most rushing yards in a season before 1958

Before 1958, Steve Van Buren had the most rushing yards in a season, with 1,146 yards in 1949.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player in a season before 1958
NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
1,146
1949
12
263
4.4
95.5
11
88
4
22.0
7.3
1
2Rick Casares
R. Casares
1,126
1956
12
234
4.8
93.8
12
203
23
8.8
16.9
2
3Tony Canadeo
T. Canadeo
1,052
1949
12
208
5.1
87.7
4
-2
3
-0.7
-0.2
0
4Joe Perry
J. Perry
1,049
1954
12
173
6.1
87.4
8
203
26
7.8
16.9
0
5Joe Perry
J. Perry
1,018
1953
12
192
5.3
84.8
10
191
19
10.1
15.9
3
6Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
1,008
1947
12
217
4.6
84.0
13
79
9
8.8
6.6
0
7Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
1,004
1934
11
119
8.4
91.3
8
174
6
29.0
15.8
1
8Eddie Price
E. Price
971
1951
12
271
3.6
80.9
7
19
5
3.8
1.6
0
9Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
961
1955
12
213
4.5
80.1
9
141
27
5.2
11.8
0
10Rob Goode
R. Goode
951
1951
12
208
4.6
79.3
9
45
3
15.0
3.8
0
11Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
945
1948
11
201
4.7
85.9
10
96
10
9.6
8.7
0
12Jim Brown
J. Brown
942
1957
12
202
4.7
78.5
9
55
16
3.4
4.6
1
13Ollie Matson
O. Matson
924
1956
12
192
4.8
77.0
5
199
15
13.3
16.6
2
14Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
916
1956
12
185
5.0
76.3
8
193
16
12.1
16.1
0
15Dan Towler
D. Towler
894
1952
12
156
5.7
74.5
10
68
11
6.2
5.7
0
16Dan Towler
D. Towler
879
1953
12
152
5.8
73.3
7
125
11
11.4
10.4
1
17Cliff Battles
C. Battles
874
1937
10
216
4.0
87.4
5
81
9
9.0
8.1
1
18Howie Ferguson
H. Ferguson
859
1955
12
192
4.5
71.6
4
153
22
7.0
12.8
0
19Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
858
1956
12
178
4.8
71.5
8
189
26
7.3
15.8
0
20Dan Towler
D. Towler
854
1951
12
126
6.8
71.2
6
257
16
16.1
21.4
0
21Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
832
1945
10
143
5.8
83.2
15
123
10
12.3
12.3
2
22Tuffy Leemans
T. Leemans
830
1936
12
206
4.0
69.2
2
22
4
5.5
1.8
0
23Ace Gutowsky
A. Gutowsky
827
1936
12
191
4.3
68.9
6
30
1
30.0
2.5
0
24Fred Morrison
F. Morrison
824
1955
12
156
5.3
68.7
3
185
9
20.6
15.4
0
25Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
819
1956
12
159
5.2
68.3
5
603
51
11.8
50.3
4
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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