cowboys single game rushing leaders record

DeMarco Murray has the most rushing yards for the Cowboys in a game, with 253 yards against the St. Louis Rams on October 23, 2011.

Interpreted as:
cowboys single regular-season game rushing leaders record
NAMERUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
253
10/23/2011
vs
25
10.1
1
0
0
2
0
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
237
10/31/1993
@
30
7.9
1
0
0
0
3Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
206
12/4/1977
vs
23
9.0
2
24
3
8.0
0
4Julius Jones
J. Jones
198
12/6/2004
@
30
6.6
3
11
3
7
3.7
0
5Julius Jones
J. Jones
194
12/24/2005
@
34
5.7
2
17
2
2
8.5
0
6Troy Hambrick
T. Hambrick
189
12/14/2003
@
33
5.7
0
0
0
0
0
7Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
183
11/9/1980
@
24
7.6
2
0
0
0
8Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
182
9/22/1991
@
23
7.9
2
19
3
6.3
0
9DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
179
12/4/2014
@
32
5.6
1
49
9
10
5.4
0
10DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
175
9/22/2013
vs
26
6.7
1
28
3
3
9.3
0
11Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
175
12/6/1981
@
30
5.8
0
10
1
10.0
0
12Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
174
12/21/1992
@
24
7.3
2
5
2
2.5
0
13Herschel Walker
H. Walker
173
11/15/1987
@
28
6.2
1
59
5
11.8
0
14Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
172
12/6/1993
vs
23
7.5
0
26
4
6.5
0
15Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
171
9/4/1994
@
31
5.5
1
3
3
1.0
0
16Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
168
1/2/1994
@
32
5.3
0
61
10
6.1
1
17DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
167
9/14/2014
@
29
5.8
1
6
1
2
6.0
0
18Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
167
10/29/1995
@
26
6.4
1
30
5
6.0
0
19Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
163
11/8/1998
vs
29
5.6
0
19
5
3.8
0
20Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
163
9/4/1995
@
21
7.8
4
0
1
0.0
0
21Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
163
11/7/1994
vs
35
4.7
2
13
3
4.3
0
22Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
163
11/1/1992
vs
30
5.4
0
9
1
9.0
0
23Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
162
9/21/1981
@
19
8.5
1
22
4
5.5
0
24Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
160
12/22/1991
vs
32
5.0
2
13
1
13.0
0
25Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
159
12/18/2016
vs
23
6.9
1
29
3
3
9.7
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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