most kick return touchdowns in a season by a team

The Mississippi State Bulldogs have scored the most kick-return touchdowns by a team in a season, with 85 touchdowns in 1995.

TEAMKR TDSEASONGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Mississippi State
Mississippi State
85
1995
11
47
880
18.7
80.0
16
106
6.6
9.6
1
2Mississippi State
Mississippi State
54
1992
11
34
728
21.4
66.2
36
369
10.3
33.5
1
3Tulsa
Tulsa
5
2004
12
52
1,231
23.7
102.6
25
208
8.3
17.3
1
4Kansas State
Kansas State
4
2019
13
34
1,003
29.5
77.2
16
163
10.2
12.5
1
5Louisiana-Monroe
Louisiana-Monroe
4
2017
12
56
1,413
25.2
117.8
14
99
7.1
8.3
0
6Memphis
Memphis
4
2017
13
48
1,249
26.0
96.1
21
115
5.5
8.8
0
7San Diego State
San Diego State
4
2017
13
34
879
25.9
67.6
25
264
10.6
20.3
1
8Duke
Duke
4
2015
13
38
995
26.2
76.5
30
212
7.1
16.3
0
9Kansas State
Kansas State
4
2015
13
50
1,268
25.4
97.5
24
167
7.0
12.8
1
10UAB
UAB
4
2014
12
47
1,318
28.0
109.8
32
305
9.5
25.4
0
11BYU
BYU
3
2024
13
22
578
26.3
44.5
18
233
12.9
17.9
2
12Eastern Michigan
Eastern Michigan
3
2023
13
34
729
21.4
56.1
13
142
10.9
10.9
0
13Kentucky
Kentucky
3
2023
13
23
693
30.1
53.3
8
73
9.1
5.6
0
14South Florida
South Florida
3
2021
12
34
803
23.6
66.9
10
120
12.0
10.0
0
15Memphis
Memphis
3
2019
14
46
1,206
26.2
86.1
25
187
7.5
13.4
1
16Southern Miss
Southern Miss
3
2019
13
33
779
23.6
59.9
16
156
9.8
12.0
1
17New Mexico State
New Mexico State
3
2018
12
36
758
21.1
63.2
18
127
7.1
10.6
1
18Old Dominion
Old Dominion
3
2017
12
34
872
25.6
72.7
25
210
8.4
17.5
0
19Troy
Troy
3
2017
13
36
970
26.9
74.6
23
179
7.8
13.8
0
20Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Tech
3
2016
14
57
1,436
25.2
102.6
17
178
10.5
12.7
0
21Memphis
Memphis
3
2016
13
47
1,249
26.6
96.1
20
166
8.3
12.8
0
22Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
3
2016
13
39
1,037
26.6
79.8
17
253
14.9
19.5
1
23San Diego State
San Diego State
3
2016
14
35
984
28.1
70.3
30
271
9.0
19.4
0
24Rutgers
Rutgers
3
2015
12
51
1,093
21.4
91.1
12
167
13.9
13.9
1
25San Diego State
San Diego State
3
2015
14
34
988
29.1
70.6
26
258
9.9
18.4
1
StatMuse has team, season-level data for kick-return touchdowns going back to the 1977 season.

More Mississippi State Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

30.5

48th

OPP PPG

29.2

106th

RUSH YDS/G

161.7

71st

PASS YDS/G

236.8

72nd

2025 SEC Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
12
Florida Florida
2-6
4-8
13
Auburn Auburn
1-7
5-7
14
Mississippi State Mississippi State
1-7
5-7
15
South Carolina South Carolina
1-7
4-8
16
Arkansas Arkansas
0-8
2-10
Last Game
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Final

19

Fri 28 Nov 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

CFB 2025 Rankings

CFB 2025 Division Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Georgia Georgia
11
1
.917
2
Ole Miss Ole Miss
11
1
.917
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
9
4
.692
2
New Mexico New Mexico
9
3
.750
Big 10WLPCT
1
Ohio State Ohio State
12
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
12
0
1.000
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
10
2
.833
2
UConn UConn
9
3
.750
Big 12WLPCT
1
Texas Tech Texas Tech
12
1
.923
2
BYU BYU
11
2
.846
American AthleticWLPCT
1
North Texas North Texas
11
2
.846
2
Tulane Tulane
11
2
.846
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Virginia Virginia
10
2
.833
2
Duke Duke
7
5
.583
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Washington State Washington State
6
6
.500
2
Oregon State Oregon State
2
10
.167
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Western Michigan Western Michigan
9
4
.692
2
Ohio Ohio
8
4
.667
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
JMU JMU
12
1
.923
2
Troy Troy
8
5
.615
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
10
3
.769
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
8
5
.615

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
11/7
SMU SMU
@
BC BC
45-13
Fri
11/7
CIT CIT
@
MISS MISS
0-49
Fri
11/7
SYR SYR
@
MIA MIA
10-38
Fri
11/7
LSU LSU
@
ALA ALA
9-20
Mon
11/10
KENT KENT
@
AKR AKR
42-35

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/6
IND IND
@
OSU OSU
8:00 PM
Sat
12/6
DUKE DUKE
@
UVA UVA
8:00 PM
Sat
12/13
ARMY ARMY
@
NAVY NAVY
3:00 PM
Wed
12/17
ODU ODU
@
USF USF
5:00 PM
Thu
12/18
MOST MOST
@
ARST ARST
9:00 PM