most rushing tds in 1979 among running backs

Earl Campbell had the most rushing touchdowns by a running back in 1979, with 19 touchdowns.

NAMERUSH TDSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
19
1979
16
1,697
368
4.6
106.1
94
16
5.9
5.9
0
2Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
14
1979
16
865
243
3.6
54.1
154
24
6.4
9.6
1
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
14
1979
16
1,610
369
4.4
100.6
313
31
10.1
19.6
2
4Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
12
1979
16
837
220
3.8
52.3
75
16
4.7
4.7
1
5Clarence Williams
C. Williams
12
1979
16
752
200
3.8
47.0
352
51
6.9
22.0
0
6Franco Harris
F. Harris
11
1979
15
1,186
267
4.4
79.1
291
36
8.1
19.4
1
7Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
11
1979
16
1,198
238
5.0
74.9
308
40
7.7
19.3
0
8Sherman Smith
S. Smith
11
1979
16
775
194
4.0
48.4
499
48
10.4
31.2
4
9Tony Galbreath
T. Galbreath
9
1979
15
708
189
3.7
47.2
484
58
8.3
32.3
1
10Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
9
1979
16
1,512
338
4.5
94.5
494
41
12.0
30.9
5
11Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
9
1979
16
1,294
264
4.9
80.9
372
41
9.1
23.3
2
12John Riggins
J. Riggins
9
1979
16
1,153
260
4.4
72.1
163
28
5.8
10.2
3
13Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
9
1979
16
1,109
218
5.1
69.3
308
32
9.6
19.3
1
14Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
8
1979
16
1,605
331
4.8
100.3
308
41
7.5
19.3
2
15Hank Bauer
H. Bauer
8
1979
16
28
22
1.3
1.8
0
0
0.0
0
16Dan Doornink
D. Doornink
8
1979
16
500
152
3.3
31.3
432
54
8.0
27.0
1
17Ted McKnight
T. McKnight
8
1979
15
755
153
4.9
50.3
226
38
5.9
15.1
0
18Wayne Morris
W. Morris
8
1979
15
387
106
3.7
25.8
237
35
6.8
15.8
1
19Ricky Bell
R. Bell
7
1979
16
1,263
283
4.5
78.9
248
25
9.9
15.5
2
20Theotis Brown
T. Brown
7
1979
16
318
73
4.4
19.9
191
25
7.6
11.9
0
21Paul Hofer
P. Hofer
7
1979
15
615
123
5.0
41.0
662
58
11.4
44.1
2
22Kevin Long
K. Long
7
1979
12
442
116
3.8
36.8
115
10
11.5
9.6
0
23Billy Taylor
B. Taylor
7
1979
16
700
198
3.5
43.8
253
28
9.0
15.8
4
24Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
7
1979
16
818
223
3.7
51.1
474
51
9.3
29.6
2
25Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
6
1979
14
1,107
250
4.4
79.1
375
45
8.3
26.8
1
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

More Titans Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

3,169

Ward

Cam Ward

RUSH

1,082

Pollard

Tony Pollard

REC

560

Okonkwo

Chig Okonkwo
Team Rankings

PPG

16.7

30th

OPP PPG

28.1

28th

RUSH YDS/G

93.5

30th

PASS YDS/G

190.6

29th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
8
9
0
.471
Titans Titans
3
14
0
.176
Last Game
TEN Titans

3 - 14

7

Final

41

JAX Jaguars

13 - 4

Sun 4 Jan 2026

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
10/11
@
9-23
Sat
10/11
@
20-12
Sat
10/11
@
29-27
Sat
10/11
@
27-30
Sat
10/11
@
25-19

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
1/25
@
3:00 PM
Sun
1/25
@
6:30 PM