Reader Mail: Longest Non-Scoring Plays in NFL History (updated 11/14/2016)

Is there a list of the longest plays that didn't result a touchdown? Elias probably has a list (they verified that Percy Harvin's 104-yard kickoff return was the longest non-scoring play in NFL history), but I've never seen one published. Both scrimmage (runs and passes) and non-scrimmage (returns) plays are included in the lists below of plays of 80 yards and longer that didn't result in touchdowns. Notes: The lists below should be complete for 1983-2015; nearly-complete for 1960-1982 or for anything that would be a record play in franchise history; mostly-complete for 1941-1959; and spotty for anything before 1941. Everything that appears on the lists below has been confirmed via the actual play-by-play or contemporary articles with the exception of a few pre-1960 plays. Longest non-scoring runs in NFL history: Rusher Date Length Team Opponent From To Notes Hap Moran 11/23/1930 91* NYG GB NYG8 GB1 *disputed; Giants accept this as 91-yard run but other sources have it as 84. NY Times on 11/24/30 details a play starting from NYG15 with Moran receiving snap in punt formation. Johnny Johnson 9/25/1994 90 NYJ CHI NYJ3 CHI7 Bo Jackson 12/16/1990 88 L.A. Raiders CIN LA11 CIN1 Barry Sanders 10/2/1994 85 DET TB DET10 TB5 Barry Sanders 10/23/1994 84 DET CHI DET3 CHI13 Doug Martin 11/22/2015 84 TB PHI TB15 PHI1 Jess Phillips 11/2/1969 83 CIN OAK CIN7 OAK10 Billy Sims 9/30/1984 81 DET SD DET18 SD1 Le'Veon Bell 9/21/2014 81 PIT CAR PIT8 CAR11 Wilbur Jackson 11/27/1977 80 SF NO SF1 NO19 Leroy Harris 11/25/1979 80 PHI GB PHI1 GB19 Larry Moriarty 9/11/1983 80 Houston Oilers L.A. Raiders HOU7 LA13 Jessie Clark 9/29/1985 80 GB St. Louis Cardinals GB10 STL10 Troy Hambrick 9/30/2001 80 DAL PHI DAL5 PHI15 Jamaal Charles 12/19/2010 80 KC STL KC18 STL2 Longest non-scoring passes in NFL history: Receiver Passer Date Length Team Opponent From To Notes Bobby Moore (Ahmad Rashad) Jim Hart 12/10/1972 98 St. Louis Cardinals L.A. Rams STL1 LA1 Walter Roberts Billy Kilmer 11/19/1967 96 NO PHI NO2 PHI2 Vincent Jackson Josh Freeman 10/21/2012 95 TB NO TB4 NO1 Herschel Walker Randall Cunningham 9/4/1994 93 PHI NYG PHI6 NYG1 Marcus Allen Marc Wilson 10/7/1984 92 L.A. Raiders SEA LA3 SEA5 Derrick Alexander Eric Zeier 12/7/1997 92 BAL SEA BAL7 SEA1 Richard Caster Joe Namath 10/26/1975 91 NYJ Baltimore Colts NYJ8 BAL1 Dwight Stone Bubby Brister 10/14/1990 90 PIT DEN PIT6 DEN4 Alvin Harper Troy Aikman 11/13/1994 90 DAL SF DAL6 SF4 Byron Chamberlain Brian Griese 10/17/1999 88 DEN GB DEN10 GB2 Milt Morin Bill Nelsen 11/24/1968 87 CLE PHI CLE10 PHI3 Calvin Johnson Matthew Stafford 10/27/2013 87 DET DAL DET10 DAL3 Johnson finished the game with 329 receiving yards. Steve Watson Craig Morton 12/6/1981 86 