most rushing touchdowns in a game by a by a defensive back

Henry Ford and George Taliaferro are tied for the most rushing touchdowns by a defensive back in a game, with 2 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most rushing touchdowns in a regular-season game by a by a defensive back
NAMERUSH TDDATETMOPPRUSH YDSATTYPCREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Henry Ford
H. Ford
2
11/25/1956
@
4
9
0.4
7
3
2.3
0
2George Taliaferro
G. Taliaferro
2
11/18/1951
@
166
12
13.8
4
1
4.0
0
3Javier Arenas
J. Arenas
1
10/23/2011
@
7
1
7.0
0
0
0
0
4Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
1
9/21/2008
vs
1
1
1.0
0
0
0
0
5Champ Bailey
C. Bailey
1
12/24/2000
vs
7
1
7.0
54
2
2
27.0
0
6Terry Hoage
T. Hoage
1
9/4/1988
@
38
1
38.0
0
0
0
7Roger Wehrli
R. Wehrli
1
12/26/1982
vs
18
1
18.0
0
0
0
8Nolan Cromwell
N. Cromwell
1
12/12/1982
vs
17
1
17.0
0
0
0
9Roy Green
R. Green
1
12/6/1981
vs
44
1
44.0
28
1
28.0
0
10Nolan Cromwell
N. Cromwell
1
12/2/1979
vs
5
1
5.0
0
0
0
11John Sciarra
J. Sciarra
1
11/5/1978
vs
-2
2
-1.0
0
0
0
12Nolan Cromwell
N. Cromwell
1
11/5/1978
vs
16
1
16.0
0
0
0
13John Sciarra
J. Sciarra
1
10/8/1978
@
1
1
1.0
0
0
0
14Mark Bailey
M. Bailey
1
12/18/1977
@
28
3
9.3
14
2
7.0
0
15Mark Bailey
M. Bailey
1
12/11/1977
vs
24
7
3.4
0
0
0
16Mike Fuller
M. Fuller
1
9/25/1977
@
7
1
7.0
0
0
0
17Steve Preece
S. Preece
1
9/16/1973
@
11
1
11.0
0
0
0
18Sam Havrilak
S. Havrilak
1
11/2/1969
vs
13
2
6.5
0
0
0
19Bobby Hunt
B. Hunt
1
10/6/1968
@
5
1
5.0
0
0
0
20Bobby Smith
B. Smith
1
12/12/1965
vs
27
9
3.0
37
5
7.4
0
21Ed Meador
E. Meador
1
12/5/1965
@
11
1
11.0
0
0
0
22Perry Lee Dunn
P. Lee Dunn
1
12/13/1964
vs
49
10
4.9
30
2
15.0
0
23Larry Wilson
L. Wilson
1
12/15/1963
vs
35
1
35.0
0
0
0
24Jim Welch
J. Welch
1
12/9/1961
@
60
1
60.0
0
0
0
25Billy Atkins
B. Atkins
1
10/29/1961
vs
56
1
56.0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1960 season.

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