most rushing yards by qb in a first game

Bob Davis had the most rushing yards by a quarterback in his first game, with 131 yards versus the Brooklyn Tigers on November 19, 1944.

NAMERUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Bob Davis
B. Davis
131
11/19/1944
BOS
vs
BKN
17
7.7
1
2Bill Shepherd
B. Shepherd
129
11/3/1935
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
19
6.8
1
3Tom Harmon
T. Harmon
114
10/13/1946
LA LA
@
CHB CHB
6
19.0
1
4Kevin Hogan
K. Hogan
104
10/23/2016
CLE CLE
@
CIN CIN
7
14.9
1
0
0
0
0
5George Mira
G. Mira
93
10/18/1964
SF SF
@
LA LA
4
23.3
0
0
0
0
6Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
88
9/8/2024
WAS WAS
@
TB TB
16
5.5
2
0
0
0
0
7Charlie Batch
C. Batch
63
9/20/1998
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
8
7.9
0
0
0
0
8Steve Young
S. Young
60
11/24/1985
TB TB
vs
DET DET
10
6.0
0
0
0
0
9Randy Fasani
R. Fasani
58
10/20/2002
CAR CAR
@
ATL ATL
8
7.3
0
0
0
0
0
10John Wolford
J. Wolford
56
1/3/2021
LAR LAR
vs
ARI ARI
6
9.3
0
0
0
0
0
11Dave Ragone
D. Ragone
51
12/7/2003
HOU HOU
@
JAX JAX
5
10.2
0
-5
1
1
-5.0
0
12Marlin Briscoe
M. Briscoe
51
9/29/1968
DEN DEN
vs
BOS BOS
5
10.2
1
0
0
0
13Geno Smith
G. Smith
47
9/8/2013
NYJ NYJ
vs
TB TB
6
7.8
0
0
0
0
0
14Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
46
9/13/2020
CIN CIN
vs
LAC LAC
8
5.8
1
0
0
0
0
15David Klingler
D. Klingler
44
11/29/1992
CIN CIN
vs
PIT PIT
8
5.5
0
0
0
0
16Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
42
9/9/2012
WAS WAS
@
NO NO
9
4.7
0
0
0
0
0
17Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
42
10/19/1969
CHI CHI
@
DET DET
5
8.4
0
0
0
0
18Bob Brodhead
B. Brodhead
42
9/11/1960
BUF BUF
@
NYT NYT
4
10.5
0
0
0
0
19Turk Schonert
T. Schonert
41
9/6/1981
CIN CIN
vs
SEA SEA
7
5.9
0
0
0
0
20Anthony Richardson Sr.
A. Richardson Sr.
40
9/10/2023
IND IND
vs
JAX JAX
10
4.0
1
0
0
0
0
21Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
39
9/9/2018
BAL BAL
vs
BUF BUF
7
5.6
0
0
0
0
0
22John Fourcade
J. Fourcade
39
10/4/1987
NO NO
vs
RAM RAM
6
6.5
0
0
0
0
23Desmond Ridder
D. Ridder
38
12/18/2022
ATL ATL
@
NO NO
6
6.3
0
0
0
0
0
24Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
38
9/19/1999
PHI PHI
vs
TB TB
5
7.6
0
0
0
0
0
25Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
37
9/7/2008
BAL BAL
vs
CIN CIN
4
9.3
1
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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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
3
0
.786
Bills Bills
10
4
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
7
7
0
.500
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Jaguars Jaguars
10
4
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.714
Texans Texans
9
5
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.643
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Broncos Broncos
12
2
0
.857
Chargers Chargers
10
4
0
.714
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
9
5
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.643
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
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NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears
10
4
0
.714
Packers Packers
9
4
1
.679
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
7
0
.500
Panthers Panthers
7
7
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
11
3
0
.786
Seahawks Seahawks
11
3
0
.786

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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/13
SEA SEA
@
PIT PIT
31-17
Sat
9/13
BUF BUF
@
NYJ NYJ
30-10
Sat
9/13
SF SF
@
NO NO
26-21
Sat
9/13
NE NE
@
MIA MIA
33-27
Sat
9/13
CAR CAR
@
ARI ARI
22-27

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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
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DAL DAL
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Mon
12/15
MIA MIA
@
PIT PIT
8:15 PM
Thu
12/18
LAR LAR
@
SEA SEA
8:15 PM
Sat
12/20
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
5:00 PM
Sat
12/20
GB GB
@
CHI CHI
8:20 PM