Comments on: Week 14 Game Scripts: Bills and Colts Run In The Snow http://www.footballperspective.com/week-14-game-scripts-bills-and-colts-run-in-the-snow/ NFL History and Stats Thu, 14 Dec 2017 04:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Josh Sanford http://www.footballperspective.com/week-14-game-scripts-bills-and-colts-run-in-the-snow/#comment-330475 Thu, 14 Dec 2017 04:23:00 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=36340#comment-330475 In football media, you sometimes hear this narrative about guys who “aren’t going to carry the ball 30 times a game” or what have you. It’s total nonsense. The list below is not intended to be exhaustive, but merely illustrative, of just how unusual it is when a player carries 30+ times in an NFL Game (not including playoffs):

Dickerson 21
Campbell 20
C Martin 19
Payton 18
George 17
J Bettis 16
E Smith 14
E James 14
R Williams 13
L Johnson 13
G Rogers 11
Riggins 11
T Davis 10
S Alexander 9
B Sanders 7
J Brown 6

On a lighter note, Eric Dickerson once carried 30 times for a total of 53 yards. Yikes. Punt much? (Just kidding, because I know Rohn Stark punted 10 times that game–tied for his highest number of punts in a game, in 231 games in which he punted.)

And one final note: Dickerson and Tomlinson both had very serious welcome-to-the-NFL opening games when they were handed the ball 31 and 36 times, respectively.

]]> By: Josh Sanford http://www.footballperspective.com/week-14-game-scripts-bills-and-colts-run-in-the-snow/#comment-330474 Thu, 14 Dec 2017 04:13:00 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=36340#comment-330474 Interestingly, the Bears had 3 guys with 17 or more carries in that 1981 game, whereas in the Colts game Sunday, each team had a single player with 30 or more. Pretty rare these days. But Frank Gore! He has to be the oldest guy who has ever “Carried His Age” in that he is 34 and he had 36 rushing attempts.

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