200 Yard Rushers (1 Viewer)

[Dancing Bear]

In honor of Matt Forte eclipsing the 200 yard mark rushing, I thought I would test us all with some fun trivia ...

Who was the first NFL RB to eclipse the 200 yard mark? What year did he do it?

How many different RB's have eclipsed the 200 yard mark?

How many total instances have there been?

Who is the only RB to do it 6 times?

Who is the only RB to do it 5 times?

What 4 RB's did it 4 times?

How many times has it been done where the RB did not score a TD?

Who is the only RB to do it with less than a 5.0 yards/ carry?

 

[sports_fan]

http://www.sporcle.com/games/Wafez/200_yards

 

[AmosMoses]

I know OJ owned the 200 yard game. Barry Sanders I'll guess did it the second most times.

4 times? Cambell, Dickerson, Smith, Tiki? I remmeber Tiki did it like 3 times in one season. I owned him that year, won't forget that ####!

NFI about the others. I'm sure someone did it before Jim Brown, but I have no idea who. Marion Motley? Red Grange?

 

[Art Vandalay]

Id say Edge did it without a TD agaisnt the Bears I thnk when he could have had a shot at the record.

Corey Dillion has at least 4 efforts of 200 yards I would think

 

[Art Vandalay]

Just found this enjoy

http://www.sporcle.com/games/Wafez/200_yards

 

[Dancing Bear]

First RB to do it was Cliff Battles in 1933 for the Boston Redskins against the New York Giants.

74 different RB's have done it. 119 total instances of 200 or more.

O.J. Simpson - 6

Tiki Barber - 5

Jim Brown - 4

Earl Campbell - 4

Barry Sanders - 4

LaDanian Tomlinson - 4

13 times out of 119 without a TD.

Terrell Davis was the only one to do it with less than a 5.0 ypr.

How about a few more tidbits?

How many times out of the 119 instances did the rusher's team loss the game?

How many times did a RB do it in back-to-back weeks?

Which three RB's did it more than twice in a single season?

Which date in history saw 4 different RB's do it on the same day? Who were they?

 

[Dancing Bear]

Out of the 119 instances the rushers' team lost the game only 7 times!

There have been 4 instances of back-to-back weeks :

O.J. Simpson [1973]

O.J. Simpson [1976]

Earl Campbell [1980]

Ricky Williams [2002]

The following RB's did it more than 2 times in a single season :

Tiki Barber [3 times in 2005]

Earl Campbell [4 times in 1980]

O.J. Simpson [3 times in 1973]

December 3, 2000 saw the following 4 RB's go for 200 or more yards :

Curtis Martin [203]

Warrick Dunn [210]

Corey Dillon [216]

Mike Anderson [251]

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

http://www.sporcle.com/games/Wafez/200_yards

This was kind of fun, got 68 out of 114....