most rushing yards in a game by a saints rookie

Rueben Mayes has the most rushing yards by a Saints rookie in a game, with 203 yards versus the Dolphins on December 7, 1986.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards in a regular-season game by a saints rookie
NAMERUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Rueben Mayes
R. Mayes
203
12/7/1986
NO NO
vs
MIA MIA
28
7.3
2
22
2
11.0
0
2Ricky Williams
R. Williams
179
10/31/1999
NO NO
vs
CLE CLE
40
4.5
0
8
3
3
2.7
0
3Rueben Mayes
R. Mayes
172
10/19/1986
NO NO
vs
TB TB
24
7.2
2
0
0
0
4George Rogers
G. Rogers
162
9/13/1981
NO NO
vs
LA LA
29
5.6
1
0
0
0
5George Rogers
G. Rogers
161
11/8/1981
NO NO
@
LA LA
24
6.7
3
14
1
14.0
0
6Chris Ivory
C. Ivory
158
10/17/2010
NO NO
@
TB TB
15
10.5
0
17
1
1
17.0
0
7Rueben Mayes
R. Mayes
157
11/30/1986
NO NO
vs
NE NE
33
4.8
1
25
2
12.5
0
8Alvin Maxson
A. Maxson
148
12/8/1974
NO NO
vs
STL STL
22
6.7
1
36
4
9.0
0
9Tony Galbreath
T. Galbreath
146
9/26/1976
NO NO
@
KC KC
14
10.4
2
22
5
4.4
0
10George Rogers
G. Rogers
142
11/22/1981
NO NO
@
HOU HOU
28
5.1
0
0
0
0
11Mario Bates
M. Bates
141
11/13/1994
NO NO
vs
ATL ATL
22
6.4
2
28
3
9.3
0
12Dwight Beverly
D. Beverly
139
10/11/1987
NO NO
@
STL STL
35
4.0
2
0
0
0
13Fred McAfee
F. McAfee
138
11/24/1991
NO NO
vs
ATL ATL
28
4.9
1
0
0
0
14George Rogers
G. Rogers
134
10/11/1981
NO NO
vs
PHI PHI
17
7.9
2
4
1
4.0
0
15Rueben Mayes
R. Mayes
131
11/16/1986
NO NO
@
STL STL
25
5.2
0
0
0
0
16Rueben Mayes
R. Mayes
128
11/2/1986
NO NO
vs
SF SF
28
4.6
2
14
2
7.0
0
17Reggie Bush
R. Bush
126
12/24/2006
NO NO
@
NYG NYG
20
6.3
1
23
2
6
11.5
0
18Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
126
9/26/1976
NO NO
@
KC KC
25
5.0
0
8
2
4.0
0
19Derek Brown
D. Brown
125
9/19/1993
NO NO
vs
DET DET
25
5.0
0
6
1
6.0
0
20George Rogers
G. Rogers
122
10/18/1981
NO NO
@
CLE CLE
18
6.8
1
36
2
18.0
0
21George Rogers
G. Rogers
120
11/29/1981
NO NO
vs
TB TB
23
5.2
1
0
0
0
22Chris Ivory
C. Ivory
117
12/5/2010
NO NO
@
CIN CIN
15
7.8
2
0
0
0
0
23George Rogers
G. Rogers
115
9/27/1981
NO NO
@
SF SF
25
4.6
0
16
2
8.0
0
24Jimmy Rogers
J. Rogers
114
10/26/1980
NO NO
@
WAS WAS
15
7.6
1
48
4
12.0
0
25George Rogers
G. Rogers
113
10/25/1981
NO NO
vs
CIN CIN
31
3.6
1
17
2
8.5
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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PPG

15.2

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OPP PPG

24.6

22nd

RUSH YDS/G

90.7

29th

PASS YDS/G

222.8

18th

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TEAMWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
5
0
.583
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
Falcons Falcons
4
8
0
.333
Saints Saints
2
10
0
.167
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/7
NO NO
@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
CAR CAR
@
NO NO
4:25 PM
Sun
12/21
NYJ NYJ
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
NO NO
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
NO NO
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Last Game
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2 - 10

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Final

21

MIA Dolphins

5 - 7

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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
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2
0
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6
0
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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/7
PIT PIT
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
SEA SEA
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
TEN TEN
@
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1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
IND IND
@
JAX JAX
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
WAS WAS
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM