nfl players with the most rushing yards in a game, in 1981, in regular season

Joe Delaney rushed for the most yards in a game in 1981, with 193 yards against the Houston Oilers on November 15, 1981.

NAME RUSH YDS DATE TM OPP ATT YPC RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC TD
1 Joe Delaney
J. Delaney
193
11/15/1981
KC KC
vs
HOU HOU
29
6.7
1
7
1
7.0
0
2 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
186
10/11/1981
HOU HOU
vs
SEA SEA
39
4.8
2
16
3
5.3
0
3 Billy Sims
B. Sims
185
10/11/1981
DET DET
@
DEN DEN
28
6.6
2
0
0
0
4 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
182
10/4/1981
HOU HOU
vs
CIN CIN
37
4.9
1
3
1
3.0
0
5 Walter Payton
W. Payton
179
11/26/1981
CHI CHI
@
DAL DAL
38
4.7
0
4
2
2.0
0
6 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
177
11/15/1981
STL STL
vs
BUF BUF
27
6.6
2
9
3
3.0
0
7 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
175
12/6/1981
DAL DAL
@
BAL BAL
30
5.8
0
10
1
10.0
0
8 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
162
9/21/1981
DAL DAL
@
NE NE
19
8.5
1
22
4
5.5
0
9 George Rogers
G. Rogers
162
9/13/1981
NO NO
vs
LA LA
29
5.6
1
0
0
0
10 George Rogers
G. Rogers
161
11/8/1981
NO NO
@
LA LA
24
6.7
3
14
1
14.0
0
11 Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
161
9/7/1981
SD SD
@
CLE CLE
24
6.7
1
23
4
5.8
0
12 Billy Sims
B. Sims
159
11/8/1981
DET DET
@
WAS WAS
21
7.6
2
34
2
17.0
0
13 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
159
10/18/1981
DAL DAL
vs
LA LA
27
5.9
1
22
1
22.0
0
14 Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
159
10/4/1981
BUF BUF
vs
BAL BAL
17
9.4
0
20
3
6.7
0
15 Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
155
12/3/1981
CLE CLE
@
HOU HOU
32
4.8
0
58
7
8.3
0
16 Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
153
12/13/1981
BUF BUF
@
NE NE
33
4.6
0
48
3
16.0
1
17 Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
151
11/16/1981
SD SD
@
SEA SEA
20
7.6
2
17
2
8.5
0
18 Joe Delaney
J. Delaney
149
10/18/1981
KC KC
vs
DEN DEN
21
7.1
1
0
0
0
19 Randy McMillan
R. McMillan
146
9/6/1981
BAL BAL
@
NE NE
16
9.1
2
13
3
4.3
0
20 Joe Washington
J. Washington
144
11/8/1981
WAS WAS
vs
DET DET
27
5.3
2
20
3
6.7
0
21 George Rogers
G. Rogers
142
11/22/1981
NO NO
@
HOU HOU
28
5.1
0
0
0
0
22 Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
137
9/13/1981
PHI PHI
vs
NE NE
18
7.6
0
57
2
28.5
0
23 Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
136
11/1/1981
LA LA
vs
DET DET
16
8.5
2
7
2
3.5
0
24 George Rogers
G. Rogers
134
10/11/1981
NO NO
vs
PHI PHI
17
7.9
2
4
1
4.0
0
25 Billy Sims
B. Sims
133
9/27/1981
DET DET
vs
OAK OAK
21
6.3
1
7
1
7.0
0

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Team Rankings

PPG

25.0

12th

OPP PPG

21.4

13th

RUSH YDS/G

120.0

12th

PASS YDS/G

251.4

9th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Broncos Broncos
3
2
0
.600
Chargers Chargers
3
2
0
.600
Chiefs Chiefs
2
3
0
.400
Raiders Raiders
1
4
0
.200
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/12
DET DET
@
KC KC
8:20 PM
Sun
10/19
LV LV
@
KC KC
1:00 PM
Mon
10/27
WAS WAS
@
KC KC
8:15 PM
Sun
11/2
KC KC
@
BUF BUF
4:25 PM
Sun
11/16
KC KC
@
DEN DEN
4:25 PM
Last Game
JAX Jaguars

4 - 1 - 0

31

Final

28

KC Chiefs

2 - 3 - 0

Mon 6 Oct 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
4
1
0
.800
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
2
0
.600
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
3
2
0
.600
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
3
0
.400
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
4
1
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
4
1
0
.800
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
2
0
.600
Broncos Broncos
3
2
0
.600

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)
Sun
10/12
DEN DEN
@
NYJ NYJ
9:30 AM
Sun
10/12
ARI ARI
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
LAR LAR
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
SEA SEA
@
JAX JAX
1:00 PM