nfl player most return touchdowns in 1976

Rick Upchurch had the most touchdown returns in 1976, with 4 touchdown returns.

	NAME	RET TD	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Rick Upchurch R. Upchurch	4	1976	DEN	13	22	514	23.4	39.5	0	39	536	13.7	41.2	4
2	Tommy Casanova T. Casanova	3	1976	CIN	11	0	0		0.0	0	10	45	4.5	4.1	0
3	Monte Jackson M. Jackson	3	1976	LA	14	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
4	Mike Haynes M. Haynes	2	1976	NE	14	0	0		0.0	0	45	608	13.5	43.4	2
5	Prentice McCray P. McCray	2	1976	NE	14	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
6	Jim Merlo J. Merlo	2	1976	NO	14	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
7	John Rowser J. Rowser	2	1976	DEN	14	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
8	Nate Allen N. Allen	1	1976	MIN	12	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
9	Lem Barney L. Barney	1	1976	DET	14	0	0		0.0	0	23	191	8.3	13.6	0
10	Ron Bolton R. Bolton	1	1976	CLE	14	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
11	Eddie Brown E. Brown	1	1976	WAS	14	30	738	24.6	52.7	0	48	646	13.5	46.1	1
12	Cullen Bryant C. Bryant	1	1976	LA	14	16	459	28.7	32.8	1	29	321	11.1	22.9	0
13	Greg Buttle G. Buttle	1	1976	NYJ	14	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
14	Warren Capone W. Capone	1	1976	NO	7	2	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	Fred Carr F. Carr	1	1976	GB	14	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
16	Ronnie Coleman R. Coleman	1	1976	HOU	13	0	0		0.0	0	7	91	13.0	7.0	1
17	Brad Dusek B. Dusek	1	1976	WAS	14	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
18	Cleveland Elam C. Elam	1	1976	SF	14	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
19	Allan Ellis A. Ellis	1	1976	CHI	14	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Randy Gradishar R. Gradishar	1	1976	DEN	14	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Johnnie Gray J. Gray	1	1976	GB	14	1	23	23.0	1.6	0	37	307	8.3	21.9	0
22	Tony Greene T. Greene	1	1976	BUF	14	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	1	1976	NE	14	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Mike Hartenstine M. Hartenstine	1	1976	CHI	14	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
25	Tom Hayes T. Hayes	1	1976	SD	9	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0

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