most special teams return touchdowns in a season by a single player

Devin Hester has scored the most touchdown returns in a season, with 6 touchdown returns in 2007.

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	NAME	RET TD	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Devin Hester D. Hester	6	2007	CHI	16	43	934	21.7	58.4	2	42	651	15.5	40.7	4
2	Devin Hester D. Hester	6	2006	CHI	16	20	528	26.4	33.0	2	47	600	12.8	37.5	3
3	DaRon Bland D. Bland	5	2023	DAL	17	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
4	Ken Houston K. Houston	5	1971	HOU	14	0	0		0.0	0	16	91	5.7	6.5	0
5	Janoris Jenkins J. Jenkins	4	2012	STL	15	0	0		0.0	0	9	46	5.1	3.1	0
6	Patrick Peterson P. Peterson	4	2011	ARI	16	0	0		0.0	0	44	699	15.9	43.7	4
7	Josh Cribbs J. Cribbs	4	2009	CLE	16	56	1,542	27.5	96.4	3	38	452	11.9	28.3	1
8	Adam Jones A. Jones	4	2006	TEN	15	20	521	26.1	34.7	0	34	440	12.9	29.3	3
9	Eddie Drummond E. Drummond	4	2004	DET	11	41	1,092	26.6	99.3	2	24	316	13.2	28.7	2
10	Phillip Buchanon P. Buchanon	4	2003	OAK	16	2	25	12.5	1.6	0	36	491	13.6	30.7	2
11	Dante Hall D. Hall	4	2003	KC	16	57	1,478	25.9	92.4	2	29	472	16.3	29.5	2
12	Derrick Brooks D. Brooks	4	2002	TB	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
13	Darrien Gordon D. Gordon	4	1997	DEN	16	0	0		0.0	0	40	543	13.6	33.9	3
14	Tyrone Hughes T. Hughes	4	1994	NO	15	63	1,556	24.7	103.7	2	21	143	6.8	9.5	0
15	Eric Allen E. Allen	4	1993	PHI	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
16	Lloyd Burruss L. Burruss	4	1986	KC	15	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
17	Rick Upchurch R. Upchurch	4	1976	DEN	13	22	514	23.4	39.5	0	39	536	13.7	41.2	4
18	Billy Johnson B. Johnson	4	1975	HOU	14	33	798	24.2	57.0	1	40	612	15.3	43.7	3
19	Jim Kearney J. Kearney	4	1972	KC	14	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Cecil Turner C. Turner	4	1970	CHI	14	23	752	32.7	53.7	4	1	0	0.0	0.0	0
21	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	4	1967	CHI	13	16	603	37.7	46.4	3	3	80	26.7	6.2	1
22	Travis Williams T. Williams	4	1967	GB	14	18	739	41.1	52.8	4	0	0		0.0	0
23	Don Webb D. Webb	4	1961	BOS	14	1	21	21.0	1.5	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Jack Christiansen J. Christiansen	4	1951	DET	12	11	270	24.5	22.5	0	18	343	19.1	28.6	4
25	Emlen Tunnell E. Tunnell	4	1951	NYG	12	6	227	37.8	18.9	1	34	489	14.4	40.8	3

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Vikings	2	0	1.000
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Mon 9/28	PHI	@	CHI	8:15 PM
Sun 10/4	NYJ	@	CHI	1:00 PM
Sun 10/11	CHI	@	GB	4:25 PM
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Lions	1	1	0	.500
Bears	1	1	0	.500
Packers	1	1	0	.500
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Saints	1	1	0	.500
Buccaneers	0	2	0	.000
Falcons	0	2	0	.000
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