most points scored sunday night football game

Gale Sayers has scored the most points in a game on Sundays, with 36 points versus the 49ers on December 12, 1965.

Interpreted as:
most points by a player scored sunday night football regular-season game
NAMEPTSDATETMOPPRUSH TDREC TDRET TDTDFGMXPMXP2SFTY
1Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
36
12/12/1965
CHI CHI
vs
SF SF
4
1
1
6
0
0
0
2Paul Hornung
P. Hornung
33
10/8/1961
GB GB
vs
BAL BAL
3
1
0
4
1
6
0
3Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
30
11/6/2022
CIN CIN
vs
CAR CAR
4
1
0
5
0
0
0
0
4Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
30
11/21/2021
IND IND
@
BUF BUF
4
1
0
5
0
0
0
0
5Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
30
12/15/2013
KC KC
@
OAK OAK
1
4
0
5
0
0
0
0
6Clinton Portis
C. Portis
30
12/7/2003
DEN DEN
vs
KC KC
5
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
7Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
30
9/29/2002
SEA SEA
vs
MIN MIN
4
1
0
5
0
0
0
0
8James Stewart
J. Stewart
30
10/12/1997
JAX JAX
vs
PHI PHI
5
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
9Jerry Rice
J. Rice
30
10/14/1990
SF SF
@
ATL ATL
0
5
0
5
0
0
0
10Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
30
11/22/1981
SD SD
@
OAK OAK
0
5
0
5
0
0
0
11Paul Hornung
P. Hornung
30
12/12/1965
GB GB
@
BAL BAL
3
2
0
5
0
0
0
12Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
30
12/8/1963
BUF BUF
vs
NYJ NYJ
5
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
13Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
30
12/10/1961
HOU HOU
@
NYT NYT
3
2
0
5
0
0
0
0
14Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
30
11/26/1961
DLT DLT
vs
OAK OAK
4
1
0
5
0
0
0
0
15Paul Hornung
P. Hornung
28
9/16/1962
GB GB
vs
MIN MIN
3
0
0
3
2
4
0
16Rob Bironas
R. Bironas
26
10/21/2007
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
0
0
0
0
8
2
0
0
17George Blanda
G. Blanda
26
9/18/1960
HOU HOU
vs
LAC LAC
3
0
0
3
1
5
0
0
18Jay Feely
J. Feely
25
12/12/2010
ARI ARI
vs
DEN DEN
1
0
0
1
5
4
0
0
19Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
24
1/5/2025
DET DET
vs
MIN MIN
3
1
0
4
0
0
0
0
20Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
24
9/15/2024
NO NO
@
DAL DAL
3
1
0
4
0
0
0
0
21Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
24
10/1/2023
SF SF
vs
ARI ARI
3
1
0
4
0
0
0
0
22Raheem Mostert
R. Mostert
24
9/24/2023
MIA MIA
vs
DEN DEN
3
1
0
4
0
0
0
0
23De'Von Achane
D. Achane
24
9/24/2023
MIA MIA
vs
DEN DEN
2
2
0
4
0
0
0
0
24Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
24
11/28/2021
TB TB
@
IND IND
3
1
0
4
0
0
0
0
25Austin Ekeler
A. Ekeler
24
11/21/2021
LAC LAC
vs
PIT PIT
2
2
0
4
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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Bears Bears
8
3
0
.727
Packers Packers
7
3
1
.682
Lions Lions
7
4
0
.636
Vikings Vikings
4
7
0
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Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
11/28
CHI CHI
@
PHI PHI
3:00 PM
Sun
12/7
CHI CHI
@
GB GB
4:25 PM
Sun
12/14
CLE CLE
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sat
12/20
GB GB
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
8:20 PM
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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
10
2
0
.833
Bills Bills
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4
0
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
Ravens Ravens
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5
0
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Steelers Steelers
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AFC SouthWLTPCT
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NFC NorthWLTPCT
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3
0
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Packers Packers
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3
1
.682
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Buccaneers Buccaneers
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5
0
.545
Panthers Panthers
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6
0
.500
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Rams Rams
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2
0
.818
Seahawks Seahawks
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3
0
.727

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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
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Thu
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KC KC
@
LAC LAC
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Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
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NYJ NYJ
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Sat
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
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JAX JAX
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TEN TEN
1:00 PM