most rushing yards by a saints rookie in a season

George Rogers has rushed for the most yards by a rookie for the Saints, with 1,674 yards in 1981.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	George Rogers G. Rogers	1,674	1981	NO	16	378	4.4	104.6	13	126	16		7.9	7.9	0
2	Rueben Mayes R. Mayes	1,353	1986	NO	16	286	4.7	84.6	8	96	17		5.6	6.0	0
3	Ricky Williams R. Williams	884	1999	NO	12	253	3.5	73.7	2	172	28	40	6.1	14.3	0
4	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	728	2017	NO	16	120	6.1	45.5	8	826	81	100	10.2	51.6	5
5	Chris Ivory C. Ivory	716	2010	NO	12	137	5.2	59.7	5	17	1	1	17.0	1.4	0
6	Alvin Maxson A. Maxson	714	1974	NO	14	165	4.3	51.0	2	294	42		7.0	21.0	1
7	Derek Brown D. Brown	705	1993	NO	13	180	3.9	54.2	2	170	21		8.1	13.1	1
8	Michael Strachan M. Strachan	668	1975	NO	11	161	4.1	60.7	2	224	30		7.5	20.4	0
9	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	659	1976	NO	12	149	4.4	54.9	2	272	31		8.8	22.7	0
10	Mario Bates M. Bates	579	1994	NO	11	151	3.8	52.6	6	62	8		7.8	5.6	0
11	Tony Galbreath T. Galbreath	570	1976	NO	14	136	4.2	40.7	7	420	54		7.8	30.0	1
12	Reggie Bush R. Bush	565	2006	NO	16	155	3.6	35.3	6	742	88	121	8.4	46.4	2
13	Vaughn Dunbar V. Dunbar	565	1992	NO	16	154	3.7	35.3	3	62	9		6.9	3.9	0
14	Fred McAfee F. McAfee	494	1991	NO	9	109	4.5	54.9	2	8	1		8.0	0.9	0
15	Mark Ingram M. Ingram	474	2011	NO	10	122	3.9	47.4	5	46	11	13	4.2	4.6	0
16	Dalton Hilliard D. Hilliard	425	1986	NO	16	121	3.5	26.6	5	107	17		6.3	6.7	0
17	Bob Gresham B. Gresham	383	1971	NO	13	127	3.0	29.5	6	203	17		11.9	15.6	0
18	James Ford J. Ford	379	1971	NO	9	93	4.1	42.1	2	54	7		7.7	6.0	0
19	Jimmy Rogers J. Rogers	366	1980	NO	16	80	4.6	22.9	1	267	27		9.9	16.7	2
20	Gill Fenerty G. Fenerty	355	1990	NO	15	73	4.9	23.7	2	209	18		11.6	13.9	0
21	Craig Heyward C. Heyward	355	1988	NO	11	74	4.8	32.3	1	105	13		8.1	9.5	0
22	Troy Davis T. Davis	271	1997	NO	16	75	3.6	16.9	0	85	13		6.5	5.3	0
23	Pierre Thomas P. Thomas	252	2007	NO	12	52	4.8	21.0	1	151	17	21	8.9	12.6	1
24	Bill Butler B. Butler	233	1972	NO	14	54	4.3	16.6	0	226	25		9.0	16.1	2
25	Khiry Robinson K. Robinson	224	2013	NO	10	54	4.1	22.4	1	0	0	0		0.0	0

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PASS YDS/G

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Falcons	1	2	.333
Saints	1	2	.333
Panthers	1	2	.333
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Mon 10/5	ATL	@	NO	8:15 PM
Sun 10/11	MIN	@	NO	1:00 PM
Sun 10/18	NO	@	NYG	1:00 PM
Sun 10/25	PIT	@	NO	9:30 AM
Sun 11/8	CLE	@	NO	1:00 PM

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Rush Yards Leaders

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Rec TD Leaders

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QB Rating Leaders

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Sack Leaders

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32.7

31.0

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Opp PPG Rankings

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Total Yards Rankings

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Rush Yards Rankings

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167.3

155.0

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Pass Yards Rankings

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295.0

281.3

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Sack Leaders

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11.0

10.0

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Gibbs

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Eagles	2	0	0	1.000
Giants	2	1	0	.667
Cowboys	1	2	0	.333
Commanders	1	2	0	.333
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	3	0	0	1.000
Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	1	1	0	.500
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	3	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	2	1	0	.667
Rams	1	2	0	.333
Cardinals	1	2	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	0	0	1.000
Jets	1	2	0	.333
Patriots	1	2	0	.333
Dolphins	0	3	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	2	1	0	.667
Ravens	2	1	0	.667
Browns	2	1	0	.667
Bengals	2	1	0	.667
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	2	1	0	.667
Colts	1	2	0	.333
Titans	0	3	0	.000
Texans	0	3	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	3	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
Broncos	2	1	0	.667
Chargers	0	3	0	.000