most receiving yards in a season before 1997

Before 1997, Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions in a season, with 1,848 yards in 1995.

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most receiving yards by a player in a season before 1997

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jerry Rice J. Rice	1,848	1995	SF	16	122	15.1	115.5	15	36	5	7.2	2.3	1
2	Isaac Bruce I. Bruce	1,781	1995	STL	16	119	15.0	111.3	13	17	3	5.7	1.1	0
3	Charley Hennigan C. Hennigan	1,746	1961	HOU	14	82	21.3	124.7	12	0	0		0.0	0
4	Herman Moore H. Moore	1,686	1995	DET	16	123	13.7	105.4	14	0	0		0.0	0
5	Michael Irvin M. Irvin	1,603	1995	DAL	16	111	14.4	100.2	10	0	0		0.0	0
6	Lance Alworth L. Alworth	1,602	1965	SD	14	69	23.2	114.4	14	-12	3	-4.0	-0.9	0
7	Jerry Rice J. Rice	1,570	1986	SF	16	86	18.3	98.1	15	72	10	7.2	4.5	1
8	Roy Green R. Green	1,555	1984	STL	16	78	19.9	97.2	12	-10	1	-10.0	-0.6	0
9	Charley Hennigan C. Hennigan	1,546	1964	HOU	14	101	15.3	110.4	8	0	0		0.0	0
10	Michael Irvin M. Irvin	1,523	1991	DAL	16	93	16.4	95.2	8	0	0		0.0	0
11	Jerry Rice J. Rice	1,503	1993	SF	16	98	15.3	93.9	15	69	3	23.0	4.3	1
12	Jerry Rice J. Rice	1,502	1990	SF	16	100	15.0	93.9	13	0	2	0.0	0.0	0
13	Jerry Rice J. Rice	1,499	1994	SF	16	112	13.4	93.7	13	93	7	13.3	5.8	2
14	Robert Brooks R. Brooks	1,497	1995	GB	16	102	14.7	93.6	13	21	4	5.3	1.3	0
15	Elroy Hirsch E. Hirsch	1,495	1951	LA	12	66	22.7	124.6	17	3	1	3.0	0.3	0
16	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	1,491	1986	NE	16	84	17.8	93.2	10	0	0		0.0	0
17	Brett Perriman B. Perriman	1,488	1995	DET	16	108	13.8	93.0	9	48	5	9.6	3.0	0
18	Jerry Rice J. Rice	1,483	1989	SF	16	82	18.1	92.7	17	33	5	6.6	2.1	0
19	Bill Groman B. Groman	1,473	1960	HOU	14	72	20.5	105.2	12	0	0		0.0	0
20	Sterling Sharpe S. Sharpe	1,461	1992	GB	16	108	13.5	91.3	13	8	4	2.0	0.5	0
21	Bobby Mitchell B. Mitchell	1,436	1963	WAS	14	69	20.8	102.6	7	24	3	8.0	1.7	0
22	Don Maynard D. Maynard	1,434	1967	NYJ	14	71	20.2	102.4	10	18	4	4.5	1.3	0
23	Sterling Sharpe S. Sharpe	1,423	1989	GB	16	90	15.8	88.9	12	25	2	12.5	1.6	0
24	Mark Carrier M. Carrier	1,422	1989	TB	16	86	16.5	88.9	9	0	0		0.0	0
25	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	1,414	1988	RAM	16	86	16.4	88.4	10	7	1	7.0	0.4	0

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