Factoid
Calvin Johnson had the unusual finish to last year. He went over 200 yards at Oakland and at Green Bay, then went over 200 in the playoff loss at New Orleans.
That’s three 200-yard games in four weeks. Has anybody done that before?
So I started sniffing around. We have all of the 100-yard games since 1978 on file.
Only once in the 34 seasons did any wide receiver have two 200-yard games in a season. That was Steve Smith in 2005. Like Johnson, one of Smith’s games came in the playoffs (at Chicago).
So Johnson is the only receiver with two 200-yard games in the same regular season.
Only a few select few have managed to go over 200 yards three times in a career. They’re listed below. Jerry Rice, with 5, is the only guy with more of these games than Johnson.
Note: I see that for the 17 games below, the teams with the 200-yard receivers went only 7-10. That’s surprising to me. I will run a check on all 200-yard receiving games to see how it compares.
Receivers with three career games over 200 yards
No Yds Avg TD Year
6 205 34.2 1 1979 Wes Chandler (N.O.) Atl. L 34-40
10 260 26.0 2 1982 Wes Chandler (S.D.) Cin. W 50-34
13 243 18.7 1 1985 Wes Chandler (S.D.) Sea. L 35-49
10 241 24.1 1 1985 Jerry Rice (S.F.) Rams L 20-27
12 204 17.0 0 1986 Jerry Rice (S.F.) at Was. L 6-14
11 215 19.5 1 1988 Jerry Rice (S.F.) Cin. W 20-16
13 225 17.3 5 1990 Jerry Rice (S.F.) at Atl. W 45-35
14 289 20.6 3 1995 Jerry Rice (S.F.) Minn. W 37-30
15 210 14.0 1 1995 Isaac Bruce (St.L.) Mia. L 22-41
11 229 20.8 1 1996 Isaac Bruce (St.L.) at Balt. L 31-37
10 233 23.3 2 1997 Isaac Bruce (St.L.) at Atl. L 31-34
20 283 14.2 1 2000 Terrell Owens (S.F.) Minn. W 17-0
7 213 30.4 1 2008 Terrell Owens (Dall.) S.F. W 35-22
10 222 22.2 1 2010 Terrell Owens (Cin.) at Clev. L 20-23
11 244 22.2 1 2011 Calvin Johnson (Det.) at G.B. L 41-45
9 214 23.8 2 2011 Calvin Johnson (Det.) at Oak. W 28-27
12 211 17.6 2 2011 Calvin Johnson (Det.) at N.O. L 28-45
—Ian Allan
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Posted by IAN ALLAN | Jun. 07 at 10:30 AM
Updating: win-loss record for all 200-yard receivers since 1978 is 54-38-2.