The team finished with a franchise best 14 – 2 regular season record and the NFC West division championship.

The Falcons finished the season with a very disappointing 5 – 11 regular season record.

Michael Vick and Keith Brooking were elected to the NFC Pro Bowl for their performances in the 2002 regular season.

The Falcons finished the 2008 regular season with a record of 11 – 5, and the # 5 seed in the playoffs.

Although they failed to make the playoffs in 2009, the streak ended when the team rallied to win their final three regular season games to record back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in franchise history.

In 2010, with a regular season record of 13 – 3, their best regular season record since the 1998 Super Bowl season, the Falcons secured a third straight winning season, their fourth overall divisional title, and the top overall seed in the NFC playoffs ; however, the Falcons were overpowered by the eventual Super Bowl XLV champion Green Bay Packers in the NFC Divisional Playoffs 48 – 21.

Phoenix is by far the hottest major city in North America ; the average high temperature during baseball's regular season is, and game-time temperatures well above are very common during the summer.

In the 2007 regular season, the Diamondbacks enjoyed success with a young team including Brandon Webb, Conor Jackson, Stephen Drew, Carlos Quentin, Chad Tracy, Chris Young, Miguel Montero, Mark Reynolds ( called up from Double-A in May ) and Justin Upton ( called up from Double-A in August ).

Autumn has a strong association with American football, as the regular season begins during September and ends with playoff competition in December or January, in the winter season.

Autumn also has strong ties to post-season baseball, with the autumnal equinox occurring with about a week left in the regular season, depending on scheduling.

Television stations and networks, particularly in North America, traditionally begin their regular seasons in autumn, with new series and new episodes of existing series debuting mostly during late September ( series that debut outside the fall season are usually known as midseason replacements ).

Five teams make the playoffs from each league: the three regular season division winners, plus two wild card teams.

Prior to 1969, the National League champion ( the " pennant winner ") was determined by the best win-loss record at the end of the regular season.

From 1969 to 1993, home field advantage was alternated between divisions each year regardless of regular season record and from 1995 to 1997 home field advantage was predetermined before the season.

Since 1998, home field advantage has been given to the team that has the better regular season record, unless that team happens to be the Wild Card team.

Throughout his career, Alaric's primary goal was not to undermine the Empire, but to secure for himself a regular and recognized position within the Empire's borders.

He changed his surname from Einstein ( to avoid confusion with the famous physicist ) and began a comedy career that quickly made him a regular on variety and talk shows during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Several songs from the album received regular airplay on major North American rock stations, with Hatfield's song " My Sister " becoming the biggest hit of her career, with a # 1 placing on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, and the video becoming an MTV staple.

During his career with the NBA ’ s Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers from 1969 to 1989, Abdul-Jabbar won six NBA championships and a record six regular season MVP Awards.

Bloomfield throughout his career, but particularly during his early career, emphasized the Neogrammarian principle of regular sound change as a foundational concept in historical linguistics.

It was the last at-bat of his career during a regular season, though he did play in the 1972 NLCS playoffs against the Cincinnati Reds.

On September 24 ( the last home game of the regular season ), Hoffman became the all-time saves leader when he recorded his 479th career save, breaking Lee Smith's record of 478 ( Hoffman's career total as of the end of the season was 482 ).

But Morrall would go on to have the best year of his career, leading the league in passer rating ( 93. 2 ) during the regular season.

The Giants ' defensive leader was Hall of Fame outside linebacker Lawrence Taylor who led the league with 20½ sacks during the regular season, won the NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award for the third time in his career, and became just the second defensive player to ever win the NFL Most Valuable Player Award.

Aykroyd's musical career was initially developed in Ottawa, particularly through his regular attendances at Le Hibou, a club that featured many blues artists.

The son of a clergyman and politician, he combined a successful business career with regular broadcasting for the BBC.

He is also the career leader ( tied with Jim Thome ) in walk-off home runs, with a combined thirteen, twelve in the regular season and one in the postseason.

Harris first came to general notice as the editor of a series of London papers including the Evening News, the Fortnightly Review and the Saturday Review, the last-named being the high point of his journalistic career, with H. G. Wells and George Bernard Shaw as regular contributors.

Varlamov negated all 30 shots registered by Boston and posted the fifth shutout of his career and first win as an Avalanche in the regular season.

In tandem with his composing career, Dukas worked as a music critic, contributing regular reviews to at least five French journals.

He finished his career with 544 goals in the regular season, with 82 in the playoffs which included a record six overtime winners ( surpassed only by Joe Sakic who has eight ), and led the league in goals five times.

