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In 2021, Baker was listed as the NFL's unofficial all-time single-season sack leader due to Pro Football Reference adding sack statistics from 1960 to 1981, the year before the stat became official. Baker recorded 23 sacks as a rookie in 1978 with the Detroit Lions, topping the official record of 22.5 sacks by Michael Strahan and T. J. Watt . [ 7 ]
Jared Allen led the league in sacks in 2007 and 2011. Al Baker is the unofficial NFL record holder with 23 sacks during the 1978 NFL season. [2] The Deacon Jones Award, given annually to the player who leads the league in sacks, is named after Deacon Jones. Jones unofficially led the league in sacks five times.
Bruce Smith has the most sacks in NFL history. [1] Al Baker is the unofficial single-season record holder with 23 sacks during the 1978 NFL season. [2] Von Miller is the current leader in career sacks among active players.
The Colts now have 47 sacks on the season, the most in the Indianapolis era, because of a pass rush full of players having their best seasons.
But in the final minutes of the last game of the 2001 season, New York Giants star Michael Strahan was credited with a sack of then Green Bay Packers QB Favre to break the record with 22.5.
Officials and Detroit Lions coaches all missed a sack of Baker Mayfield one play before the Tampa Bay Buccaneers scored a game-tying touchdown in Sunday's divisional-round playoff game.
The 1978 Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 49th season in the National Football League.Under new head coach and former NFL player Monte Clark, the Lions continue to struggle with mediocrity finishing in third place again with a less than stellar record of 7–9.
Since Strahan recorded his 22 1/2 sack to pass Gastineau, the record has been matched by T.J. Watt of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2021. Jared Allen (2011) and Justin Houston (2014) have each tied ...