most rushing td in an nfl game by a player before 1950

Before 1950, Gene Roberts and Steve Van Buren were tied for the most rushing touchdowns in a game, with 3 touchdowns.

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most rushing td in an NFL regular-season game by a player before 1950
NAMERUSH TDDATETMOPPRUSH YDSATTYPCREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Gene Roberts
G. Roberts
3
9/30/1949
NYG NYG
@
NYB NYB
108
13
8.3
2Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
3
12/9/1945
PHI PHI
vs
BOS
100
22
4.5
3Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
2
11/20/1949
PHI PHI
vs
NYB NYB
174
35
5.0
4Pat Harder
P. Harder
2
11/13/1949
CHC CHC
@
NYB NYB
117
13
9.0
5Pete Stout
P. Stout
2
11/6/1949
WAS WAS
vs
PIT PIT
107
7
15.3
6Gene Roberts
G. Roberts
2
10/30/1949
NYG NYG
@
CHC CHC
108
22
4.9
7Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
2
10/30/1949
PHI PHI
@
PIT PIT
103
17
6.1
8Jerry Nuzum
J. Nuzum
2
10/23/1949
PIT PIT
vs
NYB NYB
117
16
7.3
9Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
2
10/3/1949
PHI PHI
@
DET DET
135
33
4.1
10Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
2
11/7/1948
CHC CHC
vs
DET DET
103
10
10.3
11Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
2
11/7/1948
PHI PHI
@
NYG NYG
143
25
5.7
12Jim Castiglia
J. Castiglia
2
12/14/1947
WAS WAS
vs
BOS
136
19
7.2
13Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
2
11/2/1947
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
138
17
8.1
14Ed Cody
E. Cody
2
10/26/1947
GB GB
vs
DET DET
111
9
12.3
15Pat Harder
P. Harder
2
12/1/1946
CHC CHC
@
CHB CHB
112
12
9.3
16Dick Todd
D. Todd
2
11/10/1946
WAS WAS
vs
BOS
117
14
8.4
17Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
2
12/2/1945
PHI PHI
@
NYG NYG
100
19
5.3
18George McAfee
G. McAfee
2
11/25/1945
CHB CHB
vs
PIT PIT
105
5
21.0
19Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
2
11/18/1945
PHI PHI
vs
PIT PIT
107
19
5.6
20Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
2
11/11/1945
PHI PHI
vs
NYG NYG
129
19
6.8
21Fred Gehrke
F. Gehrke
2
11/11/1945
CLE CLE
vs
GB GB
132
9
14.7
22Bob Margarita
B. Margarita
2
11/4/1945
CHB CHB
vs
GB GB
116
16
7.3
23Frank Akins
F. Akins
2
10/21/1945
WAS WAS
vs
PHI PHI
168
24
7.0
24Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
2
11/5/1944
PHI PHI
@
BKN
129
12
10.8
25John Grigas
J. Grigas
2
10/29/1944
C-P C-P
@
WAS WAS
100
30
3.3
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