NFL Records
- Most rushing attempts and rushing yards in a single postseason: 136 attempts, 610 yards; 4 playoff games (1982)
- Oldest player to rush for 150+ yards in a game: 35 years, 71 days
- Oldest player to rush for 3 touchdowns in a game: 36 years, 70 days
- Oldest player to have a game with 100+ rushing yards & 1 rushing touchdown: 36 years, 84 days
- Oldest player to have 30+ rushing attempts in a game: 36 years, 84 days
- Oldest player to rush for 100+ yards in a playoff game: 34 years, 157 days (breaking his own record he set one week earlier)
- Oldest player to rush for 150+ yards in a playoff game: 33 years, 179 days
- Oldest player to rush for 175+ yards in a playoff game: 33 years, 164 days
- Most rushing attempts after 35th birthday: 503 - broken by Marcus Allen who finished with 537
- Most rushing touchdowns after 35th birthday: 22 - broken by Marcus Allen who finished with 25
- Most rushing yards after 35th birthday: 1,916 - broken by Marcus Allen who finished with 2,225
- Most 100 yard rushing games after 35th birthday: 8
- Most games with 2+ rushing touchdowns after 35th birthday: 4 - broken by Marcus Allen who finished with 5
- Most games with 20 rushing attempts after 35th birthday: 11
- Oldest player to have 300+ rushing attempts in a season: 35
- Oldest player to have 1,200 rushing yards in a season: 35
- Oldest player to have 10+ rushing touchdowns in a season: 35
- Oldest player to score 20+ touchdowns in a season: 34
- Oldest player to have 350+ rushing attempts in a season: 34
- Oldest player to have 1,300 rushing yards in a season: 34
- Oldest player to have 20+ rushing touchdowns in a season: 34
- Most rushing attempts after 30th birthday: 1,510
- Most rushing touchdowns after 30th birthday: 71
- Most rushing yards after 30th birthday: 5,683 - broken by Emmitt Smith who finished with 5,789
- Most games with 20 rushing attempts after 30th birthday: 36
- Most games in the postseason of 100+ yards rushing: 6 - broken by Emmitt Smith and Terrell Davis who each posted 7
- Most rushing yards in a Super Bowl: 166 - broken by Marcus Allen (191) and Timmy Smith (204)
- Most touchdowns in a season: 24 - broken by several players since
- Most rushing touchdowns in a season: 24 - broken by several players since
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