most rec yards by tight end vs vikings in a game

John Mackey has the most receiving yards by a tight end in a game against the Vikings, with 144 yards on December 8, 1963.

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	NAME	REC YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD
1	John Mackey J. Mackey	144	12/8/1963	BAL	vs	MIN	5		28.8	2	0	0		0
2	John Mackey J. Mackey	143	9/18/1966	BAL	@	MIN	6		23.8	2	0	0		0
3	Jim Phillips J. Phillips	141	11/25/1962	LA	@	MIN	7		20.1	2	0	0		0
4	Darren Waller D. Waller	134	9/22/2019	OAK	@	MIN	13	14	10.3	0	7	1	7.0	0
5	Owen Daniels O. Daniels	133	11/2/2008	HOU	@	MIN	11	13	12.1	0	0	0		0
6	Jermichael Finley J. Finley	128	10/5/2009	GB	@	MIN	6	7	21.3	1	0	0		0
7	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	124	9/22/1963	CHI	@	MIN	8		15.5	2	0	0		0
8	Bernie Casey B. Casey	123	12/2/1962	SF	@	MIN	4		30.8	3	0	0		0
9	Aaron Thomas A. Thomas	121	12/6/1964	NYG	vs	MIN	7		17.3	1	0	0		0
10	Johnny Mitchell J. Mitchell	120	11/20/1994	NYJ	@	MIN	11		10.9	0	0	0		0
11	Dave Casper D. Casper	120	12/21/1980	HOU	vs	MIN	7		17.1	1	0	0		0
12	Aaron Thomas A. Thomas	117	10/9/1965	NYG	@	MIN	4		29.3	0	0	0		0
13	Charles Clay C. Clay	114	12/21/2014	MIA	vs	MIN	6	10	19.0	0	0	0		0
14	Brandon Pettigrew B. Pettigrew	112	9/25/2011	DET	@	MIN	11	13	10.2	0	0	0		0
15	Mo Alie-Cox M. Alie-Cox	111	9/20/2020	IND	vs	MIN	5	6	22.2	0	0	0		0
16	Zach Ertz Z. Ertz	110	10/7/2018	PHI	vs	MIN	10	11	11.0	1	0	0		0
17	Steve Holloway S. Holloway	107	10/18/1987	TB	vs	MIN	8		13.4	0	0	0		0
18	Shannon Sharpe S. Sharpe	104	11/14/1993	DEN	vs	MIN	7		14.9	0	0	0		0
19	Jason Witten J. Witten	102	11/3/2013	DAL	vs	MIN	8	10	12.8	1	0	0		0
20	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	102	12/17/1961	CHI	vs	MIN	8		12.8	2	0	0		0
21	Monty Stickles M. Stickles	102	10/15/1961	SF	@	MIN	5		20.4	0	0	0		0
22	Mark Chmura M. Chmura	101	10/22/1995	GB	vs	MIN	5		20.2	1	0	0		0
23	Jonnu Smith J. Smith	100	11/5/2023	ATL	vs	MIN	5	6	20.0	1	0	1	0.0	0
24	Jimmie Giles J. Giles	100	9/12/1982	TB	@	MIN	5		20.0	1	0	0		0
25	Clint Didier C. Didier	99	11/2/1986	WAS	vs	MIN	5		19.8	0	0	0		0

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