running backs with most 40 yard runs in nfl history

Gene Alford ran for 136 yards in his career.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Gene Alford
G. Alford
136
24
40
3.4
5.7
0
98
5
19.6
4.1
1
2Marger Apsit
M. Apsit
41
14
11
3.7
2.9
0
24
1
24.0
1.7
0
3Cliff Battles
C. Battles
3,511
60
839
4.2
58.5
23
546
38
14.4
9.1
4
4Johnny (Blood) McNally
J. (Blood) McNally
386
63
120
3.2
6.1
0
1,117
67
16.7
17.7
15
5Hank Bruder
H. Bruder
778
93
265
2.9
8.4
6
536
36
14.9
5.8
4
6Dale Burnett
D. Burnett
167
87
79
2.1
1.9
0
1,310
92
14.2
15.1
15
7Chris Cagle
C. Cagle
391
30
144
2.7
13.0
1
194
13
14.9
6.5
2
8Bob Campiglio
B. Campiglio
534
17
114
4.7
31.4
2
59
3
19.7
3.5
1
9John Cavosie
J. Cavosie
184
11
62
3.0
16.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
10Stu Clancy
S. Clancy
409
37
128
3.2
11.1
3
72
6
12.0
1.9
1
11Algy Clark
A. Clark
13
29
7
1.9
0.4
0
125
8
15.6
4.3
0
12Dutch Clark
D. Clark
2,772
64
606
4.6
43.3
27
341
28
12.2
5.3
6
13George Corbett
G. Corbett
351
25
107
3.3
14.0
0
166
8
20.8
6.6
1
14John Doehring
J. Doehring
220
28
87
2.5
7.9
1
42
3
14.0
1.5
0
15Wuert Engelmann
W. Engelmann
263
21
58
4.5
12.5
0
87
5
17.4
4.1
0
16Tiny Feather
T. Feather
47
14
28
1.7
3.4
0
41
5
8.2
2.9
0
17Bernie Finn
B. Finn
9
3
3
3.0
3.0
0
37
3
12.3
12.3
0
18Dick Frahm
D. Frahm
8
11
1
8.0
0.7
0
10
2
5.0
0.9
0
19Paul Franklin
P. Franklin
14
8
26
0.5
1.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Benny Friedman
B. Friedman
458
19
152
3.0
24.1
0
67
5
13.4
3.5
0
21Red Grange
R. Grange
569
37
170
3.3
15.4
5
288
16
18.0
7.8
6
22Jack Grossman
J. Grossman
646
34
231
2.8
19.0
4
356
23
15.5
10.5
4
23Roger Grove
R. Grove
308
37
82
3.8
8.3
1
489
32
15.3
13.2
6
24Ace Gutowsky
A. Gutowsky
3,279
86
922
3.6
38.1
20
64
3
21.3
0.7
0
25Jack Hagerty
J. Hagerty
22
4
10
2.2
5.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
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PPG

30.7

3rd

OPP PPG

21.6

11th

RUSH YDS/G

133.7

7th

PASS YDS/G

233.4

13th

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TEAMWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
1
1
.786
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
Bears Bears
4
3
0
.571
Vikings Vikings
3
4
0
.429
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11/2
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11/9
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4:25 PM
Sun
11/16
DET DET
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PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Sun
11/23
NYG NYG
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Thu
11/27
GB GB
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1:00 PM
Last Game
TB Buccaneers

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9

Final

24

DET Lions

5 - 2 - 0

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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
6
2
0
.750
Bills Bills
5
2
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
4
3
0
.571
Bengals Bengals
3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
1
0
.875
Jaguars Jaguars
4
3
0
.571
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
6
2
0
.750
Chargers Chargers
5
3
0
.625
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
4
1
.438
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
1
1
.786
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
4
4
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714
Rams Rams
5
2
0
.714

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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
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Thu
9/4
KC KC
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LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
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9/6
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9/6
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10/30
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11/2
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Sun
11/2
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1:00 PM
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11/2
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Sun
11/2
DEN DEN
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1:00 PM