Lamar Miller etched a fascinating place in NFL history with a 97-yard touchdown run in the first half of the Houston Texans' 34-17 win against the Tennessee Titans on Monday Night Football.
This was the first time an NFL player had a touchdown run that long since … well, when Miller — then a member of the Miami Dolphins — ran 97 yards for a touchdown against the New York Jets in the 2014 regular-season finale.
Miller is now the only player in NFL history the only player in NFL history with multiple touchdown runs of 93 or more yards.
He joins Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and Gaynell "Gus" Tinsley as the only players in league history with two career touchdowns of at least 97 yards from scrimmage. Smith-Schuster had his second career 97-yard touchdown reception in the Steelers' loss to the Denver Broncos on Sunday. Tinsley — who played for the Chicago Cardinals — had a 97-yard touchdown reception in 1937 (a season in which he set an NFL record with 675 yards receiving) and then had a 98-yard touchdown catch in 1938.
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