atlanta falcons player most punt return yard in a game

Darrien Gordon has gained the most punt-return yards for the Falcons in a game, with 139 yards against the Cowboys on November 11, 2001.

Interpreted as:
atlanta falcons player most punt return yard in a regular-season game
NAMEPR YDSDATETMOPPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR TDPRPR AVGPR TD
1Darrien Gordon
D. Gordon
139
11/11/2001
vs
0
0
0
3
46.3
0
2Billy Johnson
B. Johnson
116
10/23/1983
@
0
0
0
4
29.0
1
3Al Dodd
A. Dodd
108
10/13/1974
vs
0
0
0
6
18.0
0
4Ray Brown
R. Brown
104
11/11/1973
@
0
0
0
4
26.0
0
5Gerald Tinker
G. Tinker
102
9/29/1974
@
1
28
28.0
0
2
51.0
1
6Lew Barnes
L. Barnes
98
10/30/1988
@
1
17
17.0
0
4
24.5
0
7Harry Douglas
H. Douglas
93
11/23/2008
vs
0
0
0
3
31.0
1
8Billy Johnson
B. Johnson
93
11/21/1982
vs
0
0
0
3
31.0
0
9Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
90
11/5/1995
vs
0
0
0
6
15.0
0
10John Mallory
J. Mallory
90
12/20/1970
vs
0
0
0
2
45.0
1
11Rolland Lawrence
R. Lawrence
87
10/10/1976
@
5
128
25.6
0
6
14.5
0
12Tim Dwight
T. Dwight
85
10/1/2000
@
5
102
20.4
0
3
28.3
1
13Winslow Oliver
W. Oliver
83
12/12/1999
@
4
53
13.3
0
3
27.7
1
14Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
83
9/10/1989
vs
0
0
0
2
41.5
1
15Rolland Lawrence
R. Lawrence
82
10/2/1977
vs
0
0
0
6
13.7
0
16Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
81
11/2/2003
vs
3
53
17.7
0
3
27.0
0
17Kenny Johnson
K. Johnson
81
11/23/1980
vs
0
0
0
4
20.3
0
18Darrien Gordon
D. Gordon
79
12/16/2001
@
0
0
0
3
26.3
0
19Tim Dwight
T. Dwight
79
1/3/2000
vs
0
0
0
2
39.5
1
20Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
79
10/28/1990
vs
1
21
21.0
0
1
79.0
1
21Kenjon Barner
K. Barner
78
11/17/2019
@
0
0
0
3
26.0
1
22Tom McCauley
T. McCauley
77
10/25/1970
vs
0
0
0
1
77.0
1
23Eric Weems
E. Weems
76
11/8/2015
@
4
115
28.8
0
4
19.0
0
24Eric Weems
E. Weems
75
1/2/2011
vs
1
20
20.0
0
3
25.0
1
25Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
75
10/24/2004
@
5
119
23.8
0
1
75.0
1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for punt-return yards going back to the 1960 season.

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