Between the 1940 and 1979 seasons, Steve Owens scored the most rushing touchdowns, with 56 touchdowns.

most rushing touchdowns by a player from 1940 to 1979

	NAME	RUSH TD	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Steve Owens S. Owens	56	30	3,867	905	4.3	128.9	136	16	8.5	4.5	0
2	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	55	44	6,082	1,074	5.7	138.2	404	38	10.6	9.2	4
3	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	51	43	2,085	484	4.3	48.5	66	7	9.4	1.5	2
4	Ed Marinaro E. Marinaro	50	27	4,715	918	5.1	174.6	232	23	10.1	8.6	2
5	Ted Brown T. Brown	49	43	4,602	860	5.4	107.0	760	82	9.3	17.7	2
6	Billy Sims B. Sims	48	55	3,813	538	7.1	69.3	77	2	38.5	1.4	0
7	Charles White C. White	46	45	5,598	1,023	5.5	124.4	507	54	9.4	11.3	3
8	Terry Miller T. Miller	46	44	4,582	847	5.4	104.1	9	5	1.8	0.2	0
9	Leon Burns L. Burns	45	22	2,692	625	4.3	122.4	238	15	15.9	10.8	2
10	Billy Marek B. Marek	44	44	3,709	719	5.2	84.3	280	23	12.2	6.4	2
11	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	44	23	2,432	480	5.1	105.7	324	34	9.5	14.1	1
12	Mike Voight M. Voight	42	44	3,971	826	4.8	90.3	88	10	8.8	2.0	0
13	Anthony Davis A. Davis	42	33	3,426	732	4.7	103.8	241	42	5.7	7.3	2
14	Stan Fritts S. Fritts	41	33	2,542	534	4.8	77.0	367	25	14.7	11.1	1
15	Charles Alexander C. Alexander	40	44	4,035	855	4.7	91.7	431	49	8.8	9.8	2
16	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	40	40	4,443	765	5.8	111.1	128	6	21.3	3.2	1
17	Jerome Persell J. Persell	39	33	4,190	842	5.0	127.0	137	17	8.1	4.2	0
18	Dave Preston D. Preston	39	43	3,423	830	4.1	79.6	268	29	9.2	6.2	2
19	Fred Solomon F. Solomon	39	44	3,299	557	5.9	75.0	10	2	5.0	0.2	0
20	Gary Kosins G. Kosins	39	31	2,812	779	3.6	90.7	195	20	9.8	6.3	2
21	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	38	31	2,934	501	5.9	94.6	470	38	12.4	15.2	3
22	Carlester Crumpler C. Crumpler	37	32	2,901	658	4.4	90.7	40	6	6.7	1.3	0
23	Larry Poole L. Poole	36	33	2,668	599	4.5	80.8	279	20	14.0	8.5	2
24	Steve Worster S. Worster	36	29	2,353	457	5.1	81.1	113	11	10.3	3.9	0
25	Dave Casinelli D. Casinelli	36	39	2,636	549	4.8	67.6	160	8	20.0	4.1	0