dallas cowboys player most interception return yard in a game

Mike Gaechter has the most interception-return yards for the Cowboys in a game, with 121 yards against the Washington Redskins on November 3, 1963.

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  • Data note: Interception Yards: player game data may be incomplete before 1960
NAMEINT YDSDATETMOPPTKLASTCOMBSCKSCKYINTINT TDFFFRFR TD
1Mike Gaechter
M. Gaechter
121
11/3/1963
vs
2
0
0
2Herb Adderley
H. Adderley
102
9/26/1971
@
3
0
0
3Bryan McCann
B. McCann
101
11/14/2010
@
5
0
5
0.0
0
1
1
0
0
0
4Mike Gaechter
M. Gaechter
100
10/14/1962
vs
1
1
0
5Dennis Thurman
D. Thurman
96
9/6/1981
@
1
0
0
6George Teague
G. Teague
95
11/14/1999
vs
0.0
1
1
0
7Darren Woodson
D. Woodson
94
12/4/1994
@
0.0
1
1
0
8Mel Renfro
M. Renfro
90
10/4/1965
@
1
1
0
9Sean Lee
S. Lee
89
10/27/2013
@
7
3
10
0.0
0
2
0
0
0
0
10Greg Ellis
G. Ellis
87
9/20/1999
vs
0.0
1
1
0
11Roy Williams
R. Williams
85
12/29/2002
@
4
1
5
0.0
0
1
1
0
1
0
12Cornell Green
C. Green
84
12/1/1963
vs
2
0
0
13Ron Fellows
R. Fellows
79
10/2/1983
@
0.0
2
1
0
14Tom Henderson
T. Henderson
79
10/2/1977
vs
2
1
0
15Dennis Thurman
D. Thurman
78
11/2/1980
@
1
1
0
16Jimmy Ridlon
J. Ridlon
74
11/8/1964
@
1
1
0
17Mario Edwards
M. Edwards
71
11/4/2001
@
2
0
2
0.0
0
1
1
0
0
0
18Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
71
9/21/1998
@
0.0
1
1
0
19Terence Newman
T. Newman
70
10/8/2007
@
4
1
5
0.0
0
1
0
0
0
0
20DaRon Bland
D. Bland
68
10/19/2025
vs
5
2
7
0.0
0
1
1
0
0
0
21Dextor Clinkscale
D. Clinkscale
68
9/18/1983
vs
0.0
1
1
0
22Randy Hughes
R. Hughes
68
9/30/1979
vs
1
0
0
23Jourdan Lewis
J. Lewis
66
9/9/2021
@
0
2
2
0.0
0
1
0
0
1
0
24Cliff Harris
C. Harris
66
9/27/1970
vs
2
0
0
25Larry Brown
L. Brown
65
12/10/1995
@
0.0
1
1
0

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