most receiving yards by a db in a game

Billy Stone has the most yards on receptions by a defensive back in a game, with 156 yards against the Eagles on October 15, 1950.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a db in a regular-season game
NAME REC YDS DATE TM OPP REC TRG AVG REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH TD
1 Billy Stone
B. Stone
156
10/15/1950
BAL BAL
vs
PHI PHI
3
52.0
2
4
2
2.0
0
2 Howie Livingston
H. Livingston
141
9/24/1950
WAS WAS
@
GB GB
4
35.3
2
0
1
0.0
0
3 Dick James
D. James
140
12/16/1962
WAS WAS
vs
PIT PIT
5
28.0
2
4
1
4.0
0
4 Jug Girard
J. Girard
130
10/28/1951
GB GB
@
NYY NYY
4
32.5
1
5 Dick James
D. James
117
11/25/1962
WAS WAS
vs
NYG NYG
5
23.4
2
0
0
0
6 Roy Green
R. Green
115
9/20/1981
STL STL
vs
WAS WAS
4
28.8
1
0
0
0
7 Clendon Thomas
C. Thomas
113
11/29/1964
PIT PIT
vs
STL STL
4
28.3
0
0
0
0
8 George Taliaferro
G. Taliaferro
101
11/11/1951
NYY NYY
@
SF SF
4
25.3
0
19
7
2.7
0
9 Night Train Lane
N. Train Lane
98
11/13/1955
CHC CHC
@
GB GB
1
98.0
1
10 Clendon Thomas
C. Thomas
90
11/7/1965
PIT PIT
@
STL STL
7
12.9
0
0
0
0
11 Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
90
12/13/1953
NYG NYG
vs
DET DET
4
22.5
1
46
12
3.8
0
12 Roy Green
R. Green
89
10/4/1981
STL STL
vs
DAL DAL
5
17.8
1
0
0
0
13 Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
87
9/2/1996
DAL DAL
@
CHI CHI
9
9.7
0
0
0
0
14 Mark Bailey
M. Bailey
86
10/16/1977
KC KC
vs
BAL BAL
6
14.3
0
20
9
2.2
0
15 Devin Hester
D. Hester
81
10/14/2007
CHI CHI
vs
MIN MIN
1
2
81.0
1
-3
1
-3.0
0
16 Chris Hope
C. Hope
81
12/28/2003
PIT PIT
@
BAL BAL
1
1
81.0
1
0
0
0
17 Clendon Thomas
C. Thomas
80
11/28/1965
PIT PIT
vs
CLE CLE
1
80.0
1
0
0
0
18 Roy Green
R. Green
79
11/29/1981
STL STL
@
NE NE
3
26.3
1
0
0
0
19 Dean Derby
D. Derby
79
10/5/1957
PIT PIT
vs
CLE CLE
4
19.8
0
26
8
3.3
0
20 Dicky Moegle
D. Moegle
79
9/30/1956
SF SF
vs
NYG NYG
3
26.3
0
18
7
2.6
0
21 Dicky Moegle
D. Moegle
78
10/16/1955
SF SF
@
DET DET
2
39.0
0
16
4
4.0
1
22 Terry Barr
T. Barr
76
11/8/1959
DET DET
@
PIT PIT
2
38.0
0
37
1
37.0
0
23 Night Train Lane
N. Train Lane
75
12/9/1956
CHC CHC
@
CHB CHB
1
75.0
0
24 Don Paul
D. Paul
75
10/28/1951
CHC CHC
vs
PIT PIT
3
25.0
0
35
6
5.8
0
25 Bake Turner
B. Turner
74
12/16/1962
BAL BAL
vs
MIN MIN
1
74.0
1
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1960 season.

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647

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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
10/12
WAS WAS
@
BAL BAL
23-30
Sat
10/12
LAC LAC
@
DEN DEN
23-16
Sat
10/12
PIT PIT
@
LV LV
32-13
Sat
10/12
ATL ATL
@
CAR CAR
38-20
Sat
10/12
DET DET
@
DAL DAL
47-9

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/4
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Fri
9/5
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
8:00 PM
Sun
9/7
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
LV LV
@
NE NE
1:00 PM