most yards per carry in a qbs first 8 games

George Wilson had the most rushing yards per attempt by a quarterback in a game in his first 8 games, with 37.0 per attempt against the Oakland Raiders on September 2, 1966.

NAMEYPCDATETMOPPRUSH YDSATTRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1George Wilson
G. Wilson
37.0
9/2/1966
vs
37
1
0
0
0
0
2Terry Hanratty
T. Hanratty
31.0
10/18/1969
@
31
1
0
0
0
0
3Andre Ware
A. Ware
30.0
12/30/1990
@
30
1
0
0
0
0
4Greg Cook
G. Cook
30.0
11/9/1969
@
30
1
0
0
0
0
5Gary Cuozzo
G. Cuozzo
26.0
12/8/1963
vs
26
1
0
0
0
0
6Michael Vick
M. Vick
25.0
11/4/2001
vs
50
2
0
0
0
0
0
7Tim Couch
T. Couch
25.0
10/24/1999
@
50
2
0
0
0
0
0
8Travis Tidwell
T. Tidwell
25.0
11/19/1950
@
75
3
1
9Don Majkowski
D. Majkowski
24.0
9/4/1988
vs
24
1
0
0
0
0
10Pete Beathard
P. Beathard
24.0
11/8/1964
vs
48
2
0
0
0
0
11George Mira
G. Mira
23.3
10/18/1964
@
93
4
0
0
0
0
12Tom Hodson
T. Hodson
23.0
12/23/1990
@
23
1
0
0
0
0
13Steve Bono
S. Bono
23.0
10/11/1987
@
23
1
0
2
1
2.0
0
14Billy Wade
B. Wade
23.0
10/17/1954
@
23
1
0
15Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
22.0
10/14/2018
@
22
1
0
0
0
0
0
16Derek Anderson
D. Anderson
22.0
12/3/2006
vs
44
2
0
0
0
0
0
17Anthony Dilweg
A. Dilweg
22.0
9/16/1990
vs
22
1
0
0
0
0
18Bruce Mathison
B. Mathison
22.0
9/15/1985
@
22
1
0
0
0
0
19Tom Yewcic
T. Yewcic
21.3
9/29/1963
@
64
3
0
0
0
0
20Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
21.0
10/6/1956
vs
21
1
0
21Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
21.0
9/24/1950
vs
21
1
0
22Josh McCown
J. McCown
20.0
12/29/2002
@
20
1
0
0
0
0
0
23Larry Rakestraw
L. Rakestraw
20.0
9/24/1967
@
20
1
0
0
0
0
24Tom Flores
T. Flores
19.5
10/2/1960
@
78
4
0
0
0
0
25Ryan Finley
R. Finley
19.0
11/22/2020
@
19
1
0
0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1960 season.

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