nfl most receiving yards for a player in 1977

Drew Pearson had the most yards on receptions in 1977, with 870 yards.

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	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Drew Pearson D. Pearson	870	1977	DAL	14	48	18.1	62.1	2	22	2	11.0	1.6	0
2	Ken Burrough K. Burrough	816	1977	HOU	14	43	19.0	58.3	8	10	4	2.5	0.7	0
3	James Scott J. Scott	809	1977	CHI	14	50	16.2	57.8	3	0	0		0.0	0
4	Lynn Swann L. Swann	789	1977	PIT	14	50	15.8	56.4	7	6	2	3.0	0.4	0
5	John Stallworth J. Stallworth	784	1977	PIT	14	44	17.8	56.0	7	47	6	7.8	3.4	0
6	Mel Gray M. Gray	782	1977	STL	14	38	20.6	55.9	5	-1	1	-1.0	-0.1	0
7	Billy Brooks B. Brooks	772	1977	CIN	14	39	19.8	55.1	4	-4	2	-2.0	-0.3	0
8	Nat Moore N. Moore	765	1977	MIA	14	52	14.7	54.6	12	89	14	6.4	6.4	1
9	Sammy White S. White	760	1977	MIN	14	41	18.5	54.3	9	0	0		0.0	0
10	Bob Chandler B. Chandler	745	1977	BUF	14	60	12.4	53.2	4	0	0		0.0	0
11	Wesley Walker W. Walker	740	1977	NYJ	14	35	21.1	52.9	3	25	3	8.3	1.8	0
12	Ahmad Rashad A. Rashad	681	1977	MIN	14	51	13.4	48.6	2	0	0		0.0	0
13	Alfred Jenkins A. Jenkins	677	1977	ATL	14	39	17.4	48.4	4	7	2	3.5	0.5	0
14	Walter White W. White	674	1977	KC	13	48	14.0	51.8	5	-3	2	-1.5	-0.2	0
15	Harold Jackson H. Jackson	666	1977	LA	14	48	13.9	47.6	6	6	1	6.0	0.4	0
16	Harold Carmichael H. Carmichael	665	1977	PHI	14	46	14.5	47.5	7	0	0		0.0	0
17	Darryl Stingley D. Stingley	657	1977	NE	14	39	16.8	46.9	5	33	3	11.0	2.4	1
18	Morris Owens M. Owens	655	1977	TB	14	34	19.3	46.8	3	-2	2	-1.0	-0.1	0
19	Reuben Gant R. Gant	646	1977	BUF	14	41	15.8	46.1	2	0	0		0.0	0
20	Steve Largent S. Largent	643	1977	SEA	14	33	19.5	45.9	10	0	0		0.0	0
21	Gene Washington G. Washington	638	1977	SF	14	32	19.9	45.6	5	0	0		0.0	0
22	Jean Fugett J. Fugett	631	1977	WAS	14	36	17.5	45.1	5	0	0		0.0	0
23	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	620	1977	BAL	14	71	8.7	44.3	4	1,159	301	3.9	82.8	3
24	Duriel Harris D. Harris	601	1977	MIA	14	34	17.7	42.9	5	0	0		0.0	0
25	Dave Casper D. Casper	584	1977	OAK	14	48	12.2	41.7	6	0	0		0.0	0

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Giants	1	0	1.000
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Sun 9/27	BAL	@	DAL	4:25 PM
Sun 10/4	DAL	@	HOU	1:00 PM
Thu 10/8	TB	@	DAL	8:15 PM
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Bears	1	1	0	.500
Packers	1	1	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	1	0	.500
Saints	1	1	0	.500
Buccaneers	0	2	0	.000
Falcons	0	2	0	.000
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Seahawks	2	0	0	1.000
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Steelers	1	1	0	.500
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Mon 9/21	NYG	@	LAR	8:15 PM
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Drew Pearson had the most yards on receptions in 1977, with 870 yards.

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