oldest tight end to catch a touchdown in an nfl game

Marcedes Lewis is the oldest tight end in a game when scoring 1+ receiving touchdown. He was 39 years and 219 days old against the Cardinals on December 24, 2023.

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  • Data note: Receiving Touchdowns: player game data may be incomplete before 1960
NAMEAgeREC TDDATETMOPPRECTRGREC YDSAVGRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TD
1Marcedes Lewis
M. Lewis
39-219
1
12/24/2023
vs
1
1
1
1.0
0
0
0
2Marcedes Lewis
M. Lewis
38-220
1
12/25/2022
@
2
2
32
16.0
0
0
0
3Jason Witten
J. Witten
38-200
1
11/22/2020
vs
1
1
1
1.0
0
0
0
4Antonio Gates
A. Gates
38-153
1
11/18/2018
vs
5
7
80
16.0
0
0
0
5Jason Witten
J. Witten
38-151
1
10/4/2020
vs
2
2
18
9.0
0
0
0
6Marcedes Lewis
M. Lewis
38-143
1
10/9/2022
vs
1
1
2
2.0
0
0
0
7Antonio Gates
A. Gates
38-104
1
9/30/2018
vs
2
4
27
13.5
0
0
0
8Benjamin Watson
B. Watson
37-321
1
11/4/2018
vs
3
4
62
20.7
0
0
0
9Benjamin Watson
B. Watson
37-307
1
10/21/2018
@
6
6
43
7.2
0
0
0
10Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
37-299
1
12/23/2013
@
8
11
63
7.9
0
0
0
11Wesley Walls
W. Walls
37-299
1
12/22/2003
@
1
3
22
22.0
0
0
0
12Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
37-291
1
12/15/2013
vs
6
7
62
10.3
0
0
0
13Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
37-284
1
12/8/2013
@
3
6
25
8.3
0
0
0
14Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
37-277
1
12/1/2013
@
4
7
42
10.5
0
0
0
15Jackie Smith
J. Smith
37-264
1
11/14/1977
@
1
3
3.0
0
0
0
16Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
37-249
1
11/3/2013
@
6
7
81
13.5
0
0
0
17Jason Witten
J. Witten
37-223
1
12/15/2019
vs
4
5
36
9.0
0
0
0
18Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
37-214
2
9/29/2013
vs
12
14
149
12.4
0
0
0
19Jason Witten
J. Witten
37-206
1
11/28/2019
vs
6
8
42
7.0
0
0
0
20Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
37-193
1
9/8/2013
@
3
6
36
12.0
0
0
0
21Antonio Gates
A. Gates
37-189
1
12/24/2017
@
6
8
81
13.5
0
0
0
22Antonio Gates
A. Gates
37-181
1
12/16/2017
@
1
3
10
10.0
0
0
0
23Jason Witten
J. Witten
37-132
1
9/15/2019
@
4
4
25
6.3
0
0
0
24Jason Witten
J. Witten
37-125
1
9/8/2019
vs
3
4
15
5.0
0
0
0
25Antonio Gates
A. Gates
37-091
1
9/17/2017
vs
2
4
11
5.5
0
0
0

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