most rushing yards in a game lions player

Barry Sanders has rushed for the most yards for the Lions in a game, with 237 yards against the Buccaneers on November 13, 1994.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	237	11/13/1994	DET	vs	TB	26	9.1	0	16	1		16.0	0
2	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	220	11/24/1991	DET	@	MIN	23	9.6	4	31	4		7.8	0
3	Jahmyr Gibbs J. Gibbs	219	11/23/2025	DET	vs	NYG	15	14.6	2	45	11	12	4.1	1
4	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	216	11/23/1997	DET	vs	IND	24	9.0	2	10	2		5.0	0
5	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	215	10/12/1997	DET	@	TB	24	9.0	2	7	1		7.0	1
6	Bob Hoernschemeyer B. Hoernschemeyer	198	11/23/1950	DET	vs	NYY	17	11.6	1
7	Mel Farr M. Farr	197	11/12/1967	DET	@	MIN	24	8.2	0	10	2		5.0	0
8	Kevin Jones K. Jones	196	12/5/2004	DET	vs	ARI	26	7.5	1	22	4	5	5.5	0
9	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	194	9/19/1994	DET	@	DAL	40	4.9	0	0	0			0
10	Dutch Clark D. Clark	194	10/28/1934	DET	@	CIN	24	8.1	2
11	Billy Sims B. Sims	189	11/20/1983	DET	@	GB	36	5.3	0	47	5		9.4	0
12	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	188	12/4/1994	DET	vs	GB	20	9.4	1	17	3		5.7	0
13	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	187	11/7/1993	DET	vs	TB	29	6.4	0	2	2		1.0	0
14	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	185	9/13/1998	DET	vs	CIN	26	7.1	3	44	1		44.0	0
15	Billy Sims B. Sims	185	10/11/1981	DET	@	DEN	28	6.6	2	0	0			0
16	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	184	12/21/1997	DET	vs	NYJ	23	8.0	1	10	3		3.3	0
17	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	184	10/29/1989	DET	@	GB	30	6.1	0	0	0			0
18	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	179	9/22/1991	DET	@	IND	30	6.0	2	10	3		3.3	0
19	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	176	12/10/1990	DET	vs	RAI	25	7.0	2	16	3		5.3	0
20	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	175	12/23/1996	DET	@	SF	28	6.3	1	4	1		4.0	0
21	James Jones J. Jones	174	9/7/1986	DET	@	MIN	36	4.8	1	0	0			0
22	James Stewart J. Stewart	172	10/20/2002	DET	vs	CHI	32	5.4	2	28	2	2	14.0	0
23	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	167	11/27/1997	DET	vs	CHI	19	8.8	3	8	2		4.0	0
24	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	167	10/29/1995	DET	vs	GB	22	7.6	0	31	3		10.3	0
25	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	167	10/23/1994	DET	vs	CHI	23	7.3	0	4	1		4.0	0

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