first player to have a 200 rushing yard game on thanksgiving

Cliff Battles ran for 215 yards versus the Giants on October 8, 1933.

Interpreted as:
first player to have a 200 or more rushing yard game on thanksgiving
NAMEDATERUSH YDSTMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Cliff Battles
C. Battles
10/8/1933
215
vs
16
13.4
1
2Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
11/27/1949
205
vs
27
7.6
0
3Gene Roberts
G. Roberts
11/12/1950
218
vs
26
8.4
2
4Dan Towler
D. Towler
11/22/1953
205
@
14
14.6
1
8
1
8.0
0
5Tommy Wilson
T. Wilson
12/16/1956
223
vs
23
9.7
0
5
1
5.0
0
6Jim Brown
J. Brown
11/24/1957
237
vs
31
7.6
4
21
3
7.0
0
7Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
11/15/1959
232
@
14
16.6
3
-6
2
-3.0
0
8John David Crow
J. David Crow
12/18/1960
203
vs
24
8.5
0
30
2
15.0
0
9Jim Brown
J. Brown
11/19/1961
237
vs
34
7.0
4
52
3
17.3
0
10Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
12/10/1961
216
@
25
8.6
3
114
5
22.8
2
11Jim Brown
J. Brown
9/22/1963
232
@
20
11.6
2
0
0
0
12Clem Daniels
C. Daniels
10/20/1963
200
vs
27
7.4
2
56
1
56.0
1
13Jim Brown
J. Brown
11/3/1963
223
@
28
8.0
1
0
0
0
14Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
12/8/1963
243
vs
36
6.8
5
0
0
0
15Keith Lincoln
K. Lincoln
1/5/1964
206
vs
13
15.8
1
123
7
17.6
1
16John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
10/10/1964
200
@
30
6.7
3
4
1
4.0
0
17Jim Nance
J. Nance
10/30/1966
208
vs
38
5.5
2
0
0
0
18Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
11/3/1968
205
@
24
8.5
0
0
0
0
19John Fuqua
J. Fuqua
12/20/1970
218
@
20
10.9
2
38
3
12.7
0
20Willie Ellison
W. Ellison
12/5/1971
247
vs
26
9.5
1
0
0
0
21O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
9/16/1973
250
@
29
8.6
2
0
0
0
22O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
12/9/1973
219
vs
22
10.0
1
0
0
0
23O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
12/16/1973
200
@
34
5.9
1
0
0
0
24O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
9/28/1975
227
@
28
8.1
1
0
0
0
25Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
12/14/1975
214
vs
26
8.2
3
23
3
7.7
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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