Peterson, Jennings score long TDs in London

Football fans inside Wembley Stadium in London on Sunday were witness to an exciting brand of NFL football as the Minnesota Vikings downed the Pittsburgh Steelers 34-27.

Two particular players scored long distance touchdowns in the game that draw comparisons to Hall of Fame legends.

Vikings running back Adrian Peterson scored on a 60-yard touchdown run in the second quarter on Sunday. It marked the 12th touchdown run of 60 or more yards in his career. No player in NFL history has had more 60-yard TD runs than Peterson. The next closest to him is Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown who had nine TD runs of 60 or more yards.

Adrian Peterson's 60-plus Yard Touchdown Rushes
	Date	Opponent	Result	TD Run	Total Carries	Total Rushing	TDs
1,2	Oct. 14, 2007	at Chicago Bears	W, 34-31	73, 67	20	224	3
3	Nov. 4, 2007	San Diego Chargers	W, 35-17	64	30	296	3
4	Dec. 28, 2008	N.Y. Giants	W, 20-19	67	21	103	1
5	Sept. 13, 2009	at Cleveland Browns	W, 34-20	64	25	180	3
6	Sept. 26, 2010	Detroit Lions	W, 24-10	60	23	160	2
7	Oct. 25, 2012	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L, 17-36	64	15	123	1
8	Nov. 11, 2012	Detroit Lions	W, 34-24	61	27	171	1
9	Dec. 2, 2012	at Green Bay Packers	L, 14-23	82	21	220	1
10	Dec. 16, 2012	at St. Louis Rams	W, 36-22	82	24	212	1
11	Sept. 08, 2013	at Detroit Lions	L, 24-34	78	18	93	2
12	Sept. 29, 2013	Pittsburgh Steelers (at London)	W, 34-27	60	18	140	2
Jim Brown's 60-plus Yard Touchdown Rushes
	Date	Opponent	Result	TD Run	Total Carries	Total Rushing	TDs
1	Nov. 24, 1957	Los Angeles Rams	W, 45-31	69	31	237	4
2	Oct. 26, 1958	at Chicago Cardinals	W, 35-28	62	24	180	4
3	Dec. 15, 1958	at New York Giants	W, 34-28	65	26	148	1
4	Nov. 1, 1959	at Baltimore Colts	W, 38-31	70	32	178	5
5	Oct. 23, 1960	Philadelphia Eagles	L, 29-31	71	22	167	1
6	Sept. 15, 1963	Washington Redskins	W, 37-14	80	15	162	2
7,8	Sept. 22, 1963	at Dallas Cowboys	W, 41-24	71, 63	20	232	2
9	Nov. 3, 1963	at Philadelphia Eagles	W, 23-17	62	28	223	1

The game’s first touchdown, a 70-yard TD catch by Greg Jennings, was the 7th touchdown grab of 70 or more yards by the veteran wide receiver. Since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970, only Hall of Famer Jerry Rice has had more touchdown catches of at least 70 yards.

Jerry Rice's 70-plus Yard Touchdown Receptions
	Date	Opponent	Outcome	Receptions	Yards	Average	Long	TD
1	Sept. 11, 1988	at New York Giants	W, 20-17	4	109	27.3	78T	1
2	Nov. 21, 1988	Washington Redskins	W, 37-21	3	105	35.0	80T	1
3	Nov. 27, 1988	at San Diego Chargers	W, 48-10	6	171	28.5	96T	2
4	Sept. 2, 1991	at New York Giants	L, 14-16	1	73	73.0	73T	1
5	Sept. 8, 1991	San Diego Chargers	W, 34-14	9	150	16.7	70T	2
6	Oct. 18, 1992	Atlanta Falcons	W, 56-17	7	183	26.1	80T	2
7	Dec. 19, 1993	at Detroit Lions	W, 55-17	4	132	33.0	80T	1
8	Nov. 12, 1995	at Dallas Cowboys	W, 38-20	5	161	32.2	81T	1
9	Dec. 20, 1998	at New England Patriots	L, 21-24	5	115	23.0	75T	1
Greg Jennings' 70-plus Yard Touchdown Receptions
	Date	Opponent	Outcome	Receptions	Yards	Average	Long	TD
1	Sept. 24, 2006	at Detroit Lions	W, 31-24	3	101	33.7	75T	1
2	Oct. 29, 2007	at Denver Broncos	W, 19-13	6	141	23.5	82T	1
3	Dec. 9, 2007	Oakland Raiders	W, 38-7	2	100	50.0	80T	1
4	Dec. 20, 2009	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L, 36-37	5	118	23.6	83T	1
5	Oct. 17, 2010	Miami Dolphins	L, 20-23	6	133	22.2	86T	1
6	Oct. 23, 2011	at Minnesota Vikings	W, 33-27	7	147	21.0	79T	1
7	Sept. 29, 2013	Pittsburgh Steelers (at London)	W, 34-27	3	92	30.7	70T	2