highest scoring saturday night football games

Gino Cappelletti has the most points in a game on Saturdays, with 28 points against the Houston Oilers on December 18, 1965.

Interpreted as:
highest scoring by a player saturday night football regular-season games
NAMEPTSDATETMOPPRUSH TDREC TDRET TDTDFGMXPMXP2SFTY
1Gino Cappelletti
G. Cappelletti
28
12/18/1965
vs
0
2
0
2
4
4
0
0
2Derrick Henry
D. Henry
24
12/27/2025
@
4
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
3Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
24
12/20/1975
@
2
2
0
4
0
0
0
4Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
24
12/15/1973
vs
0
4
0
4
0
0
0
5Duane Thomas
D. Thomas
24
12/18/1971
vs
3
1
0
4
0
0
0
6Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
24
9/8/1962
vs
3
1
0
4
0
0
0
0
7Gene Mingo
G. Mingo
21
12/10/1960
@
1
0
0
1
4
3
0
0
8Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
20
12/8/1962
@
2
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
9Gino Cappelletti
G. Cappelletti
19
10/6/1962
@
0
1
0
1
3
4
0
0
10Tee Higgins
T. Higgins
18
12/28/2024
vs
0
3
0
3
0
0
0
0
11Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
18
12/16/2023
vs
0
3
0
3
0
0
0
0
12Shane Zylstra
S. Zylstra
18
12/24/2022
@
0
3
0
3
0
0
0
0
13Chase McLaughlin
C. McLaughlin
18
12/17/2022
@
0
0
0
0
5
3
0
0
14David Johnson
D. Johnson
18
12/24/2016
@
3
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
15Tiki Barber
T. Barber
18
12/30/2006
@
3
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
16Tatum Bell
T. Bell
18
12/31/2005
@
3
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
17LaBrandon Toefield
L. Toefield
18
12/24/2005
@
3
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
18Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
18
12/24/2005
vs
2
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
19Santana Moss
S. Moss
18
12/24/2005
vs
0
3
0
3
0
0
0
0
20Reuben Droughns
R. Droughns
18
12/25/2004
@
2
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
21Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
18
12/20/2003
@
3
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
22Onterrio Smith
O. Smith
18
12/20/2003
vs
3
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
23Antowain Smith
A. Smith
18
12/23/2000
@
3
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
24Muhsin Muhammad
M. Muhammad
18
12/18/1999
vs
0
3
0
3
0
0
0
0
25Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
18
12/24/1994
@
0
3
0
3
0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for points going back to the 1960 season.

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