most amount of punt return yards by team return yards in a game including playoffs ever

The Detroit Lions gained 330 yards on returns versus the 49ers on October 6, 1963.

TEAMRET YDSPR YDSDATETMOPPRESULTTD1DWNOFFOPP OFF3DWN%4DWN%
1Lions
Lions
330
231
10/6/1963
DET DET
vs
SF SF
W
26-3
3
10
231
61
2Raiders
Raiders
274
225
9/15/1968
OAK OAK
@
BUF BUF
W
48-6
6
20
411
191
3Rams
Rams
369
219
10/11/1981
LA LA
@
ATL ATL
W
37-35
4
14
252
349
4Lions
Lions
257
199
11/14/2004
DET DET
@
JAX JAX
L
17-23
2
10
190
415
14.3
0.0
5Colts
Colts
195
195
12/22/2019
IND IND
vs
CAR CAR
W
38-6
5
25
324
286
36.4
50.0
6Lions
Lions
262
190
10/27/2024
DET DET
vs
TEN TEN
W
52-14
7
17
225
416
33.3
7Ravens
Ravens
287
184
12/7/1997
BAL BAL
vs
SEA SEA
W
31-24
4
15
374
273
25.0
8Browns
Browns
223
179
10/3/2013
CLE CLE
vs
BUF BUF
W
37-24
4
19
290
343
41.2
9Chiefs
Chiefs
300
177
12/8/2013
KC KC
@
WAS WAS
W
45-10
6
20
346
257
18.2
50.0
10Saints
Saints
354
176
10/6/2008
NO NO
vs
MIN MIN
L
27-30
3
17
375
270
46.7
100.0
11Ravens
Ravens
303
173
12/24/2000
BAL BAL
vs
NYJ NYJ
W
34-20
4
5
142
524
12.5
0.0
12Broncos
Broncos
192
168
11/9/1997
DEN DEN
vs
CAR CAR
W
34-0
4
20
393
147
14.3
60.0
13Chargers
Chargers
270
168
11/2/1997
SD SD
@
CIN CIN
L
31-38
4
14
235
336
31.6
0.0
14Patriots
Patriots
215
167
9/28/2025
NE NE
vs
CAR CAR
W
42-13
6
16
307
326
33.3
100.0
15Packers
Packers
196
167
12/15/1996
GB GB
@
DET DET
W
31-3
4
20
336
265
50.0
100.0
16Broncos
Broncos
167
167
11/6/1977
DEN DEN
vs
PIT PIT
W
21-7
3
12
174
216
17Patriots
Patriots
200
167
11/7/1976
NE NE
vs
BUF BUF
W
20-10
2
16
303
373
18Browns
Browns
244
166
10/24/1993
CLE CLE
vs
PIT PIT
W
28-23
4
12
245
440
33.3
19Rams
Rams
267
166
10/25/1981
LA LA
@
SF SF
L
17-20
2
25
401
325
20Colts
Colts
189
164
9/19/1971
BAL BAL
vs
NYJ NYJ
W
22-0
2
16
319
118
21Saints
Saints
346
161
10/3/1976
NO NO
vs
HOU HOU
L
26-31
2
22
375
255
22Titans
Titans
199
160
12/30/2012
TEN TEN
vs
JAX JAX
W
38-20
5
12
221
375
42.9
0.0
23Chiefs
Chiefs
219
160
9/13/2010
KC KC
vs
SD SD
W
21-14
3
9
197
389
9.1
0.0
24Raiders
Raiders
225
157
9/29/2002
OAK OAK
vs
TEN TEN
W
52-25
7
24
464
430
33.3
25Chiefs
Chiefs
222
156
12/14/2014
KC KC
vs
OAK OAK
W
31-13
4
16
388
280
23.1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for punt-return yards going back to the 1960 season.

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PPG

29.2

3rd

OPP PPG

22.8

16th

RUSH YDS/G

138.1

5th

PASS YDS/G

252.3

9th

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TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
8
3
0
.727
Packers Packers
8
3
1
.708
Lions Lions
7
5
0
.583
Vikings Vikings
4
7
0
.364
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/4
DAL DAL
@
DET DET
8:15 PM
Sun
12/14
DET DET
@
LAR LAR
4:25 PM
Sun
12/21
PIT PIT
@
DET DET
4:25 PM
Thu
12/25
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
4:30 PM
Sun
1/4
DET DET
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Last Game
GB Packers

8 - 3 - 1

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Final

24

DET Lions

7 - 5

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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
10
2
0
.833
Bills Bills
7
4
0
.636
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Ravens Ravens
6
5
0
.545
Steelers Steelers
6
5
0
.545
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
8
3
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.727
Jaguars Jaguars
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4
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Broncos Broncos
9
2
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Chargers Chargers
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Cowboys Cowboys
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1
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NFC NorthWLTPCT
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Packers Packers
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3
1
.708
NFC SouthWLTPCT
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5
0
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Panthers Panthers
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6
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
9
2
0
.818
Seahawks Seahawks
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3
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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
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NE NE
20-13

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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
11/27
CIN CIN
@
BAL BAL
8:20 PM
Fri
11/28
CHI CHI
@
PHI PHI
3:00 PM
Sun
11/30
JAX JAX
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/30
ATL ATL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
11/30
LAR LAR
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM