most rushing attempts by a cowboys rb in a game by a rb

Emmitt Smith has the most rush attempts for the Cowboys in a game by a running back, with 35 rush attempts against the Giants on November 7, 1994.

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most rushing attempts by a cowboys rb in a regular-season game by a rb

	NAME	ATT	DATE	TM		OPP	RUSH YDS	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	35	11/7/1994	DAL	vs	NYG	163	4.7	2	13	3		4.3	0
2	Julius Jones J. Jones	34	12/24/2005	DAL	@	CAR	194	5.7	2	17	2	2	8.5	0
3	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	34	11/24/1991	DAL	@	WAS	132	3.9	1	0	0			0
4	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	33	10/29/2017	DAL	@	WAS	150	4.5	2	4	1	2	4.0	0
5	Julius Jones J. Jones	33	11/25/2004	DAL	vs	CHI	150	4.5	2	-1	1	3	-1.0	0
6	Troy Hambrick T. Hambrick	33	12/14/2003	DAL	@	WAS	189	5.7	0	0	0	0		0
7	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	32	12/4/2014	DAL	@	CHI	179	5.6	1	49	9	10	5.4	0
8	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	32	11/24/1994	DAL	vs	GB	133	4.2	2	95	6		15.8	0
9	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	32	1/2/1994	DAL	@	NYG	168	5.3	0	61	10		6.1	1
10	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	32	12/22/1991	DAL	vs	ATL	160	5.0	2	13	1		13.0	0
11	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	32	11/28/1991	DAL	vs	PIT	109	3.4	1	19	3		6.3	0
12	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	32	10/6/1991	DAL	@	GB	122	3.8	0	21	7		3.0	0
13	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	32	9/1/1991	DAL	@	CLE	112	3.5	0	36	6		6.0	0
14	Calvin Hill C. Hill	32	11/10/1974	DAL	vs	SF	153	4.8	2	0	0			0
15	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	31	12/14/2014	DAL	@	PHI	81	2.6	2	3	1	1	3.0	0
16	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	31	10/5/2014	DAL	vs	HOU	136	4.4	0	56	6	8	9.3	0
17	Eddie George E. George	31	10/31/2004	DAL	vs	DET	99	3.2	0	14	2	2	7.0	0
18	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	31	11/25/1999	DAL	vs	MIA	103	3.3	0	0	0	0		0
19	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	31	10/8/1995	DAL	vs	GB	106	3.4	2	19	3		6.3	0
20	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	31	9/4/1994	DAL	@	PIT	171	5.5	1	3	3		1.0	0
21	Calvin Hill C. Hill	31	9/16/1973	DAL	@	CHI	130	4.2	0	28	4		7.0	0
22	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	30	9/25/2016	DAL	vs	CHI	140	4.7	0	20	2	2	10.0	0
23	Julius Jones J. Jones	30	12/6/2004	DAL	@	SEA	198	6.6	3	11	3	7	3.7	0
24	Julius Jones J. Jones	30	11/21/2004	DAL	@	BAL	81	2.7	0	0	0	0		0
25	Troy Hambrick T. Hambrick	30	11/4/2001	DAL	@	NYG	77	2.6	0	1	1	1	1.0	0

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