walter payton most receiving touchdowns in a game

Walter Payton scored his most receiving touchdowns in a game versus the Broncos on December 20, 1981, with 2 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
Walter Payton most receiving touchdowns in a regular-season game
NAMEREC TDDATETMOPPRECTRGREC YDSAVGRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
2
12/20/1981
vs
3
42
14.0
62
19
3.3
0
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
1
9/20/1987
vs
2
2
1.0
24
15
1.6
1
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
1
12/7/1986
vs
3
98
32.7
78
20
3.9
1
4Walter Payton
W. Payton
1
9/28/1986
@
3
6
2.0
51
10
5.1
0
5Walter Payton
W. Payton
1
9/7/1986
vs
2
20
10.0
113
22
5.1
1
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
1
10/27/1985
vs
5
37
7.4
118
19
6.2
0
7Walter Payton
W. Payton
1
9/29/1985
vs
2
41
20.5
6
7
0.9
0
8Walter Payton
W. Payton
1
12/11/1983
@
5
95
19.0
94
17
5.5
0
9Walter Payton
W. Payton
1
9/11/1983
vs
6
115
19.2
45
17
2.6
0
10Walter Payton
W. Payton
1
11/9/1980
vs
2
70
35.0
107
17
6.3
1
11Walter Payton
W. Payton
1
10/21/1979
@
2
26
13.0
111
23
4.8
1
12Walter Payton
W. Payton
1
9/30/1979
vs
5
88
17.6
46
15
3.1
0
13Walter Payton
W. Payton
1
11/24/1977
@
4
107
26.8
137
20
6.9
1
14Walter Payton
W. Payton
1
10/2/1977
vs
4
53
13.3
140
19
7.4
2
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1960 season.

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