tight end with 50 receptions and 6 touchdowns in a season

Mike Ditka caught 56 passes when scoring 6+ receiving touchdowns in his rookie season in 1961.

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	NAME	REC	REC TD	SEASON	TM	GP	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	56	12	1961	CHI	14	1,076	19.2	76.9	0	0		0.0	0
2	Bernie Casey B. Casey	53	6	1962	SF	13	819	15.5	63.0	0	0		0.0	0
3	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	59	8	1963	CHI	14	794	13.5	56.7	0	0		0.0	0
4	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	51	8	1964	PHI	12	855	16.8	71.3	0	0		0.0	0
5	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	66	10	1965	PHI	14	1,190	18.0	85.0	0	0		0.0	0
6	John Mackey J. Mackey	50	9	1966	BAL	14	829	16.6	59.2	-6	1	-6.0	-0.4	0
7	Jerry Smith J. Smith	54	6	1966	WAS	14	686	12.7	49.0	0	0		0.0	0
8	Willie Frazier W. Frazier	57	10	1967	SD	14	922	16.2	65.9	0	0		0.0	0
9	Jackie Smith J. Smith	56	9	1967	STL	14	1,205	21.5	86.1	86	9	9.6	6.1	0
10	Jerry Smith J. Smith	67	12	1967	WAS	14	849	12.7	60.6	0	0		0.0	0
11	Aaron Thomas A. Thomas	51	9	1967	NYG	14	877	17.2	62.6	0	0		0.0	0
12	Jerry Smith J. Smith	54	9	1969	WAS	14	682	12.6	48.7	8	3	2.7	0.6	0
13	Charle Young C. Young	55	6	1973	PHI	14	854	15.5	61.0	24	4	6.0	1.7	1
14	Dave Casper D. Casper	53	10	1976	OAK	13	691	13.0	53.2	5	1	5.0	0.4	0
15	Dave Casper D. Casper	62	9	1978	OAK	16	852	13.7	53.3	5	1	5.0	0.3	0
16	Riley Odoms R. Odoms	54	6	1978	DEN	16	829	15.4	51.8	5	2	2.5	0.3	0
17	Raymond Chester R. Chester	58	8	1979	OAK	14	712	12.3	50.9	0	0		0.0	0
18	Ozzie Newsome O. Newsome	55	9	1979	CLE	16	781	14.2	48.8	6	1	6.0	0.4	0
19	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	89	9	1980	SD	16	1,290	14.5	80.6	0	0		0.0	0
20	Ozzie Newsome O. Newsome	69	6	1981	CLE	16	1,002	14.5	62.6	20	2	10.0	1.3	0
21	Joe Senser J. Senser	79	8	1981	MIN	16	1,004	12.7	62.8	2	1	2.0	0.1	0
22	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	88	10	1981	SD	16	1,075	12.2	67.2	0	0		0.0	0
23	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	54	6	1982	SD	9	721	13.4	80.1	0	0		0.0	0
24	Todd Christensen T. Christensen	92	12	1983	RAI	16	1,247	13.6	77.9	0	0		0.0	0
25	Paul Coffman P. Coffman	54	11	1983	GB	16	814	15.1	50.9	0	0		0.0	0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 9/28	PHI	@	CHI	8:15 PM
Sun 10/4	NYJ	@	CHI	1:00 PM
Sun 10/11	CHI	@	GB	4:25 PM
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Lions	1	1	0	.500
Bears	1	1	0	.500
Packers	1	1	0	.500
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Panthers	1	1	0	.500
Saints	1	1	0	.500
Buccaneers	0	2	0	.000
Falcons	0	2	0	.000
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