DEN KC DEN9 KC5 Vance Johnson John Elway 9/26/1988 86 DEN L.A. Raiders DEN13 LA1 Emmitt Smith Bernie Kosar 11/14/1993 86 DAL Phoenix Cardinals DAL12 PHX2 Marcus Pollard Joey Harrington 10/16/2005 86 DET CAR DET9 CAR5 Wes Chandler Archie Manning 9/23/1979 85 NO SF NO13 SF2 Emery Moorehead Mike Tomczak 11/16/1986 85 CHI ATL CHI14 ATL1 Homer Jones Fran Tarkenton 9/15/1968 84 NYG PIT NYG12 PIT4 Ken Burrow Bob Berry 12/19/1971 84 ATL NO ATL13 NO3 not to be confused with fellow 70's WR Ken Burrough Alvin Garrett Joe Theismann 10/23/1983 84 WAS DET WAS5 DET11 Eric Martin Bobby Hebert 9/14/1986 84 NO GB NO9 GB7 Martin's second catch of the game; the first went for 72 and a TD. Malcolm Kelly Jason Campbell 1/3/2010 84 WAS SD WAS12 SD4 Jerome Simpson Andy Dalton 9/18/2011 84 CIN DEN CIN7 DEN9 Sammy Watkins Kyle Orton 10/26/2014 84 BUF NYJ BUF11 NYJ5 Watkins started  celebrating at the 15. Koren Robinson Trent Dilfer 10/20/2002 83 SEA STL SEA15 STL2 Kevin Johnson Kelly Holcomb 1/5/2003 83 CLE PIT CLE16 PIT1 AFC Wild Card game. Santonio Holmes Ben Roethlisberger 12/20/2007 83 PIT STL PIT4 STL13 Ed Marshall Joe Pisarcik 10/23/1977 82 NYG WAS NYG3 WAS15 Leonard Thompson Scott Hunter 10/7/1979 82 DET NE DET9 NE9 Terry Kirby Steve Young 10/19/1997 82 SF ATL SF17 ATL1 Armanti Edwards Cam Newton 11/4/2012 82 CAR WAS CAR9 WAS9 Jackie Smith Gary Hammond 10/13/1974 81 St. Louis Cardinals DAL STL13 DAL6 pass thrown by wide receiver Jessie Hester Jack Trudeau 11/22/1992 81 IND PIT IND18 PIT1 Pat Coleman Cody Carlson 9/25/1994 81 Houston Oilers CIN HOU14 CIN5 Terence Mathis Jeff George 12/4/1994 81 ATL SF ATL10 SF9 Corey Bradford David Carr 10/13/2002 81 HOU BUF HOU10 BUF9 Devery Henderson Drew Brees 9/28/2008 81 NO SF NO17 SF2 Johnny Knox Caleb Hanie 11/27/2011 81 CHI OAK CHI10 OAK9 Johnny Perkins Phil Simms 10/25/1981 80 NYG ATL NYG18 ATL2 Jimmie Giles Jack Thompson 10/9/1983 80 TB DAL TB11 DAL9 Todd Pinkston Donovan McNabb 12/12/2004 80 PHI WAS PHI16 WAS4 Reggie Wayne Andrew Luck 12/28/2004 80 IND TEN IND19 TEN1 Longest non-scoring kickoff returns in NFL history: Returner Date Length Team Opponent From To Notes Percy Harvin 11/27/2011 104 MIN ATL MIN-7 ATL3 Ameer Abdullah 11/15/2015 104 DET GB DET-5 GB1 Benny Cunningham 12/17/2015 102 STL TB STL-5 TB3 Jalen Saunders 12/21/2014 99 NO ATL NO0 ATL1 Adam Jones 10/12/2014 97 CIN CAR CIN0 CAR3 Joe Arenas 12/16/1956 96 SF BAL SF2 BAL2 Maurice Jones-Drew 1/5/2008 96 JAX PIT JAX3 PIT1 AFC Wild Card Game Art Powell 10/4/1959 95 PHI NYG PHI4 NYG1 Bob Neff 9/14/1968 95 MIA Houston Oilers MIA0 HOIL5 Ken Jenkins 11/24/1985 95 WAS PIT WAS2 PIT3 Tim Brown 11/28/1988 95 L.A. Raiders SEA LA2 SEA3 Kevin Faulk 11/15/1999 95 NE NYJ NE-3 NYJ8 Eddie Royal 11/2/2008 95 DEN MIA DEN0 MIA5 Leon Washington 12/8/2013 95 TEN DEN TEN2 DEN3 