highest yards per carry 1974

Otis Armstrong had the most rushing yards per attempt in 1974, with 5.3 per attempt.

Interpreted as:
highest yards per carry with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game by a player 1974
NAMEYPCSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Otis Armstrong
O. Armstrong
5.3
1974
14
1,407
263
100.5
9
405
38
10.7
28.9
3
2Don Woods
D. Woods
5.1
1974
12
1,162
227
96.8
7
349
26
13.4
29.1
3
3Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
4.9
1974
10
811
166
81.1
9
214
22
9.7
21.4
2
4Franco Harris
F. Harris
4.8
1974
12
1,006
208
83.8
5
200
23
8.7
16.7
1
5Terry Metcalf
T. Metcalf
4.7
1974
14
718
152
51.3
6
377
50
7.5
26.9
1
6Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
4.7
1974
14
1,109
236
79.2
3
408
39
10.5
29.1
2
7Marv Hubbard
M. Hubbard
4.6
1974
14
865
188
61.8
4
95
11
8.6
6.8
0
8Calvin Hill
C. Hill
4.6
1974
12
844
185
70.3
7
134
12
11.2
11.2
0
9Alvin Maxson
A. Maxson
4.3
1974
14
714
165
51.0
2
294
42
7.0
21.0
1
10Clarence Davis
C. Davis
4.3
1974
11
554
129
50.4
2
145
11
13.2
13.2
1
11Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
4.3
1974
14
540
126
38.6
3
274
21
13.0
19.6
1
12Rocky Bleier
R. Bleier
4.2
1974
12
373
88
31.1
2
87
7
12.4
7.3
0
13Jim Otis
J. Otis
4.2
1974
14
664
158
47.4
1
109
19
5.7
7.8
0
14Hugh McKinnis
H. McKinnis
4.2
1974
13
519
124
39.9
2
258
32
8.1
19.8
0
15O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
4.2
1974
14
1,125
270
80.4
3
189
15
12.6
13.5
1
16Benny Malone
B. Malone
4.1
1974
13
479
117
36.8
3
26
2
13.0
2.0
0
17Wilbur Jackson
W. Jackson
4.1
1974
14
705
174
50.4
0
190
23
8.3
13.6
2
18Robert Newhouse
R. Newhouse
4.0
1974
14
501
124
35.8
3
67
9
7.4
4.8
0
19John Riggins
J. Riggins
4.0
1974
10
680
169
68.0
5
180
19
9.5
18.0
2
20Dave Osborn
D. Osborn
3.9
1974
13
514
131
39.5
4
196
29
6.8
15.1
0
21Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
3.9
1974
13
777
199
59.8
9
586
53
11.1
45.1
6
22Steve Owens
S. Owens
3.9
1974
11
374
97
34.0
3
158
24
6.6
14.4
0
23Ed Podolak
E. Podolak
3.8
1974
9
386
101
42.9
2
306
43
7.1
34.0
1
24Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
3.8
1974
12
749
197
62.4
9
35
7
5.0
2.9
0
25Walt Garrison
W. Garrison
3.8
1974
14
429
113
30.6
5
253
34
7.4
18.1
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StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts per team game and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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