which nfl player has the most receptions in a single game before 1951

Before 1951, Tom Fears had the most receptions in a game, with 18 catches against the Packers on December 3, 1950.

Interpreted as:
Which NFL player has the most receptions in a single regular-season game before 1951?
NAME REC DATE TM OPP TRG REC YDS AVG REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH TD
1 Tom Fears
T. Fears
18
12/3/1950
LA LA
vs
GB GB
189
10.5
2
2 Ralph Heywood
R. Heywood
14
12/4/1949
NYB NYB
@
DET DET
151
10.8
2
3 Jim Keane
J. Keane
14
10/23/1949
CHB CHB
@
NYG NYG
193
13.8
1
4 Don Hutson
D. Hutson
14
11/22/1942
GB GB
@
NYG NYG
134
9.6
2
5 Don Looney
D. Looney
14
12/1/1940
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
180
12.9
0
6 Don Hutson
D. Hutson
13
10/18/1942
GB GB
vs
CLE CLE
209
16.1
2
7 Cloyce Box
C. Box
12
12/3/1950
DET DET
@
BAL BAL
302
25.2
4
8 Jim Benton
J. Benton
12
12/1/1946
LA LA
@
NYG NYG
202
16.8
2
9 Tom Fears
T. Fears
11
10/30/1949
LA LA
vs
CHB CHB
143
13.0
0
10 Don Hutson
D. Hutson
11
10/8/1944
GB GB
vs
C-P C-P
207
18.8
2
11 Paul Salata
P. Salata
10
12/10/1950
BAL BAL
@
NYY NYY
155
15.5
0
12 Dub Jones
D. Jones
10
12/10/1950
CLE CLE
@
WAS WAS
161
16.1
2
12
4
3.0
0
13 Paul Salata
P. Salata
10
12/3/1950
BAL BAL
vs
DET DET
112
11.2
1
14 Tom Fears
T. Fears
10
11/26/1950
LA LA
@
CHB CHB
86
8.6
0
15 Paul Salata
P. Salata
10
11/12/1950
BAL BAL
@
PIT PIT
93
9.3
0
16 Tom Fears
T. Fears
10
12/11/1949
LA LA
vs
WAS WAS
159
15.9
2
17 Jim Benton
J. Benton
10
11/22/1945
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
303
30.3
1
18 Don Hutson
D. Hutson
10
11/15/1942
GB GB
@
CHB CHB
117
11.7
1
19 Leon Hart
L. Hart
9
11/5/1950
DET DET
vs
CHB CHB
154
17.1
1
20 Tom Fears
T. Fears
9
10/7/1950
LA LA
@
PHI PHI
123
13.7
0
21 Bill Swiacki
B. Swiacki
9
11/27/1949
NYG NYG
vs
WAS WAS
116
12.9
1
22 Bill Chipley
B. Chipley
9
11/6/1949
NYB NYB
@
NYG NYG
143
15.9
1
23 Ray Poole
R. Poole
9
11/6/1949
NYG NYG
vs
NYB NYB
104
11.6
0
24 Bill Chipley
B. Chipley
9
10/23/1949
NYB NYB
@
PIT PIT
116
12.9
0
25 Hugh Taylor
H. Taylor
9
12/12/1948
WAS WAS
@
NYG NYG
194
21.6
2
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for receptions going back to the 1960 season.

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