most rushing yards in a single season before 1950

Before 1950, Steve Van Buren rushed for the most yards in a season, with 1,146 yards in 1949.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Steve Van Buren S. Van Buren	1,146	1949	PHI	12	263	4.4	95.5	11	88	4	22.0	7.3	1
2	Tony Canadeo T. Canadeo	1,052	1949	GB	12	208	5.1	87.7	4	-2	3	-0.7	-0.2	0
3	Steve Van Buren S. Van Buren	1,008	1947	PHI	12	217	4.6	84.0	13	79	9	8.8	6.6	0
4	Beattie Feathers B. Feathers	1,004	1934	CHB	11	119	8.4	91.3	8	174	6	29.0	15.8	1
5	Steve Van Buren S. Van Buren	945	1948	PHI	11	201	4.7	85.9	10	96	10	9.6	8.7	0
6	Cliff Battles C. Battles	874	1937	WAS	10	216	4.0	87.4	5	81	9	9.0	8.1	1
7	Steve Van Buren S. Van Buren	832	1945	PHI	10	143	5.8	83.2	15	123	10	12.3	12.3	2
8	Tuffy Leemans T. Leemans	830	1936	NYG	12	206	4.0	69.2	2	22	4	5.5	1.8	0
9	Ace Gutowsky A. Gutowsky	827	1936	DET	12	191	4.3	68.9	6	30	1	30.0	2.5	0
10	Jim Musick J. Musick	809	1933	BOS	12	173	4.7	67.4	5	78	3	26.0	6.5	0
11	Swede Hanson S. Hanson	805	1934	PHI	11	146	5.5	73.2	7	22	5	4.4	2.0	0
12	Frank Akins F. Akins	797	1945	WAS	10	147	5.4	79.7	6	57	8	7.1	5.7	0
13	Dutch Clark D. Clark	763	1934	DET	12	123	6.2	63.6	8	72	6	12.0	6.0	0
14	Bill Paschal B. Paschal	737	1944	NYG	10	196	3.8	73.7	9	0	0		0.0	0
15	Cliff Battles C. Battles	737	1933	BOS	12	136	5.4	61.4	3	185	11	16.8	15.4	0
16	Bill Osmanski B. Osmanski	699	1939	CHB	10	121	5.8	69.9	7	65	3	21.7	6.5	1
17	Bill Dudley B. Dudley	696	1942	PIT	11	162	4.3	63.3	5	24	1	24.0	2.2	0
18	Charley Trippi C. Trippi	690	1948	CHC	12	128	5.4	57.5	6	228	22	10.4	19.0	2
19	Elmer Angsman E. Angsman	674	1949	CHC	12	125	5.4	56.2	6	57	5	11.4	4.8	0
20	Johnny Clement J. Clement	670	1947	PIT	10	129	5.2	67.0	4	6	1	6.0	0.6	0
21	Merl Condit M. Condit	647	1942	BKN	11	129	5.0	58.8	2	111	9	12.3	10.1	0
22	Elmer Angsman E. Angsman	638	1948	CHC	12	131	4.9	53.2	8	142	9	15.8	11.8	1
23	Gene Roberts G. Roberts	634	1949	NYG	12	152	4.2	52.8	9	711	35	20.3	59.3	8
24	Dutch Clark D. Clark	628	1936	DET	12	123	5.1	52.3	7	5	1	5.0	0.4	0
25	Cliff Battles C. Battles	614	1936	BOS	11	176	3.5	55.8	5	103	6	17.2	9.4	1

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Lions	3	2	0	.600
Bears	3	2	0	.600
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Falcons	2	3	0	.400
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