lowest yards per reception in a single game for a player with 4+ receptions

Billy Joe has averaged the fewest yards per reception in a game with 4+ receptions, with -4.0 per catch against the Houston Oilers on December 20, 1964.

Interpreted as:
Lowest yards per reception in a single regular-season game for a player with 4+ receptions
NAMEAVGRECDATETMOPPTRGREC YDSREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TD
1Billy Joe
B. Joe
-4.0
4
12/20/1964
DEN DEN
@
HOU HOU
-16
0
16
6
2.7
0
2Jamie Caleb
J. Caleb
-3.6
5
10/16/1960
CLE CLE
@
DLC DLC
-18
0
52
5
10.4
1
3Billy Joe
B. Joe
-2.8
4
10/17/1965
BUF BUF
@
KC KC
-11
0
18
11
1.6
0
4Bill Triplett
B. Triplett
-2.3
4
9/15/1968
DET DET
@
DAL DAL
-9
0
13
7
1.9
0
5Ricky Williams
R. Williams
-2.0
4
1/6/2002
NO NO
vs
SF SF
5
-8
0
33
11
3.0
0
6Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
-2.0
4
9/19/1982
HOU HOU
vs
SEA SEA
-8
0
142
30
4.7
1
7Isaiah Crowell
I. Crowell
-1.8
4
12/17/2017
CLE CLE
vs
BAL BAL
5
-7
0
72
5
14.4
0
8Jim Brown
J. Brown
-1.8
4
11/11/1962
CLE CLE
@
WAS WAS
-7
0
27
9
3.0
0
9Ken Willard
K. Willard
-1.3
4
10/22/1972
SF SF
vs
NO NO
-5
0
12
6
2.0
0
10Joe Marconi
J. Marconi
-1.3
4
12/5/1964
CHI CHI
vs
GB GB
-5
0
16
6
2.7
0
11Charley Mitchell
C. Mitchell
-1.3
4
10/4/1964
DEN DEN
vs
BOS BOS
-5
0
32
10
3.2
0
12Billy Joe
B. Joe
-1.3
4
9/14/1963
DEN DEN
@
HOU HOU
-5
0
66
13
5.1
0
13Bill Svoboda
B. Svoboda
-1.3
4
10/28/1951
CHC CHC
vs
PIT PIT
-5
0
15
5
3.0
0
14Jess Phillips
J. Phillips
-1.0
4
12/6/1970
CIN CIN
@
SD SD
-4
0
55
15
3.7
1
15Phil King
P. King
-0.8
5
11/24/1963
NYG NYG
vs
STL STL
-4
0
47
11
4.3
0
16Daryl Richardson
D. Richardson
-0.8
4
10/28/2012
STL STL
vs
NE NE
4
-3
0
53
7
7.6
0
17Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
-0.8
4
9/12/1999
DAL DAL
@
WAS WAS
4
-3
0
109
23
4.7
1
18Fred Willis
F. Willis
-0.8
4
11/11/1973
HOU HOU
vs
CLE CLE
-3
0
38
14
2.7
0
19Julius Jones
J. Jones
-0.6
5
12/6/2009
SEA SEA
vs
SF SF
5
-3
0
67
20
3.4
0
20Chuba Hubbard
C. Hubbard
-0.5
4
10/6/2024
CAR CAR
@
CHI CHI
4
-2
0
97
13
7.5
1
21Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
-0.5
4
11/28/2021
CIN CIN
vs
PIT PIT
4
-2
0
165
28
5.9
2
22Dexter McCluster
D. McCluster
-0.5
4
9/18/2011
KC KC
@
DET DET
5
-2
0
51
8
6.4
0
23Terry Metcalf
T. Metcalf
-0.5
4
11/18/1973
STL STL
@
NYG NYG
-2
0
46
12
3.8
0
24Joe Marconi
J. Marconi
-0.5
4
12/2/1956
LA LA
@
PIT PIT
-2
0
71
15
4.7
0
25Vitamin Smith
V. Smith
-0.5
4
10/28/1951
LA LA
@
SF SF
-2
0
12
3
4.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for receptions and yards per reception going back to the 1960 season.

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