nfl player most total yards in a game 1980s

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Lionel James had the most all-purpose yards in a game, with 345 yards versus the Los Angeles Raiders on November 10, 1985.

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NFL player most total yards in a regular-season game 1980s

	NAME	YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC TD	KR YDS	KR TD	PR YDS	PR TD
1	Lionel James L. James	345	11/10/1985	SD	vs	RAI	2	51	1	168	1	126	0	0	0
2	Flipper Anderson F. Anderson	336	11/26/1989	RAM	@	NO	1	0	0	336	1	0	0	0	0
3	John Taylor J. Taylor	321	12/11/1989	SF	@	RAM	2	0	0	286	2	0	0	35	0
4	Lionel James L. James	316	9/22/1985	SD	@	CIN	2	127	1	118	1	47	0	24	0
5	Stephone Paige S. Paige	309	12/22/1985	KC	vs	SD	2	0	0	309	2	0	0	0	0
6	Tim Brown T. Brown	306	11/28/1988	RAI	@	SEA	1	3	0	114	1	178	0	11	0
7	Herschel Walker H. Walker	292	12/14/1986	DAL	vs	PHI	2	122	1	170	1	0	0	0	0
8	Shane Swanson S. Swanson	290	10/18/1987	DEN	@	KC	1	0	0	87	1	91	0	112	0
9	Lionel James L. James	290	9/15/1985	SD	vs	SEA	1	41	0	96	1	134	0	19	0
10	Walter Stanley W. Stanley	287	11/27/1986	GB	@	DET	3	0	0	124	2	50	0	113	1
11	James Brooks J. Brooks	282	11/22/1981	SD	@	OAK	1	97	0	38	1	68	0	79	0
12	Ken Jenkins K. Jenkins	281	11/4/1984	DET	vs	PHI	0	76	0	128	0	77	0	0	0
13	Stump Mitchell S. Mitchell	279	10/18/1981	STL	@	ATL	0	50	0	0	0	178	0	51	0
14	Darrin Nelson D. Nelson	278	11/13/1983	MIN	vs	GB	0	119	0	137	0	22	0	0	0
15	Ron Brown R. Brown	271	11/24/1985	RAM	vs	GB	3	0	0	87	1	184	2	0	0
16	Buster Rhymes B. Rhymes	271	9/19/1985	MIN	vs	CHI	0	0	0	89	0	182	0	0	0
17	James Brooks J. Brooks	264	12/7/1986	CIN	@	NE	1	163	1	101	0	0	0	0	0
18	Bruce Harper B. Harper	262	11/2/1980	NYJ	@	NE	1	16	0	96	1	143	0	7	0
19	Steve Largent S. Largent	261	10/18/1987	SEA	@	DET	3	0	0	261	3	0	0	0	0
20	Wes Chandler W. Chandler	260	12/20/1982	SD	vs	CIN	2	0	0	260	2	0	0	0	0
21	Anthony Allen A. Allen	255	10/4/1987	WAS	vs	STL	3	0	0	255	3	0	0	0	0
22	Jerry Rice J. Rice	255	12/9/1985	SF	vs	RAM	1	14	0	241	1	0	0	0	0
23	Stump Mitchell S. Mitchell	255	11/17/1985	STL	vs	PHI	2	179	2	76	0	0	0	0	0
24	Wayne Wilson W. Wilson	254	10/9/1983	NO	@	ATL	1	103	0	53	1	98	0	0	0
25	Troy Stradford T. Stradford	252	11/22/1987	MIA	@	DAL	1	169	1	83	0	0	0	0	0

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