Billy Stone has the most yards on receptions by a defensive back in a game, with 156 yards against the Eagles on October 15, 1950.
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single regular-season game record for receiving yards by db| NAME | REC YDS | DATE | TM | OPP | REC | TRG | AVG | REC TD | RUSH YDS | ATT | YPC | RUSH TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | B. Stone | 156 | 10/15/1950 | vs | 3 | 52.0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | |||
| 2 | | H. Livingston | 141 | 9/24/1950 | @ | 4 | 35.3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||
| 3 | | D. James | 140 | 12/16/1962 | vs | 5 | 28.0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | |||
| 4 | | J. Girard | 130 | 10/28/1951 | @ | 4 | 32.5 | 1 | |||||||
| 5 | | D. James | 117 | 11/25/1962 | vs | 5 | 23.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | | R. Green | 115 | 9/20/1981 | vs | 4 | 28.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | | C. Thomas | 113 | 11/29/1964 | vs | 4 | 28.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | | G. Taliaferro | 101 | 11/11/1951 | @ | 4 | 25.3 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 2.7 | 0 | |||
| 9 | | N. Train Lane | 98 | 11/13/1955 | @ | 1 | 98.0 | 1 | |||||||
| 10 | | C. Thomas | 90 | 11/7/1965 | @ | 7 | 12.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | | F. Gifford | 90 | 12/13/1953 | vs | 4 | 22.5 | 1 | 46 | 12 | 3.8 | 0 | |||
| 12 | | R. Green | 89 | 10/4/1981 | vs | 5 | 17.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 13 |  | D. Sanders | 87 | 9/2/1996 | @ | 9 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | | M. Bailey | 86 | 10/16/1977 | vs | 6 | 14.3 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 2.2 | 0 | |||
| 15 | | D. Hester | 81 | 10/14/2007 | vs | 1 | 2 | 81.0 | 1 | -3 | 1 | -3.0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | C. Hope | 81 | 12/28/2003 | @ | 1 | 1 | 81.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 17 | | C. Thomas | 80 | 11/28/1965 | vs | 1 | 80.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | | R. Green | 79 | 11/29/1981 | @ | 3 | 26.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | | D. Derby | 79 | 10/5/1957 | vs | 4 | 19.8 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 3.3 | 0 | |||
| 20 | | D. Moegle | 79 | 9/30/1956 | vs | 3 | 26.3 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 2.6 | 0 | |||
| 21 | | D. Moegle | 78 | 10/16/1955 | @ | 2 | 39.0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | |||
| 22 | | T. Barr | 76 | 11/8/1959 | @ | 2 | 38.0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 37.0 | 0 | |||
| 23 | | N. Train Lane | 75 | 12/9/1956 | @ | 1 | 75.0 | 0 | |||||||
| 24 | | D. Paul | 75 | 10/28/1951 | vs | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 5.8 | 0 | |||
| 25 | | B. Turner | 74 | 12/16/1962 | vs | 1 | 74.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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