Trivia - most times leading team in rec yds (1 Viewer)

[Doug Drinen]

Didn't want to pollute the Hines Ward thread with this trivia Q...

But the thread topic is Ward and Plaxico Burress was the focus for a while and seems like many think it's been Santonio Holmes and Mike Wallace currently. That kinda bugs me about him.

This prompted me to run some numbers.Ward has led his team in receiving yards 7 times (one of those was a tie, but I'll count it). As you might guess, that's not super-strong for a Hall of Famer, but it's not totally embarrassing either. There are some mostly-post-merger WRs with fewer: Charlie Joiner (5), Art Monk (4), John Stallworth (4), Lynn Swann (4). Michael Irvin only has 8.

Non HoFers with seven include: Gary Clark, Ochocinco, Anthony Miller, Harold Carmichael, Eric Martin, and Sterling Sharpe.

But the beauty of this query is the following trivia question.

Most number of times leading his team in receiving yards is (obviously) Jerry Rice, who did it 15 times. Who did it the second-most times (13)?

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Without looking....first guesses would be Tim Brown or Rod Smith.

 

[Doug Drinen]

Without looking....first guesses would be Tim Brown or Rod Smith.

Not bad guesses, but not right. Brown 10Rod Smith 9

 

[nightmare]

M Harrison, I believe

 

[Clarence the barber]

TO, Ellard, or Lofton?

 

[David Yudkin]

I thought for sure it was Steve Largent . . . but was surprised that it was not. The right answer was my third guess.

I'll give people a hint. The guy that did it did not do it all for the same team.

 

[David Yudkin]

TO, Ellard, or Lofton?

Ellard it is.

 

[Doug Drinen]

M Harrison, I believe

Harrison is 9.

 

[cobalt_27]

Owens?

Didn't he do it 11 or 12 times?

 

[Doug Drinen]

Yes, Ellard it is.

Here are the HoFers:

+--------------------+----------+------+-----------+------------+| name | led_team | hof | debutyear | sum(recyd) |+--------------------+----------+------+-----------+------------+| Jerry Rice | 15 | * | 1985 | 22750 || Steve Largent | 12 | * | 1976 | 13089 || Don Hutson | 11 | * | 1935 | 7991 || James Lofton | 10 | * | 1978 | 13655 || Michael Irvin | 8 | * | 1988 | 11737 || Charley Taylor | 8 | * | 1964 | 8952 || Paul Warfield | 8 | * | 1964 | 8284 || Lance Alworth | 7 | * | 1962 | 9845 || Don Maynard | 6 | * | 1958 | 11732 || Tommy McDonald | 6 | * | 1957 | 8069 || Pete Pihos | 6 | * | 1947 | 5400 || Charlie Joiner | 5 | * | 1969 | 11722 || John Stallworth | 5 | * | 1974 | 8046 || Ozzie Newsome | 5 | * | 1978 | 7740 || Bob Hayes | 5 | * | 1965 | 6977 || Tom Fears | 5 | * | 1948 | 5070 || Art Monk | 4 | * | 1980 | 12607 || Raymond Berry | 4 | * | 1955 | 8903 || Bobby Mitchell | 4 | * | 1958 | 7693 || Jackie Smith | 4 | * | 1963 | 7601 || Dante Lavelli | 4 | * | 1946 | 6488 || Lynn Swann | 4 | * | 1974 | 4989 || Shannon Sharpe | 3 | * | 1990 | 9737 || Fred Biletnikoff | 3 | * | 1965 | 8417 || Elroy Hirsch | 3 | * | 1946 | 6646 || Frank Gifford | 3 | * | 1952 | 4952 || Mike Ditka | 3 | * | 1961 | 4863 || Charlie Sanders | 3 | * | 1968 | 4647 || Dave Casper | 3 | * | 1974 | 4569 || John Mackey | 2 | * | 1963 | 4983 || Kellen Winslow | 1 | * | 1979 | 6486 || Doak Walker | 1 | * | 1950 | 2449 || Ollie Matson | 1 | * | 1952 | 2064 |
And the non-HoFers with 7 or more:

