most rushing yards in a single game against the vikings

Walter Payton has rushed for the most yards in a game against the Vikings, with 275 yards on November 20, 1977.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player in a single regular-season game against the vikings
NAMERUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
275
11/20/1977
vs
40
6.9
1
6
1
6.0
0
2Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
220
11/24/1991
@
23
9.6
4
31
4
7.8
0
3James Wilder
J. Wilder
219
11/6/1983
@
31
7.1
1
20
5
4.0
0
4Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
203
12/21/1980
vs
29
7.0
1
-1
1
-1.0
0
5Mel Farr
M. Farr
197
11/12/1967
@
24
8.2
0
10
2
5.0
0
6Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
197
12/18/1966
vs
17
11.6
1
26
1
26.0
0
7Walter Payton
W. Payton
182
9/9/1979
vs
23
7.9
2
14
3
4.7
0
8Wayne Morris
W. Morris
182
11/6/1977
@
27
6.7
1
20
2
10.0
1
9D'Andre Swift
D. Swift
175
9/14/2023
vs
28
6.3
1
6
3
3
2.0
0
10James Jones
J. Jones
174
9/7/1986
@
36
4.8
1
0
0
0
11Michael Vick
M. Vick
173
12/1/2002
@
10
17.3
2
0
0
0
0
12Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
169
9/14/1980
@
20
8.5
2
17
6
2.8
0
13Carlos Hyde
C. Hyde
168
9/14/2015
vs
26
6.5
2
14
2
2
7.0
0
14J.D. Smith
J.D. Smith
168
11/26/1961
vs
28
6.0
2
0
0
0
15Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
164
11/4/1979
vs
25
6.6
1
33
3
11.0
1
16Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
164
10/14/1962
@
17
9.6
0
-1
1
-1.0
0
17Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
163
9/1/1996
@
24
6.8
0
28
1
28.0
0
18LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
162
11/9/2003
vs
16
10.1
2
45
6
8
7.5
0
19Ahman Green
A. Green
161
12/17/2000
@
25
6.4
0
31
4
6
7.8
1
20Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
160
11/24/1985
@
35
4.6
1
0
0
0
21Tom Moore
T. Moore
159
10/22/1961
@
16
9.9
0
11
1
11.0
0
22Gaston Green
G. Green
158
9/29/1991
@
26
6.1
0
9
1
9.0
0
23Billy Sims
B. Sims
157
9/28/1980
vs
27
5.8
0
26
3
8.7
0
24Wilbur Jackson
W. Jackson
156
11/29/1976
vs
30
5.2
1
0
0
0
25Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
155
12/25/2020
vs
22
7.0
6
17
3
5
5.7
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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REC

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OPP PPG

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RUSH YDS/G

144.5

3rd

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234.8

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8
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