most rushing yards in a single game against the vikings

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

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	275	11/20/1977	CHI	vs	MIN	40	6.9	1	6	1		6.0	0
2	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	220	11/24/1991	DET	@	MIN	23	9.6	4	31	4		7.8	0
3	James Wilder J. Wilder	219	11/6/1983	TB	@	MIN	31	7.1	1	20	5		4.0	0
4	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	203	12/21/1980	HOU	vs	MIN	29	7.0	1	-1	1		-1.0	0
5	Mel Farr M. Farr	197	11/12/1967	DET	@	MIN	24	8.2	0	10	2		5.0	0
6	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	197	12/18/1966	CHI	vs	MIN	17	11.6	1	26	1		26.0	0
7	Walter Payton W. Payton	182	9/9/1979	CHI	vs	MIN	23	7.9	2	14	3		4.7	0
8	Wayne Morris W. Morris	182	11/6/1977	STL	@	MIN	27	6.7	1	20	2		10.0	1
9	D'Andre Swift D. Swift	175	9/14/2023	PHI	vs	MIN	28	6.3	1	6	3	3	2.0	0
10	James Jones J. Jones	174	9/7/1986	DET	@	MIN	36	4.8	1	0	0			0
11	Michael Vick M. Vick	173	12/1/2002	ATL	@	MIN	10	17.3	2	0	0	0		0
12	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	169	9/14/1980	PHI	@	MIN	20	8.5	2	17	6		2.8	0
13	Carlos Hyde C. Hyde	168	9/14/2015	SF	vs	MIN	26	6.5	2	14	2	2	7.0	0
14	J.D. Smith	168	11/26/1961	SF	vs	MIN	28	6.0	2	0	0			0
15	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	164	11/4/1979	STL	vs	MIN	25	6.6	1	33	3		11.0	1
16	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	164	10/14/1962	GB	@	MIN	17	9.6	0	-1	1		-1.0	0
17	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	163	9/1/1996	DET	@	MIN	24	6.8	0	28	1		28.0	0
18	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	162	11/9/2003	SD	vs	MIN	16	10.1	2	45	6	8	7.5	0
19	Ahman Green A. Green	161	12/17/2000	GB	@	MIN	25	6.4	0	31	4	6	7.8	1
20	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	160	11/24/1985	NO	@	MIN	35	4.6	1	0	0			0
21	Tom Moore T. Moore	159	10/22/1961	GB	@	MIN	16	9.9	0	11	1		11.0	0
22	Gaston Green G. Green	158	9/29/1991	DEN	@	MIN	26	6.1	0	9	1		9.0	0
23	Billy Sims B. Sims	157	9/28/1980	DET	vs	MIN	27	5.8	0	26	3		8.7	0
24	Wilbur Jackson W. Jackson	156	11/29/1976	SF	vs	MIN	30	5.2	1	0	0			0
25	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	155	12/25/2020	NO	vs	MIN	22	7.0	6	17	3	5	5.7	0

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