nfl team most kickoff return touchdowns in a season 1920 to 1949

Between the 1920 and 1949 seasons, the Washington Redskins, the Chicago Bears and the Chicago Cardinals were tied for the most kick-return touchdowns in a season, with 2 touchdowns.

TEAMKR TDSEASONGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Redskins
Redskins
2
1947
12
66
1,456
22.1
121.3
36
445
12.4
37.1
0
2Redskins
Redskins
2
1942
11
23
640
27.8
58.2
45
544
12.1
49.5
0
3Bears
Bears
2
1940
11
798
72.5
500
45.5
1
4Cardinals
Cardinals
2
1934
11
0
5Giants
Giants
1
1949
12
37
961
26.0
80.1
39
457
11.7
38.1
1
6Bears
Bears
1
1948
12
29
751
25.9
62.6
55
781
14.2
65.1
1
7Giants
Giants
1
1948
12
57
1,238
21.7
103.2
24
212
8.8
17.7
0
8Redskins
Redskins
1
1948
12
53
1,144
21.6
95.3
34
370
10.9
30.8
0
9Rams
Rams
1
1948
12
42
894
21.3
74.5
41
514
12.5
42.8
0
10Eagles
Eagles
1
1947
12
44
854
19.4
71.2
54
716
13.3
59.7
2
11Cardinals
Cardinals
1
1946
11
40
825
20.6
75.0
23
255
11.1
23.2
0
12Rams
Rams
1
1946
11
43
887
20.6
80.6
26
295
11.3
26.8
0
13
Yanks
1
1946
11
52
1,096
21.1
99.6
29
363
12.5
33.0
0
14Eagles
Eagles
1
1945
10
30
734
24.5
73.4
37
452
12.2
45.2
0
15Cardinals
Cardinals
1
1944
10
53
1,119
21.1
111.9
17
159
9.4
15.9
0
16Lions
Lions
1
1944
10
25
589
23.6
58.9
31
440
14.2
44.0
0
17Eagles
Eagles
1
1944
10
26
630
24.2
63.0
41
563
13.7
56.3
1
18Bears
Bears
1
1943
10
29
722
24.9
72.2
28
359
12.8
35.9
0
19Lions
Lions
1
1943
10
36
815
22.6
81.5
32
436
13.6
43.6
1
20Cardinals
Cardinals
1
1942
11
36
855
23.8
77.7
32
364
11.4
33.1
0
21Packers
Packers
1
1942
11
36
769
21.4
69.9
32
327
10.2
29.7
0
22Eagles
Eagles
1
1942
11
42
882
21.0
80.2
42
596
14.2
54.2
1
23Steelers
Steelers
1
1942
11
30
699
23.3
63.5
43
662
15.4
60.2
2
24Bears
Bears
1
1941
11
29
685
23.6
62.3
27
546
20.2
49.6
2
25Lions
Lions
1
1941
11
37
980
26.5
89.1
35
502
14.3
45.6
1
StatMuse has team, season-level data for kick-return touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,695

Mariota

Marcus Mariota

RUSH

805

Croskey-Merritt

Jacory Croskey-Merritt

REC

727

Samuel

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Team Rankings

PPG

20.9

22nd

OPP PPG

26.5

27th

RUSH YDS/G

134.7

4th

PASS YDS/G

195.8

24th

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6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
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12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
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14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
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6
11
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12
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11
6
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11
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14
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11
6
0
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7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
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8
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8
9
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8
9
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8
9
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11
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3
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Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
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14
0
.176