most rushing yards in 1979 among running backs

Earl Campbell had the most rushing yards by a running back in 1979, with 1,697 yards.

	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	1,697	1979	HOU	16	368	4.6	106.1	19	94	16	5.9	5.9	0
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,610	1979	CHI	16	369	4.4	100.6	14	313	31	10.1	19.6	2
3	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	1,605	1979	STL	16	331	4.8	100.3	8	308	41	7.5	19.3	2
4	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	1,512	1979	PHI	16	338	4.5	94.5	9	494	41	12.0	30.9	5
5	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	1,294	1979	CLE	16	264	4.9	80.9	9	372	41	9.1	23.3	2
6	Ricky Bell R. Bell	1,263	1979	TB	16	283	4.5	78.9	7	248	25	9.9	15.5	2
7	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	1,198	1979	NO	16	238	5.0	74.9	11	308	40	7.7	19.3	0
8	Franco Harris F. Harris	1,186	1979	PIT	15	267	4.4	79.1	11	291	36	8.1	19.4	1
9	John Riggins J. Riggins	1,153	1979	WAS	16	260	4.4	72.1	9	163	28	5.8	10.2	3
10	Wendell Tyler W. Tyler	1,109	1979	LA	16	218	5.1	69.3	9	308	32	9.6	19.3	1
11	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	1,107	1979	DAL	14	250	4.4	79.1	6	375	45	8.3	26.8	1
12	William Andrews W. Andrews	1,023	1979	ATL	15	239	4.3	68.2	3	309	39	7.9	20.6	2
13	Clark Gaines C. Gaines	905	1979	NYJ	16	186	4.9	56.6	0	219	29	7.6	13.7	0
14	Joe Washington J. Washington	884	1979	BAL	15	242	3.7	58.9	4	750	82	9.1	50.0	3
15	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	865	1979	CIN	16	243	3.6	54.1	14	154	24	6.4	9.6	1
16	Larry Csonka L. Csonka	837	1979	MIA	16	220	3.8	52.3	12	75	16	4.7	4.7	1
17	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	818	1979	OAK	16	223	3.7	51.1	7	474	51	9.3	29.6	2
18	Sherman Smith S. Smith	775	1979	SEA	16	194	4.0	48.4	11	499	48	10.4	31.2	4
19	Scott Dierking S. Dierking	767	1979	NYJ	16	186	4.1	47.9	3	121	10	12.1	7.6	0
20	Ted McKnight T. McKnight	755	1979	KC	15	153	4.9	50.3	8	226	38	5.9	15.1	0
21	Clarence Williams C. Williams	752	1979	SD	16	200	3.8	47.0	12	352	51	6.9	22.0	0
22	Tony Galbreath T. Galbreath	708	1979	NO	15	189	3.7	47.2	9	484	58	8.3	32.3	1
23	Rickey Young R. Young	708	1979	MIN	16	188	3.8	44.3	3	519	72	7.2	32.4	4
24	Delvin Williams D. Williams	703	1979	MIA	14	184	3.8	50.2	3	175	21	8.3	12.5	1
25	Billy Taylor B. Taylor	700	1979	NYG	16	198	3.5	43.8	7	253	28	9.0	15.8	4

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