most rushing yards in a regular-season game by a player before 1988

Before 1988, Walter Payton had the most rushing yards in a game, with 275 yards versus the Vikings on November 20, 1977.

NAME RUSH YDS DATE TM OPP ATT YPC RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC TD
1 Walter Payton
W. Payton
275
11/20/1977
CHI CHI
vs
MIN MIN
40
6.9
1
6
1
6.0
0
2 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
273
11/25/1976
BUF BUF
@
DET DET
29
9.4
2
0
0
0
3 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
250
9/16/1973
BUF BUF
@
NE NE
29
8.6
2
0
0
0
4 Willie Ellison
W. Ellison
247
12/5/1971
LA LA
vs
NO NO
26
9.5
1
0
0
0
5 Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
243
12/8/1963
BUF BUF
vs
NYJ NYJ
36
6.8
5
0
0
0
6 Jim Brown
J. Brown
237
11/19/1961
CLE CLE
vs
PHI PHI
34
7.0
4
52
3
17.3
0
7 Jim Brown
J. Brown
237
11/24/1957
CLE CLE
vs
LA LA
31
7.6
4
21
3
7.0
0
8 Jim Brown
J. Brown
232
9/22/1963
CLE CLE
@
DAL DAL
20
11.6
2
0
0
0
9 Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
232
11/15/1959
CLE CLE
@
WAS WAS
14
16.6
3
-6
2
-3.0
0
10 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
227
9/28/1975
BUF BUF
@
PIT PIT
28
8.1
1
0
0
0
11 Jim Brown
J. Brown
223
11/3/1963
CLE CLE
@
PHI PHI
28
8.0
1
0
0
0
12 Tommy Wilson
T. Wilson
223
12/16/1956
LA LA
vs
GB GB
23
9.7
0
5
1
5.0
0
13 Bo Jackson
B. Jackson
221
11/30/1987
RAI RAI
@
SEA SEA
18
12.3
2
14
1
14.0
1
14 James Wilder
J. Wilder
219
11/6/1983
TB TB
@
MIN MIN
31
7.1
1
20
5
4.0
0
15 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
219
12/9/1973
BUF BUF
vs
NE NE
22
10.0
1
0
0
0
16 John Fuqua
J. Fuqua
218
12/20/1970
PIT PIT
@
PHI PHI
20
10.9
2
38
3
12.7
0
17 Gene Roberts
G. Roberts
218
11/12/1950
NYG NYG
vs
CHC CHC
26
8.4
2
18 Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
216
12/10/1961
HOU HOU
@
NYT NYT
25
8.6
3
114
5
22.8
2
19 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
215
12/9/1984
RAM RAM
vs
HOU HOU
27
8.0
2
0
0
0
20 Cliff Battles
C. Battles
215
10/8/1933
BOS BOS
vs
NYG NYG
16
13.4
1
21 Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
214
12/14/1975
CLE CLE
vs
KC KC
26
8.2
3
23
3
7.7
0
22 Charles White
C. White
213
11/15/1987
RAM RAM
@
STL STL
34
6.3
1
8
2
4.0
0
23 Tony Collins
T. Collins
212
9/18/1983
NE NE
vs
NYJ NYJ
23
9.2
3
5
1
5.0
0
24 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
208
11/4/1984
RAM RAM
@
STL STL
21
9.9
0
0
0
0
25 Terry Miller
T. Miller
208
11/26/1978
BUF BUF
vs
NYG NYG
21
9.9
2
7
2
3.5
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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PPG

25.3

12th

OPP PPG

29.3

25th

RUSH YDS/G

102.3

24th

PASS YDS/G

238.5

9th

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TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
Bears Bears
2
2
0
.500
Vikings Vikings
2
2
0
.500
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
10/13
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
NO NO
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
CHI CHI
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
CHI CHI
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NYG NYG
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Last Game
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24

Final

25

CHI Bears

2 - 2 - 0

Sun 28 Sep 2025

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Eagles Eagles
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0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
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2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
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2
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Chiefs Chiefs
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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
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Sat
9/6
LV LV
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NE NE
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Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
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@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM