most rushing yards by a player in a single game in college football history

Casey Roussel has the most rushing yards in a game, with 36,526 yards against Memphis on October 30, 1999.

NAMERUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Casey Roussel
C. Roussel
36,526
10/30/1999
TULN TULN
vs
MEM MEM
1
36526.0
2Samaje Perine
S. Perine
427
11/22/2014
OKLA OKLA
vs
KU KU
34
12.6
5
19
1
2
19.0
0
3Jaret Patterson
J. Patterson
409
11/28/2020
BUFF BUFF
vs
KENT KENT
36
11.4
8
4Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
408
11/15/2014
WIS WIS
vs
NEB NEB
25
16.3
4
5LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
406
11/20/1999
TCU TCU
vs
UTEP UTEP
43
9.4
6
2
3.0
6Darren Davis
D. Davis
378
9/28/1996
ISU ISU
vs
MIZ MIZ
41
9.2
-4
1
-4.0
7Robbie Mixon
R. Mixon
377
11/2/2002
CMU CMU
@
EMU EMU
43
8.8
4
7
1
7.0
0
8Travis Prentice
T. Prentice
376
11/6/1999
M-OH M-OH
vs
AKR AKR
41
9.2
35
1
35.0
9Astron Whatley
A. Whatley
373
9/20/1997
KENT KENT
@
EMU EMU
42
8.9
0
2
0.0
10Ka'Deem Carey
K. Carey
366
11/10/2012
ARIZ ARIZ
vs
COLO COLO
25
14.6
5
34
2
17.0
0
11Garrett Wolfe
G. Wolfe
353
9/30/2006
NIU NIU
@
BALL BALL
31
11.4
3
3
3
1.0
0
12Montel Harris
M. Harris
351
11/17/2012
TEM TEM
@
ARMY ARMY
36
9.8
7
13Scott Harley
S. Harley
351
11/30/1996
ECU ECU
vs
NCST NCST
42
8.4
5
2
2.5
14Ricky Williams
R. Williams
350
10/3/1998
TEX TEX
vs
ISU ISU
37
9.5
17
2
8.5
15Shun White
S. White
348
8/30/2008
NAVY NAVY
vs
TOWS TOWS
19
18.3
3
16Leon Allen
L. Allen
345
11/15/2014
WKU WKU
vs
ARMY ARMY
33
10.5
3
12
2
3
6.0
0
17Tavon Austin
T. Austin
344
11/17/2012
WVU WVU
vs
OKLA OKLA
21
16.4
2
82
4
20.5
0
18Matt Forte
M. Forte
342
10/20/2007
TULN TULN
@
SMU SMU
38
9.0
4
19D'Onta Foreman
D. Foreman
341
11/5/2016
TEX TEX
@
TTU TTU
33
10.3
3
0
0
1
0
20Andre Williams
A. Williams
339
11/16/2013
BC BC
vs
NCST NCST
42
8.1
2
21Ron Dayne
R. Dayne
339
11/30/1996
WIS WIS
@
HAW HAW
36
9.4
8
1
8.0
22Kasey Carrier
K. Carrier
338
10/20/2012
UNM UNM
@
AFA AFA
39
8.7
3
5
1
5.0
0
23Kay-Jay Harris
K. Harris
337
9/4/2004
WVU WVU
vs
ECU ECU
25
13.5
4
24Joe Williams
J. Williams
332
10/22/2016
UTAH UTAH
@
UCLA UCLA
29
11.4
4
25Trey Sermon
T. Sermon
331
12/19/2020
OSU OSU
vs
NW NW
29
11.4
2
4
3
6
1.3
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1995 season.

More Tulane Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

29.1

62nd

OPP PPG

22.6

56th

RUSH YDS/G

170.2

59th

PASS YDS/G

240.5

70th

2025 AAC Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
1
Tulane Tulane
7-1
11-2
2
North Texas North Texas
7-1
11-2
3
Navy Navy
7-1
9-2
4
South Florida South Florida
6-2
9-3
5
East Carolina East Carolina
6-2
8-4
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/20
TULN TULN
@
MISS MISS
3:30 PM
Last Game
UNT North Texas

11 - 2

21

Final

34

TULN Tulane

11 - 2

Fri 5 Dec 2025

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CFB 2025 Rankings

CFB 2025 Division Standings

Mountain WestWLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
9
4
.692
2
New Mexico New Mexico
9
3
.750
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Duke Duke
8
5
.615
2
Miami Miami
10
2
.833
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Georgia Georgia
12
1
.923
2
Ole Miss Ole Miss
11
1
.917
Big 10WLPCT
1
Indiana Indiana
13
0
1.000
2
Ohio State Ohio State
12
1
.923
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
10
2
.833
2
UConn UConn
9
3
.750
Big 12WLPCT
1
Texas Tech Texas Tech
12
1
.923
2
BYU BYU
11
2
.846
American AthleticWLPCT
1
Tulane Tulane
11
2
.846
2
Navy Navy
9
2
.818
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Washington State Washington State
6
6
.500
2
Oregon State Oregon State
2
10
.167
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Western Michigan Western Michigan
9
4
.692
2
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
7
6
.538
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
JMU JMU
12
1
.923
2
Troy Troy
8
5
.615
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
10
3
.769
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
8
5
.615

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
11/7
CIT CIT
@
MISS MISS
0-49
Mon
11/10
KENT KENT
@
AKR AKR
42-35
Mon
11/10
OHIO OHIO
@
WMU WMU
13-17
Tue
11/11
NIU NIU
@
MASS MASS
45-3
Tue
11/11
TOL TOL
@
M-OH M-OH
24-3

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/13
ARMY ARMY
@
NAVY NAVY
3:00 PM
Sat
12/13
BSU BSU
@
WASH WASH
8:00 PM
Tue
12/16
TROY TROY
@
JVST JVST
9:00 PM
Wed
12/17
ODU ODU
@
USF USF
5:00 PM
Wed
12/17
UL UL
@
DEL DEL
8:30 PM