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most rushing yards by a player in a season before 1980| NAME | RUSH YDS | SEASON | TM | GP | ATT | YPC | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | T. Dorsett | 1,948 | 1976 | 11 | 338 | 5.8 | 177.1 | 21 | 73 | 7 | 10.4 | 6.6 | 1 | ||
| 2 |  | E. Marinaro | 1,881 | 1971 | 9 | 356 | 5.3 | 209.0 | 24 | 51 | 6 | 8.5 | 5.7 | 0 | ||
| 3 | | R. Bell | 1,875 | 1975 | 11 | 357 | 5.3 | 170.5 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 8.0 | 2.2 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | C. White | 1,803 | 1979 | 11 | 293 | 6.2 | 163.9 | 18 | 138 | 20 | 6.9 | 12.5 | 0 | ||
| 5 | | O. Graves | 1,789 | 1978 | 12 | 275 | 6.5 | 149.1 | 9 | 103 | 10 | 10.3 | 8.6 | 1 | ||
| 6 |  | B. Sims | 1,762 | 1978 | 11 | 231 | 7.6 | 160.2 | 20 | 35 | 1 | 35.0 | 3.2 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | C. White | 1,760 | 1978 | 12 | 342 | 5.1 | 146.7 | 12 | 191 | 20 | 9.6 | 15.9 | 1 | ||
| 8 |  | R. Newhouse | 1,757 | 1971 | 11 | 277 | 6.3 | 159.7 | 12 | 35 | 3 | 11.7 | 3.2 | 0 | ||
| 9 |  | E. Campbell | 1,744 | 1977 | 11 | 267 | 6.5 | 158.5 | 18 | 111 | 5 | 22.2 | 10.1 | 1 | ||
| 10 |  | D. McCauley | 1,720 | 1970 | 11 | 324 | 5.3 | 156.4 | 19 | 235 | 15 | 15.7 | 21.4 | 2 | ||
| 11 | | M. Kellar | 1,719 | 1973 | 11 | 291 | 5.9 | 156.3 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | O.J. Simpson | 1,709 | 1968 | 10 | 355 | 4.8 | 170.9 | 22 | 126 | 18 | 7.0 | 12.6 | 0 | ||
| 13 |  | C. Alexander | 1,686 | 1977 | 11 | 311 | 5.4 | 153.3 | 17 | 80 | 12 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 0 | ||
| 14 |  | T. Miller | 1,680 | 1977 | 11 | 314 | 5.4 | 152.7 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | T. Metcalf | 1,673 | 1971 | 12 | 267 | 6.3 | 139.4 | 28 | 130 | 15 | 8.7 | 10.8 | 1 | ||
| 16 | | G. Pruitt | 1,665 | 1971 | 11 | 178 | 9.4 | 151.4 | 17 | 108 | 4 | 27.0 | 9.8 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | L. Burns | 1,659 | 1969 | 11 | 350 | 4.7 | 150.8 | 26 | 149 | 10 | 14.9 | 13.5 | 1 | ||
| 18 |  | A. Griffin | 1,620 | 1974 | 11 | 236 | 6.9 | 147.3 | 12 | 52 | 3 | 17.3 | 4.7 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | H. Lusk | 1,596 | 1975 | 11 | 310 | 5.1 | 145.1 | 13 | 62 | 10 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 3 | ||
| 20 | | A. Herrera | 1,588 | 1976 | 11 | 287 | 5.5 | 144.4 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | T. Dorsett | 1,586 | 1973 | 11 | 288 | 5.5 | 144.2 | 12 | 84 | 12 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | M. Morris | 1,571 | 1968 | 10 | 260 | 6.0 | 157.1 | 17 | 344 | 17 | 20.2 | 34.4 | 2 | ||
| 23 |  | L. Mitchell | 1,567 | 1971 | 11 | 254 | 6.2 | 142.5 | 26 | 154 | 16 | 9.6 | 14.0 | 3 | ||
| 24 |  | E. Lee Ivery | 1,562 | 1978 | 11 | 267 | 5.9 | 142.0 | 9 | 238 | 20 | 11.9 | 21.6 | 1 | ||
| 25 | | P. Gipson | 1,550 | 1968 | 10 | 242 | 6.4 | 155.0 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 0 | ||
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