most rushing yards by a dallas cowboy in a playoff game

Tony Dorsett has the most rushing yards for the Cowboys in a playoff game, with 160 yards in the 1980 NFC Wild Card game versus the Rams on December 28, 1980.

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

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PASS

4,552

Prescott

Dak Prescott

RUSH

1,201

Williams

Javonte Williams

REC

1,429

Pickens

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PPG

27.7

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OPP PPG

30.1

32nd

RUSH YDS/G

125.6

9th

PASS YDS/G

278.5

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