most rushing yards on week 1 in a game

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

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player on week 1 in a game
NAME RUSH YDS DATE TM OPP ATT YPC RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC TD
1 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
250
9/16/1973
BUF BUF
@
NE NE
29
8.6
2
0
0
0
2 Arian Foster
A. Foster
231
9/12/2010
HOU HOU
vs
IND IND
33
7.0
3
7
1
1
7.0
0
3 Michael Turner
M. Turner
220
9/7/2008
ATL ATL
vs
DET DET
22
10.0
2
6
1
1
6.0
0
4 Eddie George
E. George
216
8/31/1997
TEN TEN
vs
OAK OAK
35
6.2
1
0
0
0
5 George Rogers
G. Rogers
206
9/4/1983
NO NO
vs
STL STL
24
8.6
2
0
0
0
6 Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
202
9/2/1984
ATL ATL
@
NO NO
35
5.8
2
0
0
0
7 Duce Staley
D. Staley
201
9/3/2000
PHI PHI
@
DAL DAL
26
7.7
1
61
4
7
15.3
0
8 Norm Bulaich
N. Bulaich
198
9/19/1971
BAL BAL
vs
NYJ NYJ
22
9.0
1
0
0
0
9 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
196
9/12/2004
NYJ NYJ
vs
CIN CIN
29
6.8
1
7
3
3
2.3
1
10 Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
194
9/25/1955
BAL BAL
vs
CHB CHB
21
9.2
1
11 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
193
9/7/1986
RAM RAM
@
STL STL
38
5.1
2
0
0
0
12 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
193
9/2/1979
STL STL
vs
DAL DAL
21
9.2
1
0
0
0
13 Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
187
9/6/1998
SF SF
vs
NYJ NYJ
20
9.4
2
38
2
19.0
0
14 LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
184
9/9/2013
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
31
5.9
1
5
1
1
5.0
0
15 Willie Galimore
W. Galimore
181
9/16/1962
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
22
8.2
2
7
1
7.0
0
16 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
180
9/13/2009
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
25
7.2
3
18
1
1
18.0
0
17 Chris Brown
C. Brown
175
9/9/2007
TEN TEN
@
JAX JAX
19
9.2
0
3
1
1
3.0
0
18 Marlon Mack
M. Mack
174
9/8/2019
IND IND
@
LAC LAC
25
7.0
1
0
0
0
0
19 James Jones
J. Jones
174
9/7/1986
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
36
4.8
1
0
0
0
20 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
173
9/21/1975
BUF BUF
vs
NYJ NYJ
32
5.4
2
5
1
5.0
0
21 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
171
9/4/1994
DAL DAL
@
PIT PIT
31
5.5
1
3
3
1.0
0
22 Jim Brown
J. Brown
171
9/28/1958
CLE CLE
@
LA LA
24
7.1
2
23 C.J. Spiller
C.J. Spiller
169
9/9/2012
BUF BUF
@
NYJ NYJ
14
12.1
1
25
2
3
12.5
0
24 Robert Smith
R. Smith
169
8/31/1997
MIN MIN
@
BUF BUF
16
10.6
1
5
1
5.0
0
25 Carlos Hyde
C. Hyde
168
9/14/2015
SF SF
vs
MIN MIN
26
6.5
2
14
2
2
7.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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PPG

30.5

2nd

OPP PPG

20.6

8th

RUSH YDS/G

125.7

11th

PASS YDS/G

234.0

17th

2024 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Bills Bills
10
3
0
.769
Dolphins Dolphins
6
7
0
.462
Patriots Patriots
3
10
0
.231
Jets Jets
3
10
0
.231
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
1/5
BUF BUF
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Sun
12/29
NYJ NYJ
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
12/22
NE NE
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
12/15
BUF BUF
@
DET DET
4:25 PM
Last Game
LAR Rams

7 - 6 - 0

44

Final

42

BUF Bills

10 - 3 - 0

Sun 8 Dec 2024

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NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
11
2
0
.846
Commanders Commanders
8
5
0
.615
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
12
1
0
.923
Vikings Vikings
11
2
0
.846
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
0
.538
Falcons Falcons
6
7
0
.462
NFC West W L T PCT
Seahawks Seahawks
8
5
0
.615
Rams Rams
7
6
0
.538
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
10
3
0
.769
Dolphins Dolphins
6
7
0
.462
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
10
3
0
.769
Ravens Ravens
8
5
0
.615
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
Colts Colts
6
7
0
.462
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
12
1
0
.923
Chargers Chargers
8
5
0
.615

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
12/8
CIN CIN
@
DAL DAL
27-20
Sat
12/7
LAC LAC
@
KC KC
17-19
Sat
12/7
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
13-38
Sat
12/7
BUF BUF
@
LAR LAR
42-44
Sat
12/7
SEA SEA
@
ARI ARI
30-18

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
12/22
SF SF
@
MIA MIA
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
JAX JAX
@
LV LV
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
MIN MIN
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
12/22
LAR LAR
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
12/22
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM