most rushing yards in a game before 2006

Before 2006, Jamal Lewis had the most rushing yards in a game, with 295 yards against the Browns on September 14, 2003.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player in a regular-season game before 2006
NAMERUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
295
9/14/2003
vs
30
9.8
2
0
0
1
0
2Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
278
10/22/2000
vs
22
12.6
2
0
0
0
0
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
275
11/20/1977
vs
40
6.9
1
6
1
6.0
0
4O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
273
11/25/1976
@
29
9.4
2
0
0
0
5Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
266
11/11/2001
vs
35
7.6
3
7
1
1
7.0
0
6Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
251
12/3/2000
@
37
6.8
4
5
1
1
5.0
0
7O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
250
9/16/1973
@
29
8.6
2
0
0
0
8Willie Ellison
W. Ellison
247
12/5/1971
vs
26
9.5
1
0
0
0
9Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
246
12/4/1997
vs
39
6.3
4
30
2
15.0
0
10LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
243
12/28/2003
vs
31
7.8
2
17
8
15
2.1
0
11Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
243
12/8/1963
vs
36
6.8
5
0
0
0
12Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
237
11/13/1994
vs
26
9.1
0
16
1
16.0
0
13Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
237
10/31/1993
@
30
7.9
1
0
0
0
14Jim Brown
J. Brown
237
11/19/1961
vs
34
7.0
4
52
3
17.3
0
15Jim Brown
J. Brown
237
11/24/1957
vs
31
7.6
4
21
3
7.0
0
16Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
234
11/19/2000
@
30
7.8
3
14
3
7
4.7
1
17Jim Brown
J. Brown
232
9/22/1963
@
20
11.6
2
0
0
0
18Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
232
11/15/1959
@
14
16.6
3
-6
2
-3.0
0
19Clinton Portis
C. Portis
228
12/29/2002
vs
24
9.5
2
18
2
2
9.0
0
20Ricky Williams
R. Williams
228
12/1/2002
@
27
8.4
2
7
4
6
1.8
0
21Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
227
11/22/1998
@
36
6.3
1
0
0
0
22Napoleon Kaufman
N. Kaufman
227
10/19/1997
vs
28
8.1
1
0
0
0
23O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
227
9/28/1975
@
28
8.1
1
0
0
0
24Jim Brown
J. Brown
223
11/3/1963
@
28
8.0
1
0
0
0
25Tommy Wilson
T. Wilson
223
12/16/1956
vs
23
9.7
0
5
1
5.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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