5. Lenny Moore scoring a touchdown in 18 consecutive games (1963-65)
This is an NFL record often overlooked by casual fans before realizing it stood alone for 40 years until San Diego Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson tied the mark during the 2005 season.
“Spats” missed five games due to injury in 1963, but the interruption in the streak does nothing to diminish how impressive it was as he scored 19 rushing touchdowns and four receiving scores during an incredible run over parts of three seasons. Fourteen games of the streak came during the 1964 season when Moore rushed for 584 yards and 16 touchdowns and accumulated 472 receiving yards and three touchdown catches and added another touchdown on a fumble recovery.
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Baltimore Positive is the vision and the creative extension of four decades of sharing the love of local sports for this Dundalk native and University of Baltimore grad, who began his career as a sportswriter and music critic at The News American and The Baltimore Sun in the mid-1980s. Launched radio career in December 1991 with Kenny Albert after covering the AHL Skipjacks. Bought WNST-AM 1570 in July 1998, created WNST.net in 2007 and began diversifying conversations on radio, podcast and social media as Baltimore Positive in 2016. nes@baltimorepositive.com
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