Don Calhoun had the most rushing yards per attempt in 1976, with 5.6 per attempt.

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	NAME	YPC	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Don Calhoun D. Calhoun	5.6	1976	NE	14	721	129	51.5	1	56	12	4.7	4.0	0
2	O.J. Simpson	5.2	1976	BUF	14	1,503	290	107.4	8	259	22	11.8	18.5	1
3	Rickey Young R. Young	5.0	1976	SD	14	802	162	57.3	4	441	47	9.4	31.5	1
4	Delvin Williams D. Williams	4.9	1976	SF	13	1,203	248	92.5	7	283	27	10.5	21.8	2
5	Sam Cunningham S. Cunningham	4.8	1976	NE	11	824	172	74.9	3	299	27	11.1	27.2	0
6	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	4.8	1976	CLE	14	1,000	209	71.4	4	341	45	7.6	24.4	1
7	Rocky Bleier R. Bleier	4.7	1976	PIT	14	1,036	220	74.0	5	294	24	12.3	21.0	0
8	Clark Gaines C. Gaines	4.6	1976	NYJ	14	724	157	51.7	3	400	41	9.8	28.6	2
9	Mike Hogan M. Hogan	4.6	1976	PHI	8	561	123	70.1	0	89	15	5.9	11.1	0
10	Archie Griffin A. Griffin	4.5	1976	CIN	14	625	138	44.6	3	138	16	8.6	9.9	0
11	Clarence Davis C. Davis	4.5	1976	OAK	12	516	114	43.0	3	191	27	7.1	15.9	0
12	Sherman Smith S. Smith	4.5	1976	SEA	12	537	119	44.8	4	384	36	10.7	32.0	1
13	Scott Laidlaw S. Laidlaw	4.5	1976	DAL	13	424	94	32.6	3	325	38	8.6	25.0	1
14	Walter Payton W. Payton	4.5	1976	CHI	14	1,390	311	99.3	13	149	15	9.9	10.6	0
15	Steve Davis S. Davis	4.4	1976	NYJ	12	418	94	34.8	3	57	8	7.1	4.8	0
16	Boobie Clark B. Clark	4.4	1976	CIN	13	671	151	51.6	7	158	23	6.9	12.2	1
17	Norm Bulaich N. Bulaich	4.4	1976	MIA	11	540	122	49.1	4	151	28	5.4	13.7	0
18	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	4.4	1976	NO	12	659	149	54.9	2	272	31	8.8	22.7	0
19	Dexter Bussey D. Bussey	4.4	1976	DET	14	858	196	61.3	3	218	28	7.8	15.6	0
20	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	4.3	1976	OAK	14	1,012	233	72.3	3	173	17	10.2	12.4	0
21	Mike Thomas M. Thomas	4.3	1976	WAS	13	1,101	254	84.7	5	290	28	10.4	22.3	4
22	Benny Malone B. Malone	4.3	1976	MIA	14	797	186	56.9	4	103	9	11.4	7.4	0
23	Roland Harper R. Harper	4.3	1976	CHI	14	625	147	44.6	2	291	29	10.0	20.8	1
24	Lawrence Gaines L. Gaines	4.3	1976	DET	14	659	155	47.1	4	130	23	5.7	9.3	1
25	Ed Podolak E. Podolak	4.2	1976	KC	10	371	88	37.1	5	156	13	12.0	15.6	0

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