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most rushing yards by a player in a season before 1990| NAME | RUSH YDS | SEASON | TM | GP | ATT | YPC | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | B. Sanders | 2,628 | 1988 | 11 | 344 | 7.6 | 238.9 | 37 | 106 | 19 | 5.6 | 9.6 | 0 | ||
| 2 |  | M. Allen | 2,342 | 1981 | 11 | 403 | 5.8 | 212.9 | 22 | 217 | 29 | 7.5 | 19.7 | 1 | ||
| 3 |  | M. Rozier | 2,148 | 1983 | 12 | 275 | 7.8 | 179.0 | 29 | 106 | 10 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 0 | ||
| 4 |  | T. Dorsett | 1,948 | 1976 | 11 | 338 | 5.8 | 177.1 | 21 | 73 | 7 | 10.4 | 6.6 | 1 | ||
| 5 |  | L. White | 1,908 | 1985 | 11 | 386 | 4.9 | 173.5 | 17 | 28 | 6 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 0 | ||
| 6 |  | H. Walker | 1,891 | 1981 | 11 | 385 | 4.9 | 171.9 | 18 | 84 | 14 | 6.0 | 7.6 | 2 | ||
| 7 | | E. Marinaro | 1,881 | 1971 | 9 | 356 | 5.3 | 209.0 | 24 | 51 | 6 | 8.5 | 5.7 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | E. Anderson | 1,877 | 1982 | 11 | 353 | 5.3 | 170.6 | 8 | 103 | 21 | 4.9 | 9.4 | 1 | ||
| 9 | | R. Bell | 1,875 | 1975 | 11 | 357 | 5.3 | 170.5 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 8.0 | 2.2 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | P. Palmer | 1,866 | 1986 | 11 | 346 | 5.4 | 169.6 | 15 | 110 | 12 | 9.2 | 10.0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | C. White | 1,803 | 1979 | 11 | 293 | 6.2 | 163.9 | 18 | 138 | 20 | 6.9 | 12.5 | 0 | ||
| 12 |  | A. Thompson | 1,793 | 1989 | 11 | 358 | 5.0 | 163.0 | 24 | 201 | 35 | 5.7 | 18.3 | 1 | ||
| 13 | | O. Graves | 1,789 | 1978 | 12 | 275 | 6.5 | 149.1 | 9 | 103 | 10 | 10.3 | 8.6 | 1 | ||
| 14 |  | B. Jackson | 1,786 | 1985 | 11 | 278 | 6.4 | 162.4 | 17 | 73 | 4 | 18.3 | 6.6 | 0 | ||
| 15 |  | G. Rogers | 1,781 | 1980 | 11 | 297 | 6.0 | 161.9 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 0 | ||
| 16 |  | B. Sims | 1,762 | 1978 | 11 | 231 | 7.6 | 160.2 | 20 | 35 | 1 | 35.0 | 3.2 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | C. White | 1,760 | 1978 | 12 | 342 | 5.1 | 146.7 | 12 | 191 | 20 | 9.6 | 15.9 | 1 | ||
| 18 |  | R. Newhouse | 1,757 | 1971 | 11 | 277 | 6.3 | 159.7 | 12 | 35 | 3 | 11.7 | 3.2 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | H. Walker | 1,752 | 1982 | 11 | 335 | 5.2 | 159.3 | 16 | 89 | 5 | 17.8 | 8.1 | 1 | ||
| 20 |  | E. Campbell | 1,744 | 1977 | 11 | 267 | 6.5 | 158.5 | 18 | 111 | 5 | 22.2 | 10.1 | 1 | ||
| 21 | | M. Pringle | 1,727 | 1989 | 11 | 296 | 5.8 | 157.0 | 16 | 249 | 28 | 8.9 | 22.6 | 3 | ||
| 22 |  | D. McCauley | 1,720 | 1970 | 11 | 324 | 5.3 | 156.4 | 19 | 235 | 15 | 15.7 | 21.4 | 2 | ||
| 23 | | M. Kellar | 1,719 | 1973 | 11 | 291 | 5.9 | 156.3 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | O.J. Simpson | 1,709 | 1968 | 10 | 355 | 4.8 | 170.9 | 22 | 126 | 18 | 7.0 | 12.6 | 0 | ||
| 25 |  | D. Lewis | 1,692 | 1988 | 12 | 306 | 5.5 | 141.0 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0 | ||
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