most rushing yards per game by a dallas cowboy in a season

DeMarco Murray has averaged the most rushing yards per game for the Cowboys in a season, with 115.3 per game in 2014.

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Assumption:All-time
Data note: Rushing Yards Per Game: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	RUSH YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	115.3	2014	DAL	16	1,845	392	4.7	13	416	57	64	7.3	26.0	0
2	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	110.8	1995	DAL	16	1,773	377	4.7	25	375	62		6.0	23.4	0
3	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	108.7	2016	DAL	15	1,631	322	5.1	15	363	32	40	11.3	24.2	1
4	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	107.1	1992	DAL	16	1,713	373	4.6	18	335	59		5.7	20.9	1
5	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	106.1	1993	DAL	14	1,486	283	5.3	9	414	57		7.3	29.6	1
6	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	102.9	1981	DAL	16	1,646	342	4.8	4	325	32		10.2	20.3	2
7	Julius Jones J. Jones	102.4	2004	DAL	8	819	197	4.2	7	109	17	26	6.4	13.6	0
8	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	98.9	1994	DAL	15	1,484	368	4.0	21	341	50		6.8	22.7	1
9	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	98.3	2017	DAL	10	983	242	4.1	7	269	26	38	10.3	26.9	2
10	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	97.7	1991	DAL	16	1,563	365	4.3	12	258	49		5.3	16.1	1
11	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	95.6	2018	DAL	15	1,434	304	4.7	6	567	77	95	7.4	37.8	3
12	Herschel Walker H. Walker	94.6	1988	DAL	16	1,514	361	4.2	5	505	53		9.5	31.6	2
13	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	93.1	1999	DAL	15	1,397	329	4.2	11	119	27	32	4.4	7.9	2
14	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	84.8	2019	DAL	16	1,357	301	4.5	12	420	54	71	7.8	26.3	2
15	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	83.3	1998	DAL	16	1,332	319	4.2	13	175	27		6.5	10.9	2
16	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	82.8	1978	DAL	16	1,325	290	4.6	7	378	37		10.2	23.6	2
17	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	82.8	1982	DAL	9	745	177	4.2	5	179	24		7.5	19.9	0
18	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	82.6	1983	DAL	16	1,321	289	4.6	8	287	40		7.2	17.9	1
19	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	81.7	1985	DAL	16	1,307	305	4.3	7	449	46		9.8	28.1	3
20	Calvin Hill C. Hill	81.6	1973	DAL	14	1,142	273	4.2	6	290	32		9.1	20.7	0
21	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	80.3	1996	DAL	15	1,204	327	3.7	12	249	47		5.3	16.6	3
22	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	80.1	2013	DAL	14	1,121	217	5.2	9	350	53	66	6.6	25.0	1
23	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	79.1	1979	DAL	14	1,107	250	4.4	6	375	45		8.3	26.8	1
24	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	79.0	1980	DAL	15	1,185	278	4.3	11	263	34		7.7	17.5	0
25	Julius Jones J. Jones	76.4	2005	DAL	13	993	257	3.9	5	218	35	45	6.2	16.8	0

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