Who was the first player with 275 rushing yards in a game?

Walter Payton breaks O.J. Simpson's 1976 single-game record with 275 rushing yards (which held until Corey Dillon's 278 in 2000).

Interpreted as:
Who was the first player with 275 or more rushing yards in a game?
NAMEDATETMOPPRUSH YDSATTRUSH AVGRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGREC AVGREC TD
1Walter Payton
Walter Payton
11/20/1977
CHI CHI
vs. MIN vs. MIN
275
40
6.9
1
6
1
6.0
0
2Corey Dillon
Corey Dillon
10/22/2000
CIN CIN
vs. DEN vs. DEN
278
22
12.6
2
0
0
0
0
3Jamal Lewis
Jamal Lewis
9/14/2003
BAL BAL
vs. CLE vs. CLE
295
30
9.8
2
0
0
1
0
4Adrian Peterson
Adrian Peterson
11/4/2007
MIN MIN
vs. SD vs. SD
296
30
9.9
3
19
1
2
19.0
0
5Jerome Harrison
Jerome Harrison
12/20/2009
CLE CLE
@ KC @ KC
286
34
8.4
3
12
2
3
6.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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