NFL Monday Night: Derrick Henry’s TD streak ends, but yards remain in Ravens win

NFL Monday Night: Derrick Henry’s TD streak ends, but yards remain in Ravens win

Baltimore running back Derrick Henry’s touchdown streak ended Monday night, but the Ravens still defeated the Los Angeles Chargers 30-23 in a duel of AFC playoff contenders.

Henry ran for 140 yards on 24 carries, but the former Alabama All-American failed to reach the end zone for the first time this season. Henry had scored at least one touchdown in each of Baltimore’s 11 games since signing with the Ravens as a free agent in the offseason.

That was the fourth-longest streak to start an NFL season, behind 14 games by OJ Simpson for the Buffalo Bills in 1975 and 12 games by John Riggins for the Washington Redskins in 1983 and Jerry Rice for the San Francisco 49ers in 1987.

The Ravens went 3 of 3 on fourth down, with Henry scoring twice in the second half and Baltimore leading 17-16. Henry ran 27 yards on fourth-and-1 at the Ravens’ 39-yard line and 2 yards on fourth-and-1 at the Chargers’ 25-yard line en route to a touchdown.

In his 44th 100-yard game, Henry became the eighth player in NFL history with at least 20 regular season games with 140 or more rushing yards. Barry Sanders has the most with 32, followed by Jim Brown with 29, Eric Dickerson with 26, Walter Payton and Adrian Peterson with 25 each, Emmitt Smith with 22 and LaDainian Tomlinson with 20.

Henry has passed for 1,325 yards and 13 touchdowns on 223 carries this season.

After falling behind 10-0, the Ravens scored touchdown runs of 10 yards from quarterback Lamar Jackson and 51 yards from running back Justice Hill, with TD passes from Jackson of 40 yards to wide receiver Rashod Bateman and 6 yards to tight end Mark Andrews.

In addition to Henry, six other players from Alabama high schools and colleges played in the Baltimore-Los Angeles game:

  • Ravens cornerback Jalyn Armor-Davis (St. Paul’s Episcopal, Ala.) made a tackle and broke up a pass.
  • Bradley Bozeman (Handley, Alabama) started at center for the Chargers.
  • Ravens wide receiver Malik Cunningham (Park Crossing) is on the practice squad and ineligible to play.
  • Ravens guard Darrian Dalcourt (Alabama) is on the practice squad and is not eligible to play.
  • Chargers defensive back Justin Eboigbe (Alabama) made a tackle.
  • Chargers long snapper Josh Harris (Auburn) made four field goals, three field goals and two extra points.
  • Marlon Humphrey (Hoover, Alabama) started at cornerback for the Ravens. Humphrey made three tackles, registered a quarterback hit and broke up a pass.
  • Chargers offensive lineman Alex Leatherwood (Alabama) is on the practice squad and ineligible to play.
  • Ravens nose tackle Michael Pierce (Daphne, Samford) is on injured reserve and is not eligible to play.
  • Chargers punter JK Scott (Alabama) averaged 41.3 yards on four punts. Scott had a 43-yard punt to a fair catch at the Baltimore 31-yard line, which moved to the 16-yard line due to a penalty against the Ravens; a 45-yarder that was knocked down at the Baltimore 7, a 38-yarder that was out of bounds at the Baltimore 28, and a 39-yarder that was knocked down at the Baltimore 9.
  • Chargers running back Kimani Vidal (Troy) was classified as inactive on matchdays.

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