Sack records

The Buffalo Bills enjoyed a thrilling last-minute win over the Carolina Panthers during Week 2 action on Sunday. Rookie quarterback EJ Manuel completed his first NFL comeback drive to earn the Bills their first win of the 2013 season.

Helping the cause on the other side of the ball was defensive end Mario Williams who set a franchise record with 4.5 sacks in the win. His effort broke the mark shared by Hall of Famer Bruce Smith and linebacker Cornelius Bennett.

The following are the team-by-team records for sacks in a single game since 1982 when the sack became an official NFL statistic. Also noted in italics are record holders, if recognized by the team, for those players who accomplished the feat prior to the 1982 season.

EAST	Player	Date	Sacks	Record owned or shared by pre-1982 player (if recognized by team)
Buffalo Bills	Mario Williams	Sept. 15, 2013	4.5
Miami Dolphins	Cameron Wake	Sept. 30, 2012	4.5	5.0	Bill Stanfill (twice), Vern Den Herder
New England Patriots	Andre Carter	Nov. 13, 2011	4.0	4.0	Julius Adams, Tony McGee, Mike Hawkins
New York Jets	Mark Gastineau	Nov. 6, 1983	4.0
	Mark Gastineau	Sept. 2, 1984	4.0
	John Abraham	Nov. 4, 2001	4.0
NORTH	Player	Date	Sacks
Baltimore Ravens	Michael McCrary	Nov. 8, 1998	4.0
	Peter Boulware	Jan. 7, 2002	4.0
Cincinnati Bengals	Antwan Odom	Sept. 20, 2009	5.0	5.0	Eddie Edwards
Cleveland Browns	Andra Davis	Nov. 9, 2003	4.0	4.0	Jerry Sherk, Mack Mitchell
Pittsburgh Steelers	Chad Brown	Oct. 13, 1996	4.5	5.0	Joe Greene
SOUTH	Player	Date	Sacks
Houston Texans	Connor Barwin	Nov. 27, 2011	4.0
Indianapolis Colts	Johnie Cooks	Nov. 25, 1984	4.5
Jacksonville Jaguars	Kelvin Pritchett	Oct. 5, 1997	3.0
	John Hendrson	Oct. 6, 2002	3.0
	Paul Spicer	Sept. 25, 2005	3.0
Tennessee Titans	William Fuller	Nov. 28, 1993	4.0	4.0	Ed Hussman (twice), Elvin Bethea, Jesse Baker
WEST	Player	Date	Sacks
Denver Broncos	Karl Mecklenburg	Sept. 15, 1985	4.0	4.0	Barney Chavous, Dave Costa, Rich Jackson
	Karl Mecklenburg	Dec. 1, 1985	4.0
	Simon Fletcher	Nov. 4, 1990	4.0
	Elvis Dumervil	Sept. 20, 2009	4.0
Kansas City Chiefs	Derrick Thomas	Nov. 11, 1990	7.0
Oakland Raiders	Howie Long	Oct. 2, 1983	5.0
San Diego Chargers	Leslie O'Neal	Nov. 16, 1986	5.0
EAST	Player	Date	Sacks
Dallas Cowboys	Jim Jeffcoat	Nov. 10, 1985	5.0	5.0	Bob Lilly
New York Giants	Osi Umenyiora	Sept. 30, 2007	6.0
Philadelphia Eagles	Clyde Simmons	Sept. 15, 1991	4.5
	Hugh Douglas	Oct. 18, 1998	4.5
Washington Redskins	Dexter Manley	Oct. 2, 1988	4.0
	Ken Harvey	Nov. 23, 1997	4.0
	Phillip Daniels	Dec. 18, 2005	4.0
	Brian Orakpo	Dec. 13, 2009	4.0
NORTH	Player	Date	Sacks
Chicago Bears	Richard Dent	Nov. 4, 1984	4.5
	Richard Dent	Dec. 27, 1987	4.5
Detroit Lions	Bill Gay	Sept. 4, 1983	5.5
Green Bay Packers	Vonnie Holliday	Dec. 22, 2002	5.0	5.0	Ezra Johnson, Dave Pureifory
Minnesota Vikings	Randy Holloway	Sept. 16, 1984	5.0
SOUTH	Player	Date	Sacks
Atlanta Falcons	Chuck Smith	Oct. 12, 1997	5.0	5.0	Claude Humphrey (twice)
Carolina Panthers	Charles Johnson	Sept. 30, 2012	3.5
New Orleans Saints	Rickey Jackson	Dec. 14, 1986	4.0
	Rickey Jackson	Sept. 18, 1988	4.0
	Pat Swilling	Nov. 11, 1990	4.0
	Wayne Martin	Dec. 3, 1992	4.0
	Wayne Martin	Sept. 21, 1997	4.0
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Marcus Jones	Oct. 19, 2000	4.0
	Simeon Rice	Oct. 12, 2003	4.0
WEST	Player	Date	Sacks
Arizona Cardinals	Curtis Greer	Dec. 18, 1983	4.5
San Francisco 49ers	Fred Dean	Nov. 13, 1983	6.0
Seattle Seahawks	Jacob Green	Oct. 19, 1986	4.0
	Michael Sinclair	Sept. 8, 1996	4.0
	Michael McCrary	Dec. 22, 1996	4.0
	Darryl Tapp	Oct. 21, 2007	4.0
	Chris Clemons	Sept. 24, 2012	4.0
St. Louis Rams	Gary Jeter	Sept. 18, 1988	5.0