Unbelievable NFL Records: The Jaw-Dropping Single-Game Receiving Yards You Won’t Believe!
4. Jim Benton 303 yards on 10 catches
Nov. 22, 1945: Cleveland Rams 28, Detroit Lions 21
The first 300-yard game in NFL history came on Thanksgiving Day of 1945, not three months after the end of World War II, from a player who four years prior had quit the NFL to coach a high school team in Arkansas. The decision to come back proved fruitful in the regular season with the receiving record and in the playoffs with the Rams’ NFL championship in a 15-14 win over Washington. It was the franchise’s Ohio finale before heading west to Los Angeles.


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