who has the most rushing yards in a game by a rookie ever for the cowboys

DeMarco Murray has rushed for the most yards by a Cowboys rookie in a game, with 253 yards against the St. Louis Rams on October 23, 2011.

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Who has the most rushing yards in a regular-season game by a rookie ever for the cowboys?

	NAME	RUSH YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	253	10/23/2011	DAL	vs	STL	25	10.1	1	0	0	2		0
2	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	206	12/4/1977	DAL	vs	PHI	23	9.0	2	24	3		8.0	0
3	Julius Jones J. Jones	198	12/6/2004	DAL	@	SEA	30	6.6	3	11	3	7	3.7	0
4	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	159	12/18/2016	DAL	vs	TB	23	6.9	1	29	3	3	9.7	0
5	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	157	10/16/2016	DAL	@	GB	28	5.6	0	17	2	4	8.5	0
6	Julius Jones J. Jones	150	11/25/2004	DAL	vs	CHI	33	4.5	2	-1	1	3	-1.0	0
7	Calvin Hill C. Hill	150	11/16/1969	DAL	@	WAS	27	5.6	2	35	2		17.5	0
8	Julius Jones J. Jones	149	1/2/2005	DAL	@	NYG	29	5.1	1	46	5	5	9.2	0
9	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	141	10/9/1977	DAL	@	STL	14	10.1	2	4	1		4.0	0
10	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	140	9/25/2016	DAL	vs	CHI	30	4.7	0	20	2	2	10.0	0
11	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	139	11/6/2011	DAL	vs	SEA	22	6.3	0	47	4	6	11.8	0
12	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	138	10/2/2016	DAL	@	SF	23	6.0	1	19	1	1	19.0	0
13	Calvin Hill C. Hill	138	9/28/1969	DAL	@	NO	23	6.0	2	-1	1		-1.0	0
14	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	135	11/13/2011	DAL	vs	BUF	20	6.8	1	36	6	7	6.0	0
15	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	134	10/9/2016	DAL	vs	CIN	15	8.9	2	37	3	4	12.3	0
16	Duane Thomas D. Thomas	134	10/25/1970	DAL	@	KC	20	6.7	2	0	0			0
17	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	132	11/22/1990	DAL	vs	WAS	23	5.7	2	5	2		2.5	0
18	Tony Pollard T. Pollard	131	12/15/2019	DAL	vs	LAR	12	10.9	1	12	2	2	6.0	0
19	Marion Barber M. Barber	127	10/30/2005	DAL	vs	ARI	27	4.7	2	15	2	2	7.5	0
20	Duane Thomas D. Thomas	123	12/6/1970	DAL	vs	WAS	19	6.5	0	0	0			0
21	Don Perkins D. Perkins	123	12/3/1961	DLC	vs	CLE	20	6.2	0	15	2		7.5	0
22	Herschel Walker H. Walker	122	12/14/1986	DAL	vs	PHI	6	20.3	1	170	9		18.9	1
23	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	121	10/7/1990	DAL	vs	TB	23	5.3	1	-9	2		-4.5	0
24	Herschel Walker H. Walker	120	10/26/1986	DAL	vs	STL	26	4.6	2	37	4		9.3	0
25	Duane Thomas D. Thomas	115	12/20/1970	DAL	vs	HOU	17	6.8	0	0	0			0

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