most rushing yards by a cowboy in week 4

Emmitt Smith has the most rushing yards for the Cowboys in a Week-4 game, with 182 yards versus the Phoenix Cardinals on September 22, 1991.

NAMERUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
182
9/22/1991
@
23
7.9
2
19
3
6.3
0
2Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
159
9/29/1985
@
23
6.9
0
1
1
1.0
0
3Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
154
9/24/1978
vs
21
7.3
1
6
1
6.0
0
4Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
152
9/30/2018
vs
25
6.1
0
88
4
4
22.0
1
5DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
149
9/28/2014
vs
24
6.2
2
6
1
1
6.0
0
6Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
143
10/3/2021
vs
20
7.2
1
0
0
1
0
7Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
141
10/9/1977
@
14
10.1
2
4
1
4.0
0
8Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
138
10/2/2016
@
23
6.0
1
19
1
1
19.0
0
9Troy Hambrick
T. Hambrick
127
9/28/2003
@
24
5.3
1
6
1
1
6.0
0
10Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
124
9/25/1983
vs
16
7.8
0
27
2
13.5
0
11Julius Jones
J. Jones
122
10/1/2006
@
23
5.3
1
0
0
0
0
12Robert Newhouse
R. Newhouse
120
10/3/1976
@
19
6.3
1
0
0
0
13Calvin Hill
C. Hill
117
10/11/1970
vs
29
4.0
0
0
0
0
14Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
116
9/24/1995
vs
21
5.5
2
53
3
17.7
0
15Calvin Hill
C. Hill
108
10/8/1972
vs
23
4.7
1
27
4
6.8
0
16Calvin Hill
C. Hill
103
10/8/1973
@
21
4.9
0
19
3
6.3
0
17Herschel Walker
H. Walker
96
9/25/1988
vs
25
3.8
0
27
5
5.4
1
18Calvin Hill
C. Hill
95
10/6/1974
vs
21
4.5
1
18
2
9.0
0
19Charley Young
C. Young
93
10/12/1975
@
27
3.4
0
8
1
8.0
0
20Les Shy
L. Shy
89
10/6/1968
@
16
5.6
1
0
0
0
21Javonte Williams
J. Williams
85
9/28/2025
vs
20
4.3
1
15
3
3
5.0
0
22Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
85
10/1/2017
vs
21
4.0
1
54
4
5
13.5
1
23Herschel Walker
H. Walker
82
9/29/1986
@
19
4.3
0
57
5
11.4
1
24Don Perkins
D. Perkins
80
10/4/1964
@
18
4.4
0
6
1
6.0
0
25Sherman Williams
S. Williams
79
9/24/1995
vs
8
9.9
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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