most receiving tds by a running back 1979

Clarence Harmon, Wilbert Montgomery and Dave Williams were tied for the most receiving touchdowns by a running back in 1979, with 5 touchdowns.

	NAME	REC TD	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Clarence Harmon C. Harmon	5	1979	WAS	16	32	434	13.6	27.1	267	65	4.1	16.7	0
2	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	5	1979	PHI	16	41	494	12.0	30.9	1,512	338	4.5	94.5	9
3	Dave Williams D. Williams	5	1979	CHI	14	42	354	8.4	25.3	401	127	3.2	28.6	1
4	Sherman Smith S. Smith	4	1979	SEA	16	48	499	10.4	31.2	775	194	4.0	48.4	11
5	Billy Taylor B. Taylor	4	1979	NYG	16	28	253	9.0	15.8	700	198	3.5	43.8	7
6	Sidney Thornton S. Thornton	4	1979	PIT	13	16	231	14.4	17.8	585	118	5.0	45.0	6
7	Rickey Young R. Young	4	1979	MIN	16	72	519	7.2	32.4	708	188	3.8	44.3	3
8	Curtis Brown C. Brown	3	1979	BUF	15	39	401	10.3	26.7	574	172	3.3	38.3	1
9	Don McCauley D. McCauley	3	1979	BAL	15	55	575	10.5	38.3	168	59	2.8	11.2	3
10	John Riggins J. Riggins	3	1979	WAS	16	28	163	5.8	10.2	1,153	260	4.4	72.1	9
11	Joe Washington J. Washington	3	1979	BAL	15	82	750	9.1	50.0	884	242	3.7	58.9	4
12	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	2	1979	STL	16	41	308	7.5	19.3	1,605	331	4.8	100.3	8
13	William Andrews W. Andrews	2	1979	ATL	15	39	309	7.9	20.6	1,023	239	4.3	68.2	3
14	Ricky Bell R. Bell	2	1979	TB	16	25	248	9.9	15.5	1,263	283	4.5	78.9	7
15	Lynn Cain L. Cain	2	1979	ATL	10	15	181	12.1	18.1	295	63	4.7	29.5	2
16	Archie Griffin A. Griffin	2	1979	CIN	16	43	417	9.7	26.1	688	140	4.9	43.0	0
17	Bruce Harper B. Harper	2	1979	NYJ	16	17	250	14.7	15.6	282	65	4.3	17.6	0
18	Calvin Hill C. Hill	2	1979	CLE	14	38	381	10.0	27.2	193	53	3.6	13.8	1
19	Paul Hofer P. Hofer	2	1979	SF	15	58	662	11.4	44.1	615	123	5.0	41.0	7
20	Horace Ivory H. Ivory	2	1979	NE	11	23	216	9.4	19.6	522	143	3.7	47.5	1
21	Tony Nathan T. Nathan	2	1979	MIA	16	17	213	12.5	13.3	68	16	4.3	4.3	0
22	Walter Payton W. Payton	2	1979	CHI	16	31	313	10.1	19.6	1,610	369	4.4	100.6	14
23	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	2	1979	CLE	16	41	372	9.1	23.3	1,294	264	4.9	80.9	9
24	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	2	1979	OAK	16	51	474	9.3	29.6	818	223	3.7	51.1	7
25	Mike Williams M. Williams	2	1979	KC	14	16	129	8.1	9.2	261	69	3.8	18.6	1

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