Playoffs are underway. While passing has been on the rise, especially in recent years, it has so far been a good week for running games. In two of the first three games, the winning team put a running back over 160 yards. (And in Houston, Lamar Miller carried it 31 times.)
In this century, only five other players have run for over 160 yards in playoff games. That includes Colin Kaepernick, when the 49ers were befuddling the Packers with the read-option in 2012.
RUNNING FOR 130-PLUS YARDS IN PLAYOFF GAMES (2000-) | |||||||
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Year | Player | Opp | Result | Att | Yards | Avg | TD |
2000 | Lamar Smith, Mia. | Ind. | W 23-17 | 40 | 209 | 5.2 | 2 |
2007 | Ryan Grant, G.B. | Sea. | W 42-20 | 27 | 201 | 7.4 | 3 |
2012 | Colin Kaepernick, S.F. | G.B. | W 45-31 | 16 | 181 | 11.3 | 2 |
2003 | Priest Holmes, K.C. | Ind. | L 31-38 | 24 | 176 | 7.3 | 2 |
2016 | LeVeon Bell, Pitt. | Mai. | W 30-12 | 29 | 167 | 5.8 | 2 |
2013 | LeGarrette Blount, N.E. | Ind. | W 43-22 | 24 | 166 | 6.9 | 4 |
2016 | Thomas Rawls, Sea. | Det. | W 26-6 | 27 | 161 | 6.0 | 1 |
2001 | Marshall Faulk, St.L. | Phil. | W 29-24 | 31 | 159 | 5.1 | 2 |
2001 | Charlie Garner, Oak. | NYJ | W 38-24 | 15 | 158 | 10.5 | 1 |
2014 | Marshawn Lynch, Sea. | G.B. | W 28-22 | 25 | 157 | 6.3 | 1 |
2003 | Ahman Green, G.B. | at Phil. | L 17-20 | 25 | 156 | 6.2 | 0 |
2011 | Arian Foster, Hou. | Cin. | W 31-10 | 24 | 153 | 6.4 | 2 |
2005 | DeShaun Foster, Car. | at NYG | W 23-0 | 27 | 151 | 5.6 | 0 |
2014 | LeGarrette Blount, N.E. | Ind. | W 45-7 | 30 | 148 | 4.9 | 3 |
2008 | Willie Parker, Pitt. | S.D. | W 35-24 | 27 | 146 | 5.4 | 2 |
2004 | Corey Dillon, N.E. | Ind. | W 20-3 | 23 | 144 | 6.3 | 0 |
2006 | Deuce McAllister, N.O. | Phil. | W 27-24 | 21 | 143 | 6.8 | 1 |
2004 | Warrick Dunn, Atl. | St.L. | W 47-17 | 17 | 142 | 8.4 | 2 |
2006 | Brian Westbrook, Phil. | NYG | W 23-20 | 20 | 141 | 7.1 | 1 |
2013 | Marshawn Lynch, Sea. | N.O. | W 23-15 | 28 | 140 | 5.0 | 2 |
2012 | Arian Foster, Hou. | Cin. | W 19-13 | 32 | 140 | 4.4 | 1 |
2006 | Tiki Barber, NYG | at Phil. | L 20-23 | 26 | 137 | 5.3 | 0 |
2012 | Marshawn Lynch, Sea. | at Wash. | W 24-14 | 20 | 132 | 6.6 | 1 |
2011 | Arian Foster, Hou. | at Balt. | L 13-20 | 27 | 132 | 4.9 | 1 |
2005 | Shaun Alexander, Sea. | Car. | W 34-14 | 34 | 132 | 3.9 | 2 |
2012 | Ray Rice, Balt. | at Den. | W 38-35 | 30 | 131 | 4.4 | 1 |
2010 | Marshawn Lynch, Sea. | N.O. | W 41-36 | 19 | 131 | 6.9 | 1 |
2013 | Colin Kaepernick, S.F. | at Sea. | L 17-23 | 11 | 130 | 11.8 | 0 |
—Ian Allan