Tom Watkins 11/21/1965 94 DET CHI ? ? Dick Gordon 9/16/1966 94 CHI L.A. Rams ? ? Doug Cunningham 10/22/1967 94 SF NO ? ? Tim McGee 11/23/1986 94 CIN MIN CIN1 MIN5 Tab Perry 12/4/2005 94 CIN PIT CIN3 PIT3 Leon Washington 9/22/2008 94 NYJ SD NYJ1 SD5 Kyle Williams 9/23/2012 94 SF MIN SF-8 MIN14 Danieal Manning 1/13/2013 80 HOU NE HOU-6 NE12 AFC Divisional Round Gary Ballman 11/3/1963 93 PIT GB PIT5 GB2 Glyn Milburn 9/26/1999 93 CHI OAK CHI-2 OAK9 Brock Marion 10/4/1999 93 MIA BUF MIA3 BUF4 Tom Farmer ?/?/1946 92 L.A. Rams ? ? ? unverified Dave Osborn 10/4/1965 92 MIN L.A. Rams ? ? Billy Lefear 11/23/1975 92 CLE CIN CLE6 CIN2 Lefear broke his leg when tackled; Lefear's last play in NFL Leeland McElroy 10/27/1996 92 ARI NYJ ARI0 NYJ8 Jerious Norwood 12/28/2008 92 ATL STL ATL0 STL8 Darren Sproles 12/26/2011 92 NO ATL NO-6 ATL14 Lynn Chandnois 9/30/1956 91 PIT WAS PIT-5 WAS14 Mel Blount 10/3/1970 91 PIT CLE PIT4 CLE5 Reggie Barlow 10/25/1998 91 JAX DEN JAX5 DEN4 Terry Fair 9/19/1999 91 DET GB DET1 GB8 Desmond Howard 10/28/2001 91 DET CIN DET0 CIN9 Eddie Drummond 12/15/2002 91 DET TB DET4 TB5 Antonio Cromartie 11/26/2006 91 SD OAK SD-3 OAK12 Bryan McCann 12/24/2011 91 OAK KC OAK-5 KC14 Bob Neff 11/13/1966 90 MIA KC MIA0 KC10 The Dolphins were intercepted  shortly after each of Neff's long returns. Don Shy 11/17/1968 90 PIT CLE ? ? Kendall Williams 10/2/1983 90 Baltimore Colts CIN BAL1 CIN9 James Dixon 10/8/1989 90 DAL GB DAL4 GB6 Donnie Elder 12/30/1990 90 SD L.A. Raiders SD3 LA7 Jason Tucker 10/15/2000 90 DAL NYG DAL8 NYG2 Allen Rossum 11/6/2000 90 GB MIN GB8 MIN2 Brad Pyatt 10/6/2003 90 IND TB IND-2 TB12 first play of Colts comeback from down 21 with 5:09 left Reggie Swinton 11/20/2005 90 ARI STL ARI5 STL5 Josh Cribbs 11/11/2007 90 CLE PIT CLE7 PIT3 Dwayne Harris 10/13/2013 90 DAL WAS DAL-5 WAS15 Floyd Little 11/10/1968 89 DEN OAK DEN-2 OAK13 Ike Thomas 11/12/1972 89 GB CHI GB0 CHI11 Larry Brunson 10/14/1979 89 OAK ATL OAK5 ATL6 Rod Hill 1/16/1983 89 DAL GB DAL2 GB9 NFC Divisional game Ron Brown 11/10/1985 89 L.A. Rams NYG LA0 NYG11 Mel Gray 10/25/1992 89 DET TB DET7 TB4 Herschel Walker 10/20/1996 89 DAL ATL DAL0 ATL11 Veryl Switzer 10/30/1954 88 GB PHI GB2 PHI10 Walter Roberts 11/7/1965 88 CLE PHI CLE2 PHI10 Clarence Childs 12/8/1968 88 CHI L.A. Rams CHI10 LA2 Randy Montgomery 10/22/1972 88 DEN OAK DEN-4 OAK16 Steve Odom 10/3/1976 88 GB DET GB10 DET2 Jimmy Rogers 11/24/1980 88 NO L.A. Rams NO-3 LA15 Carl Roaches 9/13/1981 88 Houston Oilers CLE HOU1 CLE11 Buster Rhymes 12/22/1985 88 MIN PHI MIN4 PHI8 broke rookie record for KR yards in a season on this return; not that Busta Rhymes Mel Gray 10/6/1996 88 Houston Oilers CIN HOU2 CIN10 Anthony Marshall  (lateral from Bobby Engram) 11/24/1996 88 CHI DET CHI-3 DET15 Engram returned the kickoff 13 