NFL Single Game Rookie Rushing Record?

kenyan_cheena · 05-16-2006, 07:47 PM

Is anyone able to tell me what the NFL record was for yards rushing in a single game by a rookie going into the 1983 season?

Strangely, this info doesn't appear to be available anywhere on the internet.

magnet · 05-16-2006, 07:55 PM

So far, I've narrowed it down to 1997. So find 1997 Rookie RB's. Prior to 97 it was Jim Brown with 237.

magnet · 05-16-2006, 08:00 PM

Corey Dillon, in week 15 against TEN, with 246 yds on 39 carries.

kenyan_cheena · 05-16-2006, 08:03 PM

Thanks, magnet. I knew about Corey, but I didn't know that Brown held the record before him. Much appreciated.

magnet · 05-16-2006, 08:07 PM

http://www.footballresearch.com/arti...?topic=rushrec

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Originally Posted by From Article

It is a well known fact that Walter Payton holds the single game rushing yardage record of 275 yards, on 40 carries, but it is not well known that until last season Jim Brown held the single game rushing yardage record for a rookie of 237 yards on 31 carries. At the time, November 1957, the 237 yards was also the NFL single game rushing yardage record. Until last season, the best rooke performance, next to that of Jim Brown, is 223 yards by Tom Wilson in 1956 which, by the way, was the former NFL single game rushing yardage record and also the rookie single game rushing yardage record.

molarmite · 05-16-2006, 09:57 PM

How many did Cadillac Williams have in his debut against the Vikes?

magnet · 05-17-2006, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by molarmite

How many did Cadillac Williams have in his debut against the Vikes?

http://www.pro-football-reference.co...lCa02.htm#2005

148 on 27 carries. He actually topped it twice last year.

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magnet Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 5,029	So far, I've narrowed it down to 1997. So find 1997 Rookie RB's. Prior to 97 it was Jim Brown with 237.

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magnet Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 5,029	Corey Dillon, in week 15 against TEN, with 246 yds on 39 carries.

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kenyan_cheena Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts: 9,037	Thanks, magnet. I knew about Corey, but I didn't know that Brown held the record before him. Much appreciated.