most rushing yards in the 1969 season by a rookie

Calvin Hill had the most rushing yards by a rookie in 1969, with 942 yards.

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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	Calvin Hill C. Hill	942	1969	DAL	13	204	4.6	72.5	8	232	20	11.6	17.8	0
2	Larry Brown L. Brown	888	1969	WAS	14	202	4.4	63.4	4	302	34	8.9	21.6	0
3	O.J. Simpson	697	1969	BUF	13	181	3.9	53.6	2	343	30	11.4	26.4	3
4	Carl Garrett C. Garrett	691	1969	BOS	14	137	5.0	49.4	5	267	29	9.2	19.1	2
5	Larry Smith L. Smith	599	1969	LA	14	166	3.6	42.8	1	300	46	6.5	21.4	2
6	Ron Johnson R. Johnson	472	1969	CLE	14	138	3.4	33.7	7	164	24	6.8	11.7	0
7	Bobby Douglass B. Douglass	408	1969	CHI	11	51	8.0	37.1	2	0	0		0.0	0
8	Dave Hampton D. Hampton	365	1969	GB	14	80	4.6	26.1	4	216	15	14.4	15.4	2
9	Leroy Keyes L. Keyes	361	1969	PHI	14	121	3.0	25.8	3	276	29	9.5	19.7	0
10	Altie Taylor A. Taylor	348	1969	DET	10	118	2.9	34.8	0	86	13	6.6	8.6	0
11	Paul Gipson P. Gipson	303	1969	ATL	10	62	4.9	30.3	1	33	4	8.3	3.3	0
12	Warren Bankston W. Bankston	259	1969	PIT	14	62	4.2	18.5	1	6	6	1.0	0.4	0
13	Larry Watkins L. Watkins	201	1969	DET	14	62	3.2	14.4	1	87	13	6.7	6.2	0
14	Bill Enyart B. Enyart	191	1969	BUF	14	47	4.1	13.6	1	186	19	9.8	13.3	2
15	Jimmy Thomas J. Thomas	190	1969	SF	14	23	8.3	13.6	1	364	18	20.2	26.0	5
16	Frank Quayle F. Quayle	183	1969	DEN	11	57	3.2	16.6	0	167	11	15.2	15.2	0
17	Bo Scott B. Scott	157	1969	CLE	13	44	3.6	12.1	0	25	6	4.2	1.9	0
18	Greg Cook G. Cook	148	1969	CIN	11	25	5.9	13.5	1	0	0		0.0	0
19	Marty Domres M. Domres	145	1969	SD	10	19	7.6	14.5	4	0	0		0.0	0
20	Marv Hubbard M. Hubbard	119	1969	OAK	14	21	5.7	8.5	0	30	2	15.0	2.1	0
21	Mercury Morris M. Morris	110	1969	MIA	14	23	4.8	7.9	1	65	6	10.8	4.6	0
22	Terry Hanratty T. Hanratty	106	1969	PIT	8	10	10.6	13.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Clem Turner C. Turner	105	1969	CIN	14	23	4.6	7.5	0	14	5	2.8	1.0	0
24	John Fuqua J. Fuqua	89	1969	NYG	13	20	4.5	6.8	0	11	3	3.7	0.8	0
25	Jim Mitchell J. Mitchell	77	1969	ATL	14	5	15.4	5.5	0	339	22	15.4	24.2	4

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Giants	3	1	1	.700
Eagles	2	3	0	.400
Cowboys	2	3	0	.400
Commanders	1	3	1	.300

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/18	DAL	@	GB	8:20 PM
Mon 10/26	DAL	@	PHI	8:15 PM
Sun 11/1	ARI	@	DAL	1:00 PM
Sun 11/8	