most receiving tds in a game before 2000

Before 2000, Jerry Rice, Kellen Winslow and Bob Shaw were tied for the most receiving touchdowns in a game, with 5 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most receiving tds by a player in a regular-season game before 2000
NAMEREC TDDATETMOPPRECTRGREC YDSAVGRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
5
10/14/1990
SF SF
@
ATL ATL
13
225
17.3
0
0
0
2Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
5
11/22/1981
SD SD
@
OAK OAK
13
144
11.1
0
0
0
3Bob Shaw
B. Shaw
5
10/2/1950
CHC CHC
vs
BAL BAL
8
165
20.6
4Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
4
10/10/1999
STL STL
vs
SF SF
5
6
134
26.8
0
0
0
5Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
4
10/20/1996
PHI PHI
vs
MIA MIA
8
116
14.5
0
0
0
6Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
4
11/27/1994
MIA MIA
@
NYJ NYJ
9
117
13.0
0
0
0
7Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
4
11/24/1994
GB GB
@
DAL DAL
9
122
13.6
0
0
0
8Jerry Rice
J. Rice
4
11/14/1993
SF SF
@
TB TB
8
172
21.5
0
0
0
9Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
4
10/24/1993
GB GB
@
TB TB
10
147
14.7
5
1
5.0
0
10Don Beebe
D. Beebe
4
9/8/1991
BUF BUF
vs
PIT PIT
10
112
11.2
0
0
0
11Wesley Walker
W. Walker
4
9/21/1986
NYJ NYJ
vs
MIA MIA
6
194
32.3
0
0
0
12Jimmie Giles
J. Giles
4
10/20/1985
TB TB
@
MIA MIA
7
116
16.6
0
0
0
13Daryl Turner
D. Turner
4
9/15/1985
SEA SEA
@
SD SD
7
121
17.3
0
0
0
14Roy Green
R. Green
4
11/13/1983
STL STL
vs
SEA SEA
6
130
21.7
6
1
6.0
0
15Earnest Gray
E. Gray
4
9/7/1980
NYG NYG
@
STL STL
9
174
19.3
0
0
0
16Jerry Butler
J. Butler
4
9/23/1979
BUF BUF
vs
NYJ NYJ
10
255
25.5
12
1
12.0
0
17Ahmad Rashad
A. Rashad
4
9/2/1979
MIN MIN
vs
SF SF
7
152
21.7
0
0
0
18Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
4
12/15/1973
MIA MIA
vs
DET DET
6
103
17.2
0
0
0
19Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
4
10/14/1973
LA LA
vs
DAL DAL
7
238
34.0
0
0
0
20Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
4
12/20/1970
DAL DAL
vs
HOU HOU
6
187
31.2
3
1
3.0
0
21Dave Williams
D. Williams
4
11/2/1969
STL STL
vs
NO NO
8
164
20.5
0
0
0
22Ben Hawkins
B. Hawkins
4
9/28/1969
PHI PHI
vs
PIT PIT
7
145
20.7
0
0
0
23Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
4
12/1/1968
SD SD
@
DEN DEN
9
171
19.0
0
0
0
24Roy Jefferson
R. Jefferson
4
11/3/1968
PIT PIT
@
ATL ATL
11
199
18.1
0
0
0
25Frank Jackson
F. Jackson
4
12/13/1964
KC KC
@
SD SD
8
142
17.8
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1960 season.

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