In Emmit Smith's first full game, (Florida's 3rd game) he promptly broke Florida's 40-year old all-time single game rushing record, carrying 39 times for 224 yards and 2 TDs as the Gators upset the Crimson Tide of Alabama in 1987.
Emmit Smith rushed for a single game record of 316 yards versus New Mexico in October 1989.
Emmitt Smith scored 25 rushing touchdowns during the 1995 season.
Emmitt Smith. But this is really more of a search engine question.
His rookie season was in 1990.
Emmitt Smith. Smith rushed for 937 yards in his rookie season for the 1990 Dallas Cowboys and 937 yards in his final season for the 2004 Arizona Cardinals.
Emmitt Smith
Emmitt Smith
As of the start of the 2007 season: 1) Eric Dickerson - 2105 in 1984 2) Jamal Lewis - 2066 in 2003 3) Barry Sanders - 2053 in 1997
164 Emmitt Smith, Dallas, 1990-2002; Arizona, 2003-04
Yes. But the Dallas Cowboys running back missed the preseason and the first two games of the regular season because of a contract dispute. Needless to say, the impasse was resolved quickly after the Cowboys lost both games in his absence. Smith went on to have one of his best seasons, rushing for 1,486 yards and winning Super Bowl XXVIII and National Football League MVP honors.
The obvious choice is Emmitt Smith, who played for the Dallas Cowboys from 1990 to 2002. He is the all-time rushing leader in the history of the National Football League with 18,355 yards, and the Cowboys' career record holder with 17,162. He also won four league rushing titles (in 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1995), and was both a league Most Valuable Player (in 1993) and a Super Bowl MVP (for Super Bowl XXVIII).
It was generally understood that Bill Parcells, who was named Dallas Cowboys head coach after the 2002 season, preferred to install his own running backs in the team's offensive backfield. Smith, the Cowboys' and the NFL's all-time rushing leader with 18,355 yards, subsequently signed with the Arizona Cardinals as a free agent.
The Dallas Cowboys posted and 1-and-15 record in 1989, the year before they drafted Florida running back Emmitt Smith in the NFL college draft. By the end of the 1992 season, the Cowboys were Super Bowl champions for the first time in 15 years.