most rushing attempts by rookie rb in a game

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

Interpreted as:
most rushing attempts by rookie rb in a regular-season game
NAMEATTDATETMOPPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Jamie Morris
J. Morris
45
12/17/1988
@
152
3.4
0
0
0
0
2Ricky Williams
R. Williams
40
10/31/1999
vs
179
4.5
0
8
3
3
2.7
0
3Errict Rhett
E. Rhett
40
12/4/1994
vs
192
4.8
1
0
0
0
4Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
39
12/4/1997
vs
246
6.3
4
30
2
15.0
0
5Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
39
1/2/1994
vs
146
3.7
1
71
5
14.2
0
6Marion Butts
M. Butts
39
12/17/1989
@
176
4.5
0
0
0
0
7Joe Montgomery
J. Montgomery
38
12/5/1999
vs
111
2.9
1
0
0
0
0
8Jonas Gray
J. Gray
37
11/16/2014
@
201
5.4
4
0
0
0
0
9Cadillac Williams
C. Williams
37
9/25/2005
@
158
4.3
0
0
1
1
0.0
0
10Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
37
11/7/2004
vs
132
3.6
1
11
2
4
5.5
0
11Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
37
12/3/2000
@
251
6.8
4
5
1
1
5.0
0
12Olandis Gary
O. Gary
37
10/17/1999
vs
124
3.4
1
26
2
3
13.0
0
13Alfred Blue
A. Blue
36
11/16/2014
@
156
4.3
0
0
0
0
0
14LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
36
9/9/2001
vs
113
3.1
2
12
1
1
12.0
0
15Curtis Martin
C. Martin
36
10/23/1995
vs
127
3.5
1
-2
1
-2.0
0
16Ronald Moore
R. Moore
36
11/7/1993
vs
160
4.4
0
0
0
0
17Jay Graham
J. Graham
35
11/16/1997
vs
154
4.4
0
15
5
3.0
0
18Curtis Martin
C. Martin
35
11/5/1995
@
166
4.7
2
22
1
22.0
0
19John Stephens
J. Stephens
35
10/30/1988
vs
124
3.5
0
0
0
0
20Dwight Beverly
D. Beverly
35
10/11/1987
@
139
4.0
2
0
0
0
21Michael LeBlanc
M. LeBlanc
35
10/11/1987
vs
146
4.2
0
0
0
0
22Maurice Hicks
M. Hicks
34
12/12/2004
@
139
4.1
1
29
5
6
5.8
0
23Arlen Harris
A. Harris
34
10/26/2003
@
81
2.4
3
15
4
6
3.8
0
24Dominic Rhodes
D. Rhodes
34
11/4/2001
@
100
2.9
1
45
4
6
11.3
0
25Fred Lane
F. Lane
34
12/8/1997
@
138
4.1
0
7
1
7.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1960 season.

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