most receptions in a game by a cowboy

Jason Witten has the most catches for the Cowboys in a game, with 18 receptions against the Giants on October 28, 2012.

Interpreted as:
most receptions in a regular-season game by a cowboy
NAMERECDATETMOPPTRGREC YDSAVGREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TD
1Jason Witten
J. Witten
18
10/28/2012
vs
23
167
9.3
0
0
0
0
2Jason Witten
J. Witten
15
12/9/2007
@
18
138
9.2
1
0
0
0
3Jason Witten
J. Witten
14
12/6/2009
@
16
156
11.1
0
0
0
0
4Jake Ferguson
J. Ferguson
13
9/21/2025
@
14
82
6.3
0
0
0
0
5CeeDee Lamb
C. Lamb
13
10/27/2024
@
17
146
11.2
2
0
0
0
6CeeDee Lamb
C. Lamb
13
1/7/2024
@
13
98
7.5
2
7
1
7.0
0
7CeeDee Lamb
C. Lamb
13
12/30/2023
vs
17
227
17.5
1
5
1
5.0
0
8Amari Cooper
A. Cooper
13
9/9/2021
@
17
139
10.7
2
0
0
0
9Dez Bryant
D. Bryant
13
10/14/2012
@
15
95
7.3
2
0
0
0
10Jason Witten
J. Witten
13
10/1/2012
vs
14
112
8.6
1
0
0
0
11Lance Rentzel
L. Rentzel
13
11/19/1967
vs
223
17.2
1
0
0
0
12CeeDee Lamb
C. Lamb
12
11/30/2023
vs
17
116
9.7
1
30
2
15.0
0
13CeeDee Lamb
C. Lamb
12
10/29/2023
vs
14
158
13.2
2
12
1
12.0
0
14Amari Cooper
A. Cooper
12
10/4/2020
vs
16
134
11.2
1
0
0
0
15Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
12
12/9/2018
vs
13
79
6.6
0
113
28
4.0
0
16Jason Witten
J. Witten
12
12/29/2013
vs
16
135
11.3
0
0
0
0
17Dez Bryant
D. Bryant
12
11/18/2012
vs
15
145
12.1
1
0
0
0
18Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
12
10/27/1996
@
186
15.5
1
0
0
0
19Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
12
10/17/1993
vs
168
14.0
1
0
0
0
20Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
12
11/22/1992
@
67
5.6
0
84
23
3.7
0
21CeeDee Lamb
C. Lamb
11
11/12/2023
vs
14
151
13.7
1
14
1
14.0
1
22CeeDee Lamb
C. Lamb
11
11/5/2023
@
16
191
17.4
0
0
0
0
23CeeDee Lamb
C. Lamb
11
9/17/2023
vs
13
143
13.0
0
0
0
0
24CeeDee Lamb
C. Lamb
11
12/29/2022
@
14
100
9.1
0
0
0
0
25CeeDee Lamb
C. Lamb
11
11/13/2022
@
15
150
13.6
2
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for receptions going back to the 1960 season.

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