Panthers' Cam Newton Records Most Carries by a Quarterback in 1 Game Since 2011

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton had 17 carries for 107 rushing yards and a touchdown in Sunday's 37-37 tie with the Cincinnati Bengals. According to ESPN Stats & Info, this marked the first time since the 2011 season that a quarterback has attempted 17 or more rushes in a game.

The last occurrence was the work of current free agent Tim Tebow, who logged 22 carries for 67 yards for the Denver Broncos in a Nov. 27, 2011 game against the San Diego Chargers.

It's rare to see a quarterback reach even 15 carries, as there have been just 10 individual regular-season performances since 1960 in which a player had 15 or more carries and five or more pass attempts.

Prior to Tebow in 2011, the previous occurrence came courtesy of Michael Vick in 2004, ending a 23-year drought dating back to David Woodley's 15-carry game for the Miami Dolphins in 1981.

If the criteria are narrowed to 17 or more carries and five or more pass attempts, there have only been four such games since 1960, with Newton and Tebow joined by Bobby Douglass (1973) and Al Dorow (1960 in the AFL) on the exclusive list.

Of all the quarterbacks to log 15 carries in a single game, none came close to the 29 completions, 46 pass attempts and 284 passing yards that Newton compiled in Sunday's contest.

The Panthers signal-caller is thus the first player since at least 1960 with more than 158 passing yards, 16 completions or 35 pass attempts in a 15-carry outing.

Newton and Vick are the only players to top 250 passing yards and 100 rushing yards in the same regular-season game, though Carolina's Superman has now accomplished the feat twice, having piled up 287 passing yards and 116 rushing yards in a 2012 game against the Atlanta Falcons.

Incredibly enough, Newton managed all these rare achievements while playing with an ankle that still seems to be at a bit less than 100 percent following offseason surgery.

Unless otherwise noted, statistics courtesy of Pro-Football-Reference.com.