best rushing offense 1972

Archie Manning had the most yards of total offense in 1972, with 2,785 yards.

NAMEOFFSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Archie Manning
A. Manning
2,785
1972
14
351
63
5.6
25.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
2Joe Namath
J. Namath
2,723
1972
13
8
6
1.3
0.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
3Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
2,628
1972
14
180
27
6.7
12.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
4Greg Landry
G. Landry
2,441
1972
14
524
81
6.5
37.4
9
0
0
0.0
0
5John Hadl
J. Hadl
2,361
1972
14
99
22
4.5
7.1
1
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
6Norm Snead
N. Snead
2,262
1972
14
21
10
2.1
1.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
7Craig Morton
C. Morton
2,243
1972
14
26
8
3.3
1.9
2
0
0
0.0
0
8Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
2,067
1972
14
256
60
4.3
18.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
9Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
2,041
1972
14
230
36
6.4
16.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
10Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
2,039
1972
14
968
141
6.9
69.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
11Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
1,996
1972
14
346
58
6.0
24.7
7
0
0
0.0
0
12Bob Berry
B. Berry
1,989
1972
14
86
24
3.6
6.1
2
-9
1
-9.0
-0.6
0
13Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
1,941
1972
14
16
14
1.1
1.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
14Steve Spurrier
S. Spurrier
1,920
1972
13
51
11
4.6
3.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
15Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
1,895
1972
14
33
10
3.3
2.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
1,857
1972
13
94
22
4.3
7.2
3
0
0
0.0
0
17Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
1,701
1972
12
0
3
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Len Dawson
L. Dawson
1,655
1972
14
75
15
5.0
5.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
19Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
1,606
1972
14
205
38
5.4
14.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
20Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
1,578
1972
12
-3
3
-1.0
-0.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
1,484
1972
14
138
35
3.9
9.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Marty Domres
M. Domres
1,433
1972
12
137
30
4.6
11.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
23O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
1,353
1972
14
1,251
292
4.3
89.4
6
198
27
7.3
14.1
0
24Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
1,313
1972
14
67
17
3.9
4.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
25John Reaves
J. Reaves
1,295
1972
11
109
18
6.1
9.9
1
0
0
0.0
0

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