nfl player most return touchdowns in a season 1979

5 players were tied for the most touchdown returns in 1979, with 2 touchdown returns. The first three are Larry Braziel, Lester Hayes and Woodrow Lowe.

	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	Larry Braziel L. Braziel	2	1979	BAL	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
2	Lester Hayes L. Hayes	2	1979	OAK	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
3	Woodrow Lowe W. Lowe	2	1979	SD	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
4	J.T. Smith	2	1979	KC	16	0	0		0.0	0	58	612	10.6	38.3	2
5	Jim Youngblood J. Youngblood	2	1979	LA	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
6	Mark Arneson M. Arneson	1	1979	STL	11	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
7	Jesse Baker J. Baker	1	1979	HOU	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
8	Gary Barbaro G. Barbaro	1	1979	KC	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
9	Benny Barnes B. Barnes	1	1979	DAL	15	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
10	Ken Bordelon K. Bordelon	1	1979	NO	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
11	Mike Butler M. Butler	1	1979	GB	14	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
12	Rick Byas R. Byas	1	1979	ATL	16	1	19	19.0	1.2	0	0	0		0.0	0
13	Billy Campfield B. Campfield	1	1979	PHI	16	7	251	35.9	15.7	1	0	0		0.0	0
14	Harry Carson H. Carson	1	1979	NYG	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	Rubin Carter R. Carter	1	1979	DEN	15	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
16	Thom Darden T. Darden	1	1979	CLE	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
17	Steve Freeman S. Freeman	1	1979	BUF	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
18	Bill Gay B. Gay	1	1979	DET	15	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
19	Nesby Glasgow N. Glasgow	1	1979	BAL	16	50	1,126	22.5	70.4	0	44	352	8.0	22.0	1
20	Roy Green R. Green	1	1979	STL	16	41	1,005	24.5	62.8	1	8	42	5.3	2.6	0
21	Sammy Green S. Green	1	1979	SEA	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	Ray Griffin R. Griffin	1	1979	CIN	12	1	15	15.0	1.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Joe Harris J. Harris	1	1979	TOT	15	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Mike Hawkins M. Hawkins	1	1979	NE	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
25	Ted Hendricks T. Hendricks	1	1979	OAK	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0

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