The Detroit Lions have the most punt-return yards by a team in a game, with 231 yards versus the 49ers on October 6, 1963.
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NFL record punt return yards in a regular-season game| TEAM | PR YDS | DATE | TM | OPP | RESULT | KR | KR YDS | KR AVG | KR TD | PR | PR AVG | PR TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Lions | 231 | 10/6/1963 |  DET | vs |  SF | W 26-3 | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 0 | 9 | 25.7 | 1 |
| 2 |  | Raiders | 225 | 9/15/1968 |  OAK | @ |  BUF | W 48-6 | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | 7 | 32.1 | 1 |
| 3 |  | Rams | 219 | 10/11/1981 |  LA | @ |  ATL | W 37-35 | 5 | 150 | 30.0 | 0 | 7 | 31.3 | 2 |
| 4 | | Lions | 199 | 11/14/2004 | DET | @ |  JAX | L 17-23 | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 0 | 6 | 33.2 | 2 |
| 5 |  | Colts | 195 | 12/22/2019 |  IND | vs |  CAR | W 38-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 65.0 | 2 | |
| 6 | | Lions | 190 | 10/27/2024 | DET | vs |  TEN | W 52-14 | 1 | 72 | 72.0 | 0 | 5 | 38.0 | 1 |
| 7 |  | Ravens | 184 | 12/7/1997 |  BAL | vs |  SEA | W 31-24 | 4 | 103 | 25.8 | 0 | 5 | 36.8 | 2 |
| 8 |  | Browns | 179 | 10/3/2013 |  CLE | vs | BUF | W 37-24 | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | 7 | 25.6 | 1 |
| 9 |  | Chiefs | 177 | 12/8/2013 |  KC | @ |  WAS | W 45-10 | 2 | 123 | 61.5 | 1 | 7 | 25.3 | 1 |
| 10 |  | Saints | 176 | 10/6/2008 |  NO | vs |  MIN | L 27-30 | 7 | 178 | 25.4 | 0 | 5 | 35.2 | 2 |
| 11 | | Ravens | 173 | 12/24/2000 | BAL | vs |  NYJ | W 34-20 | 6 | 130 | 21.7 | 0 | 4 | 43.3 | 2 |
| 12 |  | Broncos | 168 | 11/9/1997 |  DEN | vs | CAR | W 34-0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 5 | 33.6 | 2 |
| 13 |  | Chargers | 168 | 11/2/1997 |  SD | @ |  CIN | L 31-38 | 5 | 102 | 20.4 | 0 | 4 | 42.0 | 2 |
| 14 |  | Patriots | 167 | 9/28/2025 |  NE | vs | CAR | W 42-13 | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | 3 | 55.7 | 1 |
| 15 |  | Packers | 167 | 12/15/1996 |  GB | @ | DET | W 31-3 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 5 | 33.4 | 1 |
| 16 | | Broncos | 167 | 11/6/1977 | DEN | vs |  PIT | W 21-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 27.8 | 1 | |
| 17 | | Patriots | 167 | 11/7/1976 | NE | vs | BUF | W 20-10 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 5 | 33.4 | 1 |
| 18 | | Browns | 166 | 10/24/1993 | CLE | vs | PIT | W 28-23 | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 0 | 2 | 83.0 | 2 |
| 19 | | Rams | 166 | 10/25/1981 | LA | @ | SF | L 17-20 | 4 | 101 | 25.3 | 0 | 8 | 20.8 | 0 |
| 20 |  | Colts | 164 | 9/19/1971 |  BAL | vs |  NYJ | W 22-0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 8 | 20.5 | 0 |
| 21 | | Saints | 161 | 10/3/1976 | NO | vs |  HOU | L 26-31 | 6 | 185 | 30.8 | 0 | 6 | 26.8 | 0 |
| 22 |  | Titans | 160 | 12/30/2012 | TEN | vs | JAX | W 38-20 | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | 3 | 53.3 | 2 |
| 23 | | Chiefs | 160 | 9/13/2010 | KC | vs | SD | W 21-14 | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 0 | 5 | 32.0 | 1 |
| 24 | | Raiders | 157 | 9/29/2002 | OAK | vs | TEN | W 52-25 | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 0 | 2 | 78.5 | 2 |
| 25 | | Chiefs | 156 | 12/14/2014 | KC | vs | OAK | W 31-13 | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 0 | 8 | 19.5 | 1 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for punt-return yards going back to the 1960 season.
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