most rushing yards in first game as a rookie

Alan Ameche rushed for the most yards by a rookie in his first game, with 194 yards against the Bears on September 25, 1955.

NAMERUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
194
9/25/1955
vs
21
9.2
1
2Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
193
9/2/1979
vs
21
9.2
1
0
0
0
3William Andrews
W. Andrews
167
9/2/1979
@
30
5.6
1
22
3
7.3
0
4Bobby Wilson
B. Wilson
162
11/29/1936
@
1
5Billy Sims
B. Sims
153
9/7/1980
@
22
7.0
3
64
2
32.0
0
6Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
148
9/7/2017
@
17
8.7
1
98
5
5
19.6
2
7Cadillac Williams
C. Williams
148
9/11/2005
@
27
5.5
1
0
0
0
0
8George Papach
G. Papach
148
12/5/1948
vs
17
8.7
0
9Randy McMillan
R. McMillan
146
9/6/1981
@
16
9.1
2
13
3
4.3
0
10Al Grygo
A. Grygo
144
10/29/1944
vs
13
11.1
1
11Cliff Battles
C. Battles
144
10/30/1932
vs
24
6.0
0
12Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
143
9/4/1994
vs
23
6.2
3
31
1
31.0
0
13Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
140
9/30/1934
@
18
7.8
1
14Pug Manders
P. Manders
139
10/22/1939
vs
29
4.8
1
15Clyde Edwards-Helaire
C. Edwards-Helaire
138
9/10/2020
vs
25
5.5
1
0
0
2
0
16Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
137
9/3/1978
@
15
9.1
1
-8
2
-4.0
0
17Larry Mason
L. Mason
133
10/4/1987
@
32
4.2
2
-2
1
-2.0
0
18Terry Metcalf
T. Metcalf
133
9/16/1973
@
16
8.3
0
25
1
25.0
0
19Parker Hall
P. Hall
131
10/29/1939
vs
16
8.2
1
20Bob Margarita
B. Margarita
129
12/3/1944
@
9
14.3
1
21Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
129
11/5/1944
@
12
10.8
2
22Bill Shepherd
B. Shepherd
129
11/3/1935
vs
19
6.8
1
23Joe Dudek
J. Dudek
128
10/12/1987
vs
23
5.6
2
19
2
9.5
0
24Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
127
9/11/2017
vs
22
5.8
0
10
3
5
3.3
0
25Andy Farkas
A. Farkas
126
10/23/1938
vs
21
6.0
2
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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