new england patriots most punt return yard in a game

The New England Patriots had their most punt-return yards in a game on September 28 and on November 7, 1976, with 167 yards.

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new england patriots most punt return yard in a regular-season game

	TEAM	PR YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR AVG	PR TD
1	Patriots	167	9/28/2025	NE	vs	CAR	W 42-13	2	48	24.0	0	3	55.7	1
2	Patriots	167	11/7/1976	NE	vs	BUF	W 20-10	1	33	33.0	0	5	33.4	1
3	Patriots	145	12/6/2020	NE	@	LAC	W 45-0	0	0		0	3	48.3	1
4	Patriots	139	11/20/1977	NE	@	BUF	W 20-7	2	41	20.5	0	6	23.2	0
5	Patriots	137	11/5/1967	BOS	vs	HOU	W 18-7	3	32	10.7	0	7	19.6	0
6	Patriots	133	12/9/2001	NE	vs	CLE	W 27-16	5	82	16.4	0	5	26.6	1
7	Patriots	133	9/22/1985	NE	@	BUF	W 17-14	3	104	34.7	0	6	22.2	1
8	Patriots	124	12/1/2025	NE	vs	NYG	W 33-15	3	79	26.3	0	3	41.3	1
9	Patriots	118	9/3/2000	NE	vs	TB	L 16-21	3	85	28.3	0	4	29.5	1
10	Patriots	117	11/18/2012	NE	vs	IND	W 59-24	4	94	23.5	0	2	58.5	1
11	Patriots	117	11/15/2009	NE	@	IND	L 34-35	3	82	27.3	0	5	23.4	0
12	Patriots	115	10/12/1980	NE	vs	MIA	W 34-0	1	19	19.0	0	7	16.4	0
13	Patriots	112	1/2/2011	NE	vs	MIA	W 38-7	1	23	23.0	0	4	28.0	1
14	Patriots	110	11/10/1985	NE	vs	IND	W 34-15	2	17	8.5	0	4	27.5	1
15	Patriots	109	11/20/2022	NE	vs	NYJ	W 10-3	1	15	15.0	0	5	21.8	1
16	Patriots	109	11/30/1980	NE	@	SF	L 17-21	4	58	14.5	0	6	18.2	0
17	Patriots	107	9/4/1983	NE	vs	BAL	L 23-29	4	68	17.0	0	3	35.7	0
18	Patriots	104	10/4/1998	NE	@	NO	W 30-27	4	63	15.8	0	5	20.8	0
19	Patriots	101	11/28/1976	NE	vs	DEN	W 38-14	3	47	15.7	0	4	25.3	1
20	Patriots	99	8/31/1997	NE	vs	SD	W 41-7	2	55	27.5	0	6	16.5	0
21	Patriots	95	12/10/1995	NE	vs	NYJ	W 31-28	4	94	23.5	0	7	13.6	0
22	Patriots	93	9/11/2000	NE	@	NYJ	L 19-20	3	75	25.0	0	4	23.3	0
23	Patriots	89	11/19/1978	NE	@	NYJ	W 19-17	4	75	18.8	0	4	22.3	0
24	Patriots	87	9/15/1996	NE	vs	ARI	W 31-0	1	19	19.0	0	5	17.4	0
25	Patriots	87	11/2/1980	NE	vs	NYJ	W 34-21	4	119	29.8	0	6	14.5	1

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