most rushing yards in a game by a 35 year old

John Riggins has rushed for the most yards by a 35-year-old player in a game, with 165 yards against the Cowboys on October 14, 1984.

Interpreted as:

most rushing yards by a player in a regular-season game by a 35 year old

	NAME	RUSH YDS	Age	DATE	TM		OPP	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	John Riggins J. Riggins	165	35-071	10/14/1984	WAS	vs	DAL	32	5.2	0	0	0			0
2	John Riggins J. Riggins	140	35-050	9/23/1984	WAS	@	NE	33	4.2	1	0	0			0
3	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	127	35-141	10/3/2004	ARI	vs	NO	21	6.0	1	18	1	2	18.0	0
4	Marcus Allen M. Allen	124	35-252	12/3/1995	KC	@	OAK	21	5.9	1	33	3		11.0	0
5	Marcus Allen M. Allen	121	35-210	10/22/1995	KC	@	DEN	21	5.8	1	-1	1		-1.0	0
6	John Riggins J. Riggins	111	35-127	12/9/1984	WAS	@	DAL	24	4.6	1	0	0			0
7	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	106	35-162	10/24/2004	ARI	vs	SEA	26	4.1	1	30	4	4	7.5	0
8	John Riggins J. Riggins	104	35-057	9/30/1984	WAS	vs	PHI	28	3.7	1	12	2		6.0	0
9	Frank Gore F. Gore	101	35-153	10/14/2018	MIA	vs	CHI	15	6.7	0	18	1	1	18.0	0
10	Bill Brown B. Brown	101	35-135	11/11/1973	MIN	vs	DET	19	5.3	1	6	1		6.0	0
11	John Riggins J. Riggins	100	35-093	11/5/1984	WAS	vs	ATL	32	3.1	2	11	1		11.0	0
12	John Riggins J. Riggins	98	35-078	10/21/1984	WAS	@	STL	32	3.1	1	0	0			0
13	John Riggins J. Riggins	98	35-029	9/2/1984	WAS	vs	MIA	15	6.5	1	18	2		9.0	0
14	John Riggins J. Riggins	94	35-064	10/7/1984	WAS	@	IND	19	4.9	1	0	0			0
15	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	93	35-176	9/13/2020	DET	vs	CHI	14	6.6	0	21	3	3	7.0	0
16	John Henry Johnson J. Henry Johnson	93	35-012	12/6/1964	PIT	@	WAS	25	3.7	1	0	0			0
17	Frank Gore F. Gore	92	35-209	12/9/2018	MIA	vs	NE	12	7.7	0	24	1	1	24.0	0
18	John Riggins J. Riggins	92	35-106	11/18/1984	WAS	@	PHI	26	3.5	0	0	0			0
19	John Riggins J. Riggins	92	35-043	9/16/1984	WAS	vs	NYG	30	3.1	2	0	0			0
20	Frank Gore F. Gore	90	35-181	11/11/2018	MIA	@	GB	13	6.9	0	12	2	3	6.0	0
21	Marcus Allen M. Allen	88	35-260	12/11/1995	KC	@	MIA	16	5.5	0	7	2		3.5	0
22	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	87	35-120	9/12/2004	ARI	@	STL	16	5.4	1	0	0	0		0
23	Marcus Allen M. Allen	86	35-168	9/10/1995	KC	vs	NYG	19	4.5	1	-1	2		-0.5	0
24	Rick Casares R. Casares	80	35-090	10/2/1966	MIA	@	SD	22	3.6	0	6	1		6.0	0
25	Ollie Matson O. Matson	80	35-225	12/12/1965	PHI	@	PIT	11	7.3	1	0	0			0

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