most rushing yards in a week 1 game

O.J. Simpson has rushed for the most yards in a Week-1 game, with 250 yards versus the Patriots on September 16, 1973.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player in a week 1 game
NAMERUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
250
9/16/1973
@
29
8.6
2
0
0
0
2Arian Foster
A. Foster
231
9/12/2010
vs
33
7.0
3
7
1
1
7.0
0
3Michael Turner
M. Turner
220
9/7/2008
vs
22
10.0
2
6
1
1
6.0
0
4Eddie George
E. George
216
8/31/1997
vs
35
6.2
1
0
0
0
5George Rogers
G. Rogers
206
9/4/1983
vs
24
8.6
2
0
0
0
6Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
202
9/2/1984
@
35
5.8
2
0
0
0
7Duce Staley
D. Staley
201
9/3/2000
@
26
7.7
1
61
4
7
15.3
0
8Norm Bulaich
N. Bulaich
198
9/19/1971
vs
22
9.0
1
0
0
0
9Curtis Martin
C. Martin
196
9/12/2004
vs
29
6.8
1
7
3
3
2.3
1
10Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
194
9/25/1955
vs
21
9.2
1
11Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
193
9/7/1986
@
38
5.1
2
0
0
0
12Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
193
9/2/1979
vs
21
9.2
1
0
0
0
13Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
187
9/6/1998
vs
20
9.4
2
38
2
19.0
0
14LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
184
9/9/2013
@
31
5.9
1
5
1
1
5.0
0
15Willie Galimore
W. Galimore
181
9/16/1962
@
22
8.2
2
7
1
7.0
0
16Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
180
9/13/2009
@
25
7.2
3
18
1
1
18.0
0
17Chris Brown
C. Brown
175
9/9/2007
@
19
9.2
0
3
1
1
3.0
0
18Marlon Mack
M. Mack
174
9/8/2019
@
25
7.0
1
0
0
0
0
19James Jones
J. Jones
174
9/7/1986
@
36
4.8
1
0
0
0
20O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
173
9/21/1975
vs
32
5.4
2
5
1
5.0
0
21Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
171
9/4/1994
@
31
5.5
1
3
3
1.0
0
22Jim Brown
J. Brown
171
9/28/1958
@
24
7.1
2
23Derrick Henry
D. Henry
169
9/7/2025
@
18
9.4
2
13
1
1
13.0
0
24C.J. Spiller
C.J. Spiller
169
9/9/2012
@
14
12.1
1
25
2
3
12.5
0
25Robert Smith
R. Smith
169
8/31/1997
@
16
10.6
1
5
1
5.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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