most receptions by a running back in 1980s season

From 1980 through 1989, Roger Craig had the most catches by a running back in a season, with 92 receptions in 1985.

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	NAME	REC	SEASON	TM	GP	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Roger Craig R. Craig	92	1985	SF	16	1,016	11.0	63.5	6	1,050	214	4.9	65.6	9
2	Lionel James L. James	86	1985	SD	16	1,027	11.9	64.2	6	516	105	4.9	32.3	2
3	James Wilder J. Wilder	85	1984	TB	16	685	8.1	42.8	0	1,544	407	3.8	96.5	13
4	Ted Brown T. Brown	83	1981	MIN	16	694	8.4	43.4	2	1,063	274	3.9	66.4	6
5	Earl Cooper E. Cooper	83	1980	SF	16	567	6.8	35.4	4	720	171	4.2	45.0	5
6	Roger Craig R. Craig	81	1986	SF	16	624	7.7	39.0	0	830	204	4.1	51.9	7
7	William Andrews W. Andrews	81	1981	ATL	16	735	9.1	45.9	2	1,301	289	4.5	81.3	10
8	Gary Anderson G. Anderson	80	1986	SD	16	871	10.9	54.4	8	442	127	3.5	27.6	1
9	Butch Woolfolk B. Woolfolk	80	1985	HOU	16	814	10.2	50.9	4	392	103	3.8	24.5	1
10	Tony Collins T. Collins	77	1986	NE	16	684	8.9	42.8	5	412	156	2.6	25.8	3
11	James Jones J. Jones	77	1984	DET	16	662	8.6	41.4	5	532	137	3.9	33.3	3
12	John L. Williams J. L. Williams	76	1989	SEA	15	657	8.6	43.8	6	499	146	3.4	33.3	1
13	Roger Craig R. Craig	76	1988	SF	16	534	7.0	33.4	1	1,502	310	4.8	93.9	9
14	Herschel Walker H. Walker	76	1986	DAL	16	837	11.0	52.3	2	737	151	4.9	46.1	12
15	Tom Rathman T. Rathman	73	1989	SF	16	616	8.4	38.5	1	305	79	3.9	19.1	1
16	Ron Springs R. Springs	73	1983	DAL	16	589	8.1	36.8	1	541	149	3.6	33.8	7
17	Keith Byars K. Byars	72	1988	PHI	16	705	9.8	44.1	4	517	152	3.4	32.3	6
18	Tony Nathan T. Nathan	72	1985	MIA	16	651	9.0	40.7	1	667	143	4.7	41.7	5
19	Roger Craig R. Craig	71	1984	SF	16	675	9.5	42.2	3	649	155	4.2	40.6	7
20	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	70	1984	STL	15	611	8.7	40.7	2	1,174	289	4.1	78.3	6
21	Joe Washington J. Washington	70	1981	WAS	14	558	8.0	39.9	3	916	210	4.4	65.4	4
22	Keith Byars K. Byars	68	1989	PHI	16	721	10.6	45.1	0	452	133	3.4	28.3	5
23	John Settle J. Settle	68	1988	ATL	16	570	8.4	35.6	1	1,024	232	4.4	64.0	7
24	Marcus Allen M. Allen	68	1983	RAI	16	590	8.7	36.9	2	1,014	266	3.8	63.4	9
25	Marcus Allen M. Allen	67	1985	RAI	16	555	8.3	34.7	3	1,759	380	4.6	109.9	11

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