most rushing touchdowns in a game by a rookie running back

11 players are tied for the most rushing touchdowns by a rookie running back in a game, with 4 touchdowns. The first three are Jonas Gray on November 16, 2014, Doug Martin on November 4, 2012 and Joseph Addai on November 26, 2006.

Interpreted as:
most rushing touchdowns in a regular-season game by a rookie running back
NAME RUSH TD DATE TM OPP RUSH YDS ATT YPC REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC TD
1 Jonas Gray
J. Gray
4
11/16/2014
NE NE
@
IND IND
201
37
5.4
0
0
0
0
2 Doug Martin
D. Martin
4
11/4/2012
TB TB
@
OAK OAK
251
25
10.0
21
4
5
5.3
0
3 Joseph Addai
J. Addai
4
11/26/2006
IND IND
vs
PHI PHI
171
24
7.1
37
2
3
18.5
0
4 Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
4
11/28/2004
BUF BUF
@
SEA SEA
116
28
4.1
26
2
4
13.0
0
5 Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
4
12/3/2000
DEN DEN
@
NO NO
251
37
6.8
5
1
1
5.0
0
6 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
4
12/4/1997
CIN CIN
vs
TEN TEN
246
39
6.3
30
2
15.0
0
7 Ronald Moore
R. Moore
4
12/5/1993
PHX PHX
vs
RAM RAM
126
29
4.3
0
0
0
8 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4
12/16/1990
DAL DAL
vs
PHX PHX
103
24
4.3
12
1
12.0
0
9 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
4
11/20/1978
HOU HOU
vs
MIA MIA
199
28
7.1
0
0
0
10 Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
4
12/12/1965
CHI CHI
vs
SF SF
113
9
12.6
89
2
44.5
1
11 Jim Brown
J. Brown
4
11/24/1957
CLE CLE
vs
LA LA
237
31
7.6
21
3
7.0
0
12 Antonio Gibson
A. Gibson
3
11/26/2020
WAS WAS
@
DAL DAL
115
20
5.8
21
5
7
4.2
0
13 Jordan Howard
J. Howard
3
12/4/2016
CHI CHI
vs
SF SF
117
32
3.7
0
0
1
0
14 Rob Kelley
R. Kelley
3
11/20/2016
WAS WAS
vs
GB GB
137
24
5.7
0
0
2
0
15 David Johnson
D. Johnson
3
12/20/2015
ARI ARI
@
PHI PHI
187
29
6.4
42
4
4
10.5
0
16 Alfred Morris
A. Morris
3
12/30/2012
WAS WAS
vs
DAL DAL
200
33
6.1
12
2
2
6.0
0
17 Mikel Leshoure
M. Leshoure
3
11/4/2012
DET DET
@
JAX JAX
70
16
4.4
0
0
2
0
18 Ryan Mathews
R. Mathews
3
1/2/2011
SD SD
@
DEN DEN
120
26
4.6
19
3
3
6.3
0
19 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
3
11/4/2007
MIN MIN
vs
SD SD
296
30
9.9
19
1
2
19.0
0
20 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
3
10/14/2007
MIN MIN
@
CHI CHI
224
20
11.2
9
1
2
9.0
0
21 Reggie Bush
R. Bush
3
12/3/2006
NO NO
vs
SF SF
37
10
3.7
131
9
9
14.6
1
22 Julius Jones
J. Jones
3
12/6/2004
DAL DAL
@
SEA SEA
198
30
6.6
11
3
7
3.7
0
23 Onterrio Smith
O. Smith
3
12/20/2003
MIN MIN
vs
KC KC
146
21
7.0
37
4
4
9.3
0
24 Arlen Harris
A. Harris
3
10/26/2003
STL STL
@
PIT PIT
81
34
2.4
15
4
6
3.8
0
25 Clinton Portis
C. Portis
3
12/15/2002
DEN DEN
vs
KC KC
130
21
6.2
75
3
3
25.0
1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1960 season.

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PPG

25.0

11th

OPP PPG

20.2

10th

RUSH YDS/G

95.2

27th

PASS YDS/G

252.2

7th

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TEAM W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
3
2
0
.600
Dolphins Dolphins
1
4
0
.200
Jets Jets
0
5
0
.000
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/12
NE NE
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
CLE CLE
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
ATL ATL
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NE NE
@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Last Game
BUF Bills

4 - 1 - 0

20

Final

23

NE Patriots

3 - 2 - 0

Sun 5 Oct 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
1
0
.800
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
4
1
0
.800
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
2
0
.600
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
3
2
0
.600
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
3
0
.400
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
4
1
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
2
0
.600
Broncos Broncos
3
2
0
.600

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
10/6
KC KC
@
JAX JAX
8:15 PM
Thu
10/9
PHI PHI
@
NYG NYG
8:15 PM
Sun
10/12
DEN DEN
@
NYJ NYJ
9:30 AM
Sun
10/12
ARI ARI
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
LAR LAR
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM