first nfl player to throw catch and run for a touchdown

Max Krause scored 1 rushing touchdown when making >0 catches in the 1933 NFL championship game against the Bears on December 17, 1933.

Interpreted as:
first NFL player to throw catch in a game and run for a rushing touchdown
NAMEDATERUSH TDRECATTTMOPPRUSH YDSYPCREC YDSTRGAVGREC TD
1Max Krause
M. Krause
12/17/1933
1
1
2
@
3
1.5
13
13.0
0
2Bronko Nagurski
B. Nagurski
12/9/1934
1
1
24
@
68
2.8
7
7.0
0
3Ken Strong
K. Strong
12/9/1934
2
2
9
vs
94
10.4
17
8.5
0
4Cliff Battles
C. Battles
12/12/1937
1
3
17
@
53
3.1
80
26.7
0
5Jack Manders
J. Manders
12/12/1937
1
1
11
vs
73
6.6
37
37.0
1
6Tuffy Leemans
T. Leemans
12/11/1938
1
1
12
vs
43
3.6
5
5.0
0
7Joe Maniaci
J. Maniaci
12/8/1940
1
3
6
@
60
10.0
39
13.0
0
8George McAfee
G. McAfee
12/21/1941
1
2
14
vs
81
5.8
42
21.0
0
9Norm Standlee
N. Standlee
12/21/1941
2
2
17
vs
89
5.2
34
17.0
0
10Andy Farkas
A. Farkas
12/26/1943
1
1
11
@
36
3.3
17
17.0
1
11Bronko Nagurski
B. Nagurski
12/26/1943
1
1
11
vs
34
3.1
9
9.0
0
12Ward Cuff
W. Cuff
12/17/1944
1
2
12
vs
55
4.6
25
12.5
0
13Ted Fritsch
T. Fritsch
12/17/1944
1
1
17
@
58
3.4
26
26.0
1
14Elmer Angsman
E. Angsman
12/28/1947
2
1
10
vs
159
15.9
-4
-4.0
0
15Russ Craft
R. Craft
12/28/1947
1
3
6
@
8
1.3
27
9.0
0
16Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
12/28/1947
1
1
11
vs
84
7.6
20
20.0
0
17Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
12/28/1947
1
2
18
@
26
1.4
14
7.0
0
18Rex Bumgardner
R. Bumgardner
9/16/1950
1
3
4
@
18
4.5
37
12.3
0
19Chet Mutryn
C. Mutryn
9/17/1950
1
7
8
vs
53
6.6
70
10.0
0
20Tony Canadeo
T. Canadeo
9/17/1950
1
3
8
vs
28
3.5
17
5.7
0
21Ollie Cline
O. Cline
9/17/1950
1
2
7
@
-4
-0.6
22
11.0
0
22George Gulyanics
G. Gulyanics
9/17/1950
1
1
26
@
121
4.7
8
8.0
0
23Dick Hoerner
D. Hoerner
9/17/1950
1
2
7
vs
11
1.6
25
12.5
0
24Dan Towler
D. Towler
9/17/1950
1
1
2
vs
4
2.0
9
9.0
0
25Zollie Toth
Z. Toth
9/17/1950
1
2
18
@
108
6.0
18
9.0
1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for receptions, rush attempts, and rushing touchdowns going back to the 1960 season.

More Giants Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,272

Dart

Jaxson Dart

RUSH

740

Tracy

Tyrone Tracy Jr.

REC

1,014

Robinson

Wan'Dale Robinson
Team Rankings

PPG

22.4

17th

OPP PPG

25.8

26th

RUSH YDS/G

129.1

5th

PASS YDS/G

217.8

20th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
Giants Giants
4
13
0
.235
Last Game
DAL Cowboys

7 - 9 - 1

17

Final

34

NYG Giants

4 - 13

Sun 4 Jan 2026

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176