most receiving touchdowns running back 1977

Lydell Mitchell, Preston Pearson and Don Testerman were tied for the most receiving touchdowns by a running back in 1977, with 4 touchdowns.

NAMEREC TDSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
4
1977
14
71
620
8.7
44.3
1,159
301
3.9
82.8
3
2Preston Pearson
P. Pearson
4
1977
14
46
535
11.6
38.2
341
89
3.8
24.4
1
3Don Testerman
D. Testerman
4
1977
14
31
219
7.1
15.6
459
119
3.9
32.8
1
4Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
3
1977
14
38
308
8.1
22.0
1,112
270
4.1
79.4
6
5Larry Poole
L. Poole
3
1977
13
17
137
8.1
10.5
118
38
3.1
9.1
1
6David Sims
D. Sims
3
1977
14
12
176
14.7
12.6
369
99
3.7
26.4
5
7Carl Garrett
C. Garrett
2
1977
14
8
61
7.6
4.4
175
53
3.3
12.5
1
8Don McCauley
D. McCauley
2
1977
14
51
495
9.7
35.4
234
83
2.8
16.7
6
9Brent McClanahan
B. McClanahan
2
1977
14
34
276
8.1
19.7
324
95
3.4
23.1
1
10Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
2
1977
14
25
274
11.0
19.6
1,238
294
4.2
88.4
7
11Terry Metcalf
T. Metcalf
2
1977
14
34
403
11.9
28.8
739
149
5.0
52.8
4
12Walter Payton
W. Payton
2
1977
14
27
269
10.0
19.2
1,852
339
5.5
132.3
14
13John Riggins
J. Riggins
2
1977
5
7
95
13.6
19.0
203
68
3.0
40.6
0
14Sherman Smith
S. Smith
2
1977
14
30
419
14.0
29.9
763
163
4.7
54.5
4
15Tom Sullivan
T. Sullivan
2
1977
14
26
223
8.6
15.9
363
125
2.9
25.9
0
16Mike Thomas
M. Thomas
2
1977
13
28
245
8.8
18.8
806
228
3.5
62.0
3
17Delvin Williams
D. Williams
2
1977
14
20
179
9.0
12.8
931
268
3.5
66.5
7
18Hank Bauer
H. Bauer
1
1977
13
1
15
15.0
1.2
4
4
1.0
0.3
0
19Jim Braxton
J. Braxton
1
1977
14
43
461
10.7
32.9
372
113
3.3
26.6
1
20John Brockington
J. Brockington
1
1977
TOT
11
21
223
10.6
20.3
186
65
2.9
16.9
1
21Curtis Brown
C. Brown
1
1977
7
5
20
4.0
2.9
34
8
4.3
4.9
0
22Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
1
1977
8
11
116
10.5
14.5
338
85
4.0
42.3
4
23John Cappelletti
J. Cappelletti
1
1977
14
28
228
8.1
16.3
598
178
3.4
42.7
5
24Ronnie Coleman
R. Coleman
1
1977
14
22
115
5.2
8.2
660
185
3.6
47.1
5
25Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
1
1977
14
42
370
8.8
26.4
1,015
270
3.8
72.5
4
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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