most rushing touchdowns from 1973 to 1981

Between the 1973 and 1981 seasons, Franco Harris had the most rushing touchdowns, with 74 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most rushing touchdowns by a player from 1973 to 1981
NAMERUSH TDGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Franco Harris
F. Harris
74
126
9,284
2,274
4.1
73.7
1,577
220
7.2
12.5
6
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
71
105
9,608
2,204
4.4
91.5
2,170
243
8.9
20.7
7
3Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
55
62
6,457
1,404
4.6
104.1
345
75
4.6
5.6
0
4Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
53
109
5,950
1,556
3.8
54.6
3,156
350
9.0
29.0
23
5Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
51
85
5,196
1,174
4.4
61.1
1,682
192
8.8
19.8
1
6John Riggins
J. Riggins
47
100
5,823
1,474
4.0
58.2
1,489
165
9.0
14.9
9
7Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
43
74
4,036
1,036
3.9
54.5
931
127
7.3
12.6
6
8Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
43
101
5,432
1,376
3.9
53.8
1,905
210
9.1
18.9
6
9O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
43
86
8,058
1,628
4.9
93.7
1,300
115
11.3
15.1
11
10Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
40
75
6,270
1,368
4.6
83.6
1,614
177
9.1
21.5
6
11Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
37
82
3,933
1,021
3.9
48.0
264
45
5.9
3.2
1
12Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
36
71
5,095
1,121
4.5
71.8
1,635
177
9.2
23.0
10
13Don McCauley
D. McCauley
36
129
1,706
534
3.2
13.2
2,764
300
9.2
21.4
15
14Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
35
112
5,907
1,475
4.0
52.7
1,467
162
9.1
13.1
3
15Delvin Williams
D. Williams
33
100
5,598
1,312
4.3
56.0
1,415
152
9.3
14.2
6
16Wayne Morris
W. Morris
31
86
2,844
735
3.9
33.1
1,107
134
8.3
12.9
5
17Pete Banaszak
P. Banaszak
31
86
1,863
525
3.5
21.7
325
49
6.6
3.8
0
18Tony Galbreath
T. Galbreath
29
89
3,063
802
3.8
34.4
2,365
302
7.8
26.6
6
19Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
29
100
6,319
1,630
3.9
63.2
3,056
358
8.5
30.6
16
20Robert Newhouse
R. Newhouse
29
129
4,555
1,109
4.1
35.3
948
119
8.0
7.3
5
21Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
28
90
4,334
994
4.4
48.2
1,435
198
7.2
15.9
3
22Sherman Smith
S. Smith
28
73
3,227
747
4.3
44.2
2,146
192
11.2
29.4
10
23Billy Sims
B. Sims
26
30
2,740
609
4.5
91.3
1,072
79
13.6
35.7
5
24Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
26
48
4,333
960
4.5
90.3
1,003
128
7.8
20.9
2
25Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
26
93
1,899
338
5.6
20.4
27
2
13.5
0.3
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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5
3
0
.625
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3
5
0
.375
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3
6
0
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6
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11/30
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12/7
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Final

27

PIT Steelers

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AFC EastWLTPCT
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7
2
0
.778
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2
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.750
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3
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.625
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.625
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2
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.750
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3
5
1
.389
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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2
1
.688
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5
3
0
.625
NFC SouthWLTPCT
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6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
5
4
0
.556
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
6
2
0
.750
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2
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.750

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Wed
9/3
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PHI PHI
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Thu
9/4
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LAC LAC
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9/6
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9/6
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11/9
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11/9
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