Deion Sanders had his most yards on receptions in a game versus the Bears on September 2, 1996, with 87 yards.
Interpreted as:
most receiving yards in a regular-season game in prime time games in a career| NAME | REC YDS | DATE | TM | OPP | REC | TRG | AVG | REC TD | RUSH YDS | ATT | YPC | RUSH TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | D. Sanders | 87 | 9/2/1996 |  DAL | @ |  CHI | 9 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 |  | D. Sanders | 70 | 11/21/1993 |  ATL | vs | DAL | 1 | 70.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | | D. Sanders | 60 | 10/27/1996 | DAL | @ |  MIA | 5 | 12.0 | 0 | -4 | 1 | -4.0 | 0 | |
| 4 | | D. Sanders | 55 | 9/21/1998 | DAL | @ |  NYG | 1 | 55.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | | D. Sanders | 55 | 11/24/1996 | DAL | @ | NYG | 2 | 27.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| 6 | | D. Sanders | 55 | 9/30/1996 | DAL | @ |  PHI | 3 | 18.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | D. Sanders | 42 | 10/13/1996 | DAL | vs |  ARI | 4 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | D. Sanders | 38 | 9/8/1996 | DAL | vs | NYG | 3 | 12.7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| 9 | | D. Sanders | 36 | 12/13/1992 | ATL | @ |  TB | 2 | 18.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | D. Sanders | 34 | 11/10/1996 | DAL | @ |  SF | 2 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | D. Sanders | 27 | 9/15/1996 | DAL | vs |  IND | 2 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | D. Sanders | 24 | 11/3/1996 | DAL | vs | PHI | 2 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | D. Sanders | 20 | 9/22/1996 | DAL | @ |  BUF | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | D. Sanders | 19 | 10/20/1996 | DAL | vs | ATL | 1 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | D. Sanders | 19 | 12/10/1995 | DAL | @ | PHI | 1 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | D. Sanders | 18 | 11/8/1998 | DAL | vs | NYG | 2 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | D. Sanders | 17 | 12/22/1991 | ATL | @ | DAL | 1 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | D. Sanders | 16 | 12/19/1993 | ATL | @ |  WAS | 2 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | D. Sanders | 14 | 12/12/1999 | DAL | vs | PHI | 2 | 4 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | | D. Sanders | 14 | 10/4/1998 | DAL | @ | WAS | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | D. Sanders | 14 | 11/18/1996 | DAL | vs |  GB | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | D. Sanders | 13 | 11/28/1993 | ATL | vs |  CLE | 2 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | D. Sanders | 11 | 11/2/1998 | DAL | @ | PHI | 1 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | D. Sanders | 10 | 12/24/1999 | DAL | @ |  NO | 2 | 3 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | | D. Sanders | 9 | 10/11/1992 | ATL | @ | MIA | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 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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