most scrimmage yards in a game by walter payton

Walter Payton gained his most scrimmage yards in a game against the Vikings on November 20, 1977, with 281 yards.

Interpreted as:
most scrimmage yards in a regular-season game by Walter Payton
NAMEYDSDATETMOPPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
281
11/20/1977
vs
275
40
6.9
1
6
1
6.0
0
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
244
11/24/1977
@
137
20
6.9
1
107
4
26.8
1
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
221
11/13/1977
vs
192
33
5.8
3
29
1
29.0
0
4Walter Payton
W. Payton
213
12/5/1976
@
183
27
6.8
0
30
2
15.0
0
5Walter Payton
W. Payton
210
10/30/1977
@
205
23
8.9
2
5
1
5.0
0
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
209
9/14/1980
vs
183
18
10.2
1
26
3
8.7
0
7Walter Payton
W. Payton
208
11/9/1986
@
139
20
7.0
0
69
3
23.0
0
8Walter Payton
W. Payton
208
10/29/1978
vs
89
18
4.9
0
119
7
17.0
0
9Walter Payton
W. Payton
206
11/3/1985
@
192
28
6.9
1
14
3
4.7
0
10Walter Payton
W. Payton
206
12/26/1982
@
104
20
5.2
1
102
5
20.4
0
11Walter Payton
W. Payton
200
12/16/1979
vs
157
33
4.8
3
43
3
14.3
0
12Walter Payton
W. Payton
199
9/4/1983
vs
103
20
5.2
0
96
8
12.0
0
13Walter Payton
W. Payton
196
9/9/1979
vs
182
23
7.9
2
14
3
4.7
0
14Walter Payton
W. Payton
196
12/21/1975
@
134
25
5.4
1
62
5
12.4
0
15Walter Payton
W. Payton
194
10/16/1978
@
157
22
7.1
0
37
6
6.2
0
16Walter Payton
W. Payton
193
10/2/1977
vs
140
19
7.4
2
53
4
13.3
1
17Walter Payton
W. Payton
189
12/11/1983
@
94
17
5.5
0
95
5
19.0
1
18Walter Payton
W. Payton
188
9/18/1983
@
161
28
5.8
1
27
2
13.5
0
19Walter Payton
W. Payton
186
9/9/1984
vs
179
20
9.0
1
7
2
3.5
0
20Walter Payton
W. Payton
183
11/26/1981
@
179
38
4.7
0
4
2
2.0
0
21Walter Payton
W. Payton
183
10/10/1976
@
141
19
7.4
2
42
4
10.5
0
22Walter Payton
W. Payton
177
11/9/1980
vs
107
17
6.3
1
70
2
35.0
1
23Walter Payton
W. Payton
176
12/7/1986
vs
78
20
3.9
1
98
3
32.7
1
24Walter Payton
W. Payton
176
11/10/1985
vs
107
26
4.1
0
69
4
17.3
0
25Walter Payton
W. Payton
175
9/14/1986
vs
177
34
5.2
1
-2
1
-2.0
0

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8
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9
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