most rushing yards by a rookie in a game 1932 to 1965

Between the 1932 and 1965 seasons, Jim Brown rushed for the most yards by a rookie in a game, with 237 yards versus the Rams on November 24, 1957.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a rookie in a regular-season game 1932 to 1965
NAMERUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Jim Brown
J. Brown
237
11/24/1957
vs
31
7.6
4
21
3
7.0
0
2Tommy Wilson
T. Wilson
223
12/16/1956
vs
23
9.7
0
5
1
5.0
0
3Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
194
9/25/1955
vs
21
9.2
1
4Bill Paschal
B. Paschal
188
12/5/1943
vs
24
7.8
2
5Lenny Moore
L. Moore
185
10/28/1956
vs
13
14.2
2
27
1
27.0
0
6Matt Snell
M. Snell
180
10/17/1964
vs
31
5.8
0
8
1
8.0
0
7Sid Blanks
S. Blanks
179
12/13/1964
vs
21
8.5
3
12
2
6.0
0
8Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
170
10/5/1952
@
7
24.3
1
33
1
33.0
1
9Matt Snell
M. Snell
168
10/10/1964
vs
26
6.5
2
0
0
0
10Bobby Wilson
B. Wilson
162
11/29/1936
@
1
11Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
157
11/24/1960
@
11
14.3
2
3
1
3.0
0
12Eddie Price
E. Price
156
12/3/1950
vs
18
8.7
1
13Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
155
10/28/1934
vs
15
10.3
1
14Willie Galimore
W. Galimore
153
10/20/1957
vs
24
6.4
3
60
2
30.0
1
15Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
153
10/1/1955
vs
21
7.3
2
16Larry Todd
L. Todd
149
11/7/1965
@
20
7.5
0
18
4
4.5
0
17Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
149
11/27/1960
vs
26
5.7
1
96
2
48.0
1
18Jon Arnett
J. Arnett
149
11/17/1957
@
17
8.8
1
19George Papach
G. Papach
148
12/5/1948
vs
17
8.7
0
20Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
147
10/12/1958
vs
11
13.4
1
21Eddie Price
E. Price
145
11/19/1950
@
14
10.4
2
22Al Grygo
A. Grygo
144
10/29/1944
vs
13
11.1
1
23Cliff Battles
C. Battles
144
10/30/1932
vs
24
6.0
0
24Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
143
12/8/1962
@
17
8.4
2
0
0
0
25Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
143
10/20/1962
vs
19
7.5
1
7
1
7.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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