player most rushing yards in a game before october 20 2000

Before October 20, 2000, Walter Payton rushed for the most yards in a game, with 275 yards against the Vikings on November 20, 1977.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	275	11/20/1977	CHI	vs	MIN	40	6.9	1	6	1		6.0	0
2	O.J. Simpson	273	11/25/1976	BUF	@	DET	29	9.4	2	0	0			0
3	O.J. Simpson	250	9/16/1973	BUF	@	NE	29	8.6	2	0	0			0
4	Willie Ellison W. Ellison	247	12/5/1971	LA	vs	NO	26	9.5	1	0	0			0
5	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	246	12/4/1997	CIN	vs	TEN	39	6.3	4	30	2		15.0	0
6	Cookie Gilchrist C. Gilchrist	243	12/8/1963	BUF	vs	NYJ	36	6.8	5	0	0			0
7	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	237	11/13/1994	DET	vs	TB	26	9.1	0	16	1		16.0	0
8	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	237	10/31/1993	DAL	@	PHI	30	7.9	1	0	0			0
9	Jim Brown J. Brown	237	11/19/1961	CLE	vs	PHI	34	7.0	4	52	3		17.3	0
10	Jim Brown J. Brown	237	11/24/1957	CLE	vs	LA	31	7.6	4	21	3		7.0	0
11	Jim Brown J. Brown	232	9/22/1963	CLE	@	DAL	20	11.6	2	0	0			0
12	Bobby Mitchell B. Mitchell	232	11/15/1959	CLE	@	WAS	14	16.6	3	-6	2		-3.0	0
13	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	227	11/22/1998	BAL	@	CIN	36	6.3	1	0	0			0
14	Napoleon Kaufman N. Kaufman	227	10/19/1997	OAK	vs	DEN	28	8.1	1	0	0			0
15	O.J. Simpson	227	9/28/1975	BUF	@	PIT	28	8.1	1	0	0			0
16	Jim Brown J. Brown	223	11/3/1963	CLE	@	PHI	28	8.0	1	0	0			0
17	Tommy Wilson T. Wilson	223	12/16/1956	LA	vs	GB	23	9.7	0	5	1		5.0	0
18	Greg Bell G. Bell	221	9/24/1989	RAM	vs	GB	28	7.9	2	4	1		4.0	0
19	Gerald Riggs G. Riggs	221	9/17/1989	WAS	vs	PHI	29	7.6	1	0	0			0
20	Bo Jackson B. Jackson	221	11/30/1987	RAI	@	SEA	18	12.3	2	14	1		14.0	1
21	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	220	11/24/1991	DET	@	MIN	23	9.6	4	31	4		7.8	0
22	Edgerrin James E. James	219	10/15/2000	IND	@	SEA	38	5.8	3	9	1	1	9.0	0
23	James Wilder J. Wilder	219	11/6/1983	TB	@	MIN	31	7.1	1	20	5		4.0	0
24	O.J. Simpson	219	12/9/1973	BUF	vs	NE	22	10.0	1	0	0			0
25	John Fuqua J. Fuqua	218	12/20/1970	PIT	@	PHI	20	10.9	2	38	3		12.7	0

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