oldest running backs with 3+ touchdowns in a game

John Riggins is the oldest running back in a game with 3+ rushing touchdowns. He was 36 years and 70 days old versus the Lions on October 13, 1985.

Interpreted as:
oldest running backs with 3+ rushing touchdowns in a regular-season game
NAME AGE RUSH TD DATE TM OPP RUSH YDS ATT YPC REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC TD
1 John Riggins
J. Riggins
36-070
3
10/13/1985
WAS WAS
vs
DET DET
114
21
5.4
8
1
8.0
0
2 John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
34-321
3
10/10/1964
PIT PIT
@
CLE CLE
200
30
6.7
4
1
4.0
0
3 John Riggins
J. Riggins
34-108
3
11/20/1983
WAS WAS
@
RAM RAM
78
22
3.5
0
0
0
4 John Riggins
J. Riggins
34-066
3
10/9/1983
WAS WAS
@
STL STL
115
22
5.2
0
0
0
5 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
33-319
3
1/1/2006
PIT PIT
vs
DET DET
41
10
4.1
0
0
0
0
6 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
33-254
3
12/5/1993
KC KC
@
SEA SEA
73
12
6.1
26
4
6.5
0
7 Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
32-339
3
11/29/1979
MIA MIA
vs
NE NE
88
22
4.0
7
1
7.0
0
8 Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
32-272
3
9/23/1979
MIA MIA
vs
CHI CHI
73
15
4.9
0
0
0
9 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
32-209
3
9/12/2004
PIT PIT
vs
OAK OAK
1
5
0.2
0
0
0
0
10 Ricky Williams
R. Williams
32-157
3
10/25/2009
MIA MIA
vs
NO NO
80
9
8.9
12
2
4
6.0
0
11 DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
32-148
3
9/20/2015
PIT PIT
vs
SF SF
77
20
3.9
15
4
5
3.8
0
12 John Riggins
J. Riggins
32-089
3
11/1/1981
WAS WAS
vs
STL STL
53
14
3.8
0
0
0
13 Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
32-060
3
11/20/2005
DEN DEN
vs
NYJ NYJ
113
26
4.3
16
3
3
5.3
0
14 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
32-040
3
12/3/2006
NE NE
vs
DET DET
25
9
2.8
5
1
1
5.0
0
15 Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
31-331
3
12/1/2002
SF SF
vs
SEA SEA
124
31
4.0
28
2
5
14.0
0
16 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
31-320
3
12/4/1988
NYG NYG
vs
PHX PHX
34
11
3.1
0
0
0
17 Tiki Barber
T. Barber
31-267
3
12/30/2006
NYG NYG
@
WAS WAS
234
23
10.2
24
3
4
8.0
0
18 Kenneth Davis
K. Davis
31-247
3
12/19/1993
BUF BUF
@
MIA MIA
64
13
4.9
0
0
0
19 Pete Banaszak
P. Banaszak
31-214
3
12/21/1975
OAK OAK
vs
KC KC
72
17
4.2
22
2
11.0
0
20 Earl Ferrell
E. Ferrell
31-209
3
10/22/1989
PHX PHX
vs
ATL ATL
46
15
3.1
9
2
4.5
0
21 Stephen Davis
S. Davis
31-201
3
9/18/2005
CAR CAR
vs
NE NE
77
25
3.1
0
0
0
0
22 Pete Banaszak
P. Banaszak
31-186
3
11/23/1975
OAK OAK
@
WAS WAS
64
24
2.7
0
0
0
23 Raheem Mostert
R. Mostert
31-168
3
9/24/2023
MIA MIA
vs
DEN DEN
82
13
6.3
60
7
7
8.6
1
24 Floyd Little
F. Little
31-074
3
9/16/1973
DEN DEN
vs
CIN CIN
82
22
3.7
50
4
12.5
0
25 Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
31-024
3
10/31/2004
KC KC
vs
IND IND
143
32
4.5
82
3
4
27.3
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1960 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

28.5

5th

OPP PPG

23.0

18th

RUSH YDS/G

154.1

3rd

PASS YDS/G

231.3

18th

2024 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
Cowboys Cowboys
7
10
0
.412
Giants Giants
3
14
0
.176
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/7
NYG NYG
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM
Thu
9/11
WAS WAS
@
GB GB
8:15 PM
Sun
9/21
LV LV
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
WAS WAS
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
WAS WAS
@
LAC LAC
4:25 PM
Last Game
PHI Eagles

3 - 0 - 0

55

Final

23

WAS Commanders

2 - 1 - 0

Sun 26 Jan 2025

NFL 2024 Leaders

NFL 2024 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2024

NFL 2024 Betting

NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
10/12
WAS WAS
@
BAL BAL
23-30
Sat
10/12
LAC LAC
@
DEN DEN
23-16
Sat
10/12
PIT PIT
@
LV LV
32-13
Sat
10/12
ATL ATL
@
CAR CAR
38-20
Sat
10/12
DET DET
@
DAL DAL
47-9

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/4
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Fri
9/5
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
8:00 PM
Sun
9/7
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
LV LV
@
NE NE
1:00 PM