oldest rb to have 40 yards rushing game

Marcus Allen is the oldest running back in a game with 40+ rushing yards. He was 37 years and 270 days old versus the Saints on December 21, 1997.

Interpreted as:
oldest rb to have 40 or more yards rushing regular-season game
NAMEAgeRUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Marcus Allen
M. Allen
37-270
50
12/21/1997
vs
9
5.6
1
5
1
5.0
0
2Marcus Allen
M. Allen
37-263
44
12/14/1997
@
8
5.5
1
0
0
0
3Marcus Allen
M. Allen
37-249
48
11/30/1997
vs
13
3.7
1
0
0
0
4Marcus Allen
M. Allen
37-235
43
11/16/1997
vs
16
2.7
2
19
2
9.5
0
5Frank Gore
F. Gore
37-227
48
12/27/2020
vs
14
3.4
0
5
1
1
5.0
0
6Marcus Allen
M. Allen
37-222
49
11/3/1997
vs
10
4.9
0
0
0
0
7Frank Gore
F. Gore
37-220
59
12/20/2020
@
23
2.6
1
6
1
1
6.0
0
8Frank Gore
F. Gore
37-199
74
11/29/2020
vs
18
4.1
0
12
3
3
4.0
0
9Frank Gore
F. Gore
37-192
61
11/22/2020
@
15
4.1
1
10
2
2
5.0
0
10Marcus Allen
M. Allen
37-186
78
9/28/1997
vs
19
4.1
2
18
2
9.0
0
11Frank Gore
F. Gore
37-179
46
11/9/2020
vs
12
3.8
0
13
2
2
6.5
0
12Frank Gore
F. Gore
37-164
60
10/25/2020
vs
11
5.5
0
0
0
0
0
13Frank Gore
F. Gore
37-157
46
10/18/2020
@
11
4.2
0
24
4
4
6.0
0
14Frank Gore
F. Gore
37-136
57
9/27/2020
@
15
3.8
0
5
1
1
5.0
0
15Frank Gore
F. Gore
37-129
63
9/20/2020
vs
21
3.0
0
0
0
2
0
16John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
36-326
63
10/16/1966
vs
13
4.8
1
7
1
7.0
0
17Joe Perry
J. Perry
36-326
47
12/14/1963
vs
10
4.7
0
0
0
0
18Marcus Allen
M. Allen
36-271
87
12/22/1996
@
20
4.4
0
6
1
6.0
0
19Marcus Allen
M. Allen
36-264
51
12/15/1996
vs
12
4.3
0
7
1
7.0
0
20Marcus Allen
M. Allen
36-258
64
12/9/1996
@
14
4.6
0
4
1
4.0
0
21Marcus Allen
M. Allen
36-247
73
11/28/1996
@
15
4.9
2
0
0
0
22Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
36-245
40
11/21/2021
vs
9
4.4
0
4
2
2
2.0
0
23Marcus Allen
M. Allen
36-236
64
11/17/1996
vs
16
4.0
0
0
0
0
24Marcus Allen
M. Allen
36-229
48
11/10/1996
vs
10
4.8
0
0
0
0
25Marcus Allen
M. Allen
36-222
89
11/3/1996
@
18
4.9
1
2
1
2.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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