From 1990 through 1999, Emmitt Smith rushed for the most yards by a running back, with 13,963 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	13,963	155	3,243	4.3	90.1	136	2,728	442	32	6.2	17.6	11
2	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	13,799	138	2,782	5.0	100.0	85	2,639	328		8.0	19.1	10
3	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	9,813	142	2,344	4.2	69.1	57	3,464	378	5	9.2	24.4	16
4	Ricky Watters R. Watters	9,083	123	2,272	4.0	73.8	70	3,528	393	62	9.0	28.7	11
5	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	8,463	109	2,106	4.0	77.6	41	1,075	149	28	7.2	9.9	3
6	Terry Allen T. Allen	7,777	115	1,938	4.0	67.6	68	1,526	186	19	8.2	13.3	6
7	Chris Warren C. Warren	7,400	148	1,717	4.3	50.0	50	1,632	241	46	6.8	11.0	4
8	Rodney Hampton R. Hampton	6,897	104	1,824	3.8	66.3	49	1,309	174		7.5	12.6	2
9	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	6,701	93	1,642	4.1	72.1	49	3,852	384	103	10.0	41.4	14
10	Terrell Davis T. Davis	6,624	65	1,410	4.7	101.9	58	1,207	155	3	7.8	18.6	5
11	Curtis Martin C. Martin	6,550	76	1,694	3.9	86.2	45	1,514	205	61	7.4	19.9	6
12	Eddie George E. George	5,365	64	1,360	3.9	83.8	28	994	114	64	8.7	15.5	6
13	Robert Smith R. Smith	5,297	82	1,116	4.7	64.6	25	944	142	30	6.6	11.5	3
14	Natrone Means N. Means	5,215	87	1,409	3.7	59.9	45	631	103	13	6.1	7.3	2
15	Adrian Murrell A. Murrell	5,042	104	1,327	3.8	48.5	23	1,244	194	71	6.4	12.0	5
16	Marcus Allen M. Allen	4,968	117	1,241	4.0	42.5	60	1,750	199		8.8	15.0	5
17	Earnest Byner E. Byner	4,968	128	1,289	3.9	38.8	26	2,113	254		8.3	16.5	5
18	Garrison Hearst G. Hearst	4,939	75	1,166	4.2	65.9	14	1,170	113		10.4	15.6	6
19	Marion Butts M. Butts	4,502	89	1,175	3.8	50.6	34	450	61		7.4	5.1	1
20	Harold Green H. Green	4,365	124	1,151	3.8	35.2	13	1,644	213		7.7	13.3	4
21	Gary Brown G. Brown	4,300	99	1,032	4.2	43.4	21	631	84	2	7.5	6.4	3
22	Napoleon Kaufman N. Kaufman	4,293	77	885	4.9	55.8	12	980	114	25	8.6	12.7	4
23	Herschel Walker H. Walker	4,168	127	983	4.2	32.8	30	2,379	283		8.4	18.7	14
24	Jamal Anderson J. Anderson	4,122	69	992	4.2	59.7	27	1,152	111	2	10.4	16.7	6
25	Johnny Johnson J. Johnson	4,078	72	1,046	3.9	56.6	21	1,513	177		8.5	21.0	5

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Sun 10/18	DAL	@	GB	8:20 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
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Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
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