before 1988 what rb had the most rushing td through first 5 seasons

Before 1988, Eric Dickerson scored the most rushing touchdowns by a running back in his first 5 seasons, with 61 touchdowns.

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	NAME	RUSH TD	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	61	74	8,256	1,748	4.7	111.6	1,045	136	7.7	14.1	2
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	59	73	6,926	1,548	4.5	94.9	1,424	156	9.1	19.5	4
3	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	57	71	6,995	1,561	4.5	98.5	475	93	5.1	6.7	0
4	Jim Brown J. Brown	57	62	6,463	1,269	5.1	104.2	1,046	121	8.6	16.9	6
5	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	52	61	4,581	917	5.0	75.1	545	75	7.3	8.9	4
6	Marcus Allen M. Allen	49	70	5,397	1,289	4.2	77.1	2,757	283	9.7	39.4	15
7	Steve Van Buren S. Van Buren	48	51	3,758	757	5.0	73.7	373	35	10.7	7.3	2
8	Gerald Riggs G. Riggs	45	70	5,268	1,271	4.1	75.3	1,014	139	7.3	14.5	0
9	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	45	67	4,915	1,209	4.1	73.4	2,514	256	9.8	37.5	21
10	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	43	74	4,036	1,036	3.9	54.5	931	127	7.3	12.6	6
11	Curt Warner C. Warner	42	61	5,049	1,189	4.2	82.8	1,160	148	7.8	19.0	4
12	Billy Sims B. Sims	42	60	5,106	1,131	4.5	85.1	2,072	186	11.1	34.5	5
13	Franco Harris F. Harris	42	66	5,133	1,135	4.5	77.8	814	105	7.8	12.3	3
14	Leroy Kelly L. Kelly	42	69	3,736	735	5.1	54.1	1,067	83	12.9	15.5	7
15	Joe Morris J. Morris	40	67	3,555	818	4.3	53.1	604	65	9.3	9.0	2
16	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	40	75	6,270	1,368	4.6	83.6	1,614	177	9.1	21.5	6
17	Dan Towler D. Towler	40	60	3,356	629	5.3	55.9	640	56	11.4	10.7	1
18	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	39	64	4,866	955	5.1	76.0	1,313	111	11.8	20.5	9
19	Abner Haynes A. Haynes	39	70	3,814	794	4.8	54.5	2,739	199	13.8	39.1	17
20	Larry Kinnebrew L. Kinnebrew	37	71	2,582	639	4.0	36.4	600	65	9.2	8.5	3
21	Cookie Gilchrist C. Gilchrist	37	64	4,272	1,000	4.3	66.8	1,139	109	10.4	17.8	6
22	Alan Ameche A. Ameche	37	60	3,782	884	4.3	63.0	677	94	7.2	11.3	4
23	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	36	71	5,095	1,121	4.5	71.8	1,635	177	9.2	23.0	10
24	Roger Craig R. Craig	34	78	4,069	964	4.2	52.2	3,234	358	9.0	41.5	14
25	James Wilder J. Wilder	34	67	4,178	1,123	3.7	62.4	2,379	296	8.0	35.5	4

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Lions	3	2	0	.600
Bears	3	2	0	.600
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