Bobby Layne has the most rushing yards by a Lions quarterback in a game, with 118 yards against the Steelers on September 24, 1950.
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most rushing yards by lions qb in a regular-season game| NAME | RUSH YDS | DATE | TM | OPP | ATT | YPC | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | B. Layne | 118 | 9/24/1950 |  DET | vs |  PIT | 15 | 7.9 | 0 | |||||
| 2 | | R. Peete | 97 | 9/23/1990 | DET | @ |  TB | 8 | 12.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | | G. Landry | 87 | 10/1/1972 | DET | @ |  CHI | 9 | 9.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | R. Peete | 78 | 10/15/1989 | DET | @ | TB | 10 | 7.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | | G. Landry | 77 | 11/26/1970 | DET | vs |  OAK | 7 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | G. Landry | 76 | 9/20/1970 | DET | @ |  GB | 1 | 76.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | G. Landry | 75 | 10/21/1973 | DET | vs |  BAL | 10 | 7.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | T. Rote | 75 | 11/16/1958 | DET | vs |  SF | 7 | 10.7 | 0 | |||||
| 9 | | M. McMahon | 74 | 12/16/2001 | DET | vs |  MIN | 12 | 6.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | | G. Landry | 74 | 10/17/1971 | DET | @ |  HOU | 5 | 14.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | J. Reichow | 73 | 10/11/1959 | DET | vs | BAL | 4 | 18.3 | 0 | |||||
| 12 | | G. Landry | 71 | 11/5/1972 | DET | vs | CHI | 8 | 8.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | B. Layne | 71 | 11/22/1953 | DET | @ | CHB | 14 | 5.1 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | | K. Sweetan | 69 | 12/11/1966 | DET | vs | MIN | 6 | 11.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | B. Layne | 69 | 11/16/1952 | DET | vs |  DAL | 8 | 8.6 | 1 | |||||
| 16 | | A. Ware | 68 | 12/13/1992 | DET | vs |  CLE | 5 | 13.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | G. Landry | 68 | 11/1/1971 | DET | @ | GB | 8 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | B. Layne | 67 | 12/9/1951 | DET | @ |  LA | 13 | 5.2 | 0 | |||||
| 19 | | G. Landry | 66 | 11/21/1971 | DET | @ | CHI | 2 | 33.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | B. Layne | 66 | 11/9/1952 | DET | @ | PIT | 15 | 4.4 | 0 | |||||
| 21 | | G. Landry | 65 | 9/16/1973 | DET | @ | PIT | 8 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | B. Layne | 65 | 11/1/1953 | DET | @ | LA | 18 | 3.6 | 0 | |||||
| 23 | | T. Rote | 64 | 11/2/1958 | DET | @ | SF | 10 | 6.4 | 2 | |||||
| 24 | | B. Layne | 64 | 11/5/1950 | DET | vs | CHB | 10 | 6.4 | 2 | |||||
| 25 | | J. Driskel | 63 | 11/24/2019 | DET | @ |  WAS | 9 | 7.0 | 0 | 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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31.8
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OPP PPG
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RUSH YDS/G
128.7
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PASS YDS/G
232.2
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