cowboys single game rushing yards record by one player

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

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cowboys single regular-season game rushing yards record by one player

	NAME	RUSH YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	253	10/23/2011	DAL	vs	STL	25	10.1	1	0	0	2		0
2	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	237	10/31/1993	DAL	@	PHI	30	7.9	1	0	0			0
3	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	206	12/4/1977	DAL	vs	PHI	23	9.0	2	24	3		8.0	0
4	Julius Jones J. Jones	198	12/6/2004	DAL	@	SEA	30	6.6	3	11	3	7	3.7	0
5	Julius Jones J. Jones	194	12/24/2005	DAL	@	CAR	34	5.7	2	17	2	2	8.5	0
6	Troy Hambrick T. Hambrick	189	12/14/2003	DAL	@	WAS	33	5.7	0	0	0	0		0
7	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	183	11/9/1980	DAL	@	NYG	24	7.6	2	0	0			0
8	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	182	9/22/1991	DAL	@	PHX	23	7.9	2	19	3		6.3	0
9	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	179	12/4/2014	DAL	@	CHI	32	5.6	1	49	9	10	5.4	0
10	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	175	9/22/2013	DAL	vs	STL	26	6.7	1	28	3	3	9.3	0
11	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	175	12/6/1981	DAL	@	BAL	30	5.8	0	10	1		10.0	0
12	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	174	12/21/1992	DAL	@	ATL	24	7.3	2	5	2		2.5	0
13	Herschel Walker H. Walker	173	11/15/1987	DAL	@	NE	28	6.2	1	59	5		11.8	0
14	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	172	12/6/1993	DAL	vs	PHI	23	7.5	0	26	4		6.5	0
15	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	171	9/4/1994	DAL	@	PIT	31	5.5	1	3	3		1.0	0
16	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	168	1/2/1994	DAL	@	NYG	32	5.3	0	61	10		6.1	1
17	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	167	9/14/2014	DAL	@	TEN	29	5.8	1	6	1	2	6.0	0
18	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	167	10/29/1995	DAL	@	ATL	26	6.4	1	30	5		6.0	0
19	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	163	11/8/1998	DAL	vs	NYG	29	5.6	0	19	5		3.8	0
20	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	163	9/4/1995	DAL	@	NYG	21	7.8	4	0	1		0.0	0
21	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	163	11/7/1994	DAL	vs	NYG	35	4.7	2	13	3		4.3	0
22	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	163	11/1/1992	DAL	vs	PHI	30	5.4	0	9	1		9.0	0
23	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	162	9/21/1981	DAL	@	NE	19	8.5	1	22	4		5.5	0
24	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	160	12/22/1991	DAL	vs	ATL	32	5.0	2	13	1		13.0	0
25	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	159	12/18/2016	DAL	vs	TB	23	6.9	1	29	3	3	9.7	0

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