yards then lateraled to Marshall for next 75 Eddie Drummond 12/22/2002 88 DET ATL DET-3 ATL15 Terrence McGee 11/12/2006 88 BUF IND BUF0 IND12 Pierre Thomas 12/7/2008 88 NO ATL NO4 ATL8 Rod McNeill 12/21/1975 88 NO CHI ? ? Joe McKnight 10/9/2011 88 NYJ NE NYJ-8 NE20 Willie West 10/16/1960 87 St. Louis Cardinals PIT STL-7 PIT20 tripped over teammate Earl Christy 9/29/1968 87 NYJ BUF NYJ6 BUF7 Jerry LeVias 11/9/1969 87 Houston Oilers CIN ? ? Don Bessillieu 9/21/1980 87 MIA ATL MIA-5 ATL18 Jamie Holland 11/11/1990 87 L.A. Raiders GB LA11 GB2 Kevin Williams 11/24/1994 87 DAL GB DAL8 GB5 B.J. Sams 12/11/2005 87 BAL DEN BAL3 DEN10 Jerome Mathis 12/3/2006 87 HOU OAK HOU10 OAK3 Rock Cartwright 12/14/2008 87 WAS CIN WAS0 CIN13 Aaron Brown 9/13/2009 87 DET NO DET1 NO12 Courtney Roby 10/25/2009 87 NO MIA NO-3 MIA16 Chris Owusu 12/28/2014 87 NYJ MIA NYJ1 MIA12 Fred Morrison ?/?/1951 86 CHI ? ? ? unverified Joe Geri 10/1/1951 86 PIT NYG PIT13 NYG1 Emlen Tunnell 11/1/1953 86 NYG Chicago Cardinals NYG2 CHI12 Gene Howard 11/2/1969 86 NO St. Louis Cardinals ? ? Keith Wright 10/22/1978 86 CLE KC CLE-4 KC18 Brian Mitchell 9/11/1994 86 WAS NO WAS-1 NO15 Glyn Milburn 11/19/1995 86 DEN SD DEN1 SD13 Steve Broussard 9/15/1996 86 SEA KC SEA3 KC11 Herschel Walker 11/3/1996 86 DAL PHI DAL8 PHI6 Walker's third appearance on these lists. Allen Rossum 11/14/1999 86 PHI WAS PHI0 WAS14 Aaron Stecker 12/23/2001 86 TB NO TB0 NO14 TB wouldn't score the first kick return TD in franchise history for another 6 years. Brad Smith 10/11/2010 86 NYJ MIN NYJ-5 MIN19 Travis Benjamin 10/20/2013 86 CLE GB CLE-6 GB20 Tommy Wilson 12/6/1959 85 L.A. Rams GB LARM4 GB11 unverified Jug Girard 11/1/1953 85 DET L.A. Rams ? ? Barry Redden 12/18/1982 85 L.A. Rams L.A. Raiders LARM-2 LARD17 Don Beebe 11/5/1989 85 BUF ATL BUF7 ATL8 David Dunn 11/23/1997 85 CIN JAX CIN12 JAX3 Adam Jones 11/20/2005 85 TEN JAX TEN4 JAX11 Josh Cribbs 9/16/2007 85 CLE CIN CLE4 CIN11 Jerious Norwood 10/12/2008 85 ATL CHI ATL-2 CHI17 Leodis McKelvin 11/9/2008 85 BUF NE BUF1 NE14 Andy Farkas 10/25/1943 84 WAS Chicago Cardinals WAS0 CHI16 fumbled OOB Tom Moore 12/4/1960 84 GB CHI ? ? Ozzie Clay 10/4/1964 84 WAS St. Louis Cardinals ? ? Ken Ellis 11/4/1973 84 GB CHI ? ? James Hunter 12/11/1976 84 DET L.A. Rams DET12 LARM4 Mike Nelms 11/1/1981 84 WAS St. Louis Cardinals WAS4 STL12 Dennis Gentry 11/3/1986 84 CHI L.A. Rams CHI11 LA5 Herman Fontenot 10/30/1988 84 CLE CIN CLE7 CIN9 Thomas Lewis 8/31/1997 84 NYG PHI NYG8 PHI8 Dante Hall 9/9/2007 84 STL CAR STL-1 CAR17 David Reed 11/21/2010 84 BAL CAR BAL-2 CAR18 Danny Amendola 12/26/2010 84 STL SF STL4 SF12 Alex Erickson 11/14/2016 84 CIN NYG CIN3  NYG13 Jerry Davis ?/?