most rushing yards by a bills running back in a game

O.J. Simpson has the most rushing yards by a Bills running back in a game, with 273 yards versus the Lions on November 25, 1976.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a bills running back in a regular-season game
NAMERUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
273
11/25/1976
@
29
9.4
2
0
0
0
2O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
250
9/16/1973
@
29
8.6
2
0
0
0
3Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
243
12/8/1963
vs
36
6.8
5
0
0
0
4O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
227
9/28/1975
@
28
8.1
1
0
0
0
5O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
219
12/9/1973
vs
22
10.0
1
0
0
0
6James Cook III
J. Cook III
216
10/26/2025
@
19
11.4
2
0
0
0
0
7Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
214
9/24/1990
@
18
11.9
0
5
3
1.7
0
8Fred Jackson
F. Jackson
212
1/3/2010
vs
33
6.4
0
15
2
2
7.5
1
9Terry Miller
T. Miller
208
11/26/1978
vs
21
9.9
2
7
2
3.5
0
10Greg Bell
G. Bell
206
11/18/1984
vs
27
7.6
1
12
2
6.0
1
11O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
203
12/5/1976
@
24
8.5
1
12
2
6.0
0
12O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
200
12/16/1973
@
34
5.9
1
0
0
0
13O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
197
11/17/1975
@
17
11.6
2
21
2
10.5
0
14O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
189
10/29/1972
vs
22
8.6
1
7
3
2.3
0
15Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
185
12/4/1983
@
36
5.1
0
0
0
0
16O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
185
12/14/1975
@
21
8.8
1
28
2
14.0
0
17Kenneth Davis
K. Davis
181
11/22/1992
vs
20
9.1
2
4
1
4.0
0
18James Cook III
J. Cook III
179
12/17/2023
vs
25
7.2
1
42
2
3
21.0
1
19O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
173
9/21/1975
vs
32
5.4
2
5
1
5.0
0
20O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
171
12/12/1976
@
28
6.1
1
18
1
18.0
0
21O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
171
10/7/1973
vs
27
6.3
1
33
3
11.0
0
22C.J. Spiller
C.J. Spiller
169
9/9/2012
@
14
12.1
1
25
2
3
12.5
0
23Travis Henry
T. Henry
169
12/7/2003
vs
32
5.3
1
6
1
1
6.0
0
24Travis Henry
T. Henry
167
10/19/2003
vs
31
5.4
2
13
1
2
13.0
0
25Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
166
9/25/1983
vs
22
7.5
1
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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23.1

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158.5

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11
3
0
.786
10
4
0
.714
6
8
0
.429
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11
0
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
8
6
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.571
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.500
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10
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11
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10
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.714
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.643
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6
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.571
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12
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.143
AFC WestWLTPCT
12
2
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.857
10
4
0
.714
6
8
0
.429
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12
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.143
NFC EastWLTPCT
9
5
0
.643
6
7
1
.464
4
10
0
.286
2
12
0
.143
NFC NorthWLTPCT
10
4
0
.714
9
4
1
.679
8
6
0
.571
6
8
0
.429
NFC SouthWLTPCT
7
7
0
.500
7
7
0
.500
5
9
0
.357
4
10
0
.286
NFC WestWLTPCT
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11
3
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.786
11
3
0
.786
10
4
0
.714
3
11
0
.214

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

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Sat
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@
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9/13
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9/13
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12/21
@
1:00 PM