most rushing touchdowns running back 1979

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

NAME RUSH TD SEASON TM GP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
19
1979
HOU HOU
16
1,697
368
4.6
106.1
94
16
5.9
5.9
0
2 Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
14
1979
CIN CIN
16
865
243
3.6
54.1
154
24
6.4
9.6
1
3 Walter Payton
W. Payton
14
1979
CHI CHI
16
1,610
369
4.4
100.6
313
31
10.1
19.6
2
4 Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
12
1979
MIA MIA
16
837
220
3.8
52.3
75
16
4.7
4.7
1
5 Clarence Williams
C. Williams
12
1979
SD SD
16
752
200
3.8
47.0
352
51
6.9
22.0
0
6 Franco Harris
F. Harris
11
1979
PIT PIT
15
1,186
267
4.4
79.1
291
36
8.1
19.4
1
7 Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
11
1979
NO NO
16
1,198
238
5.0
74.9
308
40
7.7
19.3
0
8 Sherman Smith
S. Smith
11
1979
SEA SEA
16
775
194
4.0
48.4
499
48
10.4
31.2
4
9 Tony Galbreath
T. Galbreath
9
1979
NO NO
15
708
189
3.7
47.2
484
58
8.3
32.3
1
10 Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
9
1979
PHI PHI
16
1,512
338
4.5
94.5
494
41
12.0
30.9
5
11 Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
9
1979
CLE CLE
16
1,294
264
4.9
80.9
372
41
9.1
23.3
2
12 John Riggins
J. Riggins
9
1979
WAS WAS
16
1,153
260
4.4
72.1
163
28
5.8
10.2
3
13 Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
9
1979
LA LA
16
1,109
218
5.1
69.3
308
32
9.6
19.3
1
14 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
8
1979
STL STL
16
1,605
331
4.8
100.3
308
41
7.5
19.3
2
15 Hank Bauer
H. Bauer
8
1979
SD SD
16
28
22
1.3
1.8
0
0
0.0
0
16 Dan Doornink
D. Doornink
8
1979
SEA SEA
16
500
152
3.3
31.3
432
54
8.0
27.0
1
17 Ted McKnight
T. McKnight
8
1979
KC KC
15
755
153
4.9
50.3
226
38
5.9
15.1
0
18 Wayne Morris
W. Morris
8
1979
STL STL
15
387
106
3.7
25.8
237
35
6.8
15.8
1
19 Ricky Bell
R. Bell
7
1979
TB TB
16
1,263
283
4.5
78.9
248
25
9.9
15.5
2
20 Theotis Brown
T. Brown
7
1979
STL STL
16
318
73
4.4
19.9
191
25
7.6
11.9
0
21 Paul Hofer
P. Hofer
7
1979
SF SF
15
615
123
5.0
41.0
662
58
11.4
44.1
2
22 Kevin Long
K. Long
7
1979
NYJ NYJ
12
442
116
3.8
36.8
115
10
11.5
9.6
0
23 Billy Taylor
B. Taylor
7
1979
NYG NYG
16
700
198
3.5
43.8
253
28
9.0
15.8
4
24 Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
7
1979
OAK OAK
16
818
223
3.7
51.1
474
51
9.3
29.6
2
25 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
6
1979
DAL DAL
14
1,107
250
4.4
79.1
375
45
8.3
26.8
1
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