Denver's Peyton Manning now holds the record for touchdowns over the first three games in a season.
With his 13 yard pass to TE Julius Thomas, Manning surpassed Tom Brady's passing touchdown record for the first three games of a season, during a Monday Night Football game against the Oakland Raiders.
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- Manning completed his record-setting pass to Thomas with 3:46 remaining in the first half
- Manning finished the first half 21 of 24 for 263 yards
- WR Eric Decker caught a two-yard touchdown during the first quarter
- WR Wes Welker caught a 12-yard TD pass early in the second
- Denver is now 3-0 after wins over the Raiders (37-21); Giants (41-23); Ravens (27-49)
- Denver has scored 127 points through the first three weeks of the season
- QB Tom Brady set his record during the 2011 season, breaking a long -time record set in 1965 by QB Charley Johnson of the St. Louis Cardinals
- The 1st player to throw 10 or more touchdown passes during the first three games after the AFL-NFL merger was Dan Marino with the Dolphins
- Marino and Brady are still the only two players to hit this mark twice
- Manning's three-touchdown performance now puts him on pace for 64 touchdown passes in 2013, which would be 14 more than Brady's record during the 2007 season
