most games with 20+ points by a rookie all time

Gale Sayers has the most games by a rookie when scoring 20+ points, with 2 games in 1965.

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	NAME	GP	PTS	SEASON	TM	YDS	YDS/G	TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	KR YDS	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	2	60	1965	CHI	633		10	177	88.5	5	152	76.0	3	170	85.0	1	134	67.0	1
2	De'Von Achane D. Achane	1	24	2023	MIA	233	233.0	4	203	203.0	2	30	30.0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Chase Claypool C. Claypool	1	24	2020	PIT	116	116.0	4	6	6.0	1	110	110.0	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Jonas Gray J. Gray	1	24	2014	NE	201		4	201	201.0	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Doug Martin D. Martin	1	24	2012	TB	272		4	251	251.0	4	21	21.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Reggie Bush R. Bush	1	24	2006	NO	172		4	37	37.0	3	131	131.0	1	0	0.0	0	4	4.0	0
7	Joseph Addai J. Addai	1	24	2006	IND	208		4	171	171.0	4	37	37.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Willis McGahee W. McGahee	1	24	2004	BUF	142		4	116	116.0	4	26	26.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Clinton Portis C. Portis	1	24	2002	DEN	205		4	130	130.0	3	75	75.0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Mike Anderson M. Anderson	1	24	2000	DEN	256		4	251	251.0	4	5	5.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Randy Moss R. Moss	1	20	1998	MIN	163		3	0	0.0	0	163	163.0	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	1	24	1997	CIN	276		4	246	246.0	4	30	30.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Ronald Moore R. Moore	1	24	1993	PHX	126		4	126	126.0	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1	24	1990	DAL	115		4	103	103.0	4	12	12.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Jerry Butler J. Butler	1	24	1979	BUF	267		4	12	12.0	0	255	255.0	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	1	24	1978	HOU	199		4	199	199.0	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
17	John Love J. Love	1	20	1967	WAS	82		2	0	0.0	0	64	64.0	1	18	18.0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Garo Yepremian G. Yepremian	1	20	1966	DET	0		0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Cookie Gilchrist C. Gilchrist	1	20	1962	BUF	143		2	143	143.0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Frank Jackson F. Jackson	1	24	1961	DLT	182		4	106	106.0	3	76	76.0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Billy Kilmer B. Kilmer	1	24	1961	SF	115		4	115	115.0	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Gene Mingo G. Mingo	1	21	1960	DEN	146		1	37	37.0	1	10	10.0	0	99	99.0	0	0	0.0	0

StatMuse has game-level data for points going back to the 1960 season.

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Vikings	5	0	1.000
Bears	3	2	.600
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Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/18	CHI	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Thu 10/22	NE	@	CHI	8:15 PM
Mon 11/2	CHI	@	SEA	8:15 PM
Sun 11/8	TB	@	CHI	8:20 PM
Sun 11/22	NO	@	CHI	1:00 PM

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Cowboys	2	3	0	.400
Commanders	1	3	1	.300
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	5	0	0	1.000
Packers	3	2	0	.600
Lions	3	2	0	.600
Bears	3	2	0	.600
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Falcons	2	3	0	.400
Buccaneers	1	4	0	.200
Saints	1	4	0	.200
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Cardinals	1	4	0	.200

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Bills	4	1	0	.800
Patriots	3	2	0	.600
Jets	2	3	0	.400
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AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
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Browns	3	2	0	.600
Steelers	3	2	0	.600
Bengals	3	2	0	.600
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Jaguars	4	1	0	.800
Colts	2	3	0	.400
Texans	1	4	0	.200
Titans	0	5	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Broncos	3	2	0	.600
Raiders	3	2	0	.600
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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
Sun 9/13	CHI	@	CAR	59-37
Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/15	SEA	@	DEN	8:15 PM
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Sun 10/18	TEN	@	IND	1:00 PM
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Gale Sayers has the most games by a rookie when scoring 20+ points, with 2 games in 1965.

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