what running back ran the most yards in a single game

What running back ran the most rushing yards in a single regular-season game?

Interpreted as:
What running back ran the most rushing yards in a single regular-season game?
POSITION ATT RUSH YDS DATE TM OPP YPC RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC TD
1
Running Back
11/22/1953
LA LA
@
BAL BAL
2
Running Back
11/15/1959
WAS WAS
vs
CLE CLE
3
Running Back
10/8/1950
NYY NYY
@
GB GB
4
Running Back
11/6/1955
CHB CHB
vs
GB GB
5
Running Back
83
488
12/6/1981
DAL DAL
@
BAL BAL
5.9
5
31
6
5.2
1
6
Running Back
11/24/1957
LA LA
@
CLE CLE
7
Running Back
76
479
10/7/1973
BUF BUF
vs
PHI PHI
6.3
1
87
10
8.7
1
8
Running Back
78
475
11/25/1973
NO NO
vs
LA LA
6.1
1
87
11
7.9
1
9
Running Back
73
474
12/24/2016
BUF BUF
vs
MIA MIA
6.5
3
85
10
12
8.5
0
10
Running Back
79
468
11/26/1978
NYG NYG
@
BUF BUF
5.9
5
81
9
9.0
1
11
Running Back
49
463
11/1/2009
TEN TEN
vs
JAX JAX
9.4
4
8
4
8
2.0
0
12
Running Back
69
462
12/20/2009
KC KC
vs
CLE CLE
6.7
4
36
5
8
7.2
0
13
Running Back
64
461
12/28/2008
ATL ATL
vs
STL STL
7.2
5
85
7
12
12.1
0
14
Running Back
77
455
11/25/1976
DET DET
vs
BUF BUF
5.9
3
7
1
7.0
0
15
Running Back
58
455
11/23/1950
NYY NYY
@
DET DET
7.8
3
16
Running Back
77
452
12/17/1978
SEA SEA
vs
KC KC
5.9
4
97
9
10.8
0
17
Running Back
67
450
10/7/1979
PIT PIT
@
CLE CLE
6.7
4
120
10
12.0
2
18
Running Back
78
449
9/10/1978
HOU HOU
@
KC KC
5.8
4
64
11
5.8
0
19
Running Back
70
449
9/16/1973
BUF BUF
@
NE NE
6.4
6
151
8
18.9
0
20
Running Back
80
447
10/30/1977
GB GB
vs
CHI CHI
5.6
3
28
5
5.6
0
21
Running Back
67
447
11/23/1972
DET DET
vs
NYJ NYJ
6.7
2
57
3
19.0
0
22
Running Back
76
447
12/18/1966
MIN MIN
@
CHI CHI
5.9
2
137
7
19.6
1
23
Running Back
80
445
12/2/1951
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
5.6
6
24
Running Back
71
444
10/30/1977
KC KC
@
CLE CLE
6.3
2
139
8
17.4
1
25
Running Back
10/12/1958
CHC CHC
@
CLE CLE
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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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647

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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
10/12
WAS WAS
@
BAL BAL
23-30
Sat
10/12
LAC LAC
@
DEN DEN
23-16
Sat
10/12
PIT PIT
@
LV LV
32-13
Sat
10/12
ATL ATL
@
CAR CAR
38-20
Sat
10/12
DET DET
@
DAL DAL
47-9

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/4
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Fri
9/5
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
8:00 PM
Sun
9/7
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
LV LV
@
NE NE
1:00 PM