nfl rookie player most total yard in a week 1 game

Rick Upchurch has the most all-purpose yards by a rookie in a Week-1 game, with 284 yards against the Chiefs on September 21, 1975.

NAMEYDSDATETMOPPTDRUSH YDSRUSH TDREC YDSREC TDKR YDSKR TDPR YDSPR TD
1Rick Upchurch
R. Upchurch
284
9/21/1975
DEN DEN
vs
KC KC
2
13
1
153
1
88
0
30
0
2Terry Fair
T. Fair
267
9/6/1998
DET DET
@
GB GB
1
0
0
0
0
244
1
23
0
3Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
246
9/7/2017
KC KC
@
NE NE
3
148
1
98
2
0
0
0
0
4Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
235
9/7/2003
ARI ARI
@
DET DET
2
0
0
217
2
0
0
18
0
5Louis Lipps
L. Lipps
219
9/2/1984
PIT PIT
vs
KC KC
2
0
0
183
2
0
0
36
0
6Billy Sims
B. Sims
217
9/7/1980
DET DET
@
LA LA
3
153
3
64
0
0
0
0
0
7Marcus Thigpen
M. Thigpen
213
9/9/2012
MIA MIA
@
HOU HOU
1
0
0
0
0
137
0
76
1
8Rich Erenberg
R. Erenberg
212
9/2/1984
PIT PIT
vs
KC KC
0
5
0
33
0
174
0
0
0
9Sid Blanks
S. Blanks
208
9/12/1964
HOU HOU
@
SD SD
0
53
0
131
0
24
0
0
0
10John Gilliam
J. Gilliam
207
9/17/1967
NO NO
vs
LA LA
1
-6
0
40
0
172
1
1
0
11Dave Meggett
D. Meggett
205
9/11/1989
NYG NYG
@
WAS WAS
1
17
0
62
1
85
0
41
0
12DeSean Jackson
D. Jackson
203
9/7/2008
PHI PHI
vs
STL STL
0
0
0
106
0
0
0
97
0
13Ameer Abdullah
A. Abdullah
199
9/13/2015
DET DET
@
SD SD
1
50
1
44
0
105
0
0
0
14Tim Brown
T. Brown
199
9/4/1988
RAI RAI
vs
SD SD
1
0
0
42
0
113
1
44
0
15Tony Collins
T. Collins
194
9/6/1981
NE NE
vs
BAL BAL
0
81
0
48
0
65
0
0
0
16Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
194
9/25/1955
BAL BAL
vs
CHB CHB
1
194
1
0
0
17Ahmad Bradshaw
A. Bradshaw
193
9/9/2007
NYG NYG
@
DAL DAL
0
0
0
0
0
193
0
0
0
18Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
193
9/2/1979
STL STL
vs
DAL DAL
1
193
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
19Aaron Brown
A. Brown
189
9/13/2009
DET DET
@
NO NO
0
9
0
0
0
180
0
0
0
20William Andrews
W. Andrews
189
9/2/1979
ATL ATL
@
NO NO
1
167
1
22
0
0
0
0
0
21Bobby Reed
B. Reed
188
9/16/1962
MIN MIN
@
GB GB
0
24
0
1
0
128
0
35
0
22Eddie Royal
E. Royal
185
9/8/2008
DEN DEN
@
OAK OAK
1
9
0
146
1
11
0
19
0
23Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
185
9/9/2007
MIN MIN
vs
ATL ATL
1
103
0
60
1
22
0
0
0
24Justin Miller
J. Miller
182
9/11/2005
NYJ NYJ
@
KC KC
0
0
0
0
0
182
0
0
0
25Marcus Allen
M. Allen
180
9/12/1982
RAI RAI
@
SF SF
1
116
1
64
0
0
0
0
0

More Broncos Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

21.7

20th

OPP PPG

15.8

2nd

RUSH YDS/G

130.2

7th

PASS YDS/G

212.8

21st

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
4
2
0
.667
Chargers Chargers
4
2
0
.667
Chiefs Chiefs
3
3
0
.500
Raiders Raiders
2
4
0
.333
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
10/19
NYG NYG
@
DEN DEN
4:05 PM
Sun
10/26
DAL DAL
@
DEN DEN
4:25 PM
Sun
11/2
DEN DEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Thu
11/6
LV LV
@
DEN DEN
8:15 PM
Sun
11/16
KC KC
@
DEN DEN
4:25 PM
Last Game
NYJ Jets

0 - 6 - 0

11

Final

13

DEN Broncos

4 - 2 - 0

Sun 12 Oct 2025

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NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
4
2
0
.667
Bills Bills
4
2
0
.667
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
4
1
0
.800
Bengals Bengals
2
4
0
.333
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
5
1
0
.833
Jaguars Jaguars
4
2
0
.667
AFC WestWLTPCT
Chargers Chargers
4
2
0
.667
Broncos Broncos
4
2
0
.667
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
3
0
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
1
0
.833
Falcons Falcons
3
2
0
.600
NFC WestWLTPCT
49ers 49ers
4
2
0
.667
Seahawks Seahawks
4
2
0
.667

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/16
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
LAR LAR
@
JAX JAX
9:30 AM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
NO NO
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
MIA MIA
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM