most rushing yards in 1978 among running backs

Earl Campbell had the most rushing yards by a running back in 1978, with 1,450 yards in his rookie season.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	1,450	1978	HOU	15	302	4.8	96.7	13	48	12	4.0	3.2	0
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,395	1978	CHI	16	333	4.2	87.2	11	480	50	9.6	30.0	0
3	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	1,325	1978	DAL	16	290	4.6	82.8	7	378	37	10.2	23.6	2
4	Delvin Williams D. Williams	1,258	1978	MIA	16	272	4.6	78.6	8	192	18	10.7	12.0	0
5	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	1,220	1978	PHI	14	259	4.7	87.1	9	195	34	5.7	13.9	1
6	Terdell Middleton T. Middleton	1,116	1978	GB	16	284	3.9	69.8	11	332	34	9.8	20.8	1
7	Franco Harris F. Harris	1,082	1978	PIT	16	310	3.5	67.6	8	144	22	6.5	9.0	0
8	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	1,080	1978	OAK	16	270	4.0	67.5	9	291	27	10.8	18.2	0
9	Terry Miller T. Miller	1,060	1978	BUF	16	238	4.5	66.3	7	246	22	11.2	15.4	0
10	Tony Reed T. Reed	1,053	1978	KC	16	206	5.1	65.8	5	483	48	10.1	30.2	1
11	John Riggins J. Riggins	1,014	1978	WAS	15	248	4.1	67.6	5	299	31	9.6	19.9	0
12	Roland Harper R. Harper	992	1978	CHI	16	240	4.1	62.0	6	340	43	7.9	21.3	2
13	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	960	1978	CLE	12	176	5.5	80.0	3	292	38	7.7	24.3	2
14	Joe Washington J. Washington	956	1978	BAL	16	240	4.0	59.8	0	377	45	8.4	23.6	1
15	Kevin Long K. Long	954	1978	NYJ	16	214	4.5	59.6	10	204	26	7.8	12.8	0
16	Dexter Bussey D. Bussey	924	1978	DET	16	225	4.1	57.8	5	275	31	8.9	17.2	1
17	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	820	1978	SD	16	214	3.8	51.3	3	500	57	8.8	31.3	2
18	Sherman Smith S. Smith	805	1978	SEA	12	165	4.9	67.1	6	366	28	13.1	30.5	1
19	Sam Cunningham S. Cunningham	768	1978	NE	16	199	3.9	48.0	8	297	31	9.6	18.6	0
20	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	762	1978	CIN	16	180	4.2	47.6	7	236	31	7.6	14.8	0
21	David Sims D. Sims	752	1978	SEA	12	174	4.3	62.7	14	195	30	6.5	16.3	1
22	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	749	1978	MIN	14	237	3.2	53.5	5	396	61	6.5	28.3	2
23	Bubba Bean B. Bean	707	1978	ATL	15	193	3.7	47.1	3	209	31	6.7	13.9	1
24	Horace Ivory H. Ivory	693	1978	NE	15	141	4.9	46.2	11	122	14	8.7	8.1	0
25	Scott Dierking S. Dierking	681	1978	NYJ	15	170	4.0	45.4	4	152	19	8.0	10.1	0

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