List of 2013 NFL records and milestones

The following records were set or milestones were achieved during the 2013 NFL season.
Regular season records/milestones
*A record 11,985 points were scored during the season, with games averaging 46.8 points, the highest average in NFL history (46.5 in ).
*A total of 1,338 total touchdowns were scored, surpassing the league-wide record of 1,297, which occurred last season.
*In scoring 606 points during the regular season, the Denver Broncos surpassed the NFL record for most points (previously held by the 2007 Patriots, who scored 589 points) and became the first team to eclipse the 600 point threshold.
*A total of eleven teams scored at least 400 points this season, breaking the record of nine teams in 2008 and 2012.
*Peyton Manning set a record for most touchdown passes without an interception to start a season with 20. Later in the season, Nick Foles of the Philadelphia Eagles nearly matched the mark by starting the season with 19 touchdowns before throwing an interception, which is the second longest such streak in league history.
;Week 1
*On September 5, Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos set or tied five NFL passing records against the Baltimore Ravens:
**Seven touchdown passes tied record for most in a game. Achieved by five other quarterbacks, most recently Joe Kapp in .
**Set record of three career games throwing six or more TDs.
**Tied Drew Brees' record of four career games throwing five or more TDs.
**Tied Brett Favre's record of 23 career games throwing four or more TDs.
**Extended his own record with his 73rd 300-yard passing game.
*The four safeties recorded in Week 1 tied a league record for most in an opening week of games. The mark has been achieved three times previously: , and .
;Week 2
*Peyton Manning became just the third quarterback in NFL history to throw for 60,000 yards in a career, joining Dan Marino (61,361 career passing yards) and Brett Favre (71,838). Manning achieved the mark in his 226th game, making him the fastest to the milestone.
;Week 4
*Placekicker Blair Walsh of the Minnesota Vikings set an NFL record by making his 12th straight 50+ yard field goal. Walsh had previously shared the record with Robbie Gould and Tony Zendejas. He also broke the Vikings' franchise mark for field goals of 50 or more yards which had been held by Ryan Longwell.
*Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford set two NFL records in the first half of the Lions' week four game against Chicago: he became the first quarterback in league history to complete more than 1,200 passes in his first 50 games and he also broke Kurt Warner’s league record for most yards thrown in his first 50 games with a total of 13,976 yards.
;Week 5
*Peyton Manning of the Broncos threw 20 touchdown passes before he threw his first interception of the season to set an NFL record for the longest such streak at the start of a season. The previous record of 16 was set by Milt Plum of the Cleveland Browns in 1960. Manning's 20 touchdown passes through five games are also a league record. In addition, the 414 yards passing Manning compiled bring his career total to 61,371 eclipsing Dan Marino for second place on the career passing yardage list behind only Brett Favre.
;Week 6
*Chicago Bears placekicker Robbie Gould tied an NFL record (set in week 4 by Blair Walsh) by making his twelfth consecutive field goal attempt of 50 or more yards.
*Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Reggie Wayne caught five passes to become just the ninth player in league history with 1,000 receptions. With 1,001 career receptions Wayne is currently in eighth place on the all-time list for receptions. The Colts became the first franchise to have two players reach the milestone of 1,000 receptions: Wayne and Marvin Harrison. Wayne was the third fastest player to reach the mark, doing so in his 195th game. Only Harrison and Jerry Rice caught 1,000 passes in fewer games.
;Week 7
*Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo made his 100th career start. The 27,485 passing yards he has compiled are the most by a player through 100 starts in league history.
*Kick returner Devin Hester of the Bears returned a punt for a touchdown. This score extended his NFL records in regular season punt return TDs (13) and combined punt or kick return TDs (19) while also moving him past Deion Sanders for the record of most career return TDs of any type, including playoff games (20).
*Raiders quarterback Terrelle Pryor had a 93 yard touchdown run which set an NFL record for the longest run by a quarterback. He also set a team record for the longest run from scrimmage.
*Wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald of the Cardinals caught four passes for 48 yards and a TD, as the Cardinals beat the Falcons. He reached the 800-reception level in the win becoming the youngest player in the history of the league to catch 800 passes. Fitzgerald was 30 years and 57 days old on Sunday.
*Quarterback Nick Foles of the Philadelphia Eagles tied the NFL record for the most touchdown passes in a game with seven against the Oakland Raiders. He is the first player to accomplish this feat while attaining a perfect passer rating for the game of 158.3.
;Week 10
*Peyton Manning, with his win over the Chargers in San Diego, now holds the record for most career road wins by a quarterback with 74. The record was previously held by Brett Favre who compiled a 73-76 road record compared to 74-42 for Manning as of this game.
*The New Orleans Saints set an NFL record for most first downs in a game by achieving 40 first downs against the Dallas Cowboys in their 49-17 victory.
;Week 11
*Washington linebacker London Fletcher played in his 250th consecutive game in the Redskins' 24-16 loss at Philadelphia, joining Jim Marshall, Brett Favre and Jeff Feagles as just the fourth player to accomplish this. It was also his 209th consecutive start, breaking Tampa Bay's Derrick Brooks' record for the longest streak by a linebacker in NFL history.
*Tom Brady became the sixth player in NFL history to reach 4,000 career passes completed.
;Week 12
*Larry Fitzgerald, of the Arizona Cardinals, became the youngest player in NFL history to reach 11,000 yards receiving. Fitzgerald was 30 years, 85 days. Randy Moss had previously held the record at 30 years, 222 days.
