lions single season receiving yards leader 1970

Charlie Sanders had the most yards on receptions for the Lions in 1970, with 544 yards.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Charlie Sanders
C. Sanders
544
1970
14
40
13.6
38.9
6
0
0
0.0
0
2Larry Walton
L. Walton
532
1970
13
30
17.7
40.9
5
20
2
10.0
1.5
0
3Earl McCullouch
E. McCullouch
278
1970
10
15
18.5
27.8
4
7
1
7.0
0.7
0
4Altie Taylor
A. Taylor
261
1970
14
27
9.7
18.6
2
666
198
3.4
47.6
2
5Mel Farr
M. Farr
213
1970
12
29
7.3
17.8
2
717
166
4.3
59.8
9
6Chuck Hughes
C. Hughes
162
1970
13
8
20.3
12.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
7Bill Triplett
B. Triplett
52
1970
14
6
8.7
3.7
0
156
48
3.3
11.1
1
8Charlie Brown
C. Brown
38
1970
14
2
19.0
2.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
9Nick Eddy
N. Eddy
22
1970
11
4
5.5
2.0
0
47
18
2.6
4.3
1
10Steve Owens
S. Owens
21
1970
6
4
5.3
3.5
0
122
36
3.4
20.3
2
11Craig Cotton
C. Cotton
6
1970
14
1
6.0
0.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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28.9

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24.8

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119.9

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11
5
0
.688
9
6
1
.594
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8
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8
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0
.688
7
8
1
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4
12
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13
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NFC NorthWLTPCT
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11
5
0
.688
9
6
1
.594
8
8
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8
9
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.471
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9
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.471
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9
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.438
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10
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14
3
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13
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13
3
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.813
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.688
7
9
0
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3
13
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.188
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9
7
0
.563
8
8
0
.500
6
10
0
.375
4
12
0
.250
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12
4
0
.750
11
5
0
.688
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8
8
0
.500
3
13
0
.188
AFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
11
5
0
.688
6
10
0
.375
2
14
0
.125

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