most rushing yards in the big game

Christian McCaffrey has the most rushing yards in a Big Game, with 284 yards against California on November 19, 2016.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player in the big game
NAMERUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
284
11/19/2016
@
31
9.2
3
22
4
5
5.5
0
2Joe Igber
J. Igber
226
11/23/2002
vs
26
8.7
1
17
3
5.7
0
3Jahvid Best
J. Best
201
11/22/2008
vs
19
10.6
2
35
3
11.7
1
4Shane Vereen
S. Vereen
193
11/21/2009
@
42
4.6
3
10
1
10.0
0
5Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
192
11/21/2015
vs
29
6.6
0
49
1
2
49.0
1
6Stepfan Taylor
S. Taylor
189
10/20/2012
@
28
6.8
1
11
2
5.5
0
7J.J. Arrington
J.J. Arrington
169
11/20/2004
vs
27
6.3
1
17
2
8.5
0
8Jaydn Ott
J. Ott
166
11/18/2023
@
36
4.6
1
22
2
2
11.0
0
9Patrick Laird
P. Laird
153
11/18/2017
@
20
7.7
1
47
4
6
11.8
0
10Micah Ford
M. Ford
150
11/22/2025
vs
29
5.2
1
7
1
1
7.0
0
11Toby Gerhart
T. Gerhart
136
11/21/2009
vs
20
6.8
4
29
1
29.0
0
12Christopher Brooks
C. Brooks
131
11/20/2021
@
13
10.1
0
2
2
3
1.0
1
13Mike Mitchell
M. Mitchell
127
11/23/1996
@
24
5.3
3
1
3.0
14Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
123
11/19/2005
@
24
5.1
1
1
2
0.5
0
15Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
122
11/20/2004
vs
9
13.6
1
3
1
3.0
0
16Damien Moore
D. Moore
121
11/27/2020
vs
10
12.1
0
10
1
1
10.0
0
17Patrick Laird
P. Laird
116
12/1/2018
vs
19
6.1
0
16
4
5
4.0
0
18Casey Moore
C. Moore
116
11/20/1999
vs
6
19.3
19Daniel Lasco
D. Lasco
103
11/22/2014
vs
18
5.7
1
0
1
1
0.0
0
20Toby Gerhart
T. Gerhart
103
11/22/2008
@
19
5.4
1
14
2
7.0
0
21Bryce Love
B. Love
101
11/18/2017
vs
14
7.2
1
2
1
2
2.0
0
22Saleem Muhammad
S. Muhammad
99
11/18/2000
vs
14
7.1
1
-5
1
-5.0
0
23Jaydn Ott
J. Ott
97
11/19/2022
vs
18
5.4
1
51
3
4
17.0
0
24Isi Sofele
I. Sofele
96
11/19/2011
@
21
4.6
0
25Justin Forsett
J. Forsett
96
12/1/2007
@
19
5.1
0
10
3
3.3
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1995 season.

More Stanford Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,813

Gulbranson

Ben Gulbranson

RUSH

643

Ford

Micah Ford

REC

749

Williams

CJ Williams
Team Rankings

PPG

18.8

137th

OPP PPG

29.2

107th

RUSH YDS/G

83.7

177th

PASS YDS/G

222.0

91st

2025 ACC Standings
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4-4
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12
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4-8
13
2-6
5-7
14
2-6
4-8
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STAN Stanford

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CFB 2025 Leaders

CFB 2025 Rankings

CFB 2025 Standings

Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
9
5
.643
2
11
3
.786
3
13
2
.867
4
8
5
.615
5
9
4
.692
6
9
4
.692
7
7
6
.538
8
7
6
.538
9
8
5
.615
10
9
4
.692
11
9
4
.692
12
4
8
.333
13
5
7
.417
14
4
8
.333
15
3
9
.250
16
2
10
.167
17
3
9
.250
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
12
2
.857
2
11
4
.733
3
13
2
.867
4
11
2
.846
5
10
3
.769
6
10
3
.769
7
10
3
.769
8
8
5
.615
9
8
5
.615
10
7
6
.538
11
5
7
.417
12
4
8
.333
13
5
7
.417
14
5
8
.385
15
4
8
.333
16
2
10
.167
Big 10WLPCT
1
15
0
1.000
2
12
2
.857
3
13
2
.867
4
9
4
.692
5
9
4
.692
6
9
4
.692
7
9
4
.692
8
8
5
.615
9
9
4
.692
10
7
6
.538
11
7
6
.538
12
7
6
.538
13
3
9
.250
14
5
7
.417
15
4
8
.333
16
4
8
.333
17
4
8
.333
18
2
10
.167
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
10
4
.714
2
9
4
.692
3
9
4
.692
4
9
5
.643
5
9
4
.692
6
9
4
.692
7
6
7
.462
8
4
8
.333
9
4
8
.333
10
3
9
.250
11
3
9
.250
12
2
10
.167
American AthleticWLPCT
1
12
2
.857
2
11
3
.786
3
11
2
.846
4
9
4
.692
5
9
4
.692
6
8
5
.615
7
7
6
.538
8
7
6
.538
9
5
7
.417
10
4
8
.333
11
5
8
.385
12
4
8
.333
13
4
8
.333
14
1
11
.083
IndependentWLPCT
1
10
2
.833
2
9
4
.692
Big 12WLPCT
1
12
2
.857
2
12
2
.857
3
11
2
.846
4
10
3
.769
5
9
4
.692
6
8
5
.615
7
8
4
.667
8
6
6
.500
9
9
4
.692
10
7
6
.538
11
5
7
.417
12
5
7
.417
13
5
7
.417
14
4
8
.333
15
3
9
.250
16
1
11
.083
Pac-12WLPCT
1
7
6
.538
2
2
10
.167
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
10
4
.714
2
7
7
.500
3
9
4
.692
4
8
5
.615
5
7
6
.538
6
5
7
.417
7
5
7
.417
8
5
7
.417
9
4
8
.333
10
4
8
.333
11
4
8
.333
12
3
9
.250
13
0
12
.000
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
12
2
.857
2
8
6
.571
3
10
3
.769
4
7
6
.538
5
6
7
.462
6
6
7
.462
7
7
6
.538
8
7
6
.538
9
5
7
.417
10
7
6
.538
11
5
8
.385
12
4
8
.333
13
1
11
.083
14
3
9
.250
Conference USAWLPCT
1
10
4
.714
2
9
5
.643
3
9
4
.692
4
8
5
.615
5
7
6
.538
6
7
6
.538
7
7
6
.538
8
4
8
.333
9
3
9
.250
10
4
8
.333
11
2
10
.167
12
2
10
.167