most rushing yards in one game by a player in redskins history

Gerald Riggs has rushed for the most yards for the Washington Redskins in a game, with 221 yards against the Eagles on September 17, 1989.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Gerald Riggs G. Riggs	221	9/17/1989	WAS	vs	PHI	29	7.6	1	0	0			0
2	Cliff Battles C. Battles	215	10/8/1933	BOS	vs	NYG	16	13.4	1
3	George Rogers G. Rogers	206	12/21/1985	WAS	@	STL	34	6.1	1	0	0			0
4	Alfred Morris A. Morris	200	12/30/2012	WAS	vs	DAL	33	6.1	3	12	2	2	6.0	0
5	Clinton Portis C. Portis	196	11/4/2007	WAS	@	NYJ	36	5.4	1	0	0	1		0
6	Mike Thomas M. Thomas	195	11/21/1976	WAS	@	STL	31	6.3	1	21	2		10.5	0
7	Larry Brown L. Brown	191	10/29/1972	WAS	@	NYG	29	6.6	1	42	2		21.0	1
8	Johnny Olszewski J. Olszewski	190	11/15/1959	WAS	vs	CLE	18	10.6	1	0	1		0.0	0
9	Stephen Davis S. Davis	189	12/12/1999	WAS	vs	ARI	37	5.1	1	0	0	0		0
10	Stephen Davis S. Davis	183	11/21/1999	WAS	vs	NYG	33	5.5	1	5	3	3	1.7	0
11	Clinton Portis C. Portis	175	10/19/2008	WAS	vs	CLE	27	6.5	1	8	1	1	8.0	0
12	Ryan Torain R. Torain	172	12/12/2010	WAS	vs	TB	24	7.2	0	10	2	2	5.0	0
13	Ladell Betts L. Betts	171	12/10/2006	WAS	vs	PHI	33	5.2	0	14	2	3	7.0	0
14	Clinton Portis C. Portis	171	10/17/2004	WAS	@	CHI	36	4.8	0	11	1	1	11.0	0
15	Don Bosseler D. Bosseler	168	11/1/1959	WAS	@	PHI	23	7.3	2
16	Frank Akins F. Akins	168	10/21/1945	WAS	vs	PHI	24	7.0	2
17	Andy Farkas A. Farkas	166	11/1/1942	WAS	vs	PHI	24	6.9	1
18	John Riggins J. Riggins	165	10/14/1984	WAS	vs	DAL	32	5.2	0	0	0			0
19	Johnny Olszewski J. Olszewski	165	10/19/1958	WAS	vs	GB	21	7.9	1	7	1		7.0	0
20	Cliff Battles C. Battles	165	12/5/1937	WAS	@	NYG	25	6.6	2
21	Keith Griffin K. Griffin	164	11/3/1985	WAS	@	ATL	16	10.3	2	8	1		8.0	0
22	Earnest Byner E. Byner	157	12/2/1990	WAS	vs	MIA	32	4.9	3	9	1		9.0	0
23	Ladell Betts L. Betts	155	12/3/2006	WAS	vs	ATL	28	5.5	1	18	3	4	6.0	0
24	Reggie Brooks R. Brooks	154	9/19/1993	WAS	@	PHI	22	7.0	1	9	1		9.0	0
25	Earnest Byner E. Byner	154	12/22/1990	WAS	@	IND	31	5.0	0	37	2		18.5	0

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