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most rushing yards by a player in a season before 2000| NAME | RUSH YDS | SEASON | TM | GP | ATT | YPC | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
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| 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 |  | T. Davis | 2,185 | 1996 | 11 | 402 | 5.4 | 198.6 | 21 | 64 | 13 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 0 | ||
| 4 |  | M. Rozier | 2,148 | 1983 | 12 | 275 | 7.8 | 179.0 | 29 | 106 | 10 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 0 | ||
| 5 |  | R. Williams | 2,124 | 1998 | 11 | 361 | 5.9 | 193.1 | 27 | 262 | 24 | 10.9 | 23.8 | 1 | ||
| 6 |  | R. Salaam | 2,055 | 1994 | 11 | 298 | 6.9 | 186.8 | 24 | 294 | 24 | 12.3 | 26.7 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | T. Davis | 2,010 | 1995 | 11 | 345 | 5.8 | 182.7 | 15 | 159 | 14 | 11.4 | 14.5 | 1 | ||
| 8 |  | B. Hanspard | 2,000 | 1996 | 11 | 311 | 6.4 | 181.8 | 13 | 192 | 17 | 11.3 | 17.5 | 1 | ||
| 9 | | L. Johnson | 1,976 | 1993 | 11 | 327 | 6.0 | 179.6 | 12 | 106 | 16 | 6.6 | 9.6 | 0 | ||
| 10 |  | T. Dorsett | 1,948 | 1976 | 11 | 338 | 5.8 | 177.1 | 21 | 73 | 7 | 10.4 | 6.6 | 1 | ||
| 11 |  | L. White | 1,908 | 1985 | 11 | 386 | 4.9 | 173.5 | 17 | 28 | 6 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | W. Tait | 1,905 | 1995 | 11 | 357 | 5.3 | 173.2 | 20 | 183 | 19 | 9.6 | 16.6 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | R. Williams | 1,893 | 1997 | 11 | 279 | 6.8 | 172.1 | 25 | 150 | 20 | 7.5 | 13.6 | 0 | ||
| 14 |  | H. Walker | 1,891 | 1981 | 11 | 385 | 4.9 | 171.9 | 18 | 84 | 14 | 6.0 | 7.6 | 2 | ||
| 15 | | B. Pruitt | 1,890 | 1994 | 11 | 292 | 6.5 | 171.8 | 20 | 74 | 6 | 12.3 | 6.7 | 2 | ||
| 16 | | E. Marinaro | 1,881 | 1971 | 9 | 356 | 5.3 | 209.0 | 24 | 51 | 6 | 8.5 | 5.7 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | A. Green | 1,877 | 1997 | 12 | 278 | 6.8 | 156.4 | 22 | 105 | 14 | 7.5 | 8.8 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | E. Anderson | 1,877 | 1982 | 11 | 353 | 5.3 | 170.6 | 8 | 103 | 21 | 4.9 | 9.4 | 1 | ||
| 19 | | R. Bell | 1,875 | 1975 | 11 | 357 | 5.3 | 170.5 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 8.0 | 2.2 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | P. Palmer | 1,866 | 1986 | 11 | 346 | 5.4 | 169.6 | 15 | 110 | 12 | 9.2 | 10.0 | 0 | ||
| 21 |  | R. Dayne | 1,863 | 1996 | 12 | 295 | 6.3 | 155.3 | 18 | 133 | 14 | 9.5 | 11.1 | 0 | ||
| 22 |  | L. Tomlinson | 1,850 | 1999 | 11 | 268 | 6.9 | 168.2 | 18 | 55 | 12 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | G. Jones | 1,842 | 1995 | 12 | 305 | 6.0 | 153.5 | 23 | 119 | 18 | 6.6 | 9.9 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | R. Dayne | 1,834 | 1999 | 11 | 303 | 6.1 | 166.7 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 9.0 | 0.8 | 0 | ||
| 25 |  | E. George | 1,826 | 1995 | 12 | 303 | 6.0 | 152.2 | 23 | 399 | 44 | 9.1 | 33.3 | 1 | ||
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