most rushing attempts in a game before 10/20/1974

Before October 20, 1974, O.J. Simpson had the most rush attempts in a game, with 39 rush attempts versus the Chiefs on October 29, 1973.

Interpreted as:
most rushing attempts by a player in a regular-season game before 10/20/1974
NAME ATT DATE TM OPP RUSH YDS YPC RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC TD
1 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
39
10/29/1973
BUF BUF
vs
KC KC
157
4.0
2
0
0
0
2 Jim Nance
J. Nance
38
10/30/1966
BOS BOS
vs
OAK OAK
208
5.5
2
0
0
0
3 Harry Newman
H. Newman
38
11/11/1934
NYG NYG
vs
GB GB
114
3.0
2
4 Jim Brown
J. Brown
37
10/4/1959
CLE CLE
@
CHC CHC
147
4.0
2
22
2
11.0
0
5 Ron Johnson
R. Johnson
36
10/2/1972
NYG NYG
@
PHI PHI
124
3.4
1
60
5
12.0
3
6 Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
36
12/8/1963
BUF BUF
vs
NYJ NYJ
243
6.8
5
0
0
0
7 Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
35
12/9/1973
BAL BAL
vs
MIA MIA
104
3.0
0
11
1
11.0
0
8 Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
35
11/20/1949
PHI PHI
vs
NYB NYB
174
5.0
2
9 George Grosvenor
G. Grosvenor
35
12/6/1936
CHC CHC
vs
GB GB
100
2.9
0
10 Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
34
12/16/1973
BAL BAL
vs
NE NE
142
4.2
0
0
0
0
11 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
34
12/16/1973
BUF BUF
@
NYJ NYJ
200
5.9
1
0
0
0
12 Jim Nance
J. Nance
34
9/24/1967
BOS BOS
@
BUF BUF
185
5.4
1
-8
1
-8.0
0
13 John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
34
11/17/1963
PIT PIT
@
WAS WAS
105
3.1
2
37
3
12.3
0
14 Jim Brown
J. Brown
34
11/19/1961
CLE CLE
vs
PHI PHI
237
7.0
4
52
3
17.3
0
15 Jim Brown
J. Brown
34
10/12/1958
CLE CLE
vs
CHC CHC
182
5.4
3
8
1
8.0
0
16 Cliff Battles
C. Battles
34
10/24/1937
WAS WAS
@
PHI PHI
103
3.0
0
17 Jim Brown
J. Brown
33
12/13/1959
CLE CLE
@
PHI PHI
152
4.6
2
23
2
11.5
0
18 Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
33
10/3/1949
PHI PHI
@
DET DET
135
4.1
2
19 Tom Sullivan
T. Sullivan
32
11/25/1973
PHI PHI
vs
NYG NYG
156
4.9
1
32
2
16.0
0
20 John Riggins
J. Riggins
32
10/15/1972
NYJ NYJ
@
NE NE
168
5.3
1
0
0
0
21 George Nock
G. Nock
32
11/29/1970
NYJ NYJ
vs
MIN MIN
117
3.7
1
0
0
0
22 Jim Grabowski
J. Grabowski
32
9/24/1967
GB GB
vs
CHI CHI
111
3.5
1
26
3
8.7
0
23 Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
32
9/24/1965
DEN DEN
@
BOS BOS
142
4.4
0
0
0
0
24 Jim Brown
J. Brown
32
11/1/1959
CLE CLE
@
BAL BAL
178
5.6
5
0
1
0.0
0
25 Eddie Price
E. Price
32
11/25/1951
NYG NYG
@
CHC CHC
47
1.5
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1960 season.

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