*Linebacker Robert Mathis of the Colts recorded his 40th strip/sack against the Cardinals. This set a new record, passing Jason Taylor for most strip/sacks in NFL history.
*The Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings played to a 26-26 tie after overtime at Lambeau Field. This was the first overtime game to end with no winner in which the overtime period was not scoreless (the regulation score was 23-23).
;Week 13
*Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon became the first player in NFL history to gain 200+ receiving yards in each of two consecutive games.
*Alshon Jeffery, of the Chicago Bears, recorded 12 catches for 249 yards and two touchdowns. This, along with Josh Gordon's game, marked the first time in NFL history two players had at least ten catches for 200 yards and two touchdowns on the same day.
*Adam Vinatieri, of the Indianapolis Colts, kicked five field goals (47, 48, 45, 37, 49) against the Tennessee Titans. With this, Vinatieri accomplished the following: joined Morten Andersen as the only players in NFL history to score at least 800 points for two teams, tied Jason Elam’s league record with a 16th season with at least 100 points and tied an NFL record shared by nine players with four field goals from 40-49 yards.
;Week 14
*Matt Prater, of the Denver Broncos, kicked a 64-yard field goal to set a record for the longest field goal in league history. The previous record of 63 yards had stood since and was shared by Tom Dempsey, Jason Elam, Sebastian Janikowski and David Akers.
*Saints quarterback Drew Brees passed for 313 yards in the victory against the Carolina Panthers, becoming just the fifth player in league history to surpass 50,000 yards passing. Brees reached the milestone in the fewest games (183). The other players to have achieved that level are Peyton Manning (191 games), Dan Marino (193), Brett Favre (211), and John Elway (229).
*With his seventh game of the year with four or more touchdown passes, Peyton Manning set an NFL record for most such games in a season. He broke the record set in by Dan Marino and equaled by Manning himself in .
*Jamaal Charles, of the Kansas City Chiefs, became the first running back in NFL history with four touchdown catches in one game. He also scored once on a run and no other player, regardless of position, had four touchdown catches and a touchdown run in a single game.
*Tony Gonzalez became the first tight end and the fifth player overall in NFL history to reach 15,000 receiving yards with his 62 yards against the Redskins. He currently has 1,313 catches, 15,008 yards and 110 touchdowns. Only Gonzalez and Jerry Rice have surpassed 15,000 receiving yards, 1,100 catches and 100 touchdowns in a career.
*Justin Tucker tied an NFL record for longest field goal in a dome with his game-winning 61 yard field goal. He also converted from 24, 29, 32, 49 and 53 yards in scoring every point of the Ravens' 18-16 victory over the Lions. In doing so, Tucker became the first player to make field goals from the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s in a single game.
;Week 16
*Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly recorded 24 tackles against the Saints which ties a record set by David Harris in 2007 for the most tackles recorded in a single game (since tackles became an official stat in ). thus ensuring there would be no repeat champion. The last team to defend their title were the 2004 New England Patriots, who won Super Bowls XXXVIII () and XXXIX (). This marks a tie for the longest period between repeat winners in Super Bowl history. The other longest stretch without a back-to-back champion is the period between the Pittsburgh Steelers' wins in Super Bowl XIII () and Super Bowl XIV () and the San Francisco 49ers' victories in Super Bowl XXIII () and Super Bowl XXIV (). The Ravens became the fifteenth Super Bowl winner to fail to make the playoffs in the following season, which includes six of the past 12 defending champions. It was the first time in any NFL game (regular or postseason) that a team won in regulation play (i.e. not overtime) after having trailed by as many as 28 points. The game was also the highest scoring postseason game to have been decided by a one-point margin
*The Colts and Chiefs combined for 1,049 total yards which established a new single-game postseason record, breaking the record of 1,038 yards that was set by the Bills-Dolphins first-round game on December 30, 1995, and matched in a Saints-Lions first-round matchup on January 7, 2012.
;Division weekend
*Patriots quarterback Tom Brady eclipsed Brett Favre's record for most playoff starts by a quarterback with his 25th postseason start. He also extended his own record for playoff victories by a starting quarterback to 18.
*Patriots coach Bill Belichick moved into a second-place tie with Don Shula on the all-time postseason head coaching wins list, one victory behind Tom Landry.
*Patriots running back LeGarrette Blount scored four rushing touchdowns, placing him second all time to Ricky Watters (who ran for five touchdowns in a ) in both rushing as well as total touchdowns in a playoff game.
*The 49ers defeated the Panthers to reach the franchise's third straight and 15th overall Conference Championship game, matching the Pittsburgh Steelers for most Conference Championship appearances.
;Championship weekend
*With the Broncos 26-16 victory over the Patriots, John Fox became the sixth head coach in NFL history to lead two different franchises to the Super Bowl. He previously coached the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl XXXVIII.
*Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning recorded his third career postseason game with 400 or more yards passing, equaling Drew Brees for the most such playoff games in league history.
;Super Bowl
*The Seattle Seahawks recorded the quickest score in Super Bowl history when Cliff Avril tackled Denver Broncos running back Knowshon Moreno in the endzone after a fumbled shotgun snap with just 12 seconds elapsed in the contest. The Seahawks would maintain a lead throughout the game leading to a record for the longest time holding a lead (59 minutes, 48 seconds) in Super Bowl history.
*The Broncos set the record for most Super Bowl losses with five.
*Peyton Manning set a Super Bowl record for passes completed with 34.
*Demaryius Thomas caught 13 passes to set a single-game Super Bowl record.<ref name=FoxSBRecords />

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