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| Most
Seasons Leading League (Average Return) |
| 9 |
Detroit |
1943-45,1951-52,1962,1966,1969,1991 |
| 7 |
Chicago/St
Louis Cardinals |
1948-49,1955-56,1959,1986-87 |
| 6 |
Green
Bay |
1950,1953-54,1961,1972,1996 |
| |
| Most
Consecutive Seasons Leading League (Average Return) |
| 3 |
Detroit |
1943-45 |
| 2 |
By
Many Teams |
| |
| Most
Punt Returns, Season |
| 71 |
Pittsburgh |
1976 |
| |
Tampa
Bay |
1979 |
| |
LA Raiders |
1985 |
| 67 |
Pittsburgh |
1974 |
| |
Los Angeles |
1978 |
| |
LA Raiders |
1984 |
| 65 |
San Francisco |
1976 |
| |
| Fewest
Punt Returns, Season |
| 12 |
Baltimore |
1981 |
| |
San Diego |
1982 |
| 14 |
Los Angeles |
1961 |
| |
Philadelphia |
1962 |
| |
Baltimore |
1982 |
| 15 |
Houston |
1960 |
| |
Washington |
1960 |
| |
Oakland |
1961 |
| |
NY Giants |
1969 |
| |
Philadelphia |
1973 |
| |
Kansas
City |
1982 |
| |
| Most
Punt Returns, Game |
| 12 |
Philadelphia
vs Cleveland (12/3/50) |
| 11 |
Chicago
Bears vs Chicago Cardinals (10/8/50) |
| |
Washington
vs Tampa Bay (10/9/77) |
| 10 |
Philadelphia
vs NY Giants (11/26/50) |
| |
Philadelphia
vs Tampa Bay (9/18/77) |
| |
Pittsburgh
vs Buffalo (12/16/79) |
| |
Washington
vs New Orleans (12/26/82) |
| |
Philadelphia
vs Seattle (12/13/92) OT |
| |
New
England vs Pittsburgh (12/5/93) |
| |
| Most
Punt Returns, Both Teams, Game |
| 17 |
Philadelphia
(12) vs Cleveland (5) 12/3/50 |
| 16 |
NY
Giants (9) vs Philadelphia (7) 12/12/54 |
| |
Washington
(11) vs Tampa Bay (5) 10/9/77 |
| 15 |
Detroit
(8) vs Cleveland (7) 9/27/42 |
| |
LA
Rams (8) vs Baltimore (7) 11/27/66 |
| |
Pittsburgh
(8) vs Houston (7) 12/1/74 |
| |
Philadelphia
(10) vs Tampa Bay (5) 9/18/77 |
| |
Baltimore
(9) vs Kansas City (6) 9/2/79 |
| |
Washington
(10) vs New Orleans (5) 12/26/82 |
| |
LA
Raiders (8) vs Cleveland (7) 11/16/86 |
| |
| Most
Fair Catches, Season |
| 34 |
Baltimore |
1971 |
| 33 |
Philadelphia |
2000 |
| 32 |
San Diego |
1969 |
| 31 |
Minnesota |
1996 |
| |
| Fewest
Fair Catches, Season |
| 0 |
San Diego |
1975 |
| |
New England |
1976 |
| |
Tampa
Bay |
1976 |
| |
Pittsburgh |
1977 |
| |
Dallas |
1982 |
| 1 |
Cleveland |
1974 |
| |
San Francisco |
1975 |
| |
Kansas
City |
1976 |
| |
St Louis |
1976 |
| |
San Diego |
1976 |
| |
LA Rams |
1982 |
| |
St Louis |
1982 |
| |
Tampa
Bay |
1982 |
| 2 |
By
Many Teams |
| |
| Most
Punt Returns, Game |
| 7 |
Minnesota
vs Dallas (9/25/66) |
| |
Detroit
vs Chicago (11/21/76) |
| |
Philadelphia
vs Buffalo (12/27/87) |
| 6 |
By
Many Teams |
| |
| Most
Yards, Punt Returns, Season |
| 875 |
Green
Bay |
1996 |
