most receptions in an nfl game by a player before 2000

Before 2000, Tom Fears made the most receptions in a game, with 18 catches versus the Packers on December 3, 1950.

Interpreted as:
most receptions in an NFL regular-season game by a player before 2000
NAMERECDATETMOPPTRGREC YDSAVGREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TD
1Tom Fears
T. Fears
18
12/3/1950
vs
189
10.5
2
2Clark Gaines
C. Gaines
17
9/21/1980
vs
160
9.4
0
20
5
4.0
0
3Keenan McCardell
K. McCardell
16
10/20/1996
@
232
14.5
0
0
0
0
4Jerry Rice
J. Rice
16
11/20/1994
vs
165
10.3
3
3
1
3.0
0
5Sonny Randle
S. Randle
16
11/4/1962
@
256
16.0
1
0
0
0
6Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
15
12/24/1995
vs
210
14.0
1
12
1
12.0
0
7Andre Reed
A. Reed
15
11/20/1994
vs
191
12.7
2
4
1
4.0
0
8Flipper Anderson
F. Anderson
15
11/26/1989
@
336
22.4
1
0
0
0
9Steve Largent
S. Largent
15
10/18/1987
@
261
17.4
3
0
0
0
10Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
15
10/7/1984
@
157
10.5
0
0
0
0
11William Andrews
W. Andrews
15
11/15/1981
vs
124
8.3
0
36
12
3.0
0
12Rickey Young
R. Young
15
12/16/1979
@
116
7.7
1
80
16
5.0
0
13Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
14
1/2/2000
vs
19
165
11.8
0
0
0
0
14Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
14
12/26/1999
@
18
138
9.9
0
0
0
0
15Courtney Hawkins
C. Hawkins
14
11/1/1998
vs
147
10.5
1
0
0
0
16Tim Brown
T. Brown
14
12/21/1997
vs
164
11.7
0
0
0
0
17Jerry Rice
J. Rice
14
12/18/1995
vs
289
20.6
3
10
1
10.0
0
18Herman Moore
H. Moore
14
12/4/1995
vs
183
13.1
1
0
0
0
19Cris Carter
C. Carter
14
10/2/1994
@
167
11.9
0
0
0
0
20Andre Rison
A. Rison
14
9/4/1994
@
193
13.8
2
0
0
0
21Al Toon
A. Toon
14
11/27/1988
vs
181
12.9
0
0
0
0
22Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
14
10/14/1984
vs
191
13.6
0
0
0
0
23Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
14
12/11/1983
vs
162
11.6
3
0
0
0
24Tony Galbreath
T. Galbreath
14
9/10/1978
@
122
8.7
0
29
5
5.8
0
25Ralph Heywood
R. Heywood
14
12/4/1949
@
151
10.8
2
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for receptions going back to the 1960 season.

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