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First 250 yard rushing game: Spec Sanders, 250 rushing yards, New York Yankees vs. Chicago Rockets; October 24, 1947 First 5 rushing touchdown game : Jimmy Conzelman , 5 rushing touchdowns, Rock Island vs. Evansville; October 15, 1922 α
Tom Brady holds both the regular season record, with 89,214 passing yards, and the playoff record, with 13,400 yards. In American football, passing, along with running (also referred to as rushing), is one of the two main methods of advancing the ball down the field.
Dickerson rushed for 2,105 yards, the current NFL rushing record, averaging 131.6 rushing yards per game. [4] Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders recorded the third 2,000-yard season in 1997, rushing for 2,053 yards. At the age of 29, Sanders was the oldest back to surpass 2,000 yards.
Here's a list of the statistical leaders in passing, rushing, receiving, and defensive categories. NFL power rankings Week 2: Settled Cowboys soar while battered Packers don't feel the (Jordan) Love
Through six weeks, NFL teams are averaging 4.5 yards per carry for just the second time in history, the first coming in 2022. Teams are averaging 121.7 rushing yards per game – the most since 1987.
Since reliable yardage statistics were not recorded prior to 1932, the first NFL player recognized as the career leader in rushing yards was Cliff Battles, who played from 1932 to 1937 for the Boston Braves / Boston Redskins / Washington Redskins. [2] He led the NFL with 576 yards in 1932 and held on to the record throughout his career.
In 1984, Dickerson topped 100 yards rushing 12 times to break Buffalo's O.J. Simpson's 1973 record of 2,003 yards rushing in a single season. Simpson set his record in 14 games before the NFL ...
Most rushing yards by a quarterback, ... 433 passing yards, Chicago Bears vs. New York Giants; November 14, ... NFL.com – NFL History – Record and Factbook