most passing yards by a runningback in one game since 1970

Since 1970, Walter Payton has the most passing yards by a running back in a game, with 77 yards versus the Saints on September 18, 1983.

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most passing yards by a runningback in one regular-season game since 1970

	NAME	YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	77	9/18/1983	CHI	@	NO	2	2	100.0	38.5	2	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
2	Matt Suhey M. Suhey	74	12/11/1983	CHI	@	MIN	1	1	100.0	74.0	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
3	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	66	12/20/1982	SD	vs	CIN	1	1	100.0	66.0	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
4	Andy Johnson A. Johnson	66	10/4/1981	NE	vs	KC	1	1	100.0	66.0	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
5	Louis Carter L. Carter	66	11/5/1978	TB	@	LA	1	1	100.0	66.0	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0
6	Curtis Dickey C. Dickey	63	9/16/1984	IND	vs	STL	1	1	100.0	63.0	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
7	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	60	10/13/1974	CLE	vs	CIN	1	1	100.0	60.0	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0
8	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	57	9/29/2002	PHI	vs	HOU	1	1	100.0	57.0	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
9	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	57	9/7/1980	HOU	@	PIT	1	1	100.0	57.0	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0
10	Andy Johnson A. Johnson	56	11/22/1981	NE	@	BUF	1	1	100.0	56.0	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
11	Keith Byars K. Byars	55	9/28/1986	PHI	vs	RAM	1	1	100.0	55.0	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
12	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	55	9/29/1974	CLE	@	STL	1	1	100.0	55.0	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0
13	Calvin Hill C. Hill	55	10/8/1972	DAL	vs	PIT	1	1	100.0	55.0	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0
14	Walter Payton W. Payton	54	10/21/1979	CHI	@	MIN	1	1	100.0	54.0	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0
15	Joe Washington J. Washington	54	9/18/1978	BAL	@	NE	1	1	100.0	54.0	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0
16	Sam Havrilak S. Havrilak	54	11/9/1970	BAL	@	GB	1	1	100.0	54.0	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0
17	O.J. Simpson	53	10/8/1972	BUF	vs	NE	2	3	66.7	17.7	0	0	109.7	0.0	0.0
18	Mike Garrett M. Garrett	53	10/23/1971	SD	vs	BUF	1	1	100.0	53.0	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0
19	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	51	10/25/1975	STL	@	NYG	1	1	100.0	51.0	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0
20	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	50	12/17/2018	CAR	vs	NO	1	1	100.0	50.0	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
21	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	50	12/11/1993	WAS	vs	NYJ	1	1	100.0	50.0	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
22	Harry Sydney H. Sydney	50	11/15/1987	SF	vs	NO	1	1	100.0	50.0	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
23	Walter Payton W. Payton	50	12/22/1985	CHI	@	DET	1	1	100.0	50.0	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
24	James Jones J. Jones	49	11/4/1984	DET	vs	PHI	2	2	100.0	24.5	1	0	158.3	50.0	0.0	0	0
25	Marcus Allen M. Allen	49	10/9/1983	RAI	vs	KC	2	2	100.0	24.5	1	0	158.3	50.0	0.0	0	0

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