most rushing att by wr in a nfl game

Bobby Mitchell has the most rush attempts by a wide receiver in a game, with 21 rush attempts versus the Giants on October 1, 1967.

Interpreted as:
most rushing att by wr in a NFL regular-season game
NAMEATTDATETMOPPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
21
10/1/1967
vs
110
5.2
1
24
4
6.0
0
2Dave Middleton
D. Middleton
19
10/9/1955
vs
68
3.6
0
4
4
1.0
0
3Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
18
10/2/1966
vs
34
1.9
0
80
3
26.7
1
4Lenny Moore
L. Moore
18
12/11/1960
@
44
2.4
0
39
3
13.0
0
5Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
17
10/15/1967
@
39
2.3
0
114
6
19.0
1
6Joe Morrison
J. Morrison
17
11/27/1960
@
54
3.2
0
17
1
17.0
0
7Dave Middleton
D. Middleton
17
10/16/1955
vs
69
4.1
2
5
1
5.0
0
8Ty Montgomery
T. Montgomery
16
12/18/2016
@
162
10.1
2
1
2
3
0.5
0
9Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
16
9/25/1966
@
62
3.9
1
52
5
10.4
1
10Bo Roberson
B. Roberson
16
10/11/1963
@
39
2.4
0
-1
1
-1.0
0
11Frank Jackson
F. Jackson
16
12/10/1961
vs
106
6.6
3
76
4
19.0
1
12Joe Morrison
J. Morrison
15
12/3/1967
@
86
5.7
1
43
9
4.8
0
13Clarence Childs
C. Childs
14
9/25/1964
vs
50
3.6
0
22
2
11.0
0
14Dan Lewis
D. Lewis
14
10/15/1961
vs
51
3.6
0
0
0
0
15Johnny Robinson
J. Robinson
14
11/6/1960
@
43
3.1
1
27
3
9.0
0
16Lenny Moore
L. Moore
13
11/3/1963
vs
71
5.5
1
45
4
11.3
0
17Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
12
11/16/2020
vs
30
2.5
0
19
2
2
9.5
0
18Rocky Thompson
R. Thompson
12
12/19/1971
vs
42
3.5
1
28
4
7.0
0
19Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
12
9/24/1967
@
44
3.7
0
62
2
31.0
0
20Joe Childress
J. Childress
12
11/7/1965
vs
71
5.9
0
0
0
0
21Lenny Moore
L. Moore
12
11/10/1963
vs
49
4.1
1
34
1
34.0
0
22Dan Lewis
D. Lewis
12
12/10/1961
vs
52
4.3
0
0
0
0
23Dan Lewis
D. Lewis
12
11/19/1961
@
48
4.0
0
25
2
12.5
0
24Lenny Moore
L. Moore
12
11/12/1961
@
77
6.4
1
8
1
8.0
0
25Dan Lewis
D. Lewis
12
9/17/1961
@
25
2.1
0
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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