who has the most rushing yards in first game as a rookie qb

Bill Shepherd had the most rushing yards by a rookie quarterback in his first game, with 129 yards versus the Eagles on November 3, 1935.

NAME RUSH YDS DATE TM OPP ATT YPC RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC TD
1 Bill Shepherd
B. Shepherd
129
11/3/1935
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
19
6.8
1
2 Tom Harmon
T. Harmon
114
10/13/1946
LA LA
@
CHB CHB
6
19.0
1
3 Kevin Hogan
K. Hogan
104
10/23/2016
CLE CLE
@
CIN CIN
7
14.9
1
0
0
0
0
4 George Mira
G. Mira
93
10/18/1964
SF SF
@
LA LA
4
23.3
0
0
0
0
5 Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
88
9/8/2024
WAS WAS
@
TB TB
16
5.5
2
0
0
0
0
6 Charlie Batch
C. Batch
63
9/20/1998
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
8
7.9
0
0
0
0
7 Steve Young
S. Young
60
11/24/1985
TB TB
vs
DET DET
10
6.0
0
0
0
0
8 Randy Fasani
R. Fasani
58
10/20/2002
CAR CAR
@
ATL ATL
8
7.3
0
0
0
0
0
9 John Wolford
J. Wolford
56
1/3/2021
LAR LAR
vs
ARI ARI
6
9.3
0
0
0
0
0
10 Dave Ragone
D. Ragone
51
12/7/2003
HOU HOU
@
JAX JAX
5
10.2
0
-5
1
1
-5.0
0
11 Marlin Briscoe
M. Briscoe
51
9/29/1968
DEN DEN
vs
BOS BOS
5
10.2
1
0
0
0
12 Geno Smith
G. Smith
47
9/8/2013
NYJ NYJ
vs
TB TB
6
7.8
0
0
0
0
0
13 Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
46
9/13/2020
CIN CIN
vs
LAC LAC
8
5.8
1
0
0
0
0
14 David Klingler
D. Klingler
44
11/29/1992
CIN CIN
vs
PIT PIT
8
5.5
0
0
0
0
15 Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
42
9/9/2012
WAS WAS
@
NO NO
9
4.7
0
0
0
0
0
16 Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
42
10/19/1969
CHI CHI
@
DET DET
5
8.4
0
0
0
0
17 Bob Brodhead
B. Brodhead
42
9/11/1960
BUF BUF
@
NYT NYT
4
10.5
0
0
0
0
18 Turk Schonert
T. Schonert
41
9/6/1981
CIN CIN
vs
SEA SEA
7
5.9
0
0
0
0
19 Anthony Richardson Sr.
A. Richardson Sr.
40
9/10/2023
IND IND
vs
JAX JAX
10
4.0
1
0
0
0
0
20 Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
39
9/9/2018
BAL BAL
vs
BUF BUF
7
5.6
0
0
0
0
0
21 John Fourcade
J. Fourcade
39
10/4/1987
NO NO
vs
RAM RAM
6
6.5
0
0
0
0
22 Desmond Ridder
D. Ridder
38
12/18/2022
ATL ATL
@
NO NO
6
6.3
0
0
0
0
0
23 Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
38
9/19/1999
PHI PHI
vs
TB TB
5
7.6
0
0
0
0
0
24 Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
37
9/7/2008
BAL BAL
vs
CIN CIN
4
9.3
1
0
0
0
0
25 George Wilson
G. Wilson
37
9/2/1966
MIA MIA
vs
OAK OAK
1
37.0
0
0
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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PPG

28.5

5th

OPP PPG

23.0

18th

RUSH YDS/G

154.1

3rd

PASS YDS/G

231.3

18th

2024 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
Cowboys Cowboys
7
10
0
.412
Giants Giants
3
14
0
.176
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/7
NYG NYG
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM
Thu
9/11
WAS WAS
@
GB GB
8:15 PM
Sun
9/21
LV LV
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
WAS WAS
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
WAS WAS
@
LAC LAC
4:25 PM
Last Game
PHI Eagles

3 - 0 - 0

55

Final

23

WAS Commanders

2 - 1 - 0

Sun 26 Jan 2025

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NFL 2024 Division Standings

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

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

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