most yards rushing in a single game before 1950

Before 1950, Cliff Battles rushed for the most yards in a game, with 215 yards versus the Giants on October 8, 1933.

Interpreted as:
most yards rushing by a player in a single regular-season game before 1950
NAME RUSH YDS DATE TM OPP ATT YPC RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC TD
1 Cliff Battles
C. Battles
215
10/8/1933
BOS BOS
vs
NYG NYG
16
13.4
1
2 Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
205
11/27/1949
PHI PHI
vs
PIT PIT
27
7.6
0
3 Dutch Clark
D. Clark
194
10/28/1934
DET DET
@
CIN CIN
24
8.1
2
4 Swede Hanson
S. Hanson
190
11/6/1934
PHI PHI
vs
CIN CIN
18
10.6
2
5 Bill Paschal
B. Paschal
188
12/5/1943
NYG NYG
vs
WAS WAS
24
7.8
2
6 Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
174
11/20/1949
PHI PHI
vs
NYB NYB
35
5.0
2
7 Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
171
11/21/1948
PHI PHI
vs
WAS WAS
29
5.9
1
8 Jerry Nuzum
J. Nuzum
168
11/20/1949
PIT PIT
@
GB GB
20
8.4
1
9 Frank Akins
F. Akins
168
10/21/1945
WAS WAS
vs
PHI PHI
24
7.0
2
10 Andy Farkas
A. Farkas
166
11/1/1942
WAS WAS
vs
PHI PHI
24
6.9
1
11 Cliff Battles
C. Battles
165
12/5/1937
WAS WAS
@
NYG NYG
25
6.6
2
12 Bobby Wilson
B. Wilson
162
11/29/1936
BKN
@
PHI PHI
1
13 Tuffy Leemans
T. Leemans
159
11/20/1938
NYG NYG
vs
GB GB
13
12.2
1
14 Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
155
10/28/1934
CHB CHB
vs
GB GB
15
10.3
1
15 Ernie Caddel
E. Caddel
153
11/15/1936
DET DET
vs
NYG NYG
12
12.8
2
16 Bill Shepherd
B. Shepherd
152
10/30/1938
DET DET
@
CHB CHB
18
8.4
0
17 Frank Akins
F. Akins
150
12/9/1945
WAS WAS
vs
NYG NYG
23
6.5
1
18 George Papach
G. Papach
148
12/5/1948
PIT PIT
vs
NYG NYG
17
8.7
0
19 Tom Colella
T. Colella
147
10/22/1944
CLE CLE
@
GB GB
10
14.7
2
20 Elmer Angsman
E. Angsman
146
10/10/1948
CHC CHC
@
GB GB
18
8.1
1
21 Kenny Washington
K. Washington
145
11/2/1947
LA LA
@
CHC CHC
11
13.2
1
22 Al Grygo
A. Grygo
144
10/29/1944
CHB CHB
vs
CLE CLE
13
11.1
1
23 Cliff Battles
C. Battles
144
10/30/1932
BOS BOS
vs
CHB CHB
24
6.0
0
24 Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
143
11/7/1948
PHI PHI
@
NYG NYG
25
5.7
2
25 Bill Paschal
B. Paschal
143
11/4/1945
NYG NYG
vs
CLE CLE
21
6.8
1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

28.5

5th

OPP PPG

23.0

18th

RUSH YDS/G

154.1

3rd

PASS YDS/G

231.3

18th

2024 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
Cowboys Cowboys
7
10
0
.412
Giants Giants
3
14
0
.176
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/7
NYG NYG
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM
Thu
9/11
WAS WAS
@
GB GB
8:15 PM
Sun
9/21
LV LV
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
WAS WAS
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
WAS WAS
@
LAC LAC
4:25 PM
Last Game
PHI Eagles

3 - 0 - 0

55

Final

23

WAS Commanders

2 - 1 - 0

Sun 26 Jan 2025

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NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
10/12
WAS WAS
@
BAL BAL
23-30
Sat
10/12
LAC LAC
@
DEN DEN
23-16
Sat
10/12
PIT PIT
@
LV LV
32-13
Sat
10/12
ATL ATL
@
CAR CAR
38-20
Sat
10/12
DET DET
@
DAL DAL
47-9

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/4
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Fri
9/5
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
8:00 PM
Sun
9/7
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
LV LV
@
NE NE
1:00 PM