nfl most yard per reception single season less than 60 catches

The Chicago Bears have averaged the most yards per reception by a team with fewer than 60 receptions in a season, with 18.9 per reception in 1936.

TEAMAVGRECSEASONGPTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Bears
Bears
18.9
58
1936
159
1,099
6.9
16
2,203
551
4.0
13.9
12
2Bears
Bears
18.6
55
1937
107
1,023
9.6
17
917
252
3.6
8.6
2
3Giants
Giants
18.2
47
1944
83
857
10.3
9
766
173
4.4
9.2
2
4Pirates
Pirates
18.2
56
1933
86
1,020
11.9
3
632
232
2.7
7.3
4
5Eagles
Eagles
17.9
46
1935
87
823
9.5
6
723
271
2.7
8.3
0
6Spartans
Spartans
17.3
43
1933
87
746
8.6
7
1,335
353
3.8
15.3
8
7Pirates
Pirates
17.3
52
1934
103
897
8.7
4
1,081
286
3.8
10.5
1
8Eagles
Eagles
17.1
55
1944
108
941
8.7
9
1,343
296
4.5
12.4
14
9Bears
Bears
17.1
56
1934
174
955
5.5
16
2,847
567
5.0
16.4
20
10Steelers
Steelers
16.7
58
1946
135
970
7.2
4
1,314
405
3.2
9.7
12
11Lions
Lions
16.6
45
1934
113
749
6.6
3
2,159
473
4.6
19.1
22
12Packers
Packers
16.6
48
1932
123
798
6.5
9
658
205
3.2
5.3
2
13Pirates
Pirates
16.4
56
1937
104
918
8.8
9
1,056
367
2.9
10.2
5
14Gunners
Gunners
16.2
21
1934
18
340
18.9
1
193
69
2.8
10.7
1
15Eagles
Eagles
16.2
39
1933
80
630
7.9
4
944
303
3.1
11.8
6
16Lions
Lions
16.1
57
1935
129
920
7.1
9
1,751
517
3.4
13.6
15
17Cardinals
Cardinals
16.1
38
1932
94
612
6.5
2
635
219
2.9
6.8
5
18Redskins
Redskins
16.0
48
1935
78
767
9.8
3
854
280
3.1
10.9
3
19Redskins
Redskins
15.9
32
1933
99
508
5.1
1
2,027
408
5.0
20.5
10
20Stapletons
Stapletons
15.8
24
1932
99
378
3.8
2
1,081
286
3.8
10.9
7
21Packers
Packers
15.6
54
1946
92
841
9.1
4
1,392
407
3.4
15.1
11
22Steelers
Steelers
15.6
42
1941
147
654
4.4
5
1,131
353
3.2
7.7
9
23Lions
Lions
15.6
48
1938
118
747
6.3
3
1,249
325
3.8
10.6
8
24Eagles
Eagles
15.5
39
1936
84
603
7.2
3
458
163
2.8
5.5
1
25Braves
Braves
15.4
14
1932
58
216
3.7
1
733
195
3.8
12.6
3
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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