Tavon Austin’s Record Setting Day

by Chase Stuart on November 10, 2013

Fisher is introduced to Tavon Austin.

The Tavon Austin breakout game is here. First, the #8 pick in the 2013 draft returned a punt off a bounce 98 yards for a second quarter touchdown. A few minutes later, Kellen Clemens hit him for a 57-yard touchdown pass. With St. Louis up 28-0 in the third quarter, Austin caught an 81-yard touchdown.

The third score made him just the 8th player in NFL history with three touchdowns of 50+ yards in the same game, joining Chris Johnson, Qadry Ismail, Randy Moss, Freddie Solomon, Gale Sayers, Billy Cannon, and Raymond Berry. That also means Austin has 236 yards of touchdowns today, the most of any player since 1970.

In fact, that’s the second most in NFL history. The table below shows all 78 players from 1940 to 2012 who recorded at least 160 yards worth of touchdowns in a single game.

Player	Year	Tm	Opp	date	Boxscore	# TDs	yards
Gale Sayers	1965	CHI	SFO	12/12/1965	Boxscore	6	244
Ron J. Brown	1985	RAM	GNB	24/11/1985	Boxscore	3	223
Chris Johnson	2009	TEN	HOU	20/09/2009	Boxscore	3	217
Josh Cribbs	2009	CLE	KAN	20/12/2009	Boxscore	2	203
Cloyce Box	1950	DET	BAL	03/12/1950	Boxscore	4	203
Ted Ginn Jr.	2009	MIA	NYJ	01/11/2009	Boxscore	2	201
Andre' Davis	2007	HOU	JAX	30/12/2007	Boxscore	2	201
Leon Washington	2010	SEA	SDG	26/09/2010	Boxscore	2	200
Spec Sanders	1946	NYY	LAD	27/10/1946	Boxscore	3	198
Billy Cannon	1961	HOU	NYT	10/12/1961	Boxscore	5	197
Trindon Holliday	2012	DEN	BAL	12/01/2013	Boxscore	2	194
Chad Morton	2002	NYJ	BUF	08/09/2002	Boxscore	2	194
Freddie Solomon	1976	MIA	BUF	05/12/1976	Boxscore	3	191
Devin Hester	2006	CHI	STL	11/12/2006	Boxscore	2	190
Eddie Kennison	1996	STL	ATL	15/12/1996	Boxscore	3	190
Tyrone Hughes	1994	NOR	RAM	23/10/1994	Boxscore	2	190
Raymond Berry	1960	BAL	DAL	30/10/1960	Boxscore	3	190
Qadry Ismail	1999	BAL	PIT	12/12/1999	Boxscore	3	189
John Taylor	1989	SFO	RAM	11/12/1989	Boxscore	2	188
Tommy McDonald	1959	PHI	NYG	04/10/1959	Boxscore	4	188
Delvin Williams	1976	SFO	WAS	07/11/1976	Boxscore	3	187
Jim Spavital	1950	BAL	GNB	05/11/1950	Boxscore	3	187
Eddie Payton	1977	DET	MIN	17/12/1977	Boxscore	2	185
Jermaine Lewis	1997	BAL	SEA	07/12/1997	Boxscore	3	184
Doug Martin	2012	TAM	OAK	04/11/2012	Boxscore	4	183
Timmy Brown	1966	PHI	DAL	06/11/1966	Boxscore	2	183
Harold Jackson	1973	RAM	DAL	14/10/1973	Boxscore	4	182
Travis Williams	1969	GNB	PIT	02/11/1969	Boxscore	3	180
Steve Smith	2002	CAR	CIN	08/12/2002	Boxscore	3	179
Wesley Walker	1986	NYJ	MIA	21/09/1986	Boxscore	4	179
