TUCSON, Ariz. -- When New England Patriots rookie running backs Kevin Harris and Pierre Strong Jr. each scored a touchdown in the team's 27-13 win over the Arizona Cardinals on Monday night, they had team historians going deep into the record books.
It marked the first time the franchise had two rookies score a rushing touchdown in the same game since 1987, when Bob Bleier and Carl Woods did so in replacement-player games during the NFL players' union strike. The last time it happened prior to that was in 1972 with Josh Ashton and Brian Dowling.