Between January 1, 1920 and September 12, 2011, Bill Shepherd rushed for the most yards by a rookie quarterback in his first game, with 129 yards against the Eagles on November 3, 1935.
| NAME | RUSH YDS | DATE | TM | OPP | ATT | YPC | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | B. Shepherd | 129 | 11/3/1935 |  BOS | vs |  PHI | 19 | 6.8 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | | T. Harmon | 114 | 10/13/1946 |  LA | @ |  CHB | 6 | 19.0 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | | G. Mira | 93 | 10/18/1964 |  SF | @ | LA | 4 | 23.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | C. Batch | 63 | 9/20/1998 |  DET | @ |  MIN | 8 | 7.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 |  | S. Young | 60 | 11/24/1985 |  TB | vs | DET | 10 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | R. Fasani | 58 | 10/20/2002 |  CAR | @ |  ATL | 8 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | | D. Ragone | 51 | 12/7/2003 |  HOU | @ |  JAX | 5 | 10.2 | 0 | -5 | 1 | 1 | -5.0 | 0 |
| 8 | | M. Briscoe | 51 | 9/29/1968 |  DEN | vs |  BOS | 5 | 10.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | D. Klingler | 44 | 11/29/1992 |  CIN | vs |  PIT | 8 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | B. Douglass | 42 | 10/19/1969 | CHI | @ | DET | 5 | 8.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | B. Brodhead | 42 | 9/11/1960 |  BUF | @ |  NYT | 4 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | T. Schonert | 41 | 9/6/1981 | CIN | vs |  SEA | 7 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | J. Fourcade | 39 | 10/4/1987 |  NO | vs | RAM | 6 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | D. McNabb | 38 | 9/19/1999 | PHI | vs | TB | 5 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 |  | J. Flacco | 37 | 9/7/2008 |  BAL | vs | CIN | 4 | 9.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | | G. Wilson | 37 | 9/2/1966 |  MIA | vs |  OAK | 1 | 37.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | B. Wade | 37 | 9/26/1954 | LA | @ |  BAL | 4 | 9.3 | 1 | |||||
| 18 | | R. Mirer | 36 | 9/5/1993 | SEA | @ |  SD | 3 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | M. Stevens | 36 | 10/5/1987 | SF | @ |  NYG | 7 | 5.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | J. Kapp | 34 | 9/22/1967 | MIN | @ | LA | 3 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | H. Stephens | 34 | 10/6/1962 | NYT | vs | BOS | 5 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 |  | M. Vick | 32 | 9/9/2001 | ATL | @ | SF | 2 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | | T. Hanratty | 31 | 10/18/1969 | PIT | @ |  CLE | 1 | 31.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | L. Dawson | 31 | 12/1/1957 | PIT | @ | PHI | 3 | 10.3 | 0 | |||||
| 25 | | C. Olander | 30 | 11/20/1977 | SD | vs | OAK | 7 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 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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