nfl most receiving yards for a player in 1978

Wesley Walker had the most receiving yards in 1978, with 1,169 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	Wesley Walker W. Walker	1,169	1978	NYJ	16	48	24.4	73.1	8	-3	1	-3.0	-0.2	0
2	Steve Largent S. Largent	1,168	1978	SEA	16	71	16.5	73.0	8	0	0		0.0	0
3	Harold Carmichael H. Carmichael	1,072	1978	PHI	16	55	19.5	67.0	8	21	1	21.0	1.3	0
4	John Jefferson J. Jefferson	1,001	1978	SD	14	56	17.9	71.5	13	7	1	7.0	0.5	0
5	Pat Tilley P. Tilley	900	1978	STL	16	62	14.5	56.3	3	32	1	32.0	2.0	0
6	Reggie Rucker R. Rucker	893	1978	CLE	15	43	20.8	59.5	8	14	2	7.0	0.9	0
7	Lynn Swann L. Swann	880	1978	PIT	16	61	14.4	55.0	11	7	1	7.0	0.4	0
8	Mel Gray M. Gray	871	1978	STL	13	44	19.8	67.0	1	51	5	10.2	3.9	1
9	Henry Childs H. Childs	869	1978	NO	16	53	16.4	54.3	4	-4	2	-2.0	-0.3	0
10	Dave Casper D. Casper	852	1978	OAK	16	62	13.7	53.3	9	5	1	5.0	0.3	0
11	Riley Odoms R. Odoms	829	1978	DEN	16	54	15.4	51.8	6	5	2	2.5	0.3	0
12	Tony Hill T. Hill	823	1978	DAL	16	46	17.9	51.4	6	17	3	5.7	1.1	0
13	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	820	1978	NE	16	34	24.1	51.3	5	11	2	5.5	0.7	0
14	James Lofton J. Lofton	818	1978	GB	16	46	17.8	51.1	6	13	3	4.3	0.8	0
15	John Stallworth J. Stallworth	798	1978	PIT	16	41	19.5	49.9	9	0	0		0.0	0
16	Ahmad Rashad A. Rashad	769	1978	MIN	16	66	11.7	48.1	8	0	0		0.0	0
17	Willie Miller W. Miller	767	1978	LA	16	50	15.3	47.9	5	-7	1	-7.0	-0.4	0
18	James Scott J. Scott	759	1978	CHI	15	42	18.1	50.6	5	0	0		0.0	0
19	Ron Jessie R. Jessie	752	1978	LA	16	49	15.3	47.0	4	0	0		0.0	0
20	Haven Moses H. Moses	744	1978	DEN	16	37	20.1	46.5	5	0	0		0.0	0
21	Harold Jackson H. Jackson	743	1978	NE	16	37	20.1	46.4	6	7	1	7.0	0.4	0
22	Sammy White S. White	741	1978	MIN	16	53	14.0	46.3	9	30	5	6.0	1.9	0
23	Isaac Curtis I. Curtis	737	1978	CIN	16	47	15.7	46.1	3	1	1	1.0	0.1	0
24	Frank Lewis F. Lewis	735	1978	BUF	15	41	17.9	49.0	7	0	0		0.0	0
25	Drew Pearson D. Pearson	714	1978	DAL	16	44	16.2	44.6	3	29	3	9.7	1.8	0

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RUSH YDS/G

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PASS YDS/G

231.0

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Bills	2	0	1.000
Patriots	1	1	.500
Jets	1	1	.500
Dolphins	0	2	.000

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 9/27	NYJ	@	DET	1:00 PM
Sun 10/4	NYJ	@	CHI	1:00 PM
Sun 10/11	CLE	@	NYJ	1:00 PM
Sun 10/18	NYJ	@	NE	1:00 PM
Sun 10/25	MIA	@	NYJ	1:00 PM

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Pass Yards Leaders

662

Shough

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Young

627

Stroud

Rush Yards Leaders

212

Henry

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Gibbs

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Rec Yards Leaders

277

Smith-Njigba

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225

Kincaid

Pass TD Leaders

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Rush TD Leaders

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Rec TD Leaders

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QB Rating Leaders

134.2

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127.3

Lock

125.8

Allen

Sack Leaders

4.0

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3.5

Watt

3.0

Hutchinson

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35.5

31.0

Opp PPG Rankings

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8.5

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Total Yards Rankings

427.5

424.5

409.0

394.0

392.0

Rush Yards Rankings

220.0

212.5

165.0

157.0

155.0

144.5

Pass Yards Rankings

331.0

324.0

313.5

291.0

279.5

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Fantasy RB Rankings

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NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	2	0	0	1.000
Giants	1	0	0	1.000
Cowboys	1	1	0	.500
Commanders	0	2	0	.000
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	2	0	0	1.000
Lions	1	1	0	.500
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
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Seahawks	2	0	0	1.000
49ers	2	0	0	1.000
Cardinals	1	1	0	.500
Rams	0	1	0	.000

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	2	0	0	1.000
Patriots	1	1	0	.500
Jets	1	1	0	.500
Dolphins	0	2	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Bengals	2	0	0	1.000
Ravens	1	1	0	.500
Steelers	1	1	0	.500
Browns	1	1	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	1	1	0	.500
Colts	0	1	0	.000
Titans	0	2	0	.000
Texans	0	2	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Raiders	2	0	0	1.000
Chiefs	1	0	0	1.000
Broncos	1	1	0	.500
Chargers	0	2	0	.000

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Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
Sun 9/13	CHI	@	CAR	59-37
Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
Sun 9/13	ATL	@	PIT	13-20

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 9/21	NYG	@	LAR	8:15 PM
Thu 9/24	ATL	@	GB	8:15 PM
Sun 9/27	KC	@	MIA	1:00 PM
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Wesley Walker had the most receiving yards in 1978, with 1,169 yards.

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