White receivers with 200+ yards in a game

[dwid]

I was thinking of a list to put together of Whites with 200+ receiving yard games and showing footage of it, hopefully I can some older footage. I have the Kevin Curtis game around somewhere.

The first one is Don Beebe, this was after his time with the Bills, he was the 3rd receiver, which meant backup back in those days as 3 receiver sets weren't as common. The starter went down with injury and he took his place, put up 200+ yards on 8 catches only to go back to the bench. I noticed he went down a few times without trying to yac, but the corners and safeties were hitting him on pretty much every play, he was taking a beating, I am guessing they didn't like the fact that they couldn't cover a White guy. Also it seems like the only time Favre targeted him was when he was under pressure (at least the 2 big plays).

[video=youtube_share;ANhpHr0aoXQ]http://youtu.be/ANhpHr0aoXQ[/video]

when you look up 200 yard games on profootball reference he is "accidentally left out", even though the stats show he had 220 yards, then the list would be 3 Whites in a row 8. Drew Bennett 233, 9 . Kevin Curtis 221, 10, Don Beebe 220.

No need to fear for the Packers having a White guy doing so well, they brought in guys like Andre Rison when he was over the hill!

 

[jeffcorner]

11 years later, has there been more than can be added to the list over the last 11 seasons?

 

[Freethinker]

Since 2010 this list:

Wes Welker 213 in 2011.
Brian Hartline 253 yards in 2012.
Jordy Nelson 209 yards in 2014.
Eric Decker 221 yards in 2014.
Adam Thielen 202 yards in 2016.
Cooper Kupp 220 yards in 2019.

If someone wants to fact check me and see if I missed any, feel free.

 

[jeffcorner]

Since 2010 this list:

Wes Welker 213 in 2011.
Brian Hartline 253 yards in 2012.
Jordy Nelson 209 yards in 2014.
Eric Decker 221 yards in 2014.
Adam Thielen 202 yards in 2016.
Cooper Kupp 220 yards in 2019.

If someone wants to fact check me and see if I missed any, feel free.

I tried to look it up on ProFootballReference, but it only shows Hartline's total (b/c I sorted by most Receiving yards in a game, and the top 50 or so only goes down to 233 yards...so anything under that isn't captured on a list, so it would have to be looked up player by player

(https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/rec_yds_single_game.htm)

 

[jeffcorner]

Add;
1. George Kittle (2018): 210 yards (12/9/2018)

There were some close calls with Chris Hogan (180), Greg Olsen (181), Travis Kelce (191), and TJ Hockenson (179), but all I could find (so far) was Kittle....

 

[footballenthusiast]

Don Maynard had three 200 yard games in his career.

203 in a 20-19 week 2 win against Kansas City, 1968:

228 in a 32-43 week 11 loss to Oakland, 1968:

212 in a 26-17 week 6 win against Houston, 1969:

 

[footballenthusiast]

Steve Largent had a 261 yard game against the Lions in the 1987 strike-shortened season, the only 200+ game of his career:

 

[footballenthusiast]

Roger Carr had a 210 yard game in week 7 of the 1976 season as the Colts galloped to a 20-0 win against the Jets. This was the year of Bert Jones' MVP campaign, and it was also Carr's best season.

Here's one of Carr's two TD catches from the game:

 

[footballenthusiast]

Cris Collinsworth had 206 yards in a 31-34 week 5 loss to Baltimore in 1983:

 

[footballenthusiast]

This list is by no means comprehensive, but here's what I've found thus far:

1940s:
Don Hutson - 4
Jim Benton - 2 (one of these was 303)

1950s:
Cloyce Box - 2 (one of these was 302)
Billy Howton -2
Raymond Berry - 1

1960s:
Lance Alworth - 5
Charley Hennigan - 4
Don Maynard - 3
Tommy McDonald - 2
Carroll Dale - 2
Buddy Dial - 1
Del Shofner - 1
Frank Clarke - 1
Sonny Randle - 1
Dave Parks - 1
Jackie Smith - 1

1970s:
Roger Carr - 1

1980s:
Steve Largent - 1
Cris Collinsworth - 1

 

[Don Wassall]

This list is by no means comprehensive, but here's what I've found thus far:

1940s:
Don Hutson - 4
Jim Benton - 2 (one of these was 303)

1950s:
Cloyce Box - 2 (one of these was 302)
Billy Howton -2
Raymond Berry - 1

1960s:
Lance Alworth - 5
Charley Hennigan - 4
Don Maynard - 3
Tommy McDonald - 2
Carroll Dale - 2
Buddy Dial - 1
Del Shofner - 1
Frank Clarke - 1
Sonny Randle - 1
Dave Parks - 1
Jackie Smith - 1

1970s:
Roger Carr - 1

1980s:
Steve Largent - 1
Cris Collinsworth - 1

Nice researching! There are a number of others listed in the first few posts of this thread.

 

[footballenthusiast]

I have completed the master list and added appropriate footage to each performance after 1980. A touchdown pass from Bert Jones to Roger Carr from his 200 yard game can be found here. I have also posted footage from each of Don Maynard's three 200+ performances in an earlier post above in chronological order. I will post them here also: 1968 week 2, 1968 week 11, and 1969 week 6.

1940s:
Don Hutson - 4
Jim Benton - 2 (one of these was 303)
Hugh Taylor - 1

1950s:
Cloyce Box - 2 (one of these was 302)
Billy Howton -2
Raymond Berry - 1
Elbie Nickel - 1
Bud Grant - 1
Harlon Hill - 1
Jimmy Orr - 1
Jim Phillips - 1

1960s:
Lance Alworth - 5
Charley Hennigan - 4
Don Maynard - 3
Tommy McDonald - 2
Carroll Dale - 2
Buddy Dial - 1
Del Shofner - 1
Frank Clarke - 1
Sonny Randle - 1
Dave Parks - 1
Jackie Smith - 1
Glen Bass - 1
Pete Retzlaff - 1
Lance Rentzel - 1
Paul Flatley - 1
Bake Turner - 1
Johnny Morris - 1

1970s:
Roger Carr - 1

1980s:
Steve Largent - 1
Cris Collinsworth - 1

1990s:
Don Beebe - 1

2000s:
Drew Bennett - 1
Kevin Curtis - 1

2010s:
Wes Welker - 1
Brian Hartline - 1
Jordy Nelson - 1
Eric Decker - 1
Adam Thielen - 1
Cooper Kupp - 1
George Kittle - 1

 

[footballenthusiast]

Added some footage from Jackie Smith's 212 yard game in 1963. Over time I will add as much footage as I can to the master list.