Bobby Mitchell	1962	WAS	DAL	16/09/1962	Boxscore	3	179
Lemar Parrish	1970	CIN	BUF	08/11/1970	Boxscore	2	178
Don Hutson	1942	GNB	CRD	01/11/1942	Boxscore	3	178
Gene Roberts	1949	NYG	CHI	23/10/1949	Boxscore	3	176
Harry Hopp	1943	DET	PHI	21/11/1943	Boxscore	2	176
Adrian Peterson	2007	MIN	CHI	14/10/2007	Boxscore	3	175
Dante Hall	2002	KAN	STL	08/12/2002	Boxscore	2	174
Brian Mitchell	2000	PHI	ATL	01/10/2000	Boxscore	2	174
John Gilliam	1969	STL	CLE	26/10/1969	Boxscore	3	174
Michael Lewis	2002	NOR	WAS	13/10/2002	Boxscore	2	173
Homer Jones	1966	NYG	PIT	11/09/1966	Boxscore	2	173
Jim Brown	1963	CLE	WAS	15/09/1963	Boxscore	3	173
Travis Williams	1967	GNB	CLE	12/11/1967	Boxscore	2	172
Devin Hester	2007	CHI	MIN	14/10/2007	Boxscore	2	170
Anthony Allen	1987	WAS	STL	04/10/1987	Boxscore	3	170
Gale Sayers	1967	CHI	SFO	03/12/1967	Boxscore	3	170
Bill Groman	1960	HOU	DEN	20/11/1960	Boxscore	2	170
Darren Sproles	2008	SDG	DEN	14/09/2008	Boxscore	2	169
Barry Sanders	1997	DET	TAM	12/10/1997	Boxscore	3	169
Rich Caster	1972	NYJ	BAL	24/09/1972	Boxscore	3	169
Art Powell	1963	OAK	HOU	22/12/1963	Boxscore	4	169
Herschel Walker	1986	DAL	PHI	14/12/1986	Boxscore	2	168
Eddie Saenz	1947	WAS	NYG	12/10/1947	Boxscore	2	168
Walter Roberts	1967	NOR	PHI	05/11/1967	Boxscore	3	167
Jimmy Patton	1955	NYG	WAS	30/10/1955	Boxscore	2	167
Lee Evans	2006	BUF	HOU	19/11/2006	Boxscore	2	166
Az-Zahir Hakim	2000	STL	DEN	04/09/2000	Boxscore	2	166
Eric Metcalf	1993	CLE	PIT	24/10/1993	Boxscore	2	166
Bobby Mitchell	1960	CLE	DAL	16/10/1960	Boxscore	3	166
Bobby Mitchell	1958	CLE	PHI	23/11/1958	Boxscore	2	166
Dominic Rhodes	2001	IND	KAN	25/10/2001	Boxscore	2	165
Torry Holt	2000	STL	ATL	24/09/2000	Boxscore	2	165
Jacoby Jones	2012	BAL	SFO	03/02/2013	Boxscore	2	164
Eddie Royal	2009	DEN	SDG	19/10/2009	Boxscore	2	164
Devin Hester	2007	CHI	DEN	25/11/2007	Boxscore	2	163
Randy Moss	1998	MIN	DAL	26/11/1998	Boxscore	3	163
Jerry Butler	1979	BUF	NYJ	23/09/1979	Boxscore	4	163
Az-Zahir Hakim	1999	STL	CIN	03/10/1999	Boxscore	4	162
Gary Clark	1991	WAS	ATL	10/11/1991	Boxscore	3	162
Bob Hayes	1967	DAL	STL	23/11/1967	Boxscore	3	162
Andy Uram	1942	GNB	CRD	01/11/1942	Boxscore	3	162
Ollie Matson	1954	CRD	WAS	21/11/1954	Boxscore	4	161
Dub Jones	1951	CLE	CHI	25/11/1951	Boxscore	6	161
Jermaine Lewis	1998	BAL	CIN	27/09/1998	Boxscore	2	160
Dick Gordon	1967	CHI	STL	19/11/1967	Boxscore	2	160
Jack Christiansen	1951	DET	GNB	22/11/1951	Boxscore	2	160
Vitamin Smith	1950	RAM	DET	29/10/1950	Boxscore	2	160

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