Between the 1940 and 1985 seasons, Steve Owens scored the most rushing touchdowns, with 56 touchdowns.

most rushing touchdowns by a player from 1940 to 1985

	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	Allen Pinkett A. Pinkett	49	43	4,131	889	4.6	96.1	774	73	10.6	18.0	3
6	Mike Rozier M. Rozier	49	35	4,780	668	7.2	136.6	216	20	10.8	6.2	2
7	Herschel Walker H. Walker	49	33	5,259	994	5.3	159.4	243	26	9.3	7.4	3
8	Ted Brown T. Brown	49	43	4,602	860	5.4	107.0	760	82	9.3	17.7	2
9	Billy Sims B. Sims	48	55	3,813	538	7.1	69.3	77	2	38.5	1.4	0
10	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	47	44	4,450	790	5.6	101.1	190	19	10.0	4.3	1
11	Charles White C. White	46	45	5,598	1,023	5.5	124.4	507	54	9.4	11.3	3
12	Terry Miller T. Miller	46	44	4,582	847	5.4	104.1	9	5	1.8	0.2	0
13	Keith Byars K. Byars	45	33	3,006	577	5.2	91.1	855	66	13.0	25.9	3
14	Robert Lavette R. Lavette	45	43	4,066	914	4.4	94.6	862	114	7.6	20.0	1
15	Marcus Allen M. Allen	45	45	4,682	893	5.2	104.0	721	79	9.1	16.0	2
16	Leon Burns L. Burns	45	22	2,692	625	4.3	122.4	238	15	15.9	10.8	2
17	Dalton Hilliard D. Hilliard	44	44	4,050	882	4.6	92.0	1,133	120	9.4	25.8	6
18	Rick Badanjek R. Badanjek	44	44	2,417	521	4.6	54.9	689	69	10.0	15.7	2
19	Billy Marek B. Marek	44	44	3,709	719	5.2	84.3	280	23	12.2	6.4	2
20	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	44	23	2,432	480	5.1	105.7	324	34	9.5	14.1	1
21	Bo Jackson B. Jackson	43	45	4,303	650	6.6	95.6	272	26	10.5	6.0	2
22	Curtis Adams C. Adams	43	38	4,162	761	5.5	109.5	220	32	6.9	5.8	1
23	Greg Allen G. Allen	43	40	3,769	624	6.0	94.2	376	34	11.1	9.4	1
24	Mike Voight M. Voight	42	44	3,971	826	4.8	90.3	88	10	8.8	2.0	0
25	Anthony Davis A. Davis	42	33	3,426	732	4.7	103.8	241	42	5.7	7.3	2