Mel Farr has the most rushing yards by a Lions rookie in a game, with 197 yards versus the Vikings on November 12, 1967.
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most rushing yards by a lions rookie in a regular-season game| NAME | RUSH YDS | DATE | TM | OPP | ATT | YPC | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | M. Farr | 197 | 11/12/1967 |  DET | @ |  MIN | 24 | 8.2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| 2 | | K. Jones | 196 | 12/5/2004 | DET | vs |  ARI | 26 | 7.5 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 3 |  | B. Sanders | 184 | 10/29/1989 | DET | @ |  GB | 30 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 |  | K. Johnson | 158 | 10/21/2018 | DET | @ |  MIA | 19 | 8.3 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 10.5 | 0 |
| 5 | | B. Sanders | 158 | 12/24/1989 | DET | @ |  ATL | 20 | 7.9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| 6 | | B. Sims | 157 | 9/28/1980 | DET | vs | MIN | 27 | 5.8 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| 7 | | K. Jones | 156 | 12/12/2004 | DET | @ | GB | 33 | 4.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | | B. Sims | 155 | 10/26/1980 | DET | @ |  KC | 28 | 5.5 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| 9 | | B. Sims | 153 | 9/7/1980 | DET | @ |  LA | 22 | 7.0 | 3 | 64 | 2 | 32.0 | 0 | |
| 10 |  | J. Gibbs | 152 | 10/30/2023 | DET | vs |  LV | 26 | 5.8 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 7.4 | 0 |
| 11 | | B. Sanders | 145 | 11/23/1989 | DET | vs |  CLE | 28 | 5.2 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| 12 | | G. James | 140 | 10/12/1986 | DET | @ | GB | 20 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | B. Sims | 134 | 9/14/1980 | DET | @ | GB | 20 | 6.7 | 1 | 94 | 2 | 47.0 | 1 | |
| 14 | | N. Pietrosante | 134 | 11/26/1959 | DET | vs | GB | 17 | 7.9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| 15 | | B. Sanders | 126 | 9/24/1989 | DET | vs |  CHI | 18 | 7.0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| 16 | | B. Sims | 126 | 11/16/1980 | DET | vs |  BAL | 30 | 4.2 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| 17 | | K. Jones | 123 | 12/26/2004 | DET | vs | CHI | 25 | 4.9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 8.0 | 0 |
| 18 | | B. Sanders | 120 | 12/10/1989 | DET | @ | CHI | 26 | 4.6 | 2 | 39 | 3 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| 19 |  | D. Swift | 116 | 10/18/2020 | DET | @ |  JAX | 14 | 8.3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2.3 | 0 |
| 20 | | L. Gaines | 116 | 11/7/1976 | DET | @ | MIN | 22 | 5.3 | 2 | 44 | 6 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| 21 | | B. Sanders | 114 | 11/19/1989 | DET | @ |  CIN | 18 | 6.3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| 22 | | K. Smith | 112 | 11/16/2008 | DET | @ |  CAR | 24 | 4.7 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 11.5 | 0 |
| 23 | | K. Smith | 111 | 12/21/2008 | DET | vs |  NO | 24 | 4.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 24 | | W. Triplett | 109 | 10/30/1949 | DET | @ | GB | 9 | 12.1 | 1 | |||||
| 25 | | D. Moore | 107 | 12/12/1993 | DET | @ |  PHX | 20 | 5.4 | 0 | 54 | 7 | 7.7 | 0 | |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.
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