most rushing yards by a rookie rb in a week 1 game

Alan Ameche has rushed for the most yards by a rookie running back in a Week-1 game, with 194 yards against the Bears on September 25, 1955.

NAME RUSH YDS DATE TM OPP ATT YPC RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC TD
1 Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
194
9/25/1955
BAL BAL
vs
CHB CHB
21
9.2
1
2 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
193
9/2/1979
STL STL
vs
DAL DAL
21
9.2
1
0
0
0
3 William Andrews
W. Andrews
167
9/2/1979
ATL ATL
@
NO NO
30
5.6
1
22
3
7.3
0
4 Billy Sims
B. Sims
153
9/7/1980
DET DET
@
LA LA
22
7.0
3
64
2
32.0
0
5 Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
148
9/7/2017
KC KC
@
NE NE
17
8.7
1
98
5
5
19.6
2
6 Cadillac Williams
C. Williams
148
9/11/2005
TB TB
@
MIN MIN
27
5.5
1
0
0
0
0
7 Randy McMillan
R. McMillan
146
9/6/1981
BAL BAL
@
NE NE
16
9.1
2
13
3
4.3
0
8 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
143
9/4/1994
IND IND
vs
HOU HOU
23
6.2
3
31
1
31.0
0
9 Clyde Edwards-Helaire
C. Edwards-Helaire
138
9/10/2020
KC KC
vs
HOU HOU
25
5.5
1
0
0
2
0
10 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
137
9/3/1978
HOU HOU
@
ATL ATL
15
9.1
1
-8
2
-4.0
0
11 Terry Metcalf
T. Metcalf
133
9/16/1973
STL STL
@
PHI PHI
16
8.3
0
25
1
25.0
0
12 Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
127
9/11/2017
MIN MIN
vs
NO NO
22
5.8
0
10
3
5
3.3
0
13 Matt Forte
M. Forte
123
9/7/2008
CHI CHI
@
IND IND
23
5.3
1
18
3
3
6.0
0
14 Ronnie Coleman
R. Coleman
123
9/15/1974
HOU HOU
vs
SD SD
21
5.9
0
0
2
0.0
0
15 Jerry Eckwood
J. Eckwood
121
9/1/1979
TB TB
vs
DET DET
20
6.1
0
0
0
0
16 Ron Johnson
R. Johnson
118
9/21/1969
CLE CLE
@
PHI PHI
17
6.9
2
21
2
10.5
0
17 Ben Tate
B. Tate
116
9/11/2011
HOU HOU
vs
IND IND
24
4.8
1
0
0
0
0
18 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
116
9/12/1982
RAI RAI
@
SF SF
23
5.0
1
64
4
16.0
0
19 Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar
A. al-Jabbar
115
9/1/1996
MIA MIA
vs
NE NE
26
4.4
1
2
2
1.0
0
20 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
113
9/9/2001
SD SD
vs
WAS WAS
36
3.1
2
12
1
1
12.0
0
21 Edgerrin James
E. James
112
9/12/1999
IND IND
vs
BUF BUF
26
4.3
1
14
4
4
3.5
0
22 Zollie Toth
Z. Toth
108
9/17/1950
NYY NYY
@
SF SF
18
6.0
1
18
2
9.0
1
23 Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
107
9/13/1942
PIT PIT
vs
PHI PHI
1
24 Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
106
9/9/2018
NYG NYG
vs
JAX JAX
18
5.9
1
22
2
6
11.0
0
25 Christian Okoye
C. Okoye
105
9/13/1987
KC KC
vs
SD SD
21
5.0
1
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

More Colts Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

22.2

17th

OPP PPG

25.1

24th

RUSH YDS/G

137.1

8th

PASS YDS/G

211.7

27th

2024 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
Jaguars Jaguars
4
13
0
.235
Titans Titans
3
14
0
.176
Last Game
IND Colts

8 - 9 - 0

26

Final

23

JAX Jaguars

4 - 13 - 0

Sun 5 Jan 2025

NFL 2024 Leaders

NFL 2024 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2024

NFL 2024 Betting

NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647