most scrimmage yards by a cowboys rb, playoffs single season since 1970

Since 1970, Emmitt Smith has gained the most yards from scrimmage by a Cowboys running back in a playoff season, with 422 yards in 1992.

NAME YDS SEASON TM GP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
422
1992
DAL DAL
3
336
71
4.7
112.0
3
86
13
6.6
28.7
1
2 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
418
1993
DAL DAL
3
280
66
4.2
93.3
3
138
13
10.6
46.0
1
3 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
358
1995
DAL DAL
3
298
74
4.0
99.3
6
60
6
10.0
20.0
0
4 Duane Thomas
D. Thomas
358
1970
DAL DAL
3
313
75
4.2
104.3
1
45
6
7.5
15.0
1
5 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
347
1980
DAL DAL
3
252
45
5.6
84.0
2
95
11
8.6
31.7
1
6 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
330
1978
DAL DAL
3
262
47
5.6
87.3
1
68
8
8.5
22.7
0
7 Preston Pearson
P. Pearson
321
1975
DAL DAL
3
68
23
3.0
22.7
0
253
17
14.9
84.3
3
8 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
318
1982
DAL DAL
3
266
68
3.9
88.7
0
52
7
7.4
17.3
0
9 Walt Garrison
W. Garrison
286
1970
DAL DAL
3
208
46
4.5
69.3
0
78
7
11.1
26.0
1
10 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
270
1977
DAL DAL
3
222
51
4.4
74.0
4
48
4
12.0
16.0
0
11 Felix Jones
F. Jones
269
2009
DAL DAL
2
217
30
7.2
108.5
1
52
4
6
13.0
26.0
0
12 Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
235
2018
DAL DAL
2
184
46
4.0
92.0
2
51
6
10
8.5
25.5
0
13 Robert Newhouse
R. Newhouse
233
1977
DAL DAL
3
216
45
4.8
72.0
1
17
6
2.8
5.7
0
14 Duane Thomas
D. Thomas
232
1971
DAL DAL
3
205
55
3.7
68.3
3
27
5
5.4
9.0
0
15 DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
225
2014
DAL DAL
2
198
44
4.5
99.0
2
27
4
6
6.8
13.5
0
16 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
225
1981
DAL DAL
2
177
38
4.7
88.5
2
48
4
12.0
24.0
0
17 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
220
1996
DAL DAL
2
196
39
5.0
98.0
2
24
7
3.4
12.0
0
18 Robert Newhouse
R. Newhouse
190
1975
DAL DAL
3
153
44
3.5
51.0
0
37
4
9.3
12.3
0
19 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
187
1991
DAL DAL
2
185
41
4.5
92.5
1
2
1
2.0
1.0
0
20 Calvin Hill
C. Hill
164
1972
DAL DAL
2
147
27
5.4
73.5
0
17
3
5.7
8.5
0
21 Marion Barber
M. Barber
138
2007
DAL DAL
1
129
27
4.8
129.0
1
9
1
2
9.0
9.0
0
22 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
138
1985
DAL DAL
1
58
17
3.4
58.0
0
80
8
10.0
80.0
0
23 Walt Garrison
W. Garrison
131
1971
DAL DAL
3
128
30
4.3
42.7
0
3
3
1.0
1.0
0
24 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
126
1994
DAL DAL
2
118
27
4.4
59.0
3
8
4
2.0
4.0
0
25 Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
123
2016
DAL DAL
1
125
22
5.7
125.0
0
-2
1
1
-2.0
-2.0
0

More Cowboys Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

29.7

4th

OPP PPG

30.7

31st

RUSH YDS/G

117.2

15th

PASS YDS/G

276.3

3rd

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
Cowboys Cowboys
2
3
1
.417
Giants Giants
2
4
0
.333
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/19
WAS WAS
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Sun
10/26
DAL DAL
@
DEN DEN
4:25 PM
Mon
11/3
ARI ARI
@
DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Mon
11/17
DAL DAL
@
LV LV
8:15 PM
Sun
11/23
PHI PHI
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Last Game
CAR Panthers

3 - 3 - 0

30

Final

27

DAL Cowboys

2 - 3 - 1

Sun 12 Oct 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
4
2
0
.667
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
4
1
0
.800
Bengals Bengals
2
4
0
.333
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
5
1
0
.833
Jaguars Jaguars
4
2
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
4
2
0
.667
Broncos Broncos
4
2
0
.667
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
1
0
.833
Panthers Panthers
3
3
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
2
0
.667
Seahawks Seahawks
4
2
0
.667

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

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
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
10/13
BUF BUF
@
ATL ATL
7:15 PM
Mon
10/13
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
8:15 PM
Thu
10/16
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
LAR LAR
@
JAX JAX
9:30 AM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM