George Taliaferro has rushed for the most yards by a defensive back in a game, with 166 yards versus the Rams on November 18, 1951.
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most rushing yards in a regular-season game by a cornerback| NAME | RUSH YDS | DATE | TM | OPP | ATT | YPC | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | G. Taliaferro | 166 | 11/18/1951 |  NYY | @ |  LA | 12 | 13.8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| 2 | | C. Taseff | 122 | 11/13/1954 |  BAL | @ |  GB | 15 | 8.1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| 3 | | K. Carpenter | 100 | 9/24/1950 |  CLE | @ |  BAL | 3 | 33.3 | 1 | |||||
| 4 | | J. Christiansen | 94 | 12/13/1952 |  DET | vs |  DAL | 13 | 7.2 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 10.7 | 0 | |
| 5 | | D. Phelps | 87 | 10/29/1950 | CLE | vs |  PIT | 13 | 6.7 | 1 | |||||
| 6 | | D. Moegle | 83 | 11/20/1955 |  SF | @ | GB | 9 | 9.2 | 1 | |||||
| 7 | | B. Stone | 79 | 11/26/1950 | BAL | @ |  WAS | 5 | 15.8 | 1 | |||||
| 8 | | A. Campana | 78 | 10/8/1950 |  CHB | vs |  CHC | 22 | 3.5 | 1 | |||||
| 9 | | C. Taseff | 72 | 11/21/1954 | BAL | vs | CHB | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| 10 | | B. Stits | 69 | 9/25/1955 | DET | @ | GB | 12 | 5.8 | 0 | |||||
| 11 | | B. Mixon | 69 | 12/13/1953 | SF | vs | BAL | 6 | 11.5 | 0 | |||||
| 12 | | J.C. Caroline | 68 | 12/9/1956 | CHB | vs | CHC | 16 | 4.3 | 1 | |||||
| 13 | | D. Paul | 68 | 10/7/1951 | CHC | vs | CHB | 1 | 68.0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| 14 | | W. Lewis | 64 | 11/30/1952 | LA | @ | SF | 3 | 21.3 | 0 | |||||
| 15 | | G. Taliaferro | 63 | 11/25/1951 | NYY | vs | SF | 13 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 16 | | D. Ames | 62 | 11/12/1961 |  DEN | vs |  SD | 10 | 6.2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| 17 | | J. Norton | 61 | 11/10/1957 |  PHI | vs | DET | 1 | 61.0 | 0 | |||||
| 18 | | A. Levine | 60 | 9/8/2019 |  BAL | @ |  MIA | 1 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | | J. Welch | 60 | 12/9/1961 | BAL | @ | LA | 1 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | B. Zagers | 60 | 10/26/1958 | WAS | @ | BAL | 11 | 5.5 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| 21 | | C. Taylor | 59 | 10/2/1955 | LA | vs | PIT | 13 | 4.5 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| 22 | | H. Davis | 58 | 10/15/1950 | CHB | vs | GB | 4 | 14.5 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| 23 | | B. Atkins | 56 | 10/29/1961 |  BUF | vs |  HOU | 1 | 56.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | J.C. Caroline | 56 | 12/16/1956 | CHB | vs | DET | 15 | 3.7 | 1 | |||||
| 25 | | J. Christiansen | 54 | 12/7/1952 | DET | vs | CHB | 6 | 9.0 | 1 | |||||
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