Patriots-Colts Week 11 News & Notes

BOSTON (CBS) -- WBZ-TV's Levan Reid passes along a few notes and fun facts leading up to Sunday night's Patriots-Colts matchup.

-- This will be the 78th meeting overall between the Patriots and the Indy/Baltimore Colts. New England holds a 48-29 record against them.

-- Tom Brady made his first career start against the Colts on Sept 30 2001. The Patriots won the game 44-13.

-- Bill Belichick is 12-6 against the Colts as the coach of the Patriots.

-- Belichick began his NFL coaching career with the Baltimore Colts as an assistant to head coach Ted Marchibroda in 1975.

-- The Pats have won 19 of their last 26 games against Indy, dating back to 1996.

-- Tom Brady owns an 8-3 record against the Colts in the regular season and he's 3-1 against them in the postseason.

-- The Pats are 21-16 all-time on Sunday night football.

-- Tom Brady is 13-8 in Sunday night football games.

-- Brady has thrown for over 300 yards on 10 occasions on Sunday night football, including each of his last five games.

-- The Pats have won five in a row, the longest current winning streak in the NFL.

-- The Pats have scored first in their last five games -- all victories.

-- Tom Brady has four consecutive games with three or more touchdowns.

-- Over the last five games, the Patriots have averaged a little over 40 points per game.

-- Rob Gronkowski has 50 career touchdown receptions in 59 career NFL games.

-- Stephen Gostkowski has converted 32 straight fourth quarter field goals.

Follow Levan Reid on Twitter @LevanReid.

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