who had the first 1000 yards rushing

Cliff Battles ran for 144 yards versus the Bears on October 30, 1932.

Interpreted as:
Who had the first 1000 yards rushing in a game?
NAMEDATERUSH YDSTMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Cliff Battles
C. Battles
10/30/1932
144
vs
24
6.0
0
2Oran Pape
O. Pape
11/6/1932
122
vs
4
30.5
0
3Cliff Battles
C. Battles
10/4/1933
115
@
13
8.8
0
4Cliff Battles
C. Battles
10/8/1933
215
vs
16
13.4
1
5Harry Newman
H. Newman
10/8/1933
108
@
1
6Kink Richards
K. Richards
10/22/1933
107
vs
0
7Jim Musick
J. Musick
10/29/1933
132
vs
21
6.3
0
8Jim Musick
J. Musick
11/19/1933
132
vs
21
6.3
2
9Bronko Nagurski
B. Nagurski
11/26/1933
124
vs
18
6.9
1
10Clarke Hinkle
C. Hinkle
12/3/1933
116
@
15
7.7
1
11Dale Burnett
D. Burnett
12/17/1933
3
@
2
1.5
0
94
5
18.8
0
12Stu Clancy
S. Clancy
12/17/1933
7
@
3
2.3
0
0
0
0
13Red Grange
R. Grange
12/17/1933
24
vs
6
4.0
0
0
0
0
14Max Krause
M. Krause
12/17/1933
3
@
2
1.5
1
13
1
13.0
0
15Jack Manders
J. Manders
12/17/1933
16
vs
6
2.7
0
0
0
0
16Bronko Nagurski
B. Nagurski
12/17/1933
64
vs
13
4.9
0
0
0
0
17Harry Newman
H. Newman
12/17/1933
11
@
5
2.2
0
-1
1
-1.0
0
18Kink Richards
K. Richards
12/17/1933
40
@
5
8.0
0
16
1
16.0
0
19Gene Ronzani
G. Ronzani
12/17/1933
73
vs
12
6.1
0
15
1
15.0
0
20Ken Strong
K. Strong
12/17/1933
35
@
8
4.4
0
8
1
8.0
1
21Swede Hanson
S. Hanson
9/16/1934
116
@
13
8.9
1
22Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
9/30/1934
140
@
18
7.8
1
23Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
10/7/1934
132
@
14
9.4
1
24Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
10/10/1934
101
@
8
12.6
1
25Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
10/21/1934
114
vs
7
16.3
2
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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