/1948 83 Chicago Cardinals ? ? ? unverified Howard Stevens 12/4/1976 83 Baltimore Colts St. Louis Cardinals BAL7 STL10 Jimmy Edwards 11/25/1979 83 MIN TB MIN-3 TB20 Tyrone Hughes 11/26/1995 83 NO CAR NO4 CAR13 Adrian Madise 12/28/2003 83 DEN GB DEN5 GB12 Domenik Hixon 11/23/2008 83 NYG ARI NYG0 ARI17 Clifton Smith 11/8/2009 83 TB GB TB0 GB17 Stefan Logan 12/6/2009 83 PIT OAK PIT-2 OAK19 Leon Washington 9/9/2012 83 SEA ARI SEA-7 ARI24 LeGarrette Blount 12/29/2013 83 NE BUF NE-3 BUF20 Billy Baggett 11/16/1952 82 Dallas Texans (NFL) DET DAL5 DET13 Joe Arenas 9/27/1953 82 SF PHI SF2 PHI16 Abner Haynes 11/6/1960 82 Dallas Texans (AFL) BUF DTX5 BUF13 Charlie West 12/8/1968 82 MIN SF MIN7 SF11 Jim Butler 11/22/1971 82 ATL GB ATL-1 GB19 Steve Davis 10/29/1972 82 PIT BUF PIT0 BUF18 Mark Logan 12/6/1992 82 SF MIA SF10 MIA8 Steve Smith 12/2/2001 82 CAR NO CAR6 NO12 Brandon Bennett 11/17/2002 82 CIN CLE CIN11 CLE7 Terrence McGee 10/2/2005 82 BUF NO BUF15 NO3 last play of 2Q Travaris Cadet 11/17/2013 82 NO SF NO-3 SF21 Charlie Sumner ?/?/1955 81 CHI ? ? ? unverified Clancy Williams 11/6/1966 81 L.A. Rams SF LA1 SF18 Len Walterscheid 10/1/1978 81 CHI OAK CHI3 OAK16 Steve Brown 11/27/1983 81 Houston Oilers TB HOU10 TB9 Herman Fontenot 12/15/1985 81 CLE Houston Oilers CLE3 HOU16 Kevin L. Williams 9/26/1999 81 NYJ WAS NYJ3 WAS16 fumbled OOB Charlie Rogers 10/15/2000 81 SEA IND SEA-2 IND21 Troy Edwards 11/25/2001 81 PIT TEN PIT2 TEN17 Ellis Hobbs 9/21/2008 81 NE MIA NE-4 MIA23 Danny Amendola 11/23/2014 81 NE DET NE-3 DET22 Dave Grayson 10/11/1964 80 KC DEN KC2 DEN18 KC's drive after the return:  1-10-DEN18: holding for -15; 1-25-DEN33: sack for -14; 2-39-DEN48: run for -5; 3-44-KC47: run for 19; 4-25-DEN33: pass for 33 and TD Gary Ballman 11/8/1964 80 PIT St. Louis Cardinals ? ? Ron Smith 11/27/1966 80 ATL CHI ATL14 CHI6 Ellis Hobbs 1/21/2007 80 NE IND NE-1 IND21 AFC Championship Game Rock Cartwright 10/21/2007 80 WAS ARI WAS-1 ARI21 Devin Hester 9/15/2013 80 CHI MIN CHI-3 MIN23 Pacman Jones 12/22/2014 80 CIN DEN CIN-7 DEN27 Longest non-scoring punt returns in NFL history: Returner Date Length Team Opponent From To Notes Brady Keys 9/20/1964 90 PIT NYG PIT9 NYG1 Skeets Quinlan ?/?/1952 88 L.A. Rams ? ? ? unverified T.J. Houshmandzadeh 11/25/2001 86 CIN CLE CIN9 CLE5 Leon Washington 12/5/2010 84 SEA CAR SEA14 CAR2 Eddie Dove 9/29/1963 83 NYG PHI NYG14 PHI3 Brady Keys 9/22/1963 82 PIT NYG PIT17 NYG1 Ray Buchanan 11/3/1996 82 IND SD IND9 SD9 Danny Amendola 11/15/2015 82 NE NYG NE11 NYG7 tripped by teammate Bob Grim 11/5/1967 81 MIN NYG MIN17 NYG2 Dennis Northcutt 11/5/2006 81 CLE SD CLE9 SD10 Mel Gray 12/6/1987 80 NO TB NO16 TB4 Desmond Howard 10/29/2000 80 DET IND DET18 IND2 Longest non-scoring interception returns in NFL history: Returner Date Length Team Opponent From To Notes Champ Bailey 1/14/2006 100 DEN NE DEN-1 NE1 AFC Divisional game; fumbled OOB just before