteen of his 16 career 300-yard games have come in regular season play, tied with Sonny Jurgensen for the most in team history.
»» Cousins (2,716) throwing for 284 yards to become the sixth quarterback in team history to record back-to-back 3,000-yard seasons (Sonny Jurgensen, 1966-67; Joe Theismann, 1983-84; Mark Rypien, 1991-92; Jason Campbell, 2008-09; Robert Griffin III, 2012-13)
»» Cousins (two) claiming sole possession of the most career 400-yard passing games in team history with his next 400-yard effort. He is presently tied with Sonny Jurgensen and Mark Rypien.
»» Cousins becoming the first player in team history to record multiple 400-yard passing games in a single season.
»» Cousins throwing for 88 yards to become the seventh quarterback to record 10,000 career passing yards with the Redskins.
»» Wide receiver Jamison Crowder tying a single-season team record with his second punt return touchdown of the season (Brian Mitchell in 1991 and 1994, Mike Nelms in 1981, Bert Zagers in 1957 and John Williams in 1952).
»» Tight end Vernon Davis adding to his 57 career touchdown receptions, seventh-most of any tight end in NFL history.
»» Davis catching three touchdowns to tie former Redskins great Jerry Smith (60) for sixth-most touchdowns by a tight end in NFL history.
»» Davis (487) catching 13 passes to become the 12th tight end in NFL history to record 500 career receptions.
»» Davis (6,223) gaining 85 receiving yards to pass Steve Jordan (6,307) for 11th-most receiving yards by a tight end in NFL history.
»» Wide receiver Pierre Garçon extending his streak of consecutive regular season games played with a reception to 96, the sixth-longest active streak in the NFL (Larry Fitzgerald, 188; Brandon Marshall, 154; Steve Smith Sr., 136; Jason Witten, 128; Michael Crabtree, 104). Sixty-seven of the games in Garçon’s streak have come with Washington, the third-longest streak by a member of the Redskins since the 1970 merger.
»» Garçon (19 with Washington) catching a touchdown pass to become the 15th player in Redskins history to post 20 touchdown receptions with the team.
»» Garçon (3,985) recording 15 receiving yards to become the 11th player to record 4,000 receiving yards with the Redskins.
»» Kicker Dustin Hopkins (47) chasing No. 9 Brett Conway (52) on the team's all-time made field goals list.
»» Hopkins (86) scoring 14 points to post the 26th 100-point season in team history. He would be the first member of the Redskins to accomplish the feat in consecutive seasons since Graham Gano in 2010-11.
»» Hopkins recording a third four-field-goal game this year to tie Mark Moseley (three in 1983) and Chip Lohmiller (three in 1990) for the most games with four field goals in a single season in team history.
»» Wide receiver DeSean Jackson (24) recording two 50-plus yard touchdowns to tie Steve Smith, Sr. (26) for fourth in total touchdowns of 50 yards or more in the NFL since the 1970 merger.
»» Jackson (20) recording a 60-plus-yard touchdown to tie Devin Hester (21) for second-most total touchdowns of 60 yards or more in NFL history.
»» Linebacker Ryan Kerrigan starting his 90th consecutive game, tied for second-most among active NFL linebackers. Kerrigan has not missed a start in his NFL career.
»» Kerrigan recording half a sack to reach 7.5 sacks this season. He would join Jared Allen, Derrick Thomas, DeMarcus Ware and Reggie White as the only players to register at least 7.5 sacks in each of the first six seasons of an NFL career since the NFL adopted sacks as an official statistic in 1982.
»» Tight end Jordan Reed (226) chasing No. 15 Rod Gardner (227), No. 14 Brian Mitchell (232) and No. 13 Larry Brown (238) on the Redskins' all-time receptions list.
»» Reed (17) catching two touchdown passes to tie Clint Didier (19) for fourth-most by a tight end in Redskins history.
»» Linebacker Preston Smith picking off a pass to become the first Redskins linebacker with an interception in consecutive games in a single season since a three-game stretch by London Fletcher in Weeks 14-16 of the 2012 season.
»» Smith recording at least 2.0 sacks to become the first Redskins player with back-to-back two-sack games since Andre Carter in Weeks 5-6 of the 2009 season.
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