alabama crimson tide most rushing yards in a season

The Alabama Crimson Tide had their most rushing yards in a season in 1973, with 4,027 yards.

	TEAM	RUSH YDS	SEASON	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Alabama	4,027	1973	11	663	6.1	366.1	43
2	Alabama	3,792	1979	11	763	5.0	344.7	38
3	Alabama	3,681	2016	15	639	5.8	245.4	33
4	Alabama	3,565	1971	11	705	5.1	324.1	34
5	Alabama	3,509	2017	14	612	5.7	250.6	36
6	Alabama	3,392	1972	11	704	4.8	308.4	42
7	Alabama	3,381	1980	11	632	5.3	307.4	35
8	Alabama	3,320	1975	11	680	4.9	301.8	35
9	Alabama	3,288	1974	11	686	4.8	298.9	32
10	Alabama	3,268	1977	11	697	4.7	297.1	34
11	Alabama	3,185	2012	14	570	5.6	227.5	29
12	Alabama	3,167	1986	12	585	5.4	263.9	25
13	Alabama	3,158	1978	11	638	4.9	287.1	31
14	Alabama	3,082	1981	11	707	4.4	280.2	18
15	Alabama	3,011	2009	14	601	5.0	215.1	27
16	Alabama	2,999	2015	15	642	4.7	199.9	33
17	Alabama	2,976	2018	15	571	5.2	198.4	33
18	Alabama	2,935	1982	11	636	4.6	266.8	29
19	Alabama	2,893	2014	14	567	5.1	206.6	35
20	Alabama	2,867	1976	11	629	4.6	260.6	32
21	Alabama	2,788	2011	13	508	5.5	214.5	32
22	Alabama	2,772	2002	13	619	4.5	213.2	29
23	Alabama	2,772	1991	11	557	5.0	252.0	24
24	Alabama	2,673	2013	13	461	5.8	205.6	28
25	Alabama	2,656	1983	11	561	4.7	241.5	23

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More Alabama Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,414

Russell

RUSH

247

Hill

REC

376

Coleman-Williams

Team Rankings

PPG

49.6

4th

OPP PPG

20.8

55th

RUSH YDS/G

186.4

48th

PASS YDS/G

287.4

28th

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Alabama	3-0	5-0
2	Florida	2-0	4-0
3	Georgia	3-0	5-0
4	Mississippi State	2-1	4-1
5	Texas	1-0	4-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	UGA	@	ALA	7:30 PM
Sat 10/17	ALA	@	TENN	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	TXAM	@	ALA	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	ALA	@	LSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	ALA	@	VAN	1:00 PM

Last Game

Alabama

5 - 0

Final

Mississippi State

4 - 1

Sat 3 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,613

Jennings

1,519

Jackson

1,499

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

603

Hernandez

585

Legree

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

14

Stokes

14

Heintschel

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

204.6

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

53.5

51.8

51.4

49.6

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

9.0

9.8

10.3

11.0

11.5

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

548.3

541.2

532.8

524.6

523.3

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

297.3

294.0

281.5

281.3

277.8

Pass Yards Rankings

365.3

365.0

361.3

346.5

346.0

340.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

16.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	5	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	4	1	.800
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Michigan	3	2	.600
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Illinois	2	2	.500
14	Maryland	2	2	.500
15	Michigan State	2	3	.400
16	Purdue	1	3	.250
17	Rutgers	1	3	.250
18	Penn State	3	2	.600

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	2	.600
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	4	1	.800
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	3	2	.600
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	2	2	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
9	Delaware	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	3	.400
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
2	Miami	4	0	1.000
3	Clemson	3	1	.750
4	Duke	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia	3	1	.750
6	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
7	Louisville	2	2	.500
8	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
9	SMU	4	1	.800
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	3	.400
12	North Carolina	2	2	.500
13	Boston College	2	3	.400
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	2	2	.500
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	4	1	.800
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	5	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250