who has the most rushing yards in september in history

Emmitt Smith has rushed for the most career yards in the month of September, with 4,082 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	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	4,082	52	955	4.3	78.5	34	650	111	30	5.9	12.5	2
2	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	3,880	40	822	4.7	97.0	23	752	91		8.3	18.8	2
3	Walter Payton W. Payton	3,728	45	873	4.3	82.8	20	1,112	132		8.4	24.7	6
4	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	3,629	43	783	4.6	84.4	27	764	90	116	8.5	17.8	2
5	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	3,510	42	732	4.8	83.6	15	1,056	111		9.5	25.1	3
6	Frank Gore F. Gore	3,486	55	827	4.2	63.4	27	963	112	164	8.6	17.5	5
7	Marcus Allen M. Allen	3,142	56	804	3.9	56.1	33	1,456	154		9.5	26.0	5
8	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	3,088	36	718	4.3	85.8	19	703	90		7.8	19.5	1
9	Edgerrin James E. James	3,026	35	750	4.0	86.5	20	792	98	138	8.1	22.6	2
10	Ricky Watters R. Watters	2,941	38	678	4.3	77.4	12	955	129	40	7.4	25.1	1
11	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	2,904	34	662	4.4	85.4	31	894	118	164	7.6	26.3	2
12	John Riggins J. Riggins	2,902	44	756	3.8	66.0	20	545	69		7.9	12.4	2
13	Derrick Henry D. Henry	2,824	37	651	4.3	76.3	26	548	53	68	10.3	14.8	2
14	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	2,821	44	670	4.2	64.1	18	1,265	135	13	9.4	28.8	8
15	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	2,714	48	693	3.9	56.5	23	836	109		7.7	17.4	1
16	Curtis Martin C. Martin	2,696	35	701	3.8	77.0	13	662	105	93	6.3	18.9	6
17	Gerald Riggs G. Riggs	2,660	35	572	4.7	76.0	21	377	47		8.0	10.8	0
18	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	2,610	41	647	4.0	63.7	16	176	32	11	5.5	4.3	0
19	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	2,572	38	613	4.2	67.7	11	535	72	82	7.4	14.1	0
20	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	2,553	40	554	4.6	63.8	18	848	118	156	7.2	21.2	3
21	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	2,465	38	619	4.0	64.9	21	1,649	179	155	9.2	43.4	8
22	O.J. Simpson	2,429	30	552	4.4	81.0	12	547	53		10.3	18.2	2
23	Freeman McNeil F. McNeil	2,420	43	539	4.5	56.3	12	937	88		10.6	21.8	3
24	Terry Allen T. Allen	2,408	33	553	4.4	73.0	18	442	67	13	6.6	13.4	2
25	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	2,401	41	587	4.1	58.6	14	766	104	108	7.4	18.7	3

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Sun 10/4	DAL	@	HOU	1:00 PM
Thu 10/8	TB	@	DAL	8:15 PM
Sun 10/18	DAL	@	GB	8:20 PM
Mon 10/26	DAL	@	PHI	8:15 PM
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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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Browns	2	1	0	.667
Bengals	2	1	0	.667
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Colts	1	2	0	.333
Titans	0	3	0	.000
Texans	0	3	0	.000
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Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
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