Gerald Riggs has the most rushing yards by a Washington Redskins running back in a game, with 221 yards against the Eagles on September 17, 1989.
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redskins running back most rushing yards in a regular-season game| NAME | RUSH YDS | DATE | TM | OPP | ATT | YPC | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | G. Riggs | 221 | 9/17/1989 |  WAS | vs |  PHI | 29 | 7.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | | C. Battles | 215 | 10/8/1933 |  BOS | vs |  NYG | 16 | 13.4 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | | G. Rogers | 206 | 12/21/1985 | WAS | @ |  STL | 34 | 6.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | A. Morris | 200 | 12/30/2012 | WAS | vs |  DAL | 33 | 6.1 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6.0 | 0 |
| 5 | | C. Portis | 196 | 11/4/2007 | WAS | @ |  NYJ | 36 | 5.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 6 | | M. Thomas | 195 | 11/21/1976 | WAS | @ | STL | 31 | 6.3 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| 7 | | L. Brown | 191 | 10/29/1972 | WAS | @ | NYG | 29 | 6.6 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 21.0 | 1 | |
| 8 | | J. Olszewski | 190 | 11/15/1959 | WAS | vs |  CLE | 18 | 10.6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 9 | | S. Davis | 189 | 12/12/1999 | WAS | vs |  ARI | 37 | 5.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | | S. Davis | 183 | 11/21/1999 | WAS | vs | NYG | 33 | 5.5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1.7 | 0 |
| 11 | | C. Portis | 175 | 10/19/2008 | WAS | vs | CLE | 27 | 6.5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 |
| 12 | | R. Torain | 172 | 12/12/2010 | WAS | vs |  TB | 24 | 7.2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5.0 | 0 |
| 13 | | L. Betts | 171 | 12/10/2006 | WAS | vs | PHI | 33 | 5.2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 7.0 | 0 |
| 14 | | C. Portis | 171 | 10/17/2004 | WAS | @ |  CHI | 36 | 4.8 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 11.0 | 0 |
| 15 | | D. Bosseler | 168 | 11/1/1959 | WAS | @ | PHI | 23 | 7.3 | 2 | |||||
| 16 | | F. Akins | 168 | 10/21/1945 | WAS | vs | PHI | 24 | 7.0 | 2 | |||||
| 17 | | A. Farkas | 166 | 11/1/1942 | WAS | vs | PHI | 24 | 6.9 | 1 | |||||
| 18 | | J. Riggins | 165 | 10/14/1984 | WAS | vs | DAL | 32 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | J. Olszewski | 165 | 10/19/1958 | WAS | vs |  GB | 21 | 7.9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| 20 | | C. Battles | 165 | 12/5/1937 | WAS | @ | NYG | 25 | 6.6 | 2 | |||||
| 21 | | K. Griffin | 164 | 11/3/1985 | WAS | @ |  ATL | 16 | 10.3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| 22 | | E. Byner | 157 | 12/2/1990 | WAS | vs |  MIA | 32 | 4.9 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| 23 | | L. Betts | 155 | 12/3/2006 | WAS | vs | ATL | 28 | 5.5 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 6.0 | 0 |
| 24 | | R. Brooks | 154 | 9/19/1993 | WAS | @ | PHI | 22 | 7.0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| 25 | | E. Byner | 154 | 12/22/1990 | WAS | @ |  IND | 31 | 5.0 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 18.5 | 0 | |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.
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