nfl player most return touchdowns in a game against 49ers

Gale Sayers has the most touchdown returns in a game against the 49ers, with 2 touchdown returns on December 3, 1967.

Interpreted as:
NFL player most return touchdowns in a regular-season game against 49ers
NAMERET TDDATETMOPPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR TD
1Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
2
12/3/1967
@
3
145
48.3
1
1
58
58.0
1
2T.J. Edwards
T.J. Edwards
1
12/28/2025
@
0
0
0
0
0
0
3Parker Washington
P. Washington
1
9/28/2025
@
0
0
0
1
87
87.0
1
4Laviska Shenault Jr.
L. Shenault Jr.
1
10/10/2024
vs
4
189
47.3
1
0
0
0
5Jordyn Brooks
J. Brooks
1
11/23/2023
vs
0
0
0
0
0
0
6Jaylinn Hawkins
J. Hawkins
1
10/16/2022
vs
0
0
0
0
0
0
7Mike Jackson
M. Jackson
1
9/18/2022
@
0
0
0
0
0
0
8Kene Nwangwu
K. Nwangwu
1
11/28/2021
@
4
171
42.8
1
0
0
0
9CeeDee Lamb
C. Lamb
1
12/20/2020
vs
1
47
47.0
1
1
16
16.0
0
10Chase Young
C. Young
1
12/13/2020
@
0
0
0
0
0
0
11Kam Curl
K. Curl
1
12/13/2020
@
0
0
0
0
0
0
12Troy Hill
T. Hill
1
11/29/2020
vs
0
0
0
0
0
0
13Alex Singleton
A. Singleton
1
10/4/2020
@
0
0
0
0
0
0
14Olamide Zaccheaus
O. Zaccheaus
1
12/15/2019
@
0
0
0
0
0
0
15Jadeveon Clowney
J. Clowney
1
11/11/2019
@
0
0
0
0
0
0
16Vernon Hargreaves III
V. Hargreaves III
1
9/8/2019
vs
0
0
0
0
0
0
17Cory Littleton
C. Littleton
1
12/30/2018
vs
0
0
0
0
0
0
18Bobby Wagner
B. Wagner
1
12/2/2018
vs
0
0
0
0
0
0
19Josh Bynes
J. Bynes
1
10/7/2018
@
0
0
0
0
0
0
20Mike Hughes
M. Hughes
1
9/9/2018
vs
0
0
0
0
0
0
21Tarik Cohen
T. Cohen
1
12/3/2017
vs
1
2
2.0
0
2
68
34.0
1
22Jalen Mills
J. Mills
1
10/29/2017
vs
0
0
0
0
0
0
23Shaq Thompson
S. Thompson
1
9/18/2016
vs
0
0
0
0
0
0
24Justin Bethel
J. Bethel
1
9/27/2015
vs
0
0
0
0
0
0
25Tyrann Mathieu
T. Mathieu
1
9/27/2015
vs
0
0
0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for touchdown returns going back to the 1950 season.

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