most scrimmage yds by rb in a game on a monday

Tony Dorsett has gained the most yards from scrimmage by a running back in a game on Mondays, with 254 yards against the Baltimore Colts on September 4, 1978.

Interpreted as:
most scrimmage yds by rb in a regular-season game on a monday
NAMEYDSDATETMOPPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
254
9/4/1978
DAL DAL
vs
BAL BAL
147
15
9.8
0
107
3
35.7
1
2Joe Morris
J. Morris
240
10/27/1986
NYG NYG
vs
WAS WAS
181
31
5.8
2
59
5
11.8
0
3Bijan Robinson
B. Robinson
238
10/13/2025
ATL ATL
vs
BUF BUF
170
19
8.9
1
68
6
8
11.3
0
4Bo Jackson
B. Jackson
235
11/30/1987
RAI RAI
@
SEA SEA
221
18
12.3
2
14
1
14.0
1
5Ahman Green
A. Green
224
11/10/2003
GB GB
vs
PHI PHI
192
29
6.6
1
32
3
4
10.7
1
6Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
222
11/17/2014
PIT PIT
@
TEN TEN
204
33
6.2
1
18
2
4
9.0
0
7DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
221
10/27/2014
DAL DAL
vs
WAS WAS
141
19
7.4
0
80
4
4
20.0
0
8Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
219
9/24/1990
BUF BUF
@
NYJ NYJ
214
18
11.9
0
5
3
1.7
0
9Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
219
10/14/1985
NYJ NYJ
vs
MIA MIA
173
28
6.2
0
46
3
15.3
0
10Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
218
10/20/2025
DET DET
vs
TB TB
136
17
8.0
2
82
3
3
27.3
0
11O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
218
11/17/1975
BUF BUF
@
CIN CIN
197
17
11.6
2
21
2
10.5
0
12Ricky Williams
R. Williams
216
12/9/2002
MIA MIA
vs
CHI CHI
216
31
7.0
2
0
0
3
0
13Lorenzo White
L. White
214
11/26/1990
HOU HOU
vs
BUF BUF
125
18
6.9
1
89
5
17.8
0
14Julius Jones
J. Jones
209
12/6/2004
DAL DAL
@
SEA SEA
198
30
6.6
3
11
3
7
3.7
0
15Eddie George
E. George
209
10/16/2000
TEN TEN
vs
JAX JAX
167
29
5.8
1
42
3
6
14.0
0
16Devonta Freeman
D. Freeman
207
9/26/2016
ATL ATL
@
NO NO
152
14
10.9
0
55
5
5
11.0
1
17Najee Harris
N. Harris
206
1/3/2022
PIT PIT
vs
CLE CLE
188
28
6.7
1
18
3
3
6.0
0
18Lorenzo White
L. White
205
11/21/1994
HOU HOU
vs
NYG NYG
156
27
5.8
0
49
2
24.5
0
19Jordan Howard
J. Howard
202
10/31/2016
CHI CHI
vs
MIN MIN
153
26
5.9
1
49
4
4
12.3
0
20Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
202
9/26/1977
CLE CLE
vs
NE NE
151
26
5.8
0
51
4
12.8
1
21Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
201
11/27/2006
SEA SEA
vs
GB GB
201
40
5.0
0
0
0
1
0
22Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
199
11/20/1978
HOU HOU
vs
MIA MIA
199
28
7.1
4
0
0
0
23Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
198
12/18/2000
TB TB
vs
STL STL
145
22
6.6
3
53
5
8
10.6
0
24Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
198
12/14/1998
SF SF
vs
DET DET
198
24
8.3
1
0
0
0
25Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
198
12/6/1993
DAL DAL
vs
PHI PHI
172
23
7.5
0
26
4
6.5
0

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KC KC
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LAC LAC
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Sat
9/6
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