Manning Becomes 5th QB with 1,000 Passing Yards in Super Bowls

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning finished Sunday's 24-10 win over the Carolina Panthers with 1,001 career passing yards in Super Bowls, making him just the fifth signal-caller to reach the 1,000-yard milestone on football's biggest stage, per Sportsnet Stats.

Manning had 860 combined passing yards in his three previous Super Bowl appearances, leaving him just 140 short of the aforementioned milestone heading into Sunday's clash.

What once would have been a lock was far from assured entering the day, as Manning hasn't looked anything like his prime self since the middle of the 2014 season.

Still, he did manage to top 140 yards in 10 of his 11 starts this season, including both of Denver's playoff games prior to the Super Bowl.

Manning actually got off to a nice start Sunday evening, completing four of his five pass attempts for 47 yards on the opening drive, which led to a Broncos field goal.

The rest of the night was an entirely different story, with the Denver and Carolina defenses trading blows against mostly helpless offenses.

Ultimately, Manning completed just 13 of his 23 pass attempts for 141 yards, with no touchdowns and one ugly interception.

However, he made fewer mistakes than Panthers counterpart Cam Newton, who threw an interception and lost a pair of extremely costly fumbles, the first of which was recovered for a touchdown.

Manning seems likely to call it quits before next season, but if not, he would only need 156 more yards in a Super Bowl to pass former Arizona Cardinals QB Kurt Warner (1,156) for second place on the all-time list.

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is unsurprisingly the far-and-away leader, with 1,605 passing yards in his NFL-record six Super Bowl appearances.