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

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Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	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	Lionel Taylor L. Taylor	1,176	1961	DEN	14	100	11.8	84.0	4	0	0		0.0	0
4	Bernie Casey B. Casey	819	1962	SF	13	53	15.5	63.0	6	0	0		0.0	0
5	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	904	1962	CHI	14	58	15.6	64.6	5	0	0		0.0	0
6	Jim Phillips J. Phillips	875	1962	LA	14	60	14.6	62.5	5	0	0		0.0	0
7	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	895	1963	PHI	14	57	15.7	63.9	4	0	0		0.0	0
8	Frank Clarke F. Clarke	973	1964	DAL	14	65	15.0	69.5	5	46	10	4.6	3.3	0
9	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	897	1964	CHI	14	75	12.0	64.1	5	0	0		0.0	0
10	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	855	1964	PHI	12	51	16.8	71.3	8	0	0		0.0	0
11	John Mackey J. Mackey	814	1965	BAL	14	40	20.4	58.1	7	7	1	7.0	0.5	0
12	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	1,190	1965	PHI	14	66	18.0	85.0	10	0	0		0.0	0
13	John Mackey J. Mackey	829	1966	BAL	14	50	16.6	59.2	9	-6	1	-6.0	-0.4	0
14	Jackie Smith J. Smith	810	1966	STL	14	45	18.0	57.9	3	8	1	8.0	0.6	0
15	Willie Frazier W. Frazier	922	1967	SD	14	57	16.2	65.9	10	0	0		0.0	0
16	Jackie Smith J. Smith	1,205	1967	STL	14	56	21.5	86.1	9	86	9	9.6	6.1	0
17	Jerry Smith J. Smith	849	1967	WAS	14	67	12.7	60.6	12	0	0		0.0	0
18	Aaron Thomas A. Thomas	877	1967	NYG	14	51	17.2	62.6	9	0	0		0.0	0
19	Bob Trumpy B. Trumpy	835	1969	CIN	14	37	22.6	59.6	9	0	0		0.0	0
20	Rich Caster R. Caster	833	1972	NYJ	14	39	21.4	59.5	10	6	2	3.0	0.4	0
21	Charle Young C. Young	854	1973	PHI	14	55	15.5	61.0	6	24	4	6.0	1.7	1
22	Rich Caster R. Caster	820	1975	NYJ	14	47	17.4	58.6	4	0	0		0.0	0
23	Walter White W. White	808	1976	KC	14	47	17.2	57.7	7	15	2	7.5	1.1	0
24	Dave Casper D. Casper	852	1978	OAK	16	62	13.7	53.3	9	5	1	5.0	0.3	0
25	Henry Childs H. Childs	869	1978	NO	16	53	16.4	54.3	4	-4	2	-2.0	-0.3	0

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PASS YDS/G

256.7

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Bears	7	2	.778
Lions	6	2	.750
Vikings	6	2	.750
Packers	6	3	.667

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/22	NO	@	CHI	1:00 PM
Thu 11/26	CHI	@	DET	1:00 PM
Sun 12/6	JAX	@	CHI	1:00 PM
Sun 12/13	CHI	@	MIA	1:00 PM
Sat 12/19	CHI	@	BUF	8:20 PM

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30.0

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15.1

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386.4

384.1

383.0

379.8

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Rush Yards Rankings

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142.0

137.8

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Pass Yards Rankings

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280.5

268.1

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175.2

Gibbs

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Walker

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Smith-Njigba

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Lamb

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Worst Record ATS

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NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	5	2	1	.688
Cowboys	4	5	0	.444
Commanders	2	5	1	.313
Eagles	2	7	0	.222
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Bears	7	2	0	.778
Lions	6	2	0	.750
Vikings	6	2	0	.750
Packers	6	3	0	.667
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	5	0	.375
Saints	3	5	0	.375
Buccaneers	3	6	0	.333
Falcons	3	6	0	.333
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	7	1	0	.875
Seahawks	5	4	0	.556
Rams	5	4	0	.556
Cardinals	3	6	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	7	1	0	.875
Patriots	5	4	0	.556
Jets	2	7	0	.222
Dolphins	1	7	0	.125
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	6	2	0	.750
Bengals	6	2	0	.750
Browns	5	4	0	.556
Ravens	4	5	0	.444
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	6	2	0	.750
Texans	3	5	0	.375
Colts	2	7	0	.222
Titans	1	7	0	.125
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Chiefs	6	2	0	.750
Raiders	4	5	0	.444
Chargers	0	8	0	.000

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Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
Sun 9/13	CHI	@	CAR	59-37
Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
Sun 9/13	ATL	@	PIT	13-20

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 11/12	WAS	@	NYG	8:15 PM
Sun 11/15	NE	@	DET	9:30 AM
Sun 11/15	KC	@	ATL	1:00 PM
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