first player to record 145 rushing yard in a game

Cliff Battles had 215 rushing yards versus the Giants on October 8, 1933.

Interpreted as:
first player to record 145 or more rushing yard in a game
NAME DATE RUSH YDS TM OPP ATT YPC RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC TD
1 Cliff Battles
C. Battles
10/8/1933
215
BOS BOS
vs
NYG NYG
16
13.4
1
2 Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
10/28/1934
155
CHB CHB
vs
GB GB
15
10.3
1
3 Dutch Clark
D. Clark
10/28/1934
194
DET DET
@
CIN CIN
24
8.1
2
4 Swede Hanson
S. Hanson
11/6/1934
190
PHI PHI
vs
CIN CIN
18
10.6
2
5 Ernie Caddel
E. Caddel
11/15/1936
153
DET DET
vs
NYG NYG
12
12.8
2
6 Bobby Wilson
B. Wilson
11/29/1936
162
BKN
@
PHI PHI
1
7 Cliff Battles
C. Battles
12/5/1937
165
WAS WAS
@
NYG NYG
25
6.6
2
8 Bill Shepherd
B. Shepherd
10/30/1938
152
DET DET
@
CHB CHB
18
8.4
0
9 Tuffy Leemans
T. Leemans
11/20/1938
159
NYG NYG
vs
GB GB
13
12.2
1
10 Andy Farkas
A. Farkas
11/1/1942
166
WAS WAS
vs
PHI PHI
24
6.9
1
11 Bill Paschal
B. Paschal
12/5/1943
188
NYG NYG
vs
WAS WAS
24
7.8
2
12 Tom Colella
T. Colella
10/22/1944
147
CLE CLE
@
GB GB
10
14.7
2
13 Frank Akins
F. Akins
10/21/1945
168
WAS WAS
vs
PHI PHI
24
7.0
2
14 Frank Akins
F. Akins
12/9/1945
150
WAS WAS
vs
NYG NYG
23
6.5
1
15 Kenny Washington
K. Washington
11/2/1947
145
LA LA
@
CHC CHC
11
13.2
1
16 Elmer Angsman
E. Angsman
12/28/1947
159
CHC CHC
vs
PHI PHI
10
15.9
2
-4
1
-4.0
0
17 Elmer Angsman
E. Angsman
10/10/1948
146
CHC CHC
@
GB GB
18
8.1
1
18 Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
11/21/1948
171
PHI PHI
vs
WAS WAS
29
5.9
1
19 George Papach
G. Papach
12/5/1948
148
PIT PIT
vs
NYG NYG
17
8.7
0
20 Jerry Nuzum
J. Nuzum
11/20/1949
168
PIT PIT
@
GB GB
20
8.4
1
21 Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
11/20/1949
174
PHI PHI
vs
NYB NYB
35
5.0
2
22 Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
11/27/1949
205
PHI PHI
vs
PIT PIT
27
7.6
0
23 Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
12/18/1949
196
PHI PHI
@
LA LA
31
6.3
0
0
0
0
24 Joe Geri
J. Geri
10/7/1950
145
PIT PIT
vs
CLE CLE
23
6.3
0
25 Billy Grimes
B. Grimes
10/8/1950
167
GB GB
vs
NYY NYY
10
16.7
1
20
1
20.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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154.1

3rd

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231.3

18th

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TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
Cowboys Cowboys
7
10
0
.412
Giants Giants
3
14
0
.176
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3 - 0 - 0

55

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23

WAS Commanders

2 - 1 - 0

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
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Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647