St. Louis Football Cardinals All-Time Rushing Records

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Ottis Anderson is the Big Red All-Time Leading Career and Single Season Rusher
CAREER RUSHING YARDS        YARDS
Ottis Anderson (1979-1986) 7,999
Jim Otis (1974-1978) 3,863
Stump Mitchell (1981-1987) 3,758
Johnny Roland (1966-1972) 3,608
Terry Metcalf (1973-1977) 3,438
Wayne Morris (1976-1984) 3,373
   
Former Mizzou star Johnny Roland was the Big Red All-Time Leading Rusher until 1978.
SINGLE SEASON RUSHING YEAR YARDS
Ottis Anderson 1979 1,605
Ottis Anderson 1981 1,376
Ottis Anderson 1980 1,352
Ottis Anderson 1983 1,270
Ottis Anderson 1984 1,174
Jim Otis 1975 1,076
John David Crow1960   1,071   
Stump Mitchell19851,006
Jim Otis led the NFC with 1,076 rushing yards in 1975.
SINGLE GAME RUSHING    DATE YARDS
John David Crow 12/18/1960 203
Ottis Anderson  09/02/1979 193
Wayne Morris  11/06/1977 182
Stump Mitchell  11/17/1985 179
Ottis Anderson  11/15/1981 177
Bill Triplett  10/31/1965 176
     
John David Crow is the only Big Red player to eclipse 200 yards in a single game.
CAREER RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS TDs
Ottis Anderson (1979-1986) 46
Wayne Morris (1976-1984) 34
John David Crow (1960-1964) 29
Stump Mitchell (1981-1987) 28
Johnny Roland (1966-1972) 27
   
RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS SEASON YEAR TDs
John David Crow 1962 14
MacArthur Lane 1970 11
Johnny Roland 1967 10
Donny Anderson 1973 10
     
CAREER RUSHING AVERAGE AVG
Stump Mitchell (1981-1987) 4.8
Terry Metcalf (1973-1977) 4.6
John David Crow (1960-1964) 4.4
Ottis Anderson (1979-1986) 4.3
   
Stump Mitchell averaged 4.8 yards per carry in his St. Louis career.
SEASON RUSHING AVERAGE YEAR AVG
John David Crow 1962 5.9
Stump Mitchell 1970 5.5
Terry Metcalf 1967 5.0
     
LONGEST RUN FROM SCRIMMAGE    DATE YARDS
Ottis Anderson09/02/197976
Ottis Anderson 11/18/197975
Terry Metcalf 09/22/1974 75
MacArthur Lane  10/18/1970 75
MacArthur Lane  10/11/1970 74
Johnny Roland 11/05/1967 70
     

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