most yard ran by emmitt smith rush in a game

Emmitt Smith had his most rushing yards in a game against the Eagles on October 31, 1993, with 237 yards.

All-time
Regular season

	NAME	RUSH YDS	ATT	DATE	TM		OPP	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	237	30	10/31/1993	DAL	@	PHI	7.9	1	0	0			0
2	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	182	23	9/22/1991	DAL	@	PHX	7.9	2	19	3		6.3	0
3	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	174	24	12/21/1992	DAL	@	ATL	7.3	2	5	2		2.5	0
4	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	172	23	12/6/1993	DAL	vs	PHI	7.5	0	26	4		6.5	0
5	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	171	31	9/4/1994	DAL	@	PIT	5.5	1	3	3		1.0	0
6	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	168	32	1/2/1994	DAL	@	NYG	5.3	0	61	10		6.1	1
7	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	167	26	10/29/1995	DAL	@	ATL	6.4	1	30	5		6.0	0
8	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	163	29	11/8/1998	DAL	vs	NYG	5.6	0	19	5		3.8	0
9	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	163	21	9/4/1995	DAL	@	NYG	7.8	4	0	1		0.0	0
10	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	163	35	11/7/1994	DAL	vs	NYG	4.7	2	13	3		4.3	0
11	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	163	30	11/1/1992	DAL	vs	PHI	5.4	0	9	1		9.0	0
12	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	160	32	12/22/1991	DAL	vs	ATL	5.0	2	13	1		13.0	0
13	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	158	27	11/6/1995	DAL	vs	PHI	5.9	2	22	3		7.3	0
14	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	155	29	11/28/1996	DAL	vs	WAS	5.3	3	9	2		4.5	0
15	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	153	21	12/26/1993	DAL	vs	WAS	7.3	1	18	3		6.0	0
16	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	152	29	10/25/1992	DAL	@	RAI	5.2	3	15	3		5.0	0
17	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	150	23	12/10/2000	DAL	vs	WAS	6.5	1	0	0	0		0
18	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	150	20	9/17/1995	DAL	@	MIN	7.5	2	12	6		2.0	0
19	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	144	23	11/28/2002	DAL	vs	WAS	6.3	0	-4	1	2	-4.0	0
20	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	143	29	9/19/1994	DAL	vs	DET	4.9	1	49	7		7.0	0
21	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	140	13	11/8/1999	DAL	@	MIN	10.8	2	9	1	2	9.0	0
22	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	140	27	9/7/1992	DAL	vs	WAS	5.2	1	13	3		4.3	0
23	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	134	26	11/5/2000	DAL	@	PHI	5.2	1	15	1	1	15.0	0
24	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	133	32	11/24/1994	DAL	vs	GB	4.2	2	95	6		15.8	0
25	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	132	24	10/1/2000	DAL	@	CAR	5.5	1	17	3	3	5.7	0

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