team most return touchdowns in a season 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, the Denver Broncos scored the most touchdown returns by a team in a season, with 10 touchdown returns in 1976.

	TEAM	RET TD	SEASON	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Broncos	10	1976	14	46	1,075	23.4	76.8	0	51	640	12.5	45.7	4
2	Rams	8	1978	16	52	1,055	20.3	65.9	0	67	711	10.6	44.4	0
3	Redskins	8	1973	14	43	1,118	26.0	79.9	1	40	331	8.3	23.6	0
4	Oilers	7	1977	14	46	1,056	23.0	75.4	1	36	539	15.0	38.5	2
5	Lions	7	1971	14	51	1,233	24.2	88.1	2	23	194	8.4	13.9	0
6	Oilers	7	1971	14	59	1,409	23.9	100.6	0	32	198	6.2	14.1	0
7	Vikings	7	1970	14	36	842	23.4	60.1	0	35	216	6.2	15.4	0
8	Rams	6	1979	16	66	1,292	19.6	80.8	0	58	330	5.7	20.6	0
9	Raiders	6	1978	16	60	1,233	20.6	77.1	0	47	310	6.6	19.4	0
10	Patriots	6	1976	14	46	1,087	23.6	77.6	0	48	628	13.1	44.9	2
11	Bengals	6	1976	14	49	1,046	21.3	74.7	1	54	343	6.4	24.5	0
12	Oilers	6	1975	14	54	1,144	21.2	81.7	1	43	620	14.4	44.3	3
13	Chiefs	6	1972	14	46	1,057	23.0	75.5	0	29	126	4.3	9.0	0
14	Redskins	6	1971	14	43	913	21.2	65.2	0	45	427	9.5	30.5	0
15	Falcons	6	1971	14	59	1,477	25.0	105.5	0	37	174	4.7	12.4	0
16	Lions	6	1970	14	43	959	22.3	68.5	1	34	306	9.0	21.9	1
17	Colts	6	1970	14	45	1,161	25.8	82.9	1	36	351	9.8	25.1	1
18	Bengals	6	1970	14	39	1,002	25.7	71.6	1	37	327	8.8	23.4	1
19	Bills	5	1979	16	59	1,131	19.2	70.7	0	38	318	8.4	19.9	0
20	Broncos	5	1979	16	50	966	19.3	60.4	0	43	401	9.3	25.1	0
21	Raiders	5	1979	16	65	1,475	22.7	92.2	1	35	179	5.1	11.2	0
22	Colts	5	1978	16	74	1,648	22.3	103.0	1	35	219	6.3	13.7	0
23	Bengals	5	1978	16	58	1,164	20.1	72.8	0	59	264	4.5	16.5	0
24	Lions	5	1977	14	58	1,239	21.4	88.5	1	42	345	8.2	24.6	1
25	Chiefs	5	1977	14	63	1,284	20.4	91.7	0	36	236	6.6	16.9	0

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