who led the league in receiving yards from 1974 to 1982

From 1974 through 1982, Cliff Branch had the most yards on receptions, with 7,257 yards.

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	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Cliff Branch C. Branch	7,257	126	413	17.6	57.6	59	45	9	5.0	0.4	0
2	Charlie Joiner C. Joiner	7,194	129	428	16.8	55.8	35	8	5	1.6	0.1	0
3	Drew Pearson D. Pearson	6,889	128	420	16.4	53.8	41	176	19	9.3	1.4	0
4	Harold Carmichael H. Carmichael	6,783	129	444	15.3	52.6	65	22	6	3.7	0.2	0
5	Steve Largent S. Largent	6,534	99	399	16.4	66.0	49	43	12	3.6	0.4	1
6	Ahmad Rashad A. Rashad	5,922	112	436	13.6	52.9	38	8	1	8.0	0.1	0
7	Harold Jackson H. Jackson	5,879	121	316	18.6	48.6	41	67	14	4.8	0.6	0
8	Alfred Jenkins A. Jenkins	5,780	100	322	18.0	57.8	39	7	2	3.5	0.1	0
9	Isaac Curtis I. Curtis	5,552	121	317	17.5	45.9	42	87	23	3.8	0.7	0
10	Mel Gray M. Gray	5,535	112	301	18.4	49.4	34	98	13	7.5	0.9	1
11	Sammy White S. White	5,513	98	335	16.5	56.3	45	90	17	5.3	0.9	0
12	Lynn Swann L. Swann	5,462	116	336	16.3	47.1	51	72	11	6.5	0.6	1
13	Ken Burrough K. Burrough	5,438	103	314	17.3	52.8	40	21	11	1.9	0.2	0
14	Frank Lewis F. Lewis	5,394	113	308	17.5	47.7	29	79	8	9.9	0.7	1
15	Reggie Rucker R. Rucker	5,389	113	337	16.0	47.7	36	50	6	8.3	0.4	0
16	John Stallworth J. Stallworth	5,304	106	299	17.7	50.0	44	111	9	12.3	1.0	1
17	Nat Moore N. Moore	5,283	120	339	15.6	44.0	48	235	38	6.2	2.0	1
18	Roger Carr R. Carr	5,035	111	269	18.7	45.4	31	-8	1	-8.0	-0.1	0
19	James Lofton J. Lofton	5,002	73	277	18.1	68.5	26	113	8	14.1	1.5	1
20	Dave Casper D. Casper	4,936	127	354	13.9	38.9	50	27	6	4.5	0.2	0
21	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	4,869	84	216	22.5	58.0	35	120	18	6.7	1.4	0
22	Pat Tilley P. Tilley	4,780	98	320	14.9	48.8	21	32	1	32.0	0.3	0
23	Riley Odoms R. Odoms	4,744	123	328	14.5	38.6	33	86	15	5.7	0.7	2
24	Haven Moses H. Moses	4,708	118	259	18.2	39.9	31	11	8	1.4	0.1	0
25	Wes Chandler W. Chandler	4,690	72	283	16.6	65.1	29	50	13	3.8	0.7	0

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Chiefs	3	0	1.000
Raiders	3	0	1.000
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Chargers	0	3	.000

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Sun 10/4	KC	@	LV	4:25 PM
Sun 10/11	LV	@	NE	1:00 PM
Sun 10/18	BUF	@	LV	4:25 PM
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Bears	2	1	0	.667
Packers	1	2	0	.333
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Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
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Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
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