oldest running back to run for 100 yards in a game

MacArthur Lane is the oldest running back in a game with 100+ rushing yards. He was 36 years and 199 days old against the Bills on October 1, 1978.

Interpreted as:
oldest running back to run for 100 or more rushing yards in a regular-season game
NAMEAgeATTRUSH YDSDATETMOPPYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1MacArthur Lane
M. Lane
36-199
17
144
10/1/1978
@
8.5
0
11
3
3.7
0
2Frank Gore
F. Gore
36-138
17
109
9/29/2019
vs
6.4
0
0
0
1
0
3John Riggins
J. Riggins
36-084
30
112
10/27/1985
@
3.7
1
6
2
3.0
0
4John Riggins
J. Riggins
36-070
21
114
10/13/1985
vs
5.4
3
8
1
8.0
0
5John Riggins
J. Riggins
36-064
17
103
10/7/1985
vs
6.1
0
0
0
0
6Marcus Allen
M. Allen
35-252
21
124
12/3/1995
@
5.9
1
33
3
11.0
0
7Marcus Allen
M. Allen
35-210
21
121
10/22/1995
@
5.8
1
-1
1
-1.0
0
8Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
35-162
26
106
10/24/2004
vs
4.1
1
30
4
4
7.5
0
9Frank Gore
F. Gore
35-153
15
101
10/14/2018
vs
6.7
0
18
1
1
18.0
0
10Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
35-141
21
127
10/3/2004
vs
6.0
1
18
1
2
18.0
0
11Bill Brown
B. Brown
35-135
19
101
11/11/1973
vs
5.3
1
6
1
6.0
0
12John Riggins
J. Riggins
35-127
24
111
12/9/1984
@
4.6
1
0
0
0
13John Riggins
J. Riggins
35-093
32
100
11/5/1984
vs
3.1
2
11
1
11.0
0
14John Riggins
J. Riggins
35-071
32
165
10/14/1984
vs
5.2
0
0
0
0
15John Riggins
J. Riggins
35-057
28
104
9/30/1984
vs
3.7
1
12
2
6.0
0
16John Riggins
J. Riggins
35-050
33
140
9/23/1984
@
4.2
1
0
0
0
17John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
34-364
23
106
11/22/1964
@
4.6
2
8
2
4.0
0
18John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
34-343
16
100
11/1/1964
vs
6.3
1
17
1
17.0
0
19John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
34-321
30
200
10/10/1964
@
6.7
3
4
1
4.0
0
20Joe Perry
J. Perry
34-294
19
100
11/12/1961
@
5.3
0
0
1
0.0
0
21Joe Perry
J. Perry
34-287
21
105
11/5/1961
vs
5.0
2
9
1
9.0
0
22Marcus Allen
M. Allen
34-273
33
132
12/24/1994
@
4.0
0
0
0
0
23Joe Perry
J. Perry
34-238
18
106
9/17/1961
vs
5.9
0
30
3
10.0
0
24Frank Gore
F. Gore
34-231
24
100
12/31/2017
vs
4.2
0
11
3
3
3.7
0
25Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
34-227
18
108
11/3/2019
@
6.0
0
22
1
1
22.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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12
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7
1
.464
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10
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.286
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12
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NFC NorthWLTPCT
10
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.714
9
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6
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.571
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8
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.429
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7
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9
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10
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