most receiving yards in a game by a tight end nfl

The San Diego Chargers have the most yards on receptions by a team in a game, with 249 yards versus the Packers on October 7, 1984.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards in a regular-season game by a tight end NFL
TEAMREC YDSDATETMOPPRECTRGAVGREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TD
1Chargers
Chargers
249
10/7/1984
@
24
10.4
1
0
0
0
2Patriots
Patriots
246
1/1/2012
vs
15
21
16.4
3
26
2
13.0
0
3Patriots
Patriots
244
12/11/2011
@
11
17
22.2
2
0
0
0
4Chargers
Chargers
227
12/11/1983
vs
19
11.9
3
0
0
0
5Chargers
Chargers
223
10/21/1984
vs
16
13.9
1
0
0
0
6Broncos
Broncos
214
10/20/2002
@
12
14
17.8
2
0
0
0
7Cardinals
Cardinals
212
10/13/1963
vs
9
23.6
2
0
0
0
849ers
49ers
210
12/9/2018
vs
7
10
30.0
1
0
0
0
9Patriots
Patriots
210
10/16/2016
vs
12
14
17.5
1
0
0
0
10Patriots
Patriots
210
10/26/2014
vs
16
16
13.1
4
-2
1
-2.0
0
11Chiefs
Chiefs
207
12/2/2018
@
15
19
13.8
3
0
0
0
12Falcons
Falcons
205
10/24/2021
@
11
14
18.6
0
0
0
0
13Buccaneers
Buccaneers
205
10/20/1985
@
12
17.1
4
0
0
0
14Jets
Jets
204
9/24/1972
@
6
34.0
3
0
0
0
15Eagles
Eagles
204
11/14/1965
vs
7
29.1
0
0
0
0
1649ers
49ers
203
10/10/2004
vs
16
19
12.7
1
0
0
0
17Eagles
Eagles
202
11/15/2015
vs
11
14
18.4
0
0
0
0
18Texans
Texans
201
10/9/2011
vs
12
21
16.8
1
0
0
0
19Raiders
Raiders
200
12/6/2020
@
13
18
15.4
2
0
0
0
20Raiders
Raiders
200
9/10/2018
vs
11
15
18.2
0
0
0
0
21Chargers
Chargers
199
9/24/1984
@
14
14.2
1
0
0
0
22Chiefs
Chiefs
197
12/25/2016
vs
17
21
11.6
2
0
0
0
23Eagles
Eagles
195
1/3/2016
@
12
12
16.3
0
0
0
0
24Chiefs
Chiefs
194
10/22/2023
vs
14
15
13.9
1
0
0
0
25Patriots
Patriots
194
9/30/1984
@
13
14.9
2
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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21.6

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20.0

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121.6

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232.5

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TEAMWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
9/13
@
4:25 PM
Sun
9/20
@
4:05 PM
Sun
9/27
@
1:00 PM
Sun
10/4
@
4:25 PM
Sun
10/11
@
4:05 PM
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16

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1 - 0

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NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
10/12
@
29-27
Sun
10/12
@
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10/12
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10/12
@
10-20
Sun
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
9/9
@
8:20 PM
Thu
9/10
@
8:35 PM
Sun
9/13
@
1:00 PM
Sun
9/13
@
1:00 PM
Sun
9/13
@
1:00 PM