first kickoff return touchdown for each afc team

The Cleveland Browns had 1 touchdown on a kick return versus the Jets on September 21, 1970.

Interpreted as:
first kickoff return touchdown in a game for each afc team
TEAMDATEKR TDTMOPPRESULTKRKR YDSKR AVGPRPR YDSPR AVGPR TD
1Browns
Browns
9/21/1970
1
vs
W
31-21
3
147
49.0
0
0
0
2Bills
Bills
10/4/1970
1
vs
W
34-31
5
184
36.8
1
8
8.0
0
3Colts
Colts
11/1/1970
1
vs
W
35-0
1
99
99.0
3
110
36.7
1
4Bills
Bills
11/1/1970
1
@
W
45-10
3
99
33.0
3
66
22.0
0
5Bengals
Bengals
11/8/1970
1
@
W
43-14
3
165
55.0
0
0
0
6Dolphins
Dolphins
12/6/1970
1
vs
W
37-20
4
123
30.8
5
48
9.6
0
7Dolphins
Dolphins
12/5/1971
1
@
L
13-34
7
245
35.0
1
27
27.0
0
8Colts
Colts
9/24/1972
1
vs
L
34-44
7
274
39.1
2
9
4.5
0
9Broncos
Broncos
9/24/1972
1
@
L
14-37
6
201
33.5
2
4
2.0
0
10Oilers
Oilers
9/23/1973
1
@
L
10-24
4
170
42.5
4
2
0.5
0
11Bills
Bills
10/7/1973
1
vs
W
27-26
6
192
32.0
0
0
0
12Jets
Jets
10/28/1973
1
vs
L
28-40
8
187
23.4
1
7
7.0
0
13Colts
Colts
11/25/1973
1
vs
L
17-24
4
161
40.3
4
39
9.8
0
14Patriots
Patriots
12/2/1973
1
vs
W
30-14
3
138
46.0
1
14
14.0
0
15Bills
Bills
12/9/1973
1
vs
W
37-13
3
108
36.0
1
23
23.0
0
16Browns
Browns
11/10/1974
1
@
W
21-14
2
120
60.0
5
66
13.2
0
17Dolphins
Dolphins
12/21/1974
1
@
L
26-28
5
183
36.6
3
5
1.7
0
18Raiders
Raiders
9/22/1975
1
@
W
31-21
3
159
53.0
5
51
10.2
0
19Oilers
Oilers
10/12/1975
1
@
W
40-10
3
117
39.0
2
3
1.5
0
20Steelers
Steelers
10/26/1975
1
@
W
16-13
2
110
55.0
3
22
7.3
0
21Patriots
Patriots
12/21/1975
1
@
L
21-34
7
230
32.9
3
25
8.3
0
22Bengals
Bengals
10/3/1976
1
@
W
45-24
5
181
36.2
2
2
1.0
0
23Patriots
Patriots
10/2/1977
1
@
L
27-30
5
178
35.6
5
31
6.2
0
24Dolphins
Dolphins
10/9/1977
1
@
L
28-45
6
212
35.3
4
35
8.8
0
25Patriots
Patriots
11/6/1977
1
vs
L
14-24
4
146
36.5
1
-4
-4.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for kick-return touchdowns going back to the 1940 season.

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14
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Bills Bills - w
12
5
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7
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Jets Jets - e
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12
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13
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11
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9
1
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12
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13
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6
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9
7
1
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9
8
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8
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
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12
5
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1:00 PM