who led the nfl in receiving in 1970

Gene Washington had the most yards on receptions in 1970, with 1,100 yards.

NAME REC YDS SEASON TM GP REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Gene Washington
G. Washington
1,100
1970
SF SF
13
53
20.8
84.6
12
0
0
0.0
0
2 Marlin Briscoe
M. Briscoe
1,036
1970
BUF BUF
14
57
18.2
74.0
8
19
3
6.3
1.4
0
3 Dick Gordon
D. Gordon
1,026
1970
CHI CHI
14
71
14.5
73.3
13
17
4
4.3
1.2
0
4 Gary Garrison
G. Garrison
1,006
1970
SD SD
14
44
22.9
71.9
12
7
4
1.8
0.5
0
5 John Gilliam
J. Gilliam
952
1970
STL STL
14
45
21.2
68.0
5
68
5
13.6
4.9
1
6 Warren Wells
W. Wells
935
1970
OAK OAK
14
43
21.7
66.8
11
34
3
11.3
2.4
0
7 Danny Abramowicz
D. Abramowicz
906
1970
NO NO
14
55
16.5
64.7
5
7
1
7.0
0.5
0
8 Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
889
1970
DAL DAL
13
34
26.1
68.4
10
34
4
8.5
2.6
1
9 Jack Snow
J. Snow
859
1970
LA LA
14
51
16.8
61.4
7
0
0
0.0
0
10 Carroll Dale
C. Dale
814
1970
GB GB
14
49
16.6
58.1
2
9
2
4.5
0.6
0
11 Fred Biletnikoff
F. Biletnikoff
768
1970
OAK OAK
14
45
17.1
54.9
7
0
0
0.0
0
12 Clifton McNeil
C. McNeil
764
1970
NYG NYG
14
50
15.3
54.6
4
7
4
1.8
0.5
0
13 Roy Jefferson
R. Jefferson
749
1970
BAL BAL
14
44
17.0
53.5
7
47
4
11.8
3.4
0
14 Eddie Hinton
E. Hinton
733
1970
BAL BAL
13
47
15.6
56.4
5
58
5
11.6
4.5
2
15 Haven Moses
H. Moses
726
1970
BUF BUF
14
39
18.6
51.9
2
0
0
0.0
0
16 Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
703
1970
MIA MIA
11
28
25.1
63.9
6
13
2
6.5
1.2
0
17 Gene Washington
G. Washington
702
1970
MIN MIN
14
44
16.0
50.1
4
0
0
0.0
0
18 Ron Shanklin
R. Shanklin
691
1970
PIT PIT
14
30
23.0
49.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
19 Jackie Smith
J. Smith
687
1970
STL STL
14
37
18.6
49.1
4
43
5
8.6
3.1
0
20 Jim Mitchell
J. Mitchell
650
1970
ATL ATL
14
44
14.8
46.4
6
23
5
4.6
1.6
1
21 Al Denson
A. Denson
646
1970
DEN DEN
14
47
13.7
46.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
22 Otis Taylor
O. Taylor
618
1970
KC KC
13
34
18.2
47.5
3
13
3
4.3
1.0
0
23 Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
613
1970
PHI PHI
14
41
15.0
43.8
5
-5
1
-5.0
-0.4
0
24 Ben Hawkins
B. Hawkins
612
1970
PHI PHI
14
30
20.4
43.7
4
3
2
1.5
0.2
0
25 Milt Morin
M. Morin
611
1970
CLE CLE
14
37
16.5
43.6
1
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
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16.3

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RUSH YDS/G

89.7

26th

PASS YDS/G

280.0

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TEAM W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
0
0
1.000
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
Rams Rams
2
1
0
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Cardinals Cardinals
2
2
0
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9/28
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10/12
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TB TB
1:00 PM
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10/19
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SF SF
8:20 PM
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10/26
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HOU HOU
1:00 PM
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2
0
.333
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1
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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
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NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
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23-20
Sat
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LV LV
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Sun
9/28
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PIT PIT
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Sun
9/28
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@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
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Sun
9/28
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DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
WAS WAS
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM