most rush attempts running back single game nfc

Jamie Morris has the most rush attempts by an NFC running back in a game, with 45 rush attempts versus the Bengals on December 17, 1988.

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most rush attempts running back single regular-season game nfc
NAMEATTDATETMOPPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Jamie Morris
J. Morris
45
12/17/1988
@
152
3.4
0
0
0
0
2James Wilder
J. Wilder
43
9/30/1984
vs
172
4.0
1
44
4
11.0
0
3Butch Woolfolk
B. Woolfolk
43
11/20/1983
@
159
3.7
1
0
0
0
4James Wilder
J. Wilder
42
10/30/1983
@
126
3.0
0
48
6
8.0
0
5Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
41
9/19/1993
vs
134
3.3
1
40
3
13.3
0
6Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
41
11/17/1985
vs
123
3.0
3
16
5
3.2
0
7Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
40
11/27/2006
vs
201
5.0
0
0
0
1
0
8Ricky Williams
R. Williams
40
10/31/1999
vs
179
4.5
0
8
3
3
2.7
0
9Errict Rhett
E. Rhett
40
12/4/1994
vs
192
4.8
1
0
0
0
10Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
40
9/19/1994
@
194
4.9
0
0
0
0
11Walter Payton
W. Payton
40
11/20/1977
vs
275
6.9
1
6
1
6.0
0
12Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
39
1/2/1994
vs
146
3.7
1
71
5
14.2
0
13Earnest Byner
E. Byner
39
12/15/1990
@
149
3.8
1
0
0
0
14Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
39
12/22/1985
@
158
4.1
1
25
4
6.3
0
15Ricky Bell
R. Bell
39
12/16/1979
vs
137
3.5
0
0
0
0
16Walter Payton
W. Payton
39
10/7/1979
@
155
4.0
1
9
2
4.5
0
17Terdell Middleton
T. Middleton
39
11/26/1978
vs
110
2.8
1
20
2
10.0
0
18Stephen Davis
S. Davis
38
1/6/2002
vs
148
3.9
1
10
1
2
10.0
0
19Ricky Williams
R. Williams
38
10/15/2000
vs
144
3.8
2
35
3
4
11.7
0
20Joe Montgomery
J. Montgomery
38
12/5/1999
vs
111
2.9
1
0
0
0
0
21Jamie Morris
J. Morris
38
11/12/1989
@
88
2.3
0
34
3
11.3
0
22Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
38
9/7/1986
@
193
5.1
2
0
0
0
23Walter Payton
W. Payton
38
11/26/1981
@
179
4.7
0
4
2
2.0
0
24Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
37
11/5/2017
@
159
4.3
0
8
2
4
4.0
0
25Cadillac Williams
C. Williams
37
9/25/2005
@
158
4.3
0
0
1
1
0.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1960 season.

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