first player with 200 yard rushing game

Cliff Battles rushed for 215 yards against the Giants on October 8, 1933.

Interpreted as:
first player with 200 or more yard rushing 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 Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
11/27/1949
205
PHI PHI
vs
PIT PIT
27
7.6
0
3 Gene Roberts
G. Roberts
11/12/1950
218
NYG NYG
vs
CHC CHC
26
8.4
2
4 Dan Towler
D. Towler
11/22/1953
205
LA LA
@
BAL BAL
14
14.6
1
8
1
8.0
0
5 Tommy Wilson
T. Wilson
12/16/1956
223
LA LA
vs
GB GB
23
9.7
0
5
1
5.0
0
6 Jim Brown
J. Brown
11/24/1957
237
CLE CLE
vs
LA LA
31
7.6
4
21
3
7.0
0
7 Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
11/15/1959
232
CLE CLE
@
WAS WAS
14
16.6
3
-6
2
-3.0
0
8 John David Crow
J. David Crow
12/18/1960
203
STL STL
vs
PIT PIT
24
8.5
0
30
2
15.0
0
9 Jim Brown
J. Brown
11/19/1961
237
CLE CLE
vs
PHI PHI
34
7.0
4
52
3
17.3
0
10 Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
12/10/1961
216
HOU HOU
@
NYT NYT
25
8.6
3
114
5
22.8
2
11 Jim Brown
J. Brown
9/22/1963
232
CLE CLE
@
DAL DAL
20
11.6
2
0
0
0
12 Clem Daniels
C. Daniels
10/20/1963
200
OAK OAK
vs
NYJ NYJ
27
7.4
2
56
1
56.0
1
13 Jim Brown
J. Brown
11/3/1963
223
CLE CLE
@
PHI PHI
28
8.0
1
0
0
0
14 Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
12/8/1963
243
BUF BUF
vs
NYJ NYJ
36
6.8
5
0
0
0
15 Keith Lincoln
K. Lincoln
1/5/1964
206
SD SD
vs
BOS BOS
13
15.8
1
123
7
17.6
1
16 John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
10/10/1964
200
PIT PIT
@
CLE CLE
30
6.7
3
4
1
4.0
0
17 Jim Nance
J. Nance
10/30/1966
208
BOS BOS
vs
OAK OAK
38
5.5
2
0
0
0
18 Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
11/3/1968
205
CHI CHI
@
GB GB
24
8.5
0
0
0
0
19 John Fuqua
J. Fuqua
12/20/1970
218
PIT PIT
@
PHI PHI
20
10.9
2
38
3
12.7
0
20 Willie Ellison
W. Ellison
12/5/1971
247
LA LA
vs
NO NO
26
9.5
1
0
0
0
21 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
9/16/1973
250
BUF BUF
@
NE NE
29
8.6
2
0
0
0
22 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
12/9/1973
219
BUF BUF
vs
NE NE
22
10.0
1
0
0
0
23 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
12/16/1973
200
BUF BUF
@
NYJ NYJ
34
5.9
1
0
0
0
24 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
9/28/1975
227
BUF BUF
@
PIT PIT
28
8.1
1
0
0
0
25 Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
12/14/1975
214
CLE CLE
vs
KC KC
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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