most receiving touchdowns by a buffalo bill in one game before 1989

Before 1989, Jerry Butler scored the most receiving touchdowns for the Bills in a game, with 4 touchdowns against the Jets on September 23, 1979.

Interpreted as:
most receiving touchdowns by a buffalo bill in one regular-season game before 1989
NAMEREC TDDATETMOPPRECTRGREC YDSAVGRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TD
1Jerry Butler
J. Butler
4
9/23/1979
vs
10
255
25.5
12
1
12.0
0
2Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
3
11/1/1981
vs
5
163
32.6
85
23
3.7
0
3Bob Chandler
B. Chandler
3
10/3/1976
vs
6
59
9.8
0
0
0
4Wray Carlton
W. Carlton
3
10/23/1960
vs
5
110
22.0
32
11
2.9
0
5Andre Reed
A. Reed
2
12/18/1988
@
7
99
14.1
0
0
0
6Andre Reed
A. Reed
2
10/17/1988
@
7
132
18.9
0
0
0
7Andre Reed
A. Reed
2
10/9/1988
vs
7
124
17.7
0
0
0
8Andre Reed
A. Reed
2
11/30/1986
@
7
95
13.6
0
0
0
9Pete Metzelaars
P. Metzelaars
2
11/2/1986
@
7
113
16.1
0
0
0
10Andre Reed
A. Reed
2
10/19/1986
vs
3
33
11.0
0
0
0
11Mike Mosley
M. Mosley
2
10/30/1983
vs
5
59
11.8
0
0
0
12Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
2
10/9/1983
@
9
93
10.3
49
11
4.5
0
13Byron Franklin
B. Franklin
2
10/9/1983
@
3
59
19.7
0
0
0
14Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
2
9/18/1983
vs
3
14
4.7
82
24
3.4
1
15Mark Brammer
M. Brammer
2
12/5/1982
@
3
19
6.3
0
0
0
16Jerry Butler
J. Butler
2
9/16/1982
vs
7
111
15.9
0
0
0
17Roland Hooks
R. Hooks
2
11/22/1981
vs
6
111
18.5
45
13
3.5
0
18Jerry Butler
J. Butler
2
10/12/1981
vs
5
82
16.4
0
0
0
19Frank Lewis
F. Lewis
2
9/27/1981
@
8
132
16.5
0
0
0
20Jerry Butler
J. Butler
2
11/23/1980
vs
3
63
21.0
0
0
0
21Mark Brammer
M. Brammer
2
11/9/1980
@
5
48
9.6
8
1
8.0
0
22Frank Lewis
F. Lewis
2
10/26/1980
vs
5
80
16.0
0
0
0
23Frank Lewis
F. Lewis
2
9/21/1980
@
6
82
13.7
0
0
0
24Bob Chandler
B. Chandler
2
10/1/1978
vs
7
116
16.6
0
0
0
25Bob Chandler
B. Chandler
2
12/11/1977
@
7
108
15.4
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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