Roddy McDowall, who had a long distinguished career including as the regular star of the Planet of the Apes series ; Ron Howard, who, in addition to being the star of the long running Happy Days television series, became an Oscar-winning director in adulthood ; Elijah Wood, who continued his career successfully into adulthood from playing Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings film series and starring as Ryan Newman in the T. V.

He is a regular panel member on the Fox News Channel stock investment television program Cashin ' In, as a result of having built a highly successful and lucrative second career as an investor, investment strategist and advisor, and money manager.

Morse left his regular band Spock's Beard in October 2002 stating that ' God wants me to do something else ', which meant leaving the mainstream prog scene to launch a new career as a Christian musician.

On September 28, 2003, the final day of the regular season, Wells earned the 200th win of his career in a game managed by Clemens, who had won his 300th game earlier in the season and was thought to be retiring from baseball ( Clemens ended up delaying his retirement ).

One of the most amazing parts of his career was rewriting the state history book for 76 straight regular season wins, called " Spirit of ' 76.

Giamatti started his career on the soap opera One Life to Live, but is likely best known for his series regular role on the CBS drama series Judging Amy, where he played the title character's older brother Peter Grey throughout the series ' six season run.

In the following season, he was a regular appearing in all eight Currie Cup matches plus being part of the Benson and Hedges Series winning team, scoring 73 as an opener in the final.

Also, the Redskins had defeated the Raiders during an October 2 regular season game, 37 – 35, by scoring 17 points in the final six minutes of the game.

Despite their defensive flaws, the Dolphins ' powerful offense led the NFL in scoring ( 513 points ) and total yards gained ( 7, 064 ), and helped the team reach an AFC best 14-2 regular season record.

The 49ers came into the game with the league's best regular season record at 14 – 2 and led the league in scoring with 431 points.

They proceeded to shock the NFL in 1999 with an NFC-best 13 – 3 regular season record, and outscored their opponents 526-242, the highest scoring margin ( 284 ) of any Super Bowl Champion in NFL history.

The Patriots notched the franchise's third Super Bowl berth after posting an 11-5 regular season record, led by the steady play of second-year quarterback Tom Brady and a defense that ended the regular season ranked sixth in scoring.

The scoring is the same as a regular game.

Gretzky was sidelined for much of the 1992 – 93 regular season with an upper back injury, the only year in which he did not lead his team in scoring.

Taking regular opposition wickets will remove the better batsmen from the crease, typically leading to a slowing of the scoring rate.

By, the Rangers reached the Stanley Cup Finals despite losing high-scoring center Jean Ratelle ( who had been on pace over Bruin Phil Esposito to become the first Ranger since Bryan Hextall in 1942 to lead the NHL in scoring ) to injury during the stretch drive of the regular season.

Lindros tied Jaromir Jagr for the regular season scoring lead ( though Jagr won the Art Ross Trophy with more goals ), and captured the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's MVP.

His low scoring average of 17. 8 points per game signified an 8. 9-point drop from the regular season, the lowest such drop-off in league history .< ref >

With Wesley, Phills, Rice, Mason and Divac, the Hornets romped through the regular season, finishing with a 51 – 31 record ; Rice had another good season, as he finished sixth in league scoring and earned all-NBA third team honors.

Michael Jordan won regular season MVP and Finals MVP to go with his fifth straight scoring title.

Jordan once again won regular season MVP and Finals MVP, to go with his sixth straight scoring title.

Returning to Hamilton in 1961 – 62, he became a regular player on the team, scoring 24 goals and 43 points in 50 games.

The Art Ross Trophy is awarded to the National Hockey League player who leads the league in scoring points at the end of the regular season.

His scoring average dipped to 19. 3 points per game during the regular season, and the Hawks finished with another disappointing 36 – 46 record.

However, Waugh remained a regular in the ODI team, playing in all ten ODIs, scoring 141 runs at 35. 25 and taking seven wickets at 49. 42.

Yzerman finished third in regular season scoring behind Lemieux and Gretzky, won the Lester B. Pearson Award ( MVP as voted by the NHLPA ), and was a finalist for the Hart Trophy ( MVP as voted by the NHL writers ).

BYU led the nation in passing offense, total offense, and scoring offense during the regular season.

There has not been an instance in which the Art Ross Trophy winner has been awarded the Selke Trophy, though Fedorov finished second in regular season scoring in 1994, while Hart Trophy winner and Art Ross Trophy runner-up Joe Sakic finished second in Selke voting in 2001.

The league's most valuable player failed to translate his regular season preeminence into October success, hitting safely but three times and scoring only one run.

Hobbs was more successful at Idle in 1916, scoring 790 runs at 52. 60 and taking 65 wickets at 6. 27, but his conscription into the Royal Flying Corps meant this was his final season of regular cricket in the league.