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Rushing


1991 San Diego State's Marshall Faulk is 1st freshman to capture national rushing and scoring titles

1991 SD State freshman Marshall Faulk sets NCAA rushing record of 386 yards

1988 NCAA record rushing yardage (768 yards-Oklahoma)

1987 Walter Payton scores NFL record 107th rushing touchdown

1984 Washington State's Rueben Mayes sets col football rec of 357 yards rushing

1984 Walter Payton passes Jim Brown as NFL's career rushing leader

1983 New York Giants Butch Woolfolk ties NFL record of 43 attempts rushing

1975 1st New York Jet to gain 1,000 yards rushing (John Riggins)

1973 Ohio State's Archie Griffith begins record 31 cons 100 yd rushing

1972 Jimmy Rushing, U.S. blues singer, dies at 68

1969 Emmitt Smith, running back, Dallas Cowboys, 3-time NFL rushing leader

1966 Karissa Rushing, Benton Arkansas, Miss Arkansas-America 1991

1963 Jim Brown sets NFL single-season rushing record, 8,390 yards

1959 Cleveland Browns' Jim Brown makes club record 37 rushing attempts

1957 Cleveland Browns' fullback Jim Brown sets club record of 237 yards rushing

1951 Philadelphia sets NFL record of 25 1st-downs rushing

1950 Gene Roberts sets NFL New York Giant rushing record (218 yards) vs Chicago Cards

1903 Jimmy Rushing, U.S. blues singer


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