most rushing tds in a season before 2005

Before 2005, Priest Holmes scored the most rushing touchdowns in a season, with 27 touchdowns in 2003.

Interpreted as:

most rushing tds by a player in a season before 2005

	NAME	RUSH TD	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	27	2003	KC	16	1,420	320	4.4	88.8	690	74	90	9.3	43.1	0
2	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	25	1995	DAL	16	1,773	377	4.7	110.8	375	62		6.0	23.4	0
3	John Riggins J. Riggins	24	1983	WAS	15	1,347	375	3.6	89.8	29	5		5.8	1.9	0
4	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	21	2002	KC	14	1,615	313	5.2	115.4	672	70	81	9.6	48.0	3
5	Terrell Davis T. Davis	21	1998	DEN	16	2,008	392	5.1	125.5	217	25		8.7	13.6	2
6	Terry Allen T. Allen	21	1996	WAS	16	1,353	347	3.9	84.6	194	32		6.1	12.1	0
7	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	21	1994	DAL	15	1,484	368	4.0	98.9	341	50		6.8	22.7	1
8	Joe Morris J. Morris	21	1985	NYG	16	1,336	294	4.5	83.5	212	22		9.6	13.3	0
9	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	19	1981	SD	15	1,144	251	4.6	76.3	362	43		8.4	24.1	0
10	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	19	1979	HOU	16	1,697	368	4.6	106.1	94	16		5.9	5.9	0
11	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	19	1962	GB	14	1,474	272	5.4	105.3	106	22		4.8	7.6	0
12	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	18	2000	STL	14	1,359	253	5.4	97.1	830	81	113	10.2	59.3	8
13	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	18	1992	DAL	16	1,713	373	4.6	107.1	335	59		5.7	20.9	1
14	George Rogers G. Rogers	18	1986	WAS	15	1,203	303	4.0	80.2	24	3		8.0	1.6	0
15	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	18	1983	RAM	16	1,808	390	4.6	113.0	404	51		7.9	25.3	2
16	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	17	2004	SD	15	1,335	339	3.9	89.0	441	53	66	8.3	29.4	1
17	Stephen Davis S. Davis	17	1999	WAS	14	1,405	290	4.8	100.4	111	23	28	4.8	7.9	0
18	Jim Brown J. Brown	17	1965	CLE	14	1,544	289	5.3	110.3	328	34		9.6	23.4	4
19	Jim Brown J. Brown	17	1958	CLE	12	1,527	257	5.9	127.3	138	16		8.6	11.5	1
20	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	16	2004	SEA	16	1,696	353	4.8	106.0	170	23	38	7.4	10.6	4
21	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	16	2002	SEA	16	1,175	295	4.0	73.4	460	59	78	7.8	28.8	2
22	Ricky Williams R. Williams	16	2002	MIA	16	1,853	383	4.8	115.8	363	47	59	7.7	22.7	1
23	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	16	1991	DET	15	1,548	342	4.5	103.2	307	41		7.5	20.5	1
24	Greg Bell G. Bell	16	1988	RAM	16	1,212	288	4.2	75.8	124	24		5.2	7.8	2
25	Pete Banaszak P. Banaszak	16	1975	OAK	14	672	187	3.6	48.0	64	10		6.4	4.6	0

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