Low Yardage Games, Lots of Touchdowns

[CSKreager]

A year and a half ago, I posted a thread about players that rang up the yardage, but not the touchdowns.

Now I'm going to do the opposite- guys who did not pile up the yards, but had big games in terms of getting scores.

Examples of this you recall?

I recall Thanksgiving 2004 Peyton Manning had a 6 touchdown game against Detroit but threw for only 236 yards and his longest pass completion was 25 yards.

For non-QB's? James Stewart in a Jaguars/Eagles 1997 game had 5 touchdowns, but he barely cracked 100 yards (102)

[conace21]

Jerome Bettis, 5 carries for 1 yard and 3 touchdowns on the 2004 season opener.

Mario Bates 4 carries for 3 yards and 3 touchdowns. 1998 Divisional Round playoff game vs Minnesota.

[Todd Pence]

RUSHING

1979 - Raiders vs. Chargers - Booker Russell 3 carries, 3 yards, 3 TDs.

1979 - Chargers vs. Saints - Hank Bauer 4 carries, 1 yard, 3 TDs

1983 - Redskins vs. Lions - Reggie Evans 10 carries, 4 yards, 3 TDs

PASSING

1962 - Cowboys vs. Steelers - Eddie LeBaron 158 yards, 5 TDs

1962 - Oilers vs. Titans - George Blanda 190 yards, 6 TDs

1962 - Broncos vs. Bills - Frank Tripuka 168 yards, 5 TDs

1987 - 49ers vs. Bears - Steve Young 100 yards, 4 TDs

[ChrisBabcock]

Jerome Bettis opening day 2004 immediately comes to mind. We were on our honeymoon. I picked up a USA Today in Provo, Utah the Monday after week 1's Sunday games to see what happened the day before. As I was scanning the box scores, Jerome Bettis popped out at me. 5 carries for 1 yard, yet he scored 3 touchdowns! For a few seconds I didn't think this was mathematically possible until I realized his carries must have been 1, -1, 1, -1, 1.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ ... 120pit.htm

[Todd Pence]

I'll have to see a play-by-play to explain Evans' stat line from '83. That's one of the weirdest I've ever seen.

[CSKreager]

I'll have to see a play-by-play to explain Evans' stat line from '83. That's one of the weirdest I've ever seen.

Here's what I know about that game:

1. Riggins didn't play

2. Joe Washington did a lot of heavy lifting (147 yards on the ground)

[Mark]

As I recall Reggie Evans was only used in goal line plays in the 1983 game.

[nicefellow31]

I'll have to see a play-by-play to explain Evans' stat line from '83. That's one of the weirdest I've ever seen.

I have a book called "Redskins Chronicles" that has recaps of all Skins game from 1937-2008. I'll take a look and see what is written about it.

[Jeremy Crowhurst]

I'll have to see a play-by-play to explain Evans' stat line from '83. That's one of the weirdest I've ever seen.

I have a book called "Redskins Chronicles" that has recaps of all Skins game from 1937-2008. I'll take a look and see what is written about it.

From the box score, Evans had two 2 yd TDs, and a 1 yd TD, and his longest run of the day was 5 yards. So he lost 6 yards on his other six carries.

Similarly with Bettis' game, his longest carry was 1 yard, so aside from his three 1 yd TDs, his other carries were either -1 each, or -2 and 0.