Way back before Brett Favre, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees had demolished every passing record in the NFL, effectively ushering in the passing era of football, Willie “Flipper” Anderson posted one of the most prolific receiving performances the league has seen — before or since.

In 1989, the second of what would go on to be seven spectacular seasons with the Los Angeles Rams, the wide receiver recorded 15 receptions for 336 yards and a touchdown in a single game. The NFL record has stood for 27 years, surviving the likes of Jerry Rice, Cris Carter, Marvin Harrison, Isaac Bruce and Larry Fitzgerald.

Even the great Calvin Johnson couldn’t break it, though he came very close. Megatron’s monstrous 14 receptions for 329 yards in 2013 against the Cowboys sits at second.

Now 52 years old, Anderson is a private contractor and high school/college basketball referee. He’s also still seventh in career receiving yards for the Rams. Anderson recently sat down with the team to talk about his life since football and recalled the camaraderie with his teammates as a highlight of his time with the Rams.

Via TheRams.com:

There’s just no way that you can imitate that life really. The feelings that you have towards those guys by playing with them and for them, you can’t just find that in any other walk of life. The comradery that you build with those guys is just something that you can’t explain. I miss that a lot.

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And of course he cites that record-breaking November night in New Orleans as the game he would most like to go back and replay, if he could.

Via TheRams.com:

The game that I probably remember most was the game that I broke the NFL record for the most yards in a single game against the New Orleans Saints back in 1989. It was just one of those magical nights in New Orleans and everything went right that night. It’s incredible that the record is still standing today and it’s a night that I’ll never forget.

Anderson also appreciates the opportunity to witness the greatness of his favorite teammate: Rams legend and Pro Football Hall of Famer, Jackie Slater.

Via TheRams.com:

My whole time with the Rams, the seven out of the ten years that I played in the NFL, my locker was right next to the great Hall of Famer, Jackie Ray Slater. Being a wide receiver, I got to see him do a lot of work when I was looking down to the line of scrimmage. I saw him take on a lot of defensive ends and he did a very good job against them most of the time. He has taught me a lot. In the locker room, he was next to me and I was next to a wall so he was my only locker roommate, so it’s got to be Jackie Slater.

I’d venture there are a lot of die-hard Rams fans also still wistful for the days when Slater and Anderson were lining up alongside Jim Everett.