who has the most rushing yards in november in history

Walter Payton has rushed for the most career yards in the month of November, with 4,811 yards.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	4,811	55	1,083	4.4	87.5	33	1,379	145		9.5	25.1	2
2	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	4,782	59	1,131	4.2	81.1	51	1,101	159	20	6.9	18.7	2
3	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	4,538	44	866	5.2	103.1	32	585	87		6.7	13.3	2
4	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	4,039	48	852	4.7	84.1	32	621	85	120	7.3	12.9	1
5	Franco Harris F. Harris	4,020	48	889	4.5	83.8	23	661	87		7.6	13.8	2
6	Curtis Martin C. Martin	3,911	46	973	4.0	85.0	29	895	122	87	7.3	19.5	0
7	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	3,767	51	984	3.8	73.9	23	449	59	27	7.6	8.8	1
8	Frank Gore F. Gore	3,692	58	930	4.0	63.7	17	1,025	132	183	7.8	17.7	3
9	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	3,651	38	826	4.4	96.1	25	365	57		6.4	9.6	0
10	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	3,493	48	832	4.2	72.8	19	958	104	3	9.2	20.0	5
11	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	3,368	50	822	4.1	67.4	29	1,067	113		9.4	21.3	2
12	Marcus Allen M. Allen	3,353	58	791	4.2	57.8	32	1,246	139		9.0	21.5	3
13	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	3,344	48	786	4.3	69.7	14	1,393	144	158	9.7	29.0	5
14	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	3,146	42	751	4.2	74.9	45	1,341	164	230	8.2	31.9	2
15	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	2,990	42	627	4.8	71.2	20	914	118	150	7.7	21.8	4
16	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	2,986	36	648	4.6	82.9	16	615	70	88	8.8	17.1	3
17	Ricky Watters R. Watters	2,961	38	742	4.0	77.9	26	1,280	129	46	9.9	33.7	5
18	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	2,954	39	703	4.2	75.7	15	514	62	60	8.3	13.2	0
19	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	2,939	43	644	4.6	68.3	20	1,582	183	118	8.6	36.8	5
20	Jim Brown J. Brown	2,936	25	511	5.7	117.4	29	593	79		7.5	23.7	3
21	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	2,896	38	741	3.9	76.2	21	590	68	90	8.7	15.5	0
22	O.J. Simpson	2,895	35	595	4.9	82.7	17	484	36		13.4	13.8	7
23	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	2,846	31	566	5.0	91.8	18	610	77	116	7.9	19.7	0
24	Eddie George E. George	2,843	37	790	3.6	76.8	18	536	63	64	8.5	14.5	0
25	Edgerrin James E. James	2,839	34	675	4.2	83.5	18	873	119	144	7.3	25.7	3

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Sun 10/18	CHI	@	ATL	1:00 PM
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Pass Yards Rankings

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Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	2	1	0	.667
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
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Bengals	2	1	0	.667
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AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Texans	0	3	0	.000
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Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
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