| 785 |
LA Raiders |
1985 |
| 781 |
Chicago
Bears |
1948 |
| |
| Fewest
Yards, Punt Returns, Season |
| 27 |
St Louis |
1965 |
| 35 |
NY Giants |
1965 |
| 37 |
New England |
1972 |
| |
| Most
Yards, Punt Returns, Game |
| 231 |
Detroit
vs San Francisco (10/6/63) |
| 225 |
Oakland
vs Buffalo (9/15/68) |
| 219 |
LA
Rams vs Atlanta (10/11/81) |
| |
| Fewest
Yards, Punt Returns, Game |
| -28 |
Washington
vs Dallas (12/11/66) |
| -23 |
NY
Giants vs Buffalo (10/20/75) |
| |
Pittsburgh
vs Houston (9/20/70) |
| -20 |
New
Orleans vs Pittsburgh (10/20/68) |
| |
| Most
Yards, Punt Returns, Both Teams, Game |
| 282 |
LA
Rams (219) vs Atlanta (63) 10/11/81 |
| 245 |
Detroit
(231) vs San Francisco (14) 10/6/63 |
| 244 |
Oakland
(225) vs Buffalo (19) 9/15/68 |
| |
| Fewest
Yards, Punt Returns, Both Teams, Game |
| -18 |
Buffalo
(-18) vs Pittsburgh (0) 10/29/72 |
| -14 |
Miami
(-14) vs Boston (0) 11/30/69 |
| -13 |
NY
Giants (-13) vs Cleveland (0) 11/14/65 |
| |
| Highest
Average, Punt Returns, Season |
| 20.2 |
Chicago
Bears (27-546) |
1941 |
| 19.1 |
Chicago
Cardinals (35-669) |
1948 |
| 18.2 |
Chicago
Cardinals (30-546) |
1949 |
| |
| Lowest
Average, Punt Returns, Season |
| 1.2 |
St Louis
(23-27) |
1965 |
| 1.5 |
NY Giants
(24-35) |
1965 |
| 1.7 |
Washington
(27-45) |
1970 |
| |
| Most
Touchdowns, Punt Returns, Season |
| 5 |
Chicago
Cardinals |
1959 |
| 4 |
Chicago
Cardinals |
1948 |
| |
Detroit |
1951 |
| |
NY Giants |
1951 |
| |
Denver |
1976 |
| 3 |
Washington |
1941 |
| |
Detroit |
1952 |
| |
Pittsburgh |
1952 |
| |
Houston |
1975 |
| |
Los Angeles |
1981 |
| |
Cleveland |
1993 |
| |
Green
Bay |
1996 |
| |
Denver |
1997 |
| |
San Diego |
1997 |
| |
| Most
Touchdowns, Punt Returns, Game |
| 2 |
Detroit
vs LA Rams (10/14/51) |
| |
Detroit
vs Green Bay (11/22/51) |
| |
Chicago
Cardinals vs Pittsburgh (11/1/59) |
| |
Chicago
Cardinals vs NY Giants (11/22/59) |
| |
NY
Titans vs Denver (9/24/61) |
| |
Denver
vs Cleveland (9/26/76) |
| |
LA
Rams vs Atlanta (10/11/81) |
| |
St
Louis vs Tampa Bay (12/21/86) |
| |
LA
Rams vs Atlanta (12/27/92) |
| |
Cleveland
vs Pittsburgh (10/24/93) |
| |
San
Diego vs Cincinnati (11/2/97) |
| |
Denver
vs Carolina (11/9/97) |
| |
Baltimore
vs Seattle (12/7/97) |
| |
Baltimore
vs NY Jets (12/24/00) |
| |
| Most
Touchdowns, Punt Returns, Both Teams, Game |
| 2 |
Philadelphia
(1) vs Washington (1) 11/9/52 |
| |
Kansas
City (1) vs Buffalo (1) 9/11/66 |
| |
Baltimore
(1) vs New England (1) 11/18/79 |
| |
LA
Raiders (1) vs Philadelphia (1) 11/30/86 OT |
| |
Cincinnati
(1) vs Green Bay (1) 9/20/92 |
| |
Oakland
(1) vs Seattle (1) 11/15/98 |
