From 1972 through 1981, Rick Upchurch had the most punt-return yards, with 2,714 yards.

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Regular season

	NAME	PR YDS	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Rick Upchurch R. Upchurch	2,714	98	95	2,355	24.8	24.0	0	229	11.9	27.7	6
2	Mike Fuller M. Fuller	2,565	105	78	1,692	21.7	16.1	0	235	10.9	24.4	2
3	Billy Johnson B. Johnson	2,040	79	121	2,902	24.0	36.7	2	155	13.2	25.8	5
4	Neal Colzie N. Colzie	1,759	104	7	130	18.6	1.3	0	170	10.3	16.9	0
5	J.T. Smith	1,754	57	1	18	18.0	0.3	0	152	11.5	30.8	4
6	Bruce Harper B. Harper	1,600	77	224	5,023	22.4	65.2	0	160	10.0	20.8	1
7	Howard Stevens H. Stevens	1,559	66	103	2,336	22.7	35.4	0	163	9.6	23.6	0
8	Danny Reece D. Reece	1,554	72	23	483	21.0	6.7	0	222	7.0	21.6	0
9	Eddie Brown E. Brown	1,511	72	81	1,957	24.2	27.2	0	172	8.8	21.0	1
10	Larry Marshall L. Marshall	1,466	75	138	3,396	24.6	45.3	0	162	9.0	19.5	0
11	Freddie Solomon F. Solomon	1,458	99	32	694	21.7	7.0	1	159	9.2	14.7	4
12	Theo Bell T. Bell	1,391	72	3	50	16.7	0.7	0	166	8.4	19.3	0
13	Butch Johnson B. Johnson	1,313	87	79	1,832	23.2	21.1	0	146	9.0	15.1	0
14	Eddie Payton E. Payton	1,208	56	144	3,405	23.6	60.8	2	134	9.0	21.6	1
15	Mike Haynes M. Haynes	1,159	81	0	0		0.0	0	111	10.4	14.3	2
16	Wally Henry W. Henry	1,128	48	63	1,409	22.4	29.4	0	128	8.8	23.5	1
17	Bill Thompson B. Thompson	1,019	142	14	350	25.0	2.5	0	80	12.7	7.2	0
18	Ron Smith R. Smith	1,001	42	85	2,291	27.0	54.5	1	94	10.6	23.8	2
19	Mack Herron M. Herron	982	39	82	1,985	24.2	50.9	1	84	11.7	25.2	0
20	Mike Nelms M. Nelms	979	32	75	1,909	25.5	59.7	0	93	10.5	30.6	2
21	Ralph McGill R. McGill	969	99	27	566	21.0	5.7	0	106	9.1	9.8	1
22	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	960	75	2	29	14.5	0.4	0	92	10.4	12.8	1
23	Glen Edwards G. Edwards	959	134	4	59	14.8	0.4	0	103	9.3	7.2	0
24	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	936	81	121	3,087	25.5	38.1	2	84	11.1	11.6	1
25	Keith Moody K. Moody	920	63	109	2,318	21.3	36.8	0	88	10.5	14.6	3

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Chiefs	4	0	1.000
Raiders	3	1	.750
Broncos	2	2	.500
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Sun 10/11	DEN	@	LAC	4:05 PM
Thu 10/15	SEA	@	DEN	8:15 PM
Sun 10/25	DEN	@	ARI	4:05 PM
Sun 11/1	KC	@	DEN	4:25 PM
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1,268

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Rush Yards Leaders

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Rec Yards Leaders

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29.8

29.5

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Rush Yards Rankings

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181.0

162.3

153.5

139.0

137.3

Pass Yards Rankings

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292.8

285.3

Sack Leaders

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Giants	3	1	0	.750
Eagles	2	2	0	.500
Cowboys	2	3	0	.400
Commanders	1	3	0	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	4	0	0	1.000
Bears	3	1	0	.750
Lions	2	2	0	.500
Packers	2	2	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Falcons	2	2	0	.500
Saints	1	3	0	.250
Buccaneers	1	4	0	.200
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	4	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	3	1	0	.750
Rams	2	2	0	.500
Cardinals	1	3	0	.250

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	1	0	.750
Patriots	2	2	0	.500
Jets	1	3	0	.250
Dolphins	0	4	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	3	1	0	.750
Ravens	3	1	0	.750
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
Bengals	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	3	1	0	.750
Colts	2	2	0	.500
Titans	0	4	0	.000
Texans	0	4	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	4	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	1	0	.750
Broncos	2	2	0	.500
Chargers	0	4	0	.000