most rushing yards first nfl game by a player

Adrian Peterson ran for 296 yards versus the San Diego Chargers on November 4, 2007.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	296	11/4/2007	MIN	vs	SD	30	9.9	3	19	1	2	19.0	0
2	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	295	9/14/2003	BAL	vs	CLE	30	9.8	2	0	0	1		0
3	Jerome Harrison J. Harrison	286	12/20/2009	CLE	@	KC	34	8.4	3	12	2	3	6.0	0
4	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	278	10/22/2000	CIN	vs	DEN	22	12.6	2	0	0	0		0
5	Walter Payton W. Payton	275	11/20/1977	CHI	vs	MIN	40	6.9	1	6	1		6.0	0
6	O.J. Simpson	273	11/25/1976	BUF	@	DET	29	9.4	2	0	0			0
7	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	266	11/11/2001	SEA	vs	OAK	35	7.6	3	7	1	1	7.0	0
8	Jamaal Charles J. Charles	259	1/3/2010	KC	@	DEN	25	10.4	2	3	1	1	3.0	0
9	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	255	11/24/2024	PHI	@	LAR	26	9.8	2	47	4	4	11.8	0
10	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	253	10/23/2011	DAL	vs	STL	25	10.1	1	0	0	2		0
11	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	253	1/3/2021	IND	vs	JAX	30	8.4	2	1	1	2	1.0	0
12	Mike Anderson M. Anderson	251	12/3/2000	DEN	@	NO	37	6.8	4	5	1	1	5.0	0
13	Doug Martin D. Martin	251	11/4/2012	TB	@	OAK	25	10.0	4	21	4	5	5.3	0
14	O.J. Simpson	250	9/16/1973	BUF	@	NE	29	8.6	2	0	0			0
15	Derrick Henry D. Henry	250	1/3/2021	TEN	@	HOU	34	7.4	2	0	0	0		0
16	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	248	1/4/1986	RAM	vs	DAL	34	7.3	2	-4	1		-4.0	0
17	Willie Ellison W. Ellison	247	12/5/1971	LA	vs	NO	26	9.5	1	0	0			0
18	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	246	12/4/1997	CIN	vs	TEN	39	6.3	4	30	2		15.0	0
19	Cookie Gilchrist C. Gilchrist	243	12/8/1963	BUF	vs	NYJ	36	6.8	5	0	0			0
20	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	243	12/28/2003	SD	vs	OAK	31	7.8	2	17	8	15	2.1	0
21	Derrick Henry D. Henry	238	12/6/2018	TEN	vs	JAX	17	14.0	4	0	0	0		0
22	Jim Brown J. Brown	237	11/24/1957	CLE	vs	LA	31	7.6	4	21	3		7.0	0
23	Jim Brown J. Brown	237	11/19/1961	CLE	vs	PHI	34	7.0	4	52	3		17.3	0
24	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	237	10/31/1993	DAL	@	PHI	30	7.9	1	0	0			0
25	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	237	11/13/1994	DET	vs	TB	26	9.1	0	16	1		16.0	0

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