nfl player most punt return touchdowns in a season 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Rick Upchurch scored the most punt-return touchdowns in a season, with 4 touchdowns in 1976.

	NAME	PR TD	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G
1	Rick Upchurch R. Upchurch	4	1976	DEN	13	22	514	23.4	39.5	0	39	536	13.7	41.2
2	Billy Johnson B. Johnson	3	1975	HOU	14	33	798	24.2	57.0	1	40	612	15.3	43.7
3	J.T. Smith	2	1979	KC	16	0	0		0.0	0	58	612	10.6	38.3
4	Billy Johnson B. Johnson	2	1977	HOU	14	25	630	25.2	45.0	1	35	539	15.4	38.5
5	Mike Haynes M. Haynes	2	1976	NE	14	0	0		0.0	0	45	608	13.5	43.4
6	Lemar Parrish L. Parrish	2	1974	CIN	13	2	36	18.0	2.8	0	18	338	18.8	26.0
7	Ron Smith R. Smith	2	1973	SD	14	36	947	26.3	67.6	0	27	352	13.0	25.1
8	Nesby Glasgow N. Glasgow	1	1979	BAL	16	50	1,126	22.5	70.4	0	44	352	8.0	22.0
9	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	1	1979	NE	16	1	12	12.0	0.8	0	29	289	10.0	18.1
10	Tony Nathan T. Nathan	1	1979	MIA	16	45	1,016	22.6	63.5	0	28	306	10.9	19.1
11	Steve Schubert S. Schubert	1	1979	CHI	14	2	45	22.5	3.2	0	25	238	9.5	17.0
12	Tony Green T. Green	1	1978	WAS	16	34	870	25.6	54.4	1	42	443	10.5	27.7
13	Bruce Harper B. Harper	1	1978	NYJ	16	55	1,280	23.3	80.0	0	30	378	12.6	23.6
14	Willard Harrell W. Harrell	1	1978	STL	13	19	389	20.5	29.9	0	21	196	9.3	15.1
15	Wally Henry W. Henry	1	1978	PHI	3	3	54	18.0	18.0	0	11	165	15.0	55.0
16	Keith Moody K. Moody	1	1978	BUF	14	18	371	20.6	26.5	0	19	240	12.6	17.1
17	Steve Schubert S. Schubert	1	1978	CHI	13	4	80	20.0	6.2	0	27	229	8.5	17.6
18	Rick Upchurch R. Upchurch	1	1978	DEN	12	8	222	27.8	18.5	0	36	493	13.7	41.1
19	Mike Fuller M. Fuller	1	1977	SD	14	0	0		0.0	0	28	360	12.9	25.7
20	Bobby Hammond B. Hammond	1	1977	NYG	14	19	419	22.1	29.9	0	32	334	10.4	23.9
21	Willard Harrell W. Harrell	1	1977	GB	13	3	48	16.0	3.7	0	28	253	9.0	19.5
22	John Kimbrough J. Kimbrough	1	1977	BUF	14	15	346	23.1	24.7	0	16	184	11.5	13.1
23	Keith Moody K. Moody	1	1977	BUF	14	30	636	21.2	45.4	0	15	196	13.1	14.0
24	Eddie Payton E. Payton	1	1977	TOT	10	22	548	24.9	54.8	1	30	290	9.7	29.0
25	Steve Schubert S. Schubert	1	1977	CHI	13	0	0		0.0	0	31	291	9.4	22.4

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