Kevin Jones with 689 rushing yards on 181 carries.
Detroit Lions.The Lions gave up 2754 rushing yards in 2008 for an average of 172.1 yards per game. The Oakland Raiders were second worst giving up 2555 rushing yards and next came the Kansas City Chiefs who gave up 2543 rushing yards.
Barry Sanders retired with the Lions' rushing record in 1999.
Joey Harrington of the Detroit Lions averaged 488 yards a game in passing receivers.
Randall Cunningham's highest rushing yard season was in 1990 when he had 942 rushing yards.
Barry Word against the Detroit Lions on October 14, 1990.
Byron "Whizzer" White led the NFL in rushing in 1938 with 567 yards and retired from the U.S. Supreme Court in 1993, having served 31 years. White also led the NFL in rushing in 1940 with 514 yards, playing for the Detroit Lions.
The NFL record for yards gained rushing by a team in a single game is 426 by the Detroit Lions in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates (now Steelers) on November 4, 1934.
Minnesota Vikings RB - Adrian Peterson. He ran for 296 yards against the Chicago Bears in 2007
Montana: 1,676 rushing yards Young: 4,239 rushing yards Steve Young had more rushing yards
Chuck Long was a 1st round choice of the Lions in 1986. He was with them for 4 seasons (1986-1989) and was resigned in 1991. His career stats with the Lions was 330 completions in 602 attempts for 3,747 yards, 19 TDs, and 28 INTs. He also was credited with 34 rushing attempts for 88 yards. He started 21 games at QB for the Lions and they went 4-17 in those games.
Rushing is when they run the football and the gain yards.
The man whom holds this record is Barry Sanders with the Detroit Lions. During the 1997 season, he rushed for 100 yards in 14 of the 16 regular season games.