most yards in a game by a tight end before 2010

Before 2010, Shannon Sharpe had the most receiving yards by a tight end in a game, with 214 yards versus the Chiefs on October 20, 2002.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards in a regular-season game by a tight end before 2010
NAME REC YDS DATE TM OPP REC TRG AVG REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH TD
1 Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
214
10/20/2002
DEN DEN
@
KC KC
12
14
17.8
2
0
0
0
2 Jackie Smith
J. Smith
212
10/13/1963
STL STL
vs
PIT PIT
9
23.6
2
0
0
0
3 Rich Caster
R. Caster
204
9/24/1972
NYJ NYJ
@
BAL BAL
6
34.0
3
0
0
0
4 Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
204
11/14/1965
PHI PHI
vs
WAS WAS
7
29.1
0
0
0
0
5 Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
191
10/14/1984
CLE CLE
vs
NYJ NYJ
14
13.6
0
0
0
0
6 Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
190
11/12/1961
CHI CHI
vs
GB GB
9
21.1
3
0
0
0
7 Dallas Clark
D. Clark
183
9/21/2009
IND IND
@
MIA MIA
7
8
26.1
1
0
0
0
8 Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
180
9/3/1995
DEN DEN
vs
BUF BUF
10
18.0
0
0
0
0
9 Bob Schnelker
B. Schnelker
180
12/18/1960
NYG NYG
vs
CLE CLE
8
22.5
1
0
0
0
10 Steve Jordan
S. Jordan
179
11/2/1986
MIN MIN
@
WAS WAS
6
29.8
1
0
0
0
11 Gern Nagler
G. Nagler
177
11/20/1960
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
10
17.7
0
0
0
0
12 Mark Bavaro
M. Bavaro
176
10/13/1985
NYG NYG
@
CIN CIN
12
14.7
0
0
0
0
13 Taz Anderson
T. Anderson
175
12/16/1962
STL STL
vs
PHI PHI
8
21.9
0
0
0
0
14 Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
174
11/9/1997
DEN DEN
vs
CAR CAR
8
21.8
0
0
0
0
15 Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
173
11/20/1986
RAI RAI
@
SD SD
11
15.7
1
0
0
0
16 Jacque MacKinnon
J. MacKinnon
172
10/20/1968
SD SD
vs
DEN DEN
6
28.7
2
0
0
0
17 Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
171
12/22/1980
SD SD
vs
PIT PIT
10
17.1
0
0
0
0
18 Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
168
10/25/1964
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
13
12.9
0
0
0
0
19 Antonio Gates
A. Gates
167
12/6/2009
SD SD
@
CLE CLE
8
9
20.9
0
0
0
0
20 Riley Odoms
R. Odoms
165
12/10/1978
DEN DEN
vs
KC KC
7
23.6
2
-2
1
-2.0
0
21 Paul Costa
P. Costa
163
12/24/1967
BUF BUF
@
OAK OAK
6
27.2
1
0
0
0
22 Jim Phillips
J. Phillips
163
9/23/1961
LA LA
vs
CHI CHI
9
18.1
0
0
0
0
23 Eric Johnson
E. Johnson
162
10/10/2004
SF SF
vs
ARI ARI
13
16
12.5
1
0
0
0
24 Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
162
12/21/1997
DEN DEN
vs
SD SD
8
20.3
1
0
0
0
25 Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
162
12/11/1983
SD SD
vs
KC KC
14
11.6
3
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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