reaching end zone Brandon McDonald 12/15/2008 98 CLE PHI CLE-5 PHI7 last play of half Julius Peppers 10/10/2004 97 CAR DEN CAR0 DEN3 lost fumble into end zone, but overturned on replay Jimmy Conzelman 11/2/1924 96 Chicago Cardinals Milwaukee Badgers CRD0 MIL4 Dennis Thurman 9/6/1981 96 DAL WAS DAL0 WAS4 Charles Tillman 12/4/2005 95 CHI GB CHI-2 GB7 next-to-last play of 2Q Nolan Cromwell 12/14/1981 94 STL ATL STL3 ATL3 LeRoy Irvin 12/26/1983 94 STL DAL STL3 DAL3 NFC Wild Card game Chad Williams 10/24/2004 94 BAL BUF BAL0 BUF6 Andy Studebaker 11/22/2009 94 KC PIT KC-2 PIT8 Ross Fichtner  (lateral from Erich Barnes) 10/1/1967 93 CLE NO CLE5 NO2 Barnes returned the interception 5 yards then lateraled to Fitchner for next 88 Jack Hinkle 10/9/1943 91 PHI/PIT Steagles NYG ? ?  NY Times on 10/10/43 credits interception to Ernie Steele Booker Edgerson 11/1/1964 91 BUF Houston Oilers ? ? Leslie Duncan 12/6/1964 91 SD NYJ SD5 NYJ4 Ryan Mundy 9/8/2013 91 NYG DAL NYG8 DAL1 Bob Smith 11/9/1952 90 DET PIT DET0 PIT10 Rick Volk 10/13/1968 90 Baltimore Colts SF BAL3 SF7 Mike Richardson 9/29/1985 90 CHI WAS CHI9 WAS1 Bruce Maher 11/10/1968 89 NYG DAL NYG5 DAL6 Charlie West 12/19/1971 89 MIN CHI MIN6 CHI5 Lawrence Timmons 11/30/2008 89 PIT NE PIT10 NE1 tackle made by Ben Watson, who also tackled Bailey on the non-TD above Dave Robinson 12/12/1965 87 GB Baltimore Colts GB3 BAL10 Ron Hall 9/18/1966 87 NE DEN NE6 DEN7 Joe Blahak 12/9/1973 87 HOIL PIT HOIL8 PIT5 Victor Green 12/13/1998 87 NYJ MIA NYJ4 MIA9 Mike Gaechter 11/3/1963 86 DAL WAS DAL1 WAS13 Dick Anderson 12/20/1970 86 MIA BUF MIA-3 BUF17 Brice McCain 10/8/2012 86 HOU NYJ HOU5 NYJ9 Raymond Clayborn 10/7/1984 85 NE CLE NE8 CLE7 next-to-last play of 4Q; CLE trailed 17-16 and was in FG territory Aaron Beasley 9/12/2004 85 ATL SF ATL1 SF14 Al Harris 12/19/1999 84 PHI NE PHI5 NE11 fumbled, recovered by PHI Joey Porter 9/15/2002 84 PIT OAK PIT1 OAK15 illegally lateraled forward for TD reversed on replay Sabby Piscitelli 12/28/2008 84 TB OAK TB5 OAK11 Kemal Ishmael 12/20/2015 84 ATL JAX ATL0 JAX16 Fred Marion 11/17/1985 83 NE SEA NE2 SEA15 Lloyd Burruss 10/28/1991 83 KC L.A. Raiders KC2 LA15 Carlton Williamson 11/25/1985 82 SF SEA SF12 SEA6 Rolland Lawrence 10/21/1973 81 ATL SD ? ? Paul Krause 11/23/1975 81 MIN SD ? ? Leroy Irvin 11/16/1980 80 STL NE STL11 NE9 last play of half John Holt 11/30/1986 80 IND SD IND7 SD13 Cortland Finnegan 9/10/2009 80 TEN PIT TEN0 PIT20 last play of half Ralph Brown 1/3/2010 80 ARI GB ARI13 GB7 Antoine Cason 10/12/2014 80 CAR CIN CAR10 CIN10 Other 80+ yard non-scoring plays (non-comprehensive): Player Date Length Team Opponent From To Notes Dale Dodrill 12/14/1952 83 PIT L.A. Rams PIT8 LA9 blocked FG return Andre Waters 11/30/1986 81 PHI L.A. Raiders PHI15 LA4 fumble return; overtime