wisconsin badgers player most rushing yards in a game

Melvin Gordon has rushed for the most yards by a Wisconsin player in a game, with 408 yards against Nebraska on November 15, 2014.

NAMERUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
408
11/15/2014
WIS WIS
vs
NEB NEB
25
16.3
4
2Ron Dayne
R. Dayne
339
11/30/1996
WIS WIS
@
HAW HAW
36
9.4
8
1
8.0
3Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
321
11/17/2018
WIS WIS
@
PUR PUR
33
9.7
3
0
0
0
0
4Anthony Davis
A. Davis
301
11/23/2002
WIS WIS
vs
MINN MINN
45
6.7
5
5Ron Dayne
R. Dayne
297
11/9/1996
WIS WIS
vs
MINN MINN
50
5.9
7
1
7.0
6Michael Bennett
M. Bennett
293
9/23/2000
WIS WIS
vs
NW NW
48
6.1
2
27
3
9.0
0
7Michael Bennett
M. Bennett
290
9/9/2000
WIS WIS
vs
ORE ORE
28
10.4
2
8Ron Dayne
R. Dayne
289
11/23/1996
WIS WIS
@
ILL ILL
41
7.0
9Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
259
10/4/2014
WIS WIS
@
NW NW
27
9.6
1
10Brian Calhoun
B. Calhoun
258
9/3/2005
WIS WIS
vs
BGSU BGSU
43
6.0
5
39
1
39.0
0
11Ron Dayne
R. Dayne
254
9/13/1997
WIS WIS
@
SJSU SJSU
20
12.7
12Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
253
9/8/2018
WIS WIS
vs
UNM UNM
33
7.7
3
13Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
253
9/20/2014
WIS WIS
vs
BGSU BGSU
13
19.5
5
5
1
1
5.0
0
14Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
251
1/1/2015
WIS WIS
vs
AUB AUB
34
7.4
3
2
2
2
1.0
0
15Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
250
11/9/2019
WIS WIS
vs
IOWA IOWA
31
8.1
0
8
1
4
8.0
0
16Zach Brown
Z. Brown
250
11/17/2007
WIS WIS
@
MINN MINN
29
8.6
2
17Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
249
10/7/2017
WIS WIS
@
NEB NEB
25
10.0
2
0
0
2
0
18P.J. Hill
P.J. Hill
249
10/7/2006
WIS WIS
vs
NW NW
35
7.1
1
14
1
14.0
0
19Montee Ball
M. Ball
247
10/13/2012
WIS WIS
@
PUR PUR
29
8.5
3
14
1
14.0
0
20Anthony Davis
A. Davis
247
9/6/2003
WIS WIS
vs
AKR AKR
29
8.5
3
21Ron Dayne
R. Dayne
244
11/2/1996
WIS WIS
vs
PUR PUR
30
8.1
22Ron Dayne
R. Dayne
231
9/18/1999
WIS WIS
@
CIN CIN
28
8.3
23Braelon Allen
B. Allen
228
11/20/2021
WIS WIS
vs
NEB NEB
22
10.4
3
24Montee Ball
M. Ball
224
11/19/2011
WIS WIS
@
ILL ILL
38
5.9
2
-1
2
-0.5
1
25Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
223
9/9/2017
WIS WIS
vs
FAU FAU
26
8.6
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1995 season.

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