oldest players with 1 or more receptions before 2002

Before 2002, Jerry Rice was the oldest in a game with 1+ reception. He was 39 years and 85 days old against the Jets on January 6, 2002.

Interpreted as:
oldest players with 1 or more receptions in a regular-season game before 2002
NAMEAgeRECDATETMOPPTRGREC YDSAVGREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
39-085
3
1/6/2002
vs
8
58
19.3
0
0
0
0
2Jerry Rice
J. Rice
39-078
9
12/30/2001
@
11
108
12.0
0
0
0
0
3Jerry Rice
J. Rice
39-070
6
12/22/2001
vs
13
84
14.0
0
0
0
0
4Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
39-068
3
12/21/1986
@
25
8.3
0
0
0
0
5Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
39-066
1
10/28/1973
@
-3
-3.0
0
0
0
0
6Jerry Rice
J. Rice
39-063
6
12/15/2001
@
8
93
15.5
1
0
0
0
7Jerry Rice
J. Rice
39-057
5
12/9/2001
vs
6
57
11.4
1
0
0
0
8Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
39-054
3
12/7/1986
vs
20
6.7
0
0
0
0
9Phil Simms
P. Simms
39-053
1
12/26/1993
@
-6
-6.0
0
16
3
5.3
0
10Jerry Rice
J. Rice
39-050
7
12/2/2001
vs
10
97
13.9
1
0
0
0
11Jerry Rice
J. Rice
39-043
3
11/25/2001
@
4
65
21.7
0
0
0
0
12Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
39-037
3
11/20/1986
vs
50
16.7
1
0
0
0
13Jerry Rice
J. Rice
39-036
8
11/18/2001
vs
10
131
16.4
3
0
0
0
14Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
39-033
3
11/16/1986
vs
55
18.3
0
0
0
0
15Jerry Rice
J. Rice
39-029
6
11/11/2001
@
10
85
14.2
0
0
0
0
16Jerry Rice
J. Rice
39-023
3
11/5/2001
vs
4
47
15.7
0
0
0
0
17Sam Baker
S. Baker
39-016
1
11/28/1968
@
3
3.0
0
0
0
0
18Jerry Rice
J. Rice
39-015
2
10/28/2001
@
4
34
17.0
0
0
0
0
19Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
39-012
3
10/26/1986
@
51
17.0
1
0
0
0
20Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
39-005
7
10/19/1986
@
90
12.9
0
0
0
0
21Jerry Rice
J. Rice
39-001
4
10/14/2001
@
7
44
11.0
0
0
0
0
22Jerry Rice
J. Rice
38-359
7
10/7/2001
vs
9
51
7.3
1
0
0
0
23Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
38-357
4
10/6/1986
@
39
9.8
0
0
0
0
24Jerry Rice
J. Rice
38-352
5
9/30/2001
vs
6
91
18.2
2
0
0
0
25Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
38-349
2
9/28/1986
@
20
10.0
0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for receptions going back to the 1960 season.

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