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Sunday, October 27
 
Emmitt Smith: By the numbers

Associated Press

1 -- yard on first career carry.

2 -- MVP awards: for 1993 regular season and January 1994 Super Bowl.

A Record-breaking Career
Rushing
Yards, career -- 16,743.
Attempts, career -- 3,929.
Touchdowns, season -- 25.
Touchdowns, career -- 150.
Yards, postseason -- 1,586.
Touchdowns, postseason -- 19.
100-yard games, postseason -- 7.
1,000-yard seasons -- 11 (1991-2001).
Fastest to 100 career TDs -- 93 games, tying Jim Brown.
Seasons with 10 TDs -- 8.

Other NFL rankings
Yards from scrimmage, career -- 19,476, third.
Touchdowns, career -- 161, second.
100-yard games -- 74, third.
Overall touchdowns, season -- 25, second.
Seasons led league in rushing -- 4, tied for second.
Consecutive season led league in rushing -- 3, tied for second.
Seasons led league in touchdowns -- 4, tied for second.
Most consecutive 100-yard games -- 11, tied for third (twice)
Seasons led league in carries -- 3, tied for fourth.
Most 100-yard games, season -- 11, tied for fifth.

Misc.
Super Bowl titles -- 1992, 1993 and 1995 seasons.
Super Bowl MVP -- XXVIII (January 1994).
Seasons led league in rushing -- 4, 1991-93, 1995.
Seasons led league in carries -- 3, 1991, 1994-95.
Fourth player to lead NFL in rushing three straight years -- 1993-95.
First player with five straight 1,400-yard seasons -- 1991-95.
Fifth in rushing yards since start of 1998 -- 4,953.
First-round draft selection (17th overall) -- 1990.
Team record when Smith gets at least 20 carries -- 97-25 overall, 89-23 regular season.
Team record when Smith gets at least 100 yards -- 63-19 overall, 56-19 regular season.
In addition to holding record for most touchdowns, season, also tied for third -- 21, 1994.
Most yards gained, game -- 237, at Philadelphia, Oct. 31, 1993.
First 100-yard game -- Oct. 7, 1990, vs. Tampa Bay, 23 carries, 121 yards. (fifth career game)
First 1,000-yard season -- 1991, 365 attempts, 1,563 yards. (second season)
Pro Bowl Selection -- 9, 1990-95, 1998-2000.
AP Most Valuable Player -- 1993.
AP All-Pro Team -- 4, 1992-95.

3 -- Super Bowl championships.

4 -- rushing titles.

4.3 -- career per-carry average.

5 -- siblings, including Emory, who made Cowboys' practice squad in 1997.

6 -- NFL career rushing leaders since stats started being kept in 1932; all are Hall of Famers.

7 -- games missed (four with injuries, two for holdout, one inactive). Dallas is 1-6 without him.

8 -- seasons with 10 rushing TDs, two more than anyone else.

9 -- Pro Bowl selections.

11 -- seasons with 1,000 yards, an NFL record. All are in a row.

11 -- yards on run that broke the NFL career rushing record.

17 -- number overall draft pick in 1990.

20 -- 100-yard games after age 30, second to Walter Payton's 23.

20 -- carries; Dallas is 97-25, including playoffs, when he gets that many.

22 -- teams he's run for 100 yards against.

22 -- jersey number.

25 -- rushing TDs in 1995, an NFL record.

42 -- team-record touches (32 runs, 10 catches) in 1993 season-finale vs. Giants, 17 after separating right shoulder.

44 -- 1-yard TD runs.

45 -- 100-yard games in high school, a national record.

58 -- records set at Florida.

75 -- 100-yard games in the NFL, two shy of Payton's mark.

75 -- longest career TD run.

86.6 -- average yards over 192 career games, fifth-best all-time.

93 -- games needed to reach 100 career touchdowns, tying Jim Brown's record.

150 -- career rushing TDs; previous mark was 123.

237 -- yards in best game, Oct. 31, 1993, against Philadelphia.

540 -- yards needed to break career rushing record when season began.

1,586 -- postseason yards, a record.

1,773 -- yards in best season, 1995.

3,929 -- career carries, an NFL record.

8,804 -- yards at Escambia (Fla.) High, third in national history at the time. His 106 TDs were also No. 3.

16,743 -- career yards, an NFL record.




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