oldest nfl player to appear in a game as a running back

Tony Richardson is the oldest running back in a game. He was 39 years and 16 days old against the Bills on January 2, 2011.

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oldest NFL player to appear in a regular-season game as a running back

	NAME	Age	DATE	TM		OPP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Tony Richardson T. Richardson	39-016	1/2/2011	NYJ	vs	BUF	6	2	3.0	0	0	0	0		0
2	Tony Richardson T. Richardson	39-009	12/26/2010	NYJ	@	CHI	5	2	2.5	0	7	1	1	7.0	0
3	Tony Richardson T. Richardson	39-002	12/19/2010	NYJ	@	PIT	0	0		0	0	0	0		0
4	Tony Richardson T. Richardson	38-360	12/12/2010	NYJ	vs	MIA	0	0		0	0	0	0		0
5	Tony Richardson T. Richardson	38-354	12/6/2010	NYJ	@	NE	0	0		0	0	0	0		0
6	Tony Richardson T. Richardson	38-343	11/25/2010	NYJ	vs	CIN	0	0		0	0	0	0		0
7	Tony Richardson T. Richardson	38-339	11/21/2010	NYJ	vs	HOU	2	1	2.0	0	0	0	0		0
8	Tony Richardson T. Richardson	38-332	11/14/2010	NYJ	@	CLE	0	0		0	15	2	2	7.5	0
9	Tony Richardson T. Richardson	38-325	11/7/2010	NYJ	@	DET	0	0		0	0	0	0		0
10	Tony Richardson T. Richardson	38-318	10/31/2010	NYJ	vs	GB	0	0		0	0	0	0		0
11	Tony Richardson T. Richardson	38-304	10/17/2010	NYJ	@	DEN	0	0		0	0	0	0		0
12	Tony Richardson T. Richardson	38-298	10/11/2010	NYJ	vs	MIN	0	0		0	0	0	0		0
13	Tony Richardson T. Richardson	38-290	10/3/2010	NYJ	@	BUF	0	0		0	0	0	0		0
14	Tony Richardson T. Richardson	38-283	9/26/2010	NYJ	@	MIA	0	0		0	0	0	0		0
15	Tony Richardson T. Richardson	38-276	9/19/2010	NYJ	vs	NE	0	0		0	0	0	0		0
16	Tony Richardson T. Richardson	38-270	9/13/2010	NYJ	vs	BAL	0	0		0	9	2	2	4.5	0
17	Fred McAfee F. McAfee	38-194	12/31/2006	NO	vs	CAR	12	3	4.0	1	0	0	0		0
18	Fred McAfee F. McAfee	38-180	12/17/2006	NO	vs	WAS	0	0		0	0	0	0		0
19	Fred McAfee F. McAfee	38-173	12/10/2006	NO	@	DAL	0	0		0	0	0	0		0
20	Fred McAfee F. McAfee	38-159	11/26/2006	NO	@	ATL	0	0		0	0	0	0		0
21	Tony Richardson T. Richardson	38-017	1/3/2010	NYJ	vs	CIN	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0		0
22	Tony Richardson T. Richardson	38-010	12/27/2009	NYJ	@	IND	0	0		0	5	1	1	5.0	0
23	Tony Richardson T. Richardson	38-003	12/20/2009	NYJ	vs	ATL	0	0		0	0	0	0		0
24	Lorenzo Neal L. Neal	38-001	12/28/2008	BAL	vs	JAX	3	2	1.5	0	6	1	1	6.0	0
25	Tony Richardson T. Richardson	37-361	12/13/2009	NYJ	@	TB	0	0		0	0	0	0		0

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Texans - x	11	5	0	.688
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