most rushing attempts with exactly 179 rushing yards in a game

Ricky Williams has the most carries in a game with exactly 179 rushing yards, with 40 carries against the Browns on October 31, 1999.

Interpreted as:
most rushing attempts by a player with exactly 179 rushing yards in a regular-season game
NAMEATTRUSH YDSDATETMOPPYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Ricky Williams
R. Williams
40
179
10/31/1999
NO NO
vs
CLE CLE
4.5
0
8
3
3
2.7
0
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
38
179
11/26/1981
CHI CHI
@
DAL DAL
4.7
0
4
2
2.0
0
3Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
32
179
10/15/2017
PIT PIT
@
KC KC
5.6
1
12
3
6
4.0
0
4DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
32
179
12/4/2014
DAL DAL
@
CHI CHI
5.6
1
49
9
10
5.4
0
5Barry Foster
B. Foster
31
179
9/18/1994
PIT PIT
vs
IND IND
5.8
1
13
3
4.3
0
6Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
30
179
9/22/1991
DET DET
@
IND IND
6.0
2
10
3
3.3
0
7Ted Brown
T. Brown
29
179
10/23/1983
MIN MIN
@
GB GB
6.2
1
19
2
9.5
0
8Franco Harris
F. Harris
29
179
11/20/1977
PIT PIT
vs
DAL DAL
6.2
2
0
0
0
9Jim Brown
J. Brown
29
179
12/1/1963
CLE CLE
@
STL STL
6.2
2
0
0
0
10Joe Morris
J. Morris
28
179
12/14/1986
NYG NYG
vs
STL STL
6.4
3
0
0
0
11James Cook III
J. Cook III
25
179
12/17/2023
BUF BUF
vs
DAL DAL
7.2
1
42
2
3
21.0
1
12Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
25
179
10/30/2005
STL STL
vs
JAX JAX
7.2
0
21
2
3
10.5
1
13Robert Smith
R. Smith
23
179
9/13/1998
MIN MIN
@
STL STL
7.8
2
7
3
2.3
0
14Justin Fargas
J. Fargas
22
179
9/30/2007
OAK OAK
@
MIA MIA
8.1
0
0
0
0
0
15Stump Mitchell
S. Mitchell
22
179
11/17/1985
STL STL
vs
PHI PHI
8.1
2
76
4
19.0
0
16Sid Blanks
S. Blanks
21
179
12/13/1964
HOU HOU
vs
NYJ NYJ
8.5
3
12
2
6.0
0
17Walter Payton
W. Payton
20
179
9/9/1984
CHI CHI
vs
DEN DEN
9.0
1
7
2
3.5
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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15.8

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24.2

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94.4

27th

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216.7

21st

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TEAMWLTPCT
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
7
0
.500
Falcons Falcons
5
9
0
.357
Saints Saints
3
10
0
.231
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
CAR CAR
@
NO NO
4:25 PM
Sun
12/21
NYJ NYJ
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
NO NO
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
NO NO
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Last Game
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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
3
0
.786
Bills Bills
10
4
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
7
7
0
.500
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Jaguars Jaguars
10
4
0
.714
Texans Texans
9
5
0
.643
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Broncos Broncos
11
2
0
.846
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10
4
0
.714
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
9
5
0
.643
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
9
3
1
.731
Bears Bears
10
4
0
.714
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
7
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
10
3
0
.769
Seahawks Seahawks
10
3
0
.769

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/13
CHI CHI
@
DET DET
21-52
Sat
9/13
CLE CLE
@
BAL BAL
17-41
Sat
9/13
NYG NYG
@
DAL DAL
37-40
Sat
9/13
JAX JAX
@
CIN CIN
27-31
Sat
9/13
LAR LAR
@
TEN TEN
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
IND IND
@
SEA SEA
4:25 PM
Sun
12/14
TEN TEN
@
SF SF
4:25 PM
Sun
12/14
GB GB
@
DEN DEN
4:25 PM
Sun
12/14
CAR CAR
@
NO NO
4:25 PM
Sun
12/14
DET DET
@
LAR LAR
4:25 PM