first player to record 216 rushing yard in a game

Gene Roberts ran for 218 yards against the Chicago Cardinals on November 12, 1950.

Interpreted as:
first player to record 216 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 Gene Roberts
G. Roberts
11/12/1950
218
NYG NYG
vs
CHC CHC
26
8.4
2
2 Tommy Wilson
T. Wilson
12/16/1956
223
LA LA
vs
GB GB
23
9.7
0
5
1
5.0
0
3 Jim Brown
J. Brown
11/24/1957
237
CLE CLE
vs
LA LA
31
7.6
4
21
3
7.0
0
4 Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
11/15/1959
232
CLE CLE
@
WAS WAS
14
16.6
3
-6
2
-3.0
0
5 Jim Brown
J. Brown
11/19/1961
237
CLE CLE
vs
PHI PHI
34
7.0
4
52
3
17.3
0
6 Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
12/10/1961
216
HOU HOU
@
NYT NYT
25
8.6
3
114
5
22.8
2
7 Jim Brown
J. Brown
9/22/1963
232
CLE CLE
@
DAL DAL
20
11.6
2
0
0
0
8 Jim Brown
J. Brown
11/3/1963
223
CLE CLE
@
PHI PHI
28
8.0
1
0
0
0
9 Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
12/8/1963
243
BUF BUF
vs
NYJ NYJ
36
6.8
5
0
0
0
10 John Fuqua
J. Fuqua
12/20/1970
218
PIT PIT
@
PHI PHI
20
10.9
2
38
3
12.7
0
11 Willie Ellison
W. Ellison
12/5/1971
247
LA LA
vs
NO NO
26
9.5
1
0
0
0
12 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
9/16/1973
250
BUF BUF
@
NE NE
29
8.6
2
0
0
0
13 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
12/9/1973
219
BUF BUF
vs
NE NE
22
10.0
1
0
0
0
14 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
9/28/1975
227
BUF BUF
@
PIT PIT
28
8.1
1
0
0
0
15 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
11/25/1976
273
BUF BUF
@
DET DET
29
9.4
2
0
0
0
16 Walter Payton
W. Payton
11/20/1977
275
CHI CHI
vs
MIN MIN
40
6.9
1
6
1
6.0
0
17 James Wilder
J. Wilder
11/6/1983
219
TB TB
@
MIN MIN
31
7.1
1
20
5
4.0
0
18 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
1/4/1986
248
RAM RAM
vs
DAL DAL
34
7.3
2
-4
1
-4.0
0
19 Bo Jackson
B. Jackson
11/30/1987
221
RAI RAI
@
SEA SEA
18
12.3
2
14
1
14.0
1
20 Gary Anderson
G. Anderson
12/18/1988
217
SD SD
vs
KC KC
34
6.4
1
0
0
0
21 Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
9/17/1989
221
WAS WAS
vs
PHI PHI
29
7.6
1
0
0
0
22 Greg Bell
G. Bell
9/24/1989
221
RAM RAM
vs
GB GB
28
7.9
2
4
1
4.0
0
23 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
11/24/1991
220
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
23
9.6
4
31
4
7.8
0
24 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
10/31/1993
237
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
30
7.9
1
0
0
0
25 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
11/13/1994
237
DET DET
vs
TB TB
26
9.1
0
16
1
16.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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2
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7
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9
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