most kick returns yards in nfl in one game all-time

Chris Williams, Richard Alston and Desmond Howard are tied for the most kickoff returns in a game, with 10 returns.

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	NAME	KR	KR YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
1	Chris Williams C. Williams	10	288	11/9/2014	CHI	@	GB	28.8	1	1	13	13.0	0
2	Richard Alston R. Alston	10	212	11/28/2004	CLE	@	CIN	21.2	0	0	0		0
3	Desmond Howard D. Howard	10	223	10/26/1997	OAK	@	SEA	22.3	0	1	0	0.0	0
4	Brandon James B. James	9	150	11/28/2010	IND	vs	SD	16.7	0	3	29	9.7	0
5	Danny Amendola D. Amendola	9	217	12/13/2009	STL	@	TEN	24.1	0	1	6	6.0	0
6	Steve Breaston S. Breaston	9	141	12/21/2008	ARI	@	NE	15.7	0	0	0		0
7	Allen Rossum A. Rossum	9	194	10/12/2008	SF	vs	PHI	21.6	0	1	45	45.0	0
8	Aveion Cason A. Cason	9	150	12/16/2007	DET	@	SD	16.7	0	0	0		0
9	Maurice Hicks M. Hicks	9	195	10/15/2006	SF	vs	SD	21.7	0	0	0		0
10	Josh Scobey J. Scobey	9	165	11/16/2003	ARI	@	CLE	18.3	0	0	0		0
11	Ahmad Merritt A. Merritt	9	170	9/7/2003	CHI	@	SF	18.9	0	0	0		0
12	Nate Jacquet N. Jacquet	9	237	11/11/2001	MIN	@	PHI	26.3	0	0	0		0
13	Michael Bates M. Bates	9	200	10/4/1998	CAR	@	ATL	22.2	0	0	0		0
14	Eric Metcalf E. Metcalf	9	144	11/10/1996	ATL	@	STL	16.0	0	0	0		0
15	Eric Metcalf E. Metcalf	9	176	9/29/1996	ATL	@	SF	19.6	0	0	0		0
16	Paul Palmer P. Palmer	9	221	9/20/1987	KC	@	SEA	24.6	0	0	0		0
17	Dino Hall D. Hall	9	172	10/7/1979	CLE	vs	PIT	19.1	0	2	58	29.0	0
18	Noland Smith N. Smith	9	206	11/23/1967	KC	vs	OAK	22.9	0	2	5	2.5	0
19	Luke McCaffrey L. McCaffrey	8	209	10/19/2025	WAS	@	DAL	26.1	0	0	0		0
20	Kendre Miller K. Miller	8	182	9/21/2025	NO	@	SEA	22.8	0	0	0		0
21	Raheem Blackshear R. Blackshear	8	204	9/8/2024	CAR	@	NO	25.5	0	0	0		0
22	Niles Paul N. Paul	8	179	12/8/2013	WAS	vs	KC	22.4	0	0	0		0
23	Quintin Demps Q. Demps	8	199	11/24/2013	KC	vs	SD	24.9	0	0	0		0
24	Lorenzo Booker L. Booker	8	157	12/20/2010	MIN	vs	CHI	19.6	0	0	0		0
25	Domenik Hixon D. Hixon	8	183	1/3/2010	NYG	@	MIN	22.9	0	0	0		0

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Thu 10/22	NE	@	CHI	8:15 PM
Mon 11/2	CHI	@	SEA	8:15 PM
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NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
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Packers	3	2	0	.600
Lions	3	2	0	.600
Bears	3	2	0	.600
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Buccaneers	1	4	0	.200
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Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
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Thu 10/15	SEA	@	DEN	8:15 PM
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