most rushing yards in a game by a cowboy

DeMarco Murray has the most rushing yards for the Cowboys in a game, with 253 yards against the St. Louis Rams on October 23, 2011.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards in a regular-season game by a cowboy
NAME RUSH YDS DATE TM OPP ATT YPC RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC TD
1 DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
253
10/23/2011
DAL DAL
vs
STL STL
25
10.1
1
0
0
2
0
2 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
237
10/31/1993
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
30
7.9
1
0
0
0
3 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
206
12/4/1977
DAL DAL
vs
PHI PHI
23
9.0
2
24
3
8.0
0
4 Julius Jones
J. Jones
198
12/6/2004
DAL DAL
@
SEA SEA
30
6.6
3
11
3
7
3.7
0
5 Julius Jones
J. Jones
194
12/24/2005
DAL DAL
@
CAR CAR
34
5.7
2
17
2
2
8.5
0
6 Troy Hambrick
T. Hambrick
189
12/14/2003
DAL DAL
@
WAS WAS
33
5.7
0
0
0
0
0
7 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
183
11/9/1980
DAL DAL
@
NYG NYG
24
7.6
2
0
0
0
8 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
182
9/22/1991
DAL DAL
@
PHX PHX
23
7.9
2
19
3
6.3
0
9 DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
179
12/4/2014
DAL DAL
@
CHI CHI
32
5.6
1
49
9
10
5.4
0
10 DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
175
9/22/2013
DAL DAL
vs
STL STL
26
6.7
1
28
3
3
9.3
0
11 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
175
12/6/1981
DAL DAL
@
BAL BAL
30
5.8
0
10
1
10.0
0
12 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
174
12/21/1992
DAL DAL
@
ATL ATL
24
7.3
2
5
2
2.5
0
13 Herschel Walker
H. Walker
173
11/15/1987
DAL DAL
@
NE NE
28
6.2
1
59
5
11.8
0
14 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
172
12/6/1993
DAL DAL
vs
PHI PHI
23
7.5
0
26
4
6.5
0
15 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
171
9/4/1994
DAL DAL
@
PIT PIT
31
5.5
1
3
3
1.0
0
16 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
168
1/2/1994
DAL DAL
@
NYG NYG
32
5.3
0
61
10
6.1
1
17 DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
167
9/14/2014
DAL DAL
@
TEN TEN
29
5.8
1
6
1
2
6.0
0
18 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
167
10/29/1995
DAL DAL
@
ATL ATL
26
6.4
1
30
5
6.0
0
19 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
163
11/8/1998
DAL DAL
vs
NYG NYG
29
5.6
0
19
5
3.8
0
20 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
163
9/4/1995
DAL DAL
@
NYG NYG
21
7.8
4
0
1
0.0
0
21 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
163
11/7/1994
DAL DAL
vs
NYG NYG
35
4.7
2
13
3
4.3
0
22 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
163
11/1/1992
DAL DAL
vs
PHI PHI
30
5.4
0
9
1
9.0
0
23 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
162
9/21/1981
DAL DAL
@
NE NE
19
8.5
1
22
4
5.5
0
24 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
160
12/22/1991
DAL DAL
vs
ATL ATL
32
5.0
2
13
1
13.0
0
25 Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
159
12/18/2016
DAL DAL
vs
TB TB
23
6.9
1
29
3
3
9.7
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

20.1

22nd

OPP PPG

29.0

31st

RUSH YDS/G

82.5

31st

PASS YDS/G

256.0

6th

2024 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
9
2
0
.818
Commanders Commanders
7
5
0
.583
Cowboys Cowboys
4
7
0
.364
Giants Giants
2
9
0
.182
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
1/5
WAS WAS
@
DAL DAL
1:00 PM
Sun
12/29
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
TB TB
@
DAL DAL
8:20 PM
Sun
12/15
DAL DAL
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Mon
12/9
CIN CIN
@
DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Last Game
WAS Commanders

7 - 5 - 0

26

Final

34

DAL Cowboys

4 - 7 - 0

Sun 24 Nov 2024

NFL 2024 Leaders

NFL 2024 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2024

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NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
9
2
0
.818
Commanders Commanders
7
5
0
.583
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
10
1
0
.909
Vikings Vikings
9
2
0
.818
NFC South W L T PCT
Falcons Falcons
6
5
0
.545
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
6
0
.455
NFC West W L T PCT
Seahawks Seahawks
6
5
0
.545
Cardinals Cardinals
6
5
0
.545
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
9
2
0
.818
Dolphins Dolphins
5
6
0
.455
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
8
3
0
.727
Ravens Ravens
7
4
0
.636
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
7
5
0
.583
Colts Colts
5
7
0
.417
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
10
1
0
.909
Chargers Chargers
7
3
0
.700

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
11/23
PHI PHI
@
LAR LAR
37-20
Sat
11/23
SF SF
@
GB GB
10-38
Sat
11/23
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
6-16
Sat
11/23
DEN DEN
@
LV LV
29-19
Sat
11/23
KC KC
@
CAR CAR
30-27

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
12/9
CIN CIN
@
DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Sun
12/8
LAC LAC
@
KC KC
8:20 PM
Sun
12/8
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
4:25 PM
Sun
12/8
BUF BUF
@
LAR LAR
4:25 PM
Sun
12/8
SEA SEA
@
ARI ARI
4:05 PM