before 1998 what rb had the most rushing yds through first 2 seasons

Before 1998, Eric Dickerson had the most rushing yards by a running back in his first 2 seasons, with 3,913 yards.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	3,913	32	769	5.1	122.3	32	543	72	7.5	17.0	2
2	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	3,147	31	670	4.7	101.5	32	142	28	5.1	4.6	0
3	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	2,957	32	632	4.7	92.4	17	616	77	8.0	19.3	2
4	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	2,774	31	535	5.2	89.5	27	762	60	12.7	24.6	3
5	Eddie George E. George	2,767	32	692	4.0	86.5	14	226	30	7.5	7.1	1
6	Billy Sims B. Sims	2,740	30	609	4.5	91.3	26	1,072	79	13.6	35.7	5
7	Terrell Davis T. Davis	2,655	30	582	4.6	88.5	20	677	85	8.0	22.6	3
8	Curtis Martin C. Martin	2,639	32	684	3.9	82.5	28	594	76	7.8	18.6	4
9	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	2,500	32	606	4.1	78.1	23	486	73	6.7	15.2	1
10	Jim Brown J. Brown	2,469	24	459	5.4	102.9	26	193	32	6.0	8.0	2
11	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	2,454	32	613	4.0	76.7	10	537	57	9.4	16.8	1
12	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	2,360	32	603	3.9	73.8	22	997	108	9.2	31.2	4
13	Bobby Humphrey B. Humphrey	2,353	31	582	4.0	75.9	14	308	46	6.7	9.9	1
14	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	2,332	30	498	4.7	77.7	19	651	66	9.9	21.7	3
15	William Andrews W. Andrews	2,331	31	504	4.6	75.2	7	765	90	8.5	24.7	3
16	Joe Cribbs J. Cribbs	2,282	31	563	4.1	73.6	14	1,018	92	11.1	32.8	8
17	Rueben Mayes R. Mayes	2,270	28	529	4.3	81.1	13	164	32	5.1	5.9	0
18	Errict Rhett E. Rhett	2,218	32	616	3.6	69.3	18	229	36	6.4	7.2	0
19	George Rogers G. Rogers	2,209	22	500	4.4	100.4	16	147	20	7.4	6.7	0
20	John Brockington J. Brockington	2,132	28	490	4.4	76.1	12	341	33	10.3	12.2	2
21	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	2,125	31	505	4.2	68.5	8	877	78	11.2	28.3	6
22	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	2,098	28	395	5.3	74.9	22	954	63	15.1	34.1	8
23	Cookie Gilchrist C. Gilchrist	2,075	28	446	4.7	74.1	25	530	48	11.0	18.9	4
24	Walter Payton W. Payton	2,069	27	507	4.1	76.6	20	362	48	7.5	13.4	0
25	Mike Thomas M. Thomas	2,020	27	489	4.1	74.8	9	773	68	11.4	28.6	7

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Bears	3	1	0	.750
Lions	2	2	0	.500
Packers	2	2	0	.500
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