most rushing yards in a season before 1998

Before 1998, Eric Dickerson had the most rushing yards in a season, with 2,105 yards in 1984.

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most rushing yards by a player in a season before 1998

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	2,105	1984	RAM	16	379	5.6	131.6	14	139	21	6.6	8.7	0
2	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	2,053	1997	DET	16	335	6.1	128.3	11	305	33	9.2	19.1	3
3	O.J. Simpson	2,003	1973	BUF	14	332	6.0	143.1	12	70	6	11.7	5.0	0
4	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	1,934	1980	HOU	15	373	5.2	128.9	13	47	11	4.3	3.1	0
5	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	1,883	1994	DET	16	331	5.7	117.7	7	283	44	6.4	17.7	1
6	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,863	1963	CLE	14	291	6.4	133.1	12	268	24	11.2	19.1	3
7	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,852	1977	CHI	14	339	5.5	132.3	14	269	27	10.0	19.2	2
8	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	1,821	1986	RAM	16	404	4.5	113.8	11	205	26	7.9	12.8	0
9	O.J. Simpson	1,817	1975	BUF	14	329	5.5	129.8	16	426	28	15.2	30.4	7
10	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	1,808	1983	RAM	16	390	4.6	113.0	18	404	51	7.9	25.3	2
11	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1,773	1995	DAL	16	377	4.7	110.8	25	375	62	6.0	23.4	0
12	Marcus Allen M. Allen	1,759	1985	RAI	16	380	4.6	109.9	11	555	67	8.3	34.7	3
13	Terrell Davis T. Davis	1,750	1997	DEN	15	369	4.7	116.7	15	287	42	6.8	19.1	0
14	Gerald Riggs G. Riggs	1,719	1985	ATL	16	397	4.3	107.4	10	267	33	8.1	16.7	0
15	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1,713	1992	DAL	16	373	4.6	107.1	18	335	59	5.7	20.9	1
16	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	1,697	1979	HOU	16	368	4.6	106.1	19	94	16	5.9	5.9	0
17	Barry Foster B. Foster	1,690	1992	PIT	16	390	4.3	105.6	11	344	36	9.6	21.5	0
18	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,684	1984	CHI	16	381	4.4	105.3	11	368	45	8.2	23.0	0
19	George Rogers G. Rogers	1,674	1981	NO	16	378	4.4	104.6	13	126	16	7.9	7.9	0
20	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	1,665	1997	PIT	15	375	4.4	111.0	7	110	15	7.3	7.3	2
21	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	1,659	1988	IND	16	388	4.3	103.7	14	377	36	10.5	23.6	1
22	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	1,646	1981	DAL	16	342	4.8	102.9	4	325	32	10.2	20.3	2
23	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,610	1979	CHI	16	369	4.4	100.6	14	313	31	10.1	19.6	2
24	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	1,605	1979	STL	16	331	4.8	100.3	8	308	41	7.5	19.3	2
25	William Andrews W. Andrews	1,567	1983	ATL	16	331	4.7	97.9	7	609	59	10.3	38.1	4

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