FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- On a weekend when he didn't even play, Tom Brady scored another landslide victory like so many he led New England to on its way to the first 16-0 season in NFL history.

He received 49 of 50 votes and became the first Patriots player to win the MVP award on Saturday. Bret Favre of the Green Bay Packers got the only dissenting vote.

Brady won the Super Bowl MVP award after the 2001 and 2003 seasons.

The eight-year veteran helped the Patriots shatter records this season by throwing for 50 touchdowns. He broke Peyton Manning's NFL mark by one, and threw 23 of those TDs to Randy Moss, which lifted the receiver past Jerry Rice's record of 22.

New England scored 589 points, another record, as was the Patriots' 75 touchdowns. Eleven of their wins were by at least 17 points.

Brady's NFL best 117.2 passer rating was close to Manning's record of 121.1 in 2004. Only one full-time AFC starter, Jacksonville's David Garrard, threw fewer than Brady's eight interceptions and Garrard threw 253 fewer passes.