who has the most rushing yards in a game before 1990

Before 1990, Walter Payton rushed for the most yards in a game, with 275 yards versus the Vikings on November 20, 1977.

Interpreted as:
Who has the most rushing yards in a regular-season game before 1990?
NAME RUSH YDS DATE TM OPP ATT YPC RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC TD
1 Walter Payton
W. Payton
275
11/20/1977
CHI CHI
vs
MIN MIN
40
6.9
1
6
1
6.0
0
2 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
273
11/25/1976
BUF BUF
@
DET DET
29
9.4
2
0
0
0
3 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
250
9/16/1973
BUF BUF
@
NE NE
29
8.6
2
0
0
0
4 Willie Ellison
W. Ellison
247
12/5/1971
LA LA
vs
NO NO
26
9.5
1
0
0
0
5 Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
243
12/8/1963
BUF BUF
vs
NYJ NYJ
36
6.8
5
0
0
0
6 Jim Brown
J. Brown
237
11/19/1961
CLE CLE
vs
PHI PHI
34
7.0
4
52
3
17.3
0
7 Jim Brown
J. Brown
237
11/24/1957
CLE CLE
vs
LA LA
31
7.6
4
21
3
7.0
0
8 Jim Brown
J. Brown
232
9/22/1963
CLE CLE
@
DAL DAL
20
11.6
2
0
0
0
9 Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
232
11/15/1959
CLE CLE
@
WAS WAS
14
16.6
3
-6
2
-3.0
0
10 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
227
9/28/1975
BUF BUF
@
PIT PIT
28
8.1
1
0
0
0
11 Jim Brown
J. Brown
223
11/3/1963
CLE CLE
@
PHI PHI
28
8.0
1
0
0
0
12 Tommy Wilson
T. Wilson
223
12/16/1956
LA LA
vs
GB GB
23
9.7
0
5
1
5.0
0
13 Greg Bell
G. Bell
221
9/24/1989
RAM RAM
vs
GB GB
28
7.9
2
4
1
4.0
0
14 Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
221
9/17/1989
WAS WAS
vs
PHI PHI
29
7.6
1
0
0
0
15 Bo Jackson
B. Jackson
221
11/30/1987
RAI RAI
@
SEA SEA
18
12.3
2
14
1
14.0
1
16 James Wilder
J. Wilder
219
11/6/1983
TB TB
@
MIN MIN
31
7.1
1
20
5
4.0
0
17 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
219
12/9/1973
BUF BUF
vs
NE NE
22
10.0
1
0
0
0
18 John Fuqua
J. Fuqua
218
12/20/1970
PIT PIT
@
PHI PHI
20
10.9
2
38
3
12.7
0
19 Gene Roberts
G. Roberts
218
11/12/1950
NYG NYG
vs
CHC CHC
26
8.4
2
20 Gary Anderson
G. Anderson
217
12/18/1988
SD SD
vs
KC KC
34
6.4
1
0
0
0
21 Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
216
12/10/1961
HOU HOU
@
NYT NYT
25
8.6
3
114
5
22.8
2
22 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
215
12/9/1984
RAM RAM
vs
HOU HOU
27
8.0
2
0
0
0
23 Cliff Battles
C. Battles
215
10/8/1933
BOS BOS
vs
NYG NYG
16
13.4
1
24 Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
214
12/14/1975
CLE CLE
vs
KC KC
26
8.2
3
23
3
7.7
0
25 Charles White
C. White
213
11/15/1987
RAM RAM
@
STL STL
34
6.3
1
8
2
4.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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