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Trivia for September 11, 2018

Question

Julio Jones in the opener went for 169 yards but didn't get in the end zone. That's the fifth time in his career he's gone for at least 149 receiving yards without scoring. What other three players have done this five times? One is a Hall of Famer. The two others played all of their careers in this century.

Answer

Jerry Rice, Andre Johnson and Steve Smith. (And none did it more than 5 times). If we instead look at games with 130-plus yards and no touchdowns, Andre Johnson and Isaac Bruce are the co-leaders with 10 games. Wes Welker had 9, and Rice-Smith-Jones all at eight.

3 Reader Comments:

Robert Garcia

2018-09-11T14:28:25Z
Megatron, Andre Johnson, and TO

Dennis Lyons

Elk Grove, CA
2018-09-11T23:04:36Z
Tim Brown did this 3 times in 1 year. I couldn't find anyone else with 3 in 1 season

Ian Allan

Seattle, WA
2018-09-12T02:14:27Z
Thanks for the tip, Dennis. Now that you bring up Tim Brown, I recall that he was a receiver who seem to finish with few touchdowns than you would expect (given his catches and yards). I suppose that could be checked -- look at the 100 wide receivers who've got the most passes in the last 30 years, then look at the touchdown ratios for those guys.
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