nfl player most rushing yards in a game before 1951

Before 1951, Gene Roberts rushed for the most yards in a game, with 218 yards against the Chicago Cardinals on November 12, 1950.

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NFL player most rushing yards in a regular-season game before 1951
NAMERUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Gene Roberts
G. Roberts
218
11/12/1950
vs
26
8.4
2
2Cliff Battles
C. Battles
215
10/8/1933
vs
16
13.4
1
3Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
205
11/27/1949
vs
27
7.6
0
4Bob Hoernschemeyer
B. Hoernschemeyer
198
11/23/1950
vs
17
11.6
1
5Dutch Clark
D. Clark
194
10/28/1934
@
24
8.1
2
6Swede Hanson
S. Hanson
190
11/6/1934
vs
18
10.6
2
7Marion Motley
M. Motley
188
10/29/1950
vs
11
17.1
1
33
1
33.0
1
8Bill Paschal
B. Paschal
188
12/5/1943
vs
24
7.8
2
9Marion Motley
M. Motley
178
11/19/1950
vs
27
6.6
0
10Jim Spavital
J. Spavital
176
11/5/1950
vs
15
11.7
2
77
2
38.5
1
11Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
174
11/20/1949
vs
35
5.0
2
12Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
171
11/21/1948
vs
29
5.9
1
13Jerry Nuzum
J. Nuzum
168
11/20/1949
@
20
8.4
1
14Frank Akins
F. Akins
168
10/21/1945
vs
24
7.0
2
15Billy Grimes
B. Grimes
167
10/8/1950
vs
10
16.7
1
20
1
20.0
0
16Andy Farkas
A. Farkas
166
11/1/1942
vs
24
6.9
1
17Cliff Battles
C. Battles
165
12/5/1937
@
25
6.6
2
18Bobby Wilson
B. Wilson
162
11/29/1936
@
1
19Tuffy Leemans
T. Leemans
159
11/20/1938
vs
13
12.2
1
20Eddie Price
E. Price
156
12/3/1950
vs
18
8.7
1
21Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
155
10/28/1934
vs
15
10.3
1
22Ernie Caddel
E. Caddel
153
11/15/1936
vs
12
12.8
2
23Bill Shepherd
B. Shepherd
152
10/30/1938
@
18
8.4
0
24Frank Akins
F. Akins
150
12/9/1945
vs
23
6.5
1
25George Papach
G. Papach
148
12/5/1948
vs
17
8.7
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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