most rushing yards by a cowboy in week 3

DeMarco Murray has the most rushing yards for the Cowboys in a Week-3 game, with 175 yards against the St. Louis Rams on September 22, 2013.

NAMERUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
175
9/22/2013
vs
26
6.7
1
28
3
3
9.3
0
2Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
162
9/21/1981
@
19
8.5
1
22
4
5.5
0
3Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
150
9/17/1995
@
20
7.5
2
12
6
2.0
0
4Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
143
9/19/1994
vs
29
4.9
1
49
7
7.0
0
5Marion Barber
M. Barber
142
9/21/2008
@
28
5.1
1
15
3
4
5.0
0
6Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
140
9/25/2016
vs
30
4.7
0
20
2
2
10.0
0
7Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
127
9/23/2018
@
16
7.9
0
11
3
8
3.7
0
8Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
125
9/22/2019
vs
19
6.6
0
14
2
3
7.0
0
9Tony Pollard
T. Pollard
122
9/24/2023
@
23
5.3
0
-1
3
3
-0.3
0
10Felix Jones
F. Jones
115
9/26/2011
vs
14
8.2
0
40
3
3
13.3
0
11Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
112
9/20/1992
vs
26
4.3
1
0
0
0
12Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
108
9/16/1979
vs
20
5.4
0
3
1
3.0
0
13Troy Hambrick
T. Hambrick
107
9/30/2001
@
10
10.7
0
0
0
0
0
14Tony Pollard
T. Pollard
105
9/26/2022
@
13
8.1
0
0
0
1
0
15Don Perkins
D. Perkins
105
9/29/1963
@
25
4.2
0
11
1
11.0
0
16Tony Pollard
T. Pollard
103
9/22/2019
vs
13
7.9
1
25
3
3
8.3
0
17Marion Barber
M. Barber
102
9/23/2007
@
15
6.8
1
10
1
1
10.0
1
18Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
101
9/15/1996
vs
26
3.9
1
14
2
7.0
0
19DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
100
9/21/2014
@
24
4.2
1
31
4
4
7.8
0
20Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
100
9/21/1980
vs
20
5.0
0
46
6
7.7
0
21Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
95
9/27/2021
vs
17
5.6
2
21
3
3
7.0
0
22Felix Jones
F. Jones
94
9/28/2009
vs
8
11.8
0
20
1
1
20.0
0
23Amos Marsh
A. Marsh
94
9/30/1962
@
15
6.3
0
95
2
47.5
1
24Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
91
9/15/1997
vs
27
3.4
0
10
3
3.3
0
25Calvin Hill
C. Hill
91
10/5/1969
@
10
9.1
1
71
3
23.7
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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