From 1978 through 1987, J.T. Smith gained the most punt-return yards, with 2,611 yards.

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	NAME	PR YDS	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	J.T. Smith	2,611	131	25	473	18.9	3.6	0	247	10.6	19.9	4
2	Mike Nelms M. Nelms	1,948	68	175	4,128	23.6	60.7	0	212	9.2	28.6	2
3	Robbie Martin R. Martin	1,670	72	112	2,084	18.6	28.9	0	175	9.5	23.2	3
4	Dana McLemore D. McLemore	1,598	72	56	1,147	20.5	15.9	0	152	10.5	22.2	4
5	Rick Upchurch R. Upchurch	1,507	78	13	301	23.2	3.9	0	131	11.5	19.3	3
6	Mike Fuller M. Fuller	1,454	72	28	556	19.9	7.7	0	155	9.4	20.2	0
7	LeRoy Irvin L. Irvin	1,448	114	4	60	15.0	0.5	0	145	10.0	12.7	4
8	Fulton Walker F. Walker	1,437	81	167	3,779	22.6	46.7	1	145	9.9	17.7	1
9	Irving Fryar I. Fryar	1,407	56	24	445	18.5	7.9	0	126	11.2	25.1	3
10	Phil McConkey P. McConkey	1,395	57	65	1,254	19.3	22.0	0	173	8.1	24.5	0
11	Stump Mitchell S. Mitchell	1,377	99	167	3,786	22.7	38.2	0	156	8.8	13.9	1
12	Bruce Harper B. Harper	1,359	85	201	4,372	21.8	51.4	0	149	9.1	16.0	1
13	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	1,355	65	19	364	19.2	5.6	0	112	12.1	20.8	4
14	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	1,348	89	53	1,126	21.2	12.7	0	138	9.8	15.1	1
15	Billy Johnson B. Johnson	1,328	86	10	149	14.9	1.7	0	136	9.8	15.4	1
16	Mike Martin M. Martin	1,244	60	75	1,643	21.9	27.4	0	120	10.4	20.7	0
17	Wally Henry W. Henry	1,206	46	87	1,950	22.4	42.4	0	146	8.3	26.2	1
18	Louis Lipps L. Lipps	1,155	47	13	237	18.2	5.0	0	99	11.7	24.6	3
19	Leon Bright L. Bright	1,149	50	77	1,544	20.1	30.9	0	141	8.1	23.0	0
20	Danny Reece D. Reece	1,137	47	19	381	20.1	8.1	0	171	6.6	24.2	0
21	Jeff Fisher J. Fisher	1,125	49	14	204	14.6	4.2	0	120	9.4	23.0	1
22	Theo Bell T. Bell	1,121	114	3	50	16.7	0.4	0	150	7.5	9.8	0
23	Carl Roaches C. Roaches	1,116	76	154	3,352	21.8	44.1	2	155	7.2	14.7	0
24	Eddie Payton E. Payton	1,097	55	134	3,128	23.3	56.9	1	126	8.7	19.9	0
25	Pete Mandley P. Mandley	1,073	59	30	579	19.3	9.8	0	106	10.1	18.2	2

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Sun 10/25	KC	@	SEA	8:20 PM
Sun 11/1	KC	@	DEN	4:25 PM
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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
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Rams	2	2	0	.500
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Patriots	2	2	0	.500
Jets	1	3	0	.250
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Ravens	3	1	0	.750
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
Bengals	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Colts	2	2	0	.500
Titans	0	4	0	.000
Texans	0	4	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Raiders	3	1	0	.750
Broncos	2	2	0	.500
Chargers	0	4	0	.000