Checking in one last time on that Cordarrelle Patterson game before we move on to Week 2 stuff. He ran for 102 yards in the win at St. Louis.
I’ve got a database with all of the 100-yard games going back to 1978 (the year they started the 16-game schedule). As best I can tell, he’s the first wide receiver to run for 100 yards in a game.
Only two other players have been able to run for over 100 yards with fewer than 6 carries. Brian Mitchell is the all-time leader, having done it with 2 attempts for Philadelphia against Atlanta in 2000. Mitchell also had an 89-yard touchdown on a kickoff return in that game; he had only 2 carries because he entered the backfield in the fourth quarter after Duce Staley got hurt.
The Eagles are the all-time kings of this category. They’ve had seven different players run for 100-plus yards with under 10 attempts.
Napoleon Kaufman is the individual leader; he’s the only one who’s done it three times.
Since 1978, it’s been done 55 times. Seven of those are by quarterbacks. Michael Vick, oddly, is a guy you would figure would have done it once or twice, but he’s not one of the seven. Vinny Testaverde (seriously) is. Go figure. (I’ve got the quarterbacks on the list in bold.)
100 YARDS RUSHING WITH UNDER 10 ATTEMPTS | ||||||
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Year | Player | Game | Att | Yards | Avg | TD |
2000 | Brian Mitchell, Phil. | vs. Atl. | 2 | 105 | 52.5 | 1 |
2014 | • Cordarrelle Patterson, Minn. | at St.L. | 3 | 102 | 34.0 | 1 |
2010 | Rashad Jennings, Jac. | vs. Oak. | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 1 |
1998 | Ahman Green, Sea. | at Phil. | 6 | 100 | 16.7 | 1 |
1979 | Archie Griffin, Cin. | vs. Phil. | 6 | 103 | 17.2 | 0 |
1986 | Herschel Walker, Dall. | vs. Phil. | 6 | 122 | 20.3 | 1 |
2006 | Jerious Norwood, Atl. | vs. Ariz. | 6 | 106 | 17.7 | 1 |
1983 | Robert Weathers, N.E. | vs. Balt. | 6 | 100 | 16.7 | 1 |
1997 | Steve Broussard, Sea. | vs. Tenn. | 6 | 138 | 23.0 | 2 |
2008 | DeShawn Wynn, G.B. | vs. Det. | 7 | 106 | 15.1 | 1 |
2007 | Fred Taylor, Jac. | vs. Oak. | 7 | 111 | 15.9 | 1 |
2011 | Joe Webb, Minn. | at Det. | 7 | 109 | 15.6 | 1 |
1996 | Kordell Stewart, Pitt. | at Car. | 7 | 102 | 14.6 | 1 |
1998 | Kordell Stewart, Pitt. | at Cin. | 7 | 103 | 14.7 | 0 |
2004 | Larry Johnson, K.C. | at Tenn. | 7 | 104 | 14.9 | 2 |
1996 | Napoleon Kaufman, Oak. | vs. S.D. | 7 | 116 | 16.6 | 0 |
1990 | Vinny Testaverde, T.B. | vs. Minn. | 7 | 105 | 15.0 | 1 |
1990 | Bo Jackson, Rdrs. | vs. Cin. | 8 | 117 | 14.6 | 0 |
1979 | Booker Russell, Oak. | at Den. | 8 | 100 | 12.5 | 1 |
2010 | Brandon Jacobs, NYG | vs. Wash. | 8 | 103 | 12.9 | 2 |
2006 | Brian Westbrook, Phil. | at S.F. | 8 | 117 | 14.6 | 2 |
2007 | Chester Taylor, Minn, | at S.F. | 8 | 101 | 12.6 | 1 |
2002 | Donovan McNabb, Phil. | vs. NYG | 8 | 107 | 13.4 | 1 |
2009 | Maurice Jones-Drew, Jac. | at Tenn. | 8 | 177 | 22.1 | 2 |
2005 | Maurice Morris, Sea. | vs. Hou. | 8 | 104 | 13.0 | 1 |
2005 | Michael Turner, S.D. | at Ind. | 8 | 113 | 14.1 | 1 |
1996 | Napoleon Kaufman, Oak. | vs. K.C. | 8 | 109 | 13.6 | 0 |
1999 | Napoleon Kaufman, Oak. | vs. T.B. | 8 | 122 | 15.3 | 2 |
1990 | Randall Cunningham, Phil. | vs. N.E. | 8 | 124 | 15.5 | 1 |
1990 | Steve Young, S.F. | vs. N.O. | 8 | 102 | 12.8 | 0 |
1983 | Stump Mitchell, St.L. | vs. S.F. | 8 | 123 | 15.4 | 0 |
1999 | Tim Biakabutuka, Car. | vs. Cin. | 8 | 132 | 16.5 | 2 |
2008 | Willis McGahee, Balt. | at Dall. | 8 | 108 | 13.5 | 1 |
1991 | Barry Foster, Pitt. | at Buff. | 9 | 121 | 13.4 | 1 |
1983 | Bruce Harper, NYJ | at Buff. | 9 | 118 | 13.1 | 0 |
2013 | Bryce Brown, Phil. | vs. Chi. | 9 | 115 | 12.8 | 1 |
1995 | Charlie Garner, Phil. | vs. Wash. | 9 | 120 | 13.3 | 3 |
2011 | DeAngelo Williams, Car. | vs. N.O. | 9 | 115 | 12.8 | 1 |
1984 | Eddie Lee Ivery, G.B. | vs. Det. | 9 | 116 | 12.9 | 0 |
2006 | Fred Taylor, Jac. | vs. Ind. | 9 | 131 | 14.6 | 1 |
1984 | Gerry Ellis, G.B. | vs. Minn. | 9 | 110 | 12.2 | 1 |
1985 | Gerry Ellis, G.B. | vs. T.B. | 9 | 101 | 11.2 | 1 |
2006 | Jerious Norwood, Atl. | at Wash. | 9 | 107 | 11.9 | 1 |
1985 | Jessie Clark, G.B. | at St.L. | 9 | 112 | 12.4 | 0 |
1991 | Kenneth Davis, Buff. | vs. Ind. | 9 | 108 | 12.0 | 1 |
2005 | Larry Johnson, K.C. | vs. NYJ | 9 | 110 | 12.2 | 2 |
1999 | Lawrence Phillips, S.F. | at Ariz. | 9 | 102 | 11.3 | 1 |
1979 | Leroy Harris, Phil. | at G.B. | 9 | 137 | 15.2 | 0 |
2009 | Michael Turner, Atl. | at Car. | 9 | 111 | 12.3 | 0 |
2012 | Pierre Thomas, N.O. | at Car. | 9 | 110 | 12.2 | 0 |
1999 | Priest Holmes, Balt. | vs. Tenn. | 9 | 100 | 11.1 | 0 |
2005 | Rock Cartwright, WAS | at St.L. | 9 | 118 | 13.1 | 0 |
2013 | Terrelle Pryor, Oak. | vs. Pitt. | 9 | 106 | 11.8 | 1 |
2003 | Thomas Jones, TB | vs. G.B. | 9 | 134 | 14.9 | 0 |
2004 | Tiki Barber, NYG | at Phil. | 9 | 125 | 13.9 | 1 |
—Ian Allan