barry sanders rushing yards rookie season

Barry Sanders had 1,470 rushing yards in his rookie season in 1989.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
1,470
1989
DET DET
15
280
5.3
98.0
14
282
24
11.8
18.8
0

Games

NAMEDATERUSH YDSSEASONTMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
12/24/1989
158
1989
DET DET
@
ATL ATL
20
7.9
3
3
1
3.0
0
2Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
12/17/1989
104
1989
DET DET
vs
TB TB
21
5.0
1
8
1
8.0
0
3Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
12/10/1989
120
1989
DET DET
@
CHI CHI
26
4.6
2
39
3
13.0
0
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
12/3/1989
72
1989
DET DET
vs
NO NO
20
3.6
1
9
2
4.5
0
5Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
11/23/1989
145
1989
DET DET
vs
CLE CLE
28
5.2
0
44
2
22.0
0
6Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
11/19/1989
114
1989
DET DET
@
CIN CIN
18
6.3
1
6
1
6.0
0
7Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
11/12/1989
69
1989
DET DET
vs
GB GB
16
4.3
1
20
1
20.0
0
8Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
11/5/1989
91
1989
DET DET
@
HOU HOU
19
4.8
2
-3
1
-3.0
0
9Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
10/29/1989
184
1989
DET DET
@
GB GB
30
6.1
0
0
0
0
10Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
10/22/1989
59
1989
DET DET
vs
MIN MIN
15
3.9
0
9
1
9.0
0
11Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
10/8/1989
99
1989
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
23
4.3
0
30
2
15.0
0
12Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
10/1/1989
1
1989
DET DET
vs
PIT PIT
5
0.2
0
11
2
5.5
0
13Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
9/24/1989
126
1989
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
18
7.0
1
10
1
10.0
0
14Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
9/17/1989
57
1989
DET DET
@
NYG NYG
12
4.8
1
96
6
16.0
0
15Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
9/10/1989
71
1989
DET DET
vs
PHX PHX
9
7.9
1
0
0
0
Average98.018.75.30.918.81.611.80.0
Total1,4702805.3142822411.80
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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PPG

30.3

1st

OPP PPG

23.4

17th

RUSH YDS/G

135.8

5th

PASS YDS/G

256.7

5th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
9
3
0
.750
Packers Packers
8
3
1
.708
Lions Lions
8
5
0
.615
Vikings Vikings
4
8
0
.333
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
DET DET
@
LAR LAR
4:25 PM
Sun
12/21
PIT PIT
@
DET DET
4:25 PM
Thu
12/25
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
4:30 PM
Sun
1/4
DET DET
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Last Game
DAL Cowboys

6 - 6 - 1

30

Final

44

DET Lions

8 - 5

Thu 4 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
8
4
0
.667
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Ravens Ravens
6
6
0
.500
Steelers Steelers
6
6
0
.500
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Jaguars Jaguars
8
4
0
.667
Colts Colts
8
4
0
.667
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
10
2
0
.833
Chargers Chargers
8
4
0
.667
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
4
0
.667
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears
9
3
0
.750
Packers Packers
8
3
1
.708
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
5
0
.583
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
9
3
0
.750
Seahawks Seahawks
9
3
0
.750

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/7
PIT PIT
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
SEA SEA
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
TEN TEN
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
IND IND
@
JAX JAX
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
WAS WAS
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM