longest kick return in a nfl game

The New York Giants have the most kickoff returns by a team in a game, with 12 returns against the Washington Redskins on November 27, 1966.

Interpreted as:
longest kick return in a NFL regular-season game
TEAMKRDATETMOPPRESULTKR YDSKR AVGKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR TD
1Giants
Giants
12
11/27/1966
@
L
41-72
274
22.8
0
4
29
7.3
0
2Chiefs
Chiefs
11
11/23/2008
vs
L
31-54
152
13.8
0
1
18
18.0
0
3Bears
Bears
10
11/9/2014
@
L
14-55
288
28.8
1
2
13
6.5
0
4Broncos
Broncos
10
12/12/2010
@
L
13-43
272
27.2
0
1
10
10.0
0
5Cardinals
Cardinals
10
12/21/2008
@
L
7-47
156
15.6
0
0
0
0
6Lions
Lions
10
12/16/2007
@
L
14-51
156
15.6
0
0
0
0
7Bengals
Bengals
10
9/16/2007
@
L
45-51
243
24.3
0
1
7
7.0
0
849ers
49ers
10
10/15/2006
vs
L
19-48
204
20.4
0
1
6
6.0
0
9Browns
Browns
10
11/28/2004
@
L
48-58
212
21.2
0
2
6
3.0
0
10Ravens
Ravens
10
12/13/1998
vs
L
28-38
367
36.7
2
0
0
0
11Raiders
Raiders
10
10/26/1997
@
L
34-45
223
22.3
0
1
0
0.0
0
12Falcons
Falcons
10
9/29/1996
@
L
17-39
188
18.8
0
0
0
0
13Oilers
Oilers
10
12/17/1989
@
L
7-61
128
12.8
0
1
10
10.0
0
14Lions
Lions
10
9/24/1989
vs
L
27-47
275
27.5
0
1
2
2.0
0
15Broncos
Broncos
10
10/31/1988
@
L
23-55
226
22.6
0
0
0
0
16Chiefs
Chiefs
10
9/20/1987
@
L
14-43
230
23.0
0
1
1
1.0
0
17Bills
Bills
10
12/12/1976
@
L
20-58
208
20.8
0
1
9
9.0
0
18Lions
Lions
10
9/15/1968
@
L
13-59
210
21.0
0
0
0
0
19Patriots
Patriots
10
12/9/1967
vs
L
16-44
190
19.0
0
2
43
21.5
0
20Chiefs
Chiefs
10
11/23/1967
vs
L
22-44
218
21.8
0
2
5
2.5
0
21Falcons
Falcons
10
12/18/1966
vs
L
33-57
209
20.9
0
1
6
6.0
0
22Broncos
Broncos
10
10/4/1964
vs
L
10-39
295
29.5
0
2
3
1.5
0
23Oilers
Oilers
10
12/22/1963
@
L
49-52
269
26.9
0
1
11
11.0
0
24Broncos
Broncos
10
12/22/1963
@
L
20-58
217
21.7
0
2
38
19.0
0
25Titans
Titans
10
12/18/1960
@
L
43-50
257
25.7
0
1
0
0.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for kickoff returns going back to the 1960 season.

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10
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14
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.353
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11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
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11
6
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.647
9
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8
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8
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.471
8
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6
11
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.353
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14
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12
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