most rushing yards by a cowboys rb in a playoff game

Tony Dorsett has rushed for the most yards for the Cowboys by a running back in a playoff game, with 160 yards in the 1980 NFC Wild Card game against the Rams on December 28, 1980.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	DATE	ROUND	TM		OPP	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	160	12/28/1980	NFC Wild Card	DAL	vs	LA	22	7.3	1	28	3		9.3	1
2	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	150	1/14/1996	NFC Championship	DAL	vs	GB	35	4.3	3	17	2		8.5	0
3	Felix Jones F. Jones	148	1/9/2010	NFC Wild Card	DAL	vs	PHI	16	9.3	1	30	1	2	30.0	0
4	Duane Thomas D. Thomas	143	1/3/1971	NFC Championship	DAL	@	SF	27	5.3	1	24	2		12.0	0
5	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	137	1/5/2019	NFC Wild Card	DAL	vs	SEA	26	5.3	1	32	4	5	8.0	0
6	Duane Thomas D. Thomas	135	12/26/1970	NFC Divisional	DAL	vs	DET	30	4.5	0	0	0			0
7	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	132	1/30/1994	Super Bowl	DAL	@	BUF	30	4.4	2	26	4		6.5	0
8	Marion Barber M. Barber	129	1/13/2008	NFC Divisional	DAL	vs	NYG	27	4.8	1	9	1	2	9.0	0
9	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	125	1/15/2017	NFC Divisional	DAL	vs	GB	22	5.7	0	-2	1	1	-2.0	0
10	Calvin Hill C. Hill	125	12/23/1972	NFC Divisional	DAL	@	SF	18	6.9	0	6	1		6.0	0
11	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	123	1/11/2015	NFC Divisional	DAL	@	GB	25	4.9	1	5	1	2	5.0	0
12	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	116	12/28/1996	NFC Wild Card	DAL	vs	MIN	17	6.8	2	26	4		6.5	0
13	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	114	1/17/1993	NFC Championship	DAL	@	SF	24	4.8	1	59	7		8.4	1
14	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	114	1/10/1993	NFC Divisional	DAL	vs	PHI	25	4.6	1	0	0			0
15	Julius Jones J. Jones	112	1/6/2007	NFC Wild Card	DAL	@	SEA	22	5.1	0	0	2	3	0.0	0
16	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	110	1/9/1983	NFC Wild Card	DAL	vs	TB	26	4.2	0	14	2		7.0	0
17	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	108	1/31/1993	Super Bowl	DAL	vs	BUF	22	4.9	1	27	6		4.5	0
18	Don Perkins D. Perkins	108	1/1/1967	NFL Championship	DAL	vs	GB	17	6.4	1	0	0			0
19	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	105	12/29/1991	NFC Wild Card	DAL	@	CHI	26	4.0	1	0	0			0
20	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	101	1/7/1979	NFC Championship	DAL	@	LA	17	5.9	1	15	2		7.5	0
21	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	99	1/9/2000	NFC Wild Card	DAL	@	MIN	15	6.6	1	14	1	2	14.0	0
22	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	99	1/7/1996	NFC Divisional	DAL	vs	PHI	21	4.7	1	40	3		13.3	0
23	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	99	1/16/1983	NFC Divisional	DAL	vs	GB	27	3.7	0	9	3		3.0	0
24	Calvin Hill C. Hill	97	12/23/1973	NFC Divisional	DAL	vs	LA	25	3.9	1	21	2		10.5	0
25	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	96	1/21/1979	Super Bowl	DAL	vs	PIT	16	6.0	0	44	5		8.8	0

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