most rushing in a season yards before 1979

Before 1979, O.J. Simpson rushed for the most yards in a season, with 2,003 yards in 1973.

Interpreted as:

most rushing in a season rushing yards by a player before 1979

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	O.J. Simpson	2,003	1973	BUF	14	332	6.0	143.1	12	70	6	11.7	5.0	0
2	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,863	1963	CLE	14	291	6.4	133.1	12	268	24	11.2	19.1	3
3	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,852	1977	CHI	14	339	5.5	132.3	14	269	27	10.0	19.2	2
4	O.J. Simpson	1,817	1975	BUF	14	329	5.5	129.8	16	426	28	15.2	30.4	7
5	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,544	1965	CLE	14	289	5.3	110.3	17	328	34	9.6	23.4	4
6	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,527	1958	CLE	12	257	5.9	127.3	17	138	16	8.6	11.5	1
7	O.J. Simpson	1,503	1976	BUF	14	290	5.2	107.4	8	259	22	11.8	18.5	1
8	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	1,474	1962	GB	14	272	5.4	105.3	19	106	22	4.8	7.6	0
9	Jim Nance J. Nance	1,458	1966	BOS	14	299	4.9	104.1	11	103	8	12.9	7.4	0
10	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	1,450	1978	HOU	15	302	4.8	96.7	13	48	12	4.0	3.2	0
11	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,446	1964	CLE	14	280	5.2	103.3	7	340	36	9.4	24.3	2
12	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,408	1961	CLE	14	305	4.6	100.6	8	459	46	10.0	32.8	2
13	Otis Armstrong O. Armstrong	1,407	1974	DEN	14	263	5.3	100.5	9	405	38	10.7	28.9	3
14	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,395	1978	CHI	16	333	4.2	87.2	11	480	50	9.6	30.0	0
15	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,390	1976	CHI	14	311	4.5	99.3	13	149	15	9.9	10.6	0
16	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,329	1959	CLE	12	290	4.6	110.8	14	190	24	7.9	15.8	0
17	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	1,325	1978	DAL	16	290	4.6	82.8	7	378	37	10.2	23.6	2
18	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	1,307	1961	GB	14	243	5.4	93.4	15	175	25	7.0	12.5	1
19	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	1,273	1977	OAK	14	324	3.9	90.9	7	135	15	9.0	9.6	0
20	Delvin Williams D. Williams	1,258	1978	MIA	16	272	4.6	78.6	8	192	18	10.7	12.0	0
21	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,257	1960	CLE	12	215	5.8	104.8	9	204	19	10.7	17.0	2
22	O.J. Simpson	1,251	1972	BUF	14	292	4.3	89.4	6	198	27	7.3	14.1	0
23	Franco Harris F. Harris	1,246	1975	PIT	14	262	4.8	89.0	10	214	28	7.6	15.3	1
24	Leroy Kelly L. Kelly	1,239	1968	CLE	14	248	5.0	88.5	16	297	22	13.5	21.2	4
25	Lawrence McCutcheon L. McCutcheon	1,238	1977	LA	14	294	4.2	88.4	7	274	25	11.0	19.6	2

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