most rushing yards by a linebacker in a game

George Papach has rushed for the most yards by a linebacker in a game, with 113 yards versus the New York Bulldogs on October 23, 1949.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a linebacker in a regular-season game
NAMERUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1George Papach
G. Papach
113
10/23/1949
PIT PIT
vs
NYB NYB
15
7.5
0
2Larry Morris
L. Morris
82
11/6/1955
LA LA
vs
SF SF
15
5.5
0
3Tank Younger
T. Younger
77
10/12/1952
LA LA
@
GB GB
7
11.0
0
15
3
5.0
0
4Tank Younger
T. Younger
75
12/9/1951
LA LA
vs
DET DET
11
6.8
0
2
2
1.0
0
5Tank Younger
T. Younger
71
12/2/1951
LA LA
@
CHB CHB
7
10.1
1
75
2
37.5
0
6George Buksar
G. Buksar
55
12/3/1950
BAL BAL
vs
DET DET
8
6.9
0
0
1
0.0
0
7Ray Burks
R. Burks
51
11/20/1977
KC KC
vs
DEN DEN
1
51.0
0
0
0
0
8Chuck Drazenovich
C. Drazenovich
46
11/26/1950
WAS WAS
vs
BAL BAL
6
7.7
0
3
1
3.0
0
9Tank Younger
T. Younger
41
11/16/1952
LA LA
@
CHB CHB
2
20.5
0
10Tank Younger
T. Younger
40
10/3/1952
LA LA
vs
DET DET
5
8.0
1
11
1
11.0
0
11Larry Izzo
L. Izzo
39
10/29/2000
MIA MIA
vs
GB GB
1
39.0
0
0
0
0
0
12Travis Williams
T. Williams
37
12/23/2007
ATL ATL
@
ARI ARI
1
37.0
0
0
0
0
0
13Chuck Drazenovich
C. Drazenovich
35
9/29/1952
WAS WAS
@
CHC CHC
7
5.0
0
20
1
20.0
0
14Larry Morris
L. Morris
34
10/23/1955
LA LA
vs
DET DET
10
3.4
0
15Tank Younger
T. Younger
34
10/26/1952
LA LA
vs
CHB CHB
5
6.8
0
10
3
3.3
0
16Tank Younger
T. Younger
34
11/18/1951
LA LA
vs
NYY NYY
3
11.3
0
17Dexter Coakley
D. Coakley
33
9/19/2004
DAL DAL
vs
CLE CLE
1
33.0
0
0
0
0
0
18Rick Redman
R. Redman
32
12/18/1966
SD SD
vs
KC KC
1
32.0
0
0
0
0
19Tank Younger
T. Younger
32
11/9/1952
LA LA
@
DAL DAL
4
8.0
0
20Norm Standlee
N. Standlee
32
11/18/1951
SF SF
vs
CHC CHC
8
4.0
0
21Norm Standlee
N. Standlee
31
11/11/1951
SF SF
vs
NYY NYY
6
5.2
0
22Mike Reichenbach
M. Reichenbach
30
12/24/1989
PHI PHI
vs
PHX PHX
1
30.0
0
0
0
0
23Frank LeMaster
F. LeMaster
30
9/18/1977
PHI PHI
vs
TB TB
1
30.0
0
0
0
0
24Tank Younger
T. Younger
30
11/30/1952
LA LA
@
SF SF
8
3.8
0
25Tony Curcillo
T. Curcillo
29
12/13/1953
CHC CHC
@
CHB CHB
8
3.6
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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206.2

24th

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7
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Patriots Patriots
11
2
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Bills Bills
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4
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
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6
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4
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6
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