Mike Ditka had 1,076 yards on receptions in his rookie season in 1961.

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	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	1,076	1961	CHI	14	56	19.2	76.9	12	0	0		0.0	0
2	Jim Phillips J. Phillips	1,092	1961	LA	14	78	14.0	78.0	5	0	0		0.0	0
3	Monty Stickles M. Stickles	794	1961	SF	14	43	18.5	56.7	5	0	0		0.0	0
4	Lionel Taylor L. Taylor	1,176	1961	DEN	14	100	11.8	84.0	4	0	0		0.0	0
5	Bernie Casey B. Casey	819	1962	SF	13	53	15.5	63.0	6	0	0		0.0	0
6	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	904	1962	CHI	14	58	15.6	64.6	5	0	0		0.0	0
7	Jim Phillips J. Phillips	875	1962	LA	14	60	14.6	62.5	5	0	0		0.0	0
8	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	794	1963	CHI	14	59	13.5	56.7	8	0	0		0.0	0
9	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	895	1963	PHI	14	57	15.7	63.9	4	0	0		0.0	0
10	Frank Clarke F. Clarke	973	1964	DAL	14	65	15.0	69.5	5	46	10	4.6	3.3	0
11	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	897	1964	CHI	14	75	12.0	64.1	5	0	0		0.0	0
12	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	855	1964	PHI	12	51	16.8	71.3	8	0	0		0.0	0
13	John Mackey J. Mackey	814	1965	BAL	14	40	20.4	58.1	7	7	1	7.0	0.5	0
14	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	1,190	1965	PHI	14	66	18.0	85.0	10	0	0		0.0	0
15	John Mackey J. Mackey	829	1966	BAL	14	50	16.6	59.2	9	-6	1	-6.0	-0.4	0
16	Jackie Smith J. Smith	810	1966	STL	14	45	18.0	57.9	3	8	1	8.0	0.6	0
17	Willie Frazier W. Frazier	922	1967	SD	14	57	16.2	65.9	10	0	0		0.0	0
18	Jackie Smith J. Smith	1,205	1967	STL	14	56	21.5	86.1	9	86	9	9.6	6.1	0
19	Jerry Smith J. Smith	849	1967	WAS	14	67	12.7	60.6	12	0	0		0.0	0
20	Aaron Thomas A. Thomas	877	1967	NYG	14	51	17.2	62.6	9	0	0		0.0	0
21	Milt Morin M. Morin	792	1968	CLE	14	43	18.4	56.6	5	8	1	8.0	0.6	0
22	Jackie Smith J. Smith	789	1968	STL	14	49	16.1	56.4	2	163	12	13.6	11.6	3
23	Bob Trumpy B. Trumpy	835	1969	CIN	14	37	22.6	59.6	9	0	0		0.0	0
24	Bob Tucker B. Tucker	791	1971	NYG	12	59	13.4	65.9	4	1	1	1.0	0.1	0
25	Rich Caster R. Caster	833	1972	NYJ	14	39	21.4	59.5	10	6	2	3.0	0.4	0

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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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Saints	1	1	0	.500
Buccaneers	0	2	0	.000
Falcons	0	2	0	.000
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