NOTEWORTHY

New England running back Curtis Martin scored his 30th touchdown in only his 27th game, the fourth-fastest in history. The top five:

Gale Sayers: 23 games

Steve Van Buren: 23

Jim Brown: 26

Martin: 27

Earl Campbell: 28

Bill Groman: 28

Billy Sims: 28

--Denver quarterback John Elway might have won the battle with Drew Bledsoe on Sunday, but the Patriot quarterback is even with Elway through the same point in their careers. A look at their numbers after their first 55 games:

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Player Att Comp Pct Yds TD Int Rating Bledsoe 2,150 1,173 54.6 13,226 71 66 71.4 Elway 1,600 862 53.9 10,695 60 61 71.4

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--Jerry Rice became the 49ers’ career scoring leader when he caught a 34-yard touchdown pass from Elvis Grbac in the second quarter. The score gave him 982 points, surpassing kicker Ray Wersching’s 979.