what is the single game rush yards record for defensive back

George Taliaferro has rushed for the most yards by a defensive back in a game, with 166 yards versus the Rams on November 18, 1951.

Interpreted as:
What is the single regular-season game rush yards record for defensive back?
NAME RUSH YDS DATE TM OPP ATT YPC RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC TD
1 George Taliaferro
G. Taliaferro
166
11/18/1951
NYY NYY
@
LA LA
12
13.8
2
4
1
4.0
0
2 Carl Taseff
C. Taseff
122
11/13/1954
BAL BAL
@
GB GB
15
8.1
0
15
3
5.0
0
3 Ken Carpenter
K. Carpenter
100
9/24/1950
CLE CLE
@
BAL BAL
3
33.3
1
4 Jack Christiansen
J. Christiansen
94
12/13/1952
DET DET
vs
DAL DAL
13
7.2
1
32
3
10.7
0
5 Don Phelps
D. Phelps
87
10/29/1950
CLE CLE
vs
PIT PIT
13
6.7
1
6 Dicky Moegle
D. Moegle
83
11/20/1955
SF SF
@
GB GB
9
9.2
1
7 Billy Stone
B. Stone
79
11/26/1950
BAL BAL
@
WAS WAS
5
15.8
1
8 Al Campana
A. Campana
78
10/8/1950
CHB CHB
vs
CHC CHC
22
3.5
1
9 Carl Taseff
C. Taseff
72
11/21/1954
BAL BAL
vs
CHB CHB
12
6.0
0
9
1
9.0
0
10 Bill Stits
B. Stits
69
9/25/1955
DET DET
@
GB GB
12
5.8
0
11 Billy Mixon
B. Mixon
69
12/13/1953
SF SF
vs
BAL BAL
6
11.5
0
12 J.C. Caroline
J.C. Caroline
68
12/9/1956
CHB CHB
vs
CHC CHC
16
4.3
1
13 Don Paul
D. Paul
68
10/7/1951
CHC CHC
vs
CHB CHB
1
68.0
1
6
1
6.0
0
14 Woodley Lewis
W. Lewis
64
11/30/1952
LA LA
@
SF SF
3
21.3
0
15 George Taliaferro
G. Taliaferro
63
11/25/1951
NYY NYY
vs
SF SF
13
4.8
0
0
1
0.0
0
16 Dave Ames
D. Ames
62
11/12/1961
DEN DEN
vs
SD SD
10
6.2
0
17
5
3.4
0
17 Jerry Norton
J. Norton
61
11/10/1957
PHI PHI
vs
DET DET
1
61.0
0
18 Anthony Levine
A. Levine
60
9/8/2019
BAL BAL
@
MIA MIA
1
60.0
0
0
0
0
0
19 Jim Welch
J. Welch
60
12/9/1961
BAL BAL
@
LA LA
1
60.0
1
0
0
0
20 Bert Zagers
B. Zagers
60
10/26/1958
WAS WAS
@
BAL BAL
11
5.5
1
19
1
19.0
0
21 Corky Taylor
C. Taylor
59
10/2/1955
LA LA
vs
PIT PIT
13
4.5
0
9
3
3.0
0
22 Harper Davis
H. Davis
58
10/15/1950
CHB CHB
vs
GB GB
4
14.5
1
15
2
7.5
0
23 Billy Atkins
B. Atkins
56
10/29/1961
BUF BUF
vs
HOU HOU
1
56.0
1
0
0
0
24 J.C. Caroline
J.C. Caroline
56
12/16/1956
CHB CHB
vs
DET DET
15
3.7
1
25 Jack Christiansen
J. Christiansen
54
12/7/1952
DET DET
vs
CHB CHB
6
9.0
1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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