| Henry Ellard | 13 | | 1983 | 13394 || Terrell Owens | 12 | | 1996 | 15934 || Tim Brown | 10 | | 1988 | 14461 || Jimmy Smith | 10 | | 1992 | 11999 || Marvin Harrison | 9 | | 1996 | 14333 || Torry Holt | 9 | | 1999 | 13382 || Andre Reed | 9 | | 1985 | 13095 || Rod Smith | 9 | | 1995 | 11000 || Stanley Morgan | 9 | | 1977 | 10716 || Harold Jackson | 9 | | 1968 | 10246 || Randy Moss | 8 | | 1998 | 14465 || Irving Fryar | 8 | | 1984 | 12367 || Derrick Mason | 8 | | 1997 | 11616 || Joey Galloway | 8 | | 1995 | 10510 || Eric Moulds | 8 | | 1996 | 9422 || Andre Johnson | 8 | | 2003 | 9164 || Steve Smith | 8 | | 2001 | 8670 || Santana Moss | 8 | | 2001 | 8518 || Tony Hill | 8 | | 1977 | 7967 || Ken Burrough | 8 | | 1970 | 6815 || Gene A. Washington | 8 | | 1969 | 6664 || Jim Benton | 8 | | 1938 | 4566 || Tony Gonzalez | 7 | | 1997 | 12463 || Hines Ward | 7 | | 1998 | 11456 || Gary Clark | 7 | | 1985 | 10856 || Chad Ochocinco | 7 | | 2001 | 10783 || Keyshawn Johnson | 7 | | 1996 | 10571 || Anthony Miller | 7 | | 1988 | 9148 || Harold Carmichael | 7 | | 1971 | 8414 || Eric Martin | 7 | | 1985 | 8161 || Sterling Sharpe | 7 | | 1988 | 8134 || Otis Taylor | 7 | | 1965 | 7306 |
Cris Carter is 5, BTW.

 

[cobalt_27]

Yes, Ellard it is.Cris Carter is 5, BTW.

Yeah, Carter was a Very Good wide receiver.

 

[Clarence the barber]

Owens?Didn't he do it 11 or 12 times?

Yeah, I was trying to think of guys that played forever. Really surprised it wasn't Lofton. I think that dude played for 30 years

 

[QuizGuy66]

Didn't want to pollute the Hines Ward thread with this trivia Q...

But the thread topic is Ward and Plaxico Burress was the focus for a while and seems like many think it's been Santonio Holmes and Mike Wallace currently. That kinda bugs me about him.

This prompted me to run some numbers.Ward has led his team in receiving yards 7 times (one of those was a tie, but I'll count it). As you might guess, that's not super-strong for a Hall of Famer, but it's not totally embarrassing either. There are some mostly-post-merger WRs with fewer: Charlie Joiner (5), Art Monk (4), John Stallworth (4), Lynn Swann (4). Michael Irvin only has 8.

Non HoFers with seven include: Gary Clark, Ochocinco, Anthony Miller, Harold Carmichael, Eric Martin, and Sterling Sharpe.

But the beauty of this query is the following trivia question.

Most number of times leading his team in receiving yards is (obviously) Jerry Rice, who did it 15 times. Who did it the second-most times (13)?

I had a nice post where I reasoned it out. Then accidentally closed the window :( Anyhow, first guy that came to mind for reasons I don't know was James Lofton. TO was my next thought and it'd be interesting since he succeeded Rice in SF. He'll be my official (and probably stupid guess). Others that came to mind - Shannon Sharpe as a curve-ball maybe, Cris Carter (but I don't think so somehow - always seemed another guy there), maybe Largent (though I don't know that he was such a yards guy), even maybe Jimmy Smith (I think his career was kinda better than we all remember, but probably not THAT great). Andre Rison? Not sure he did it long enough. Ooh, maybe Tim Brown. I'll stick with TO though and see what the answer is now.-QG

 

[QuizGuy66]

Ellard :( Dang it - I feel like I should've known that one. Another truly underrated guy.

-QG

 

[Instinctive]

TO was my guess. I must be too young for Henry Ellard...or he wasn't famous enough to make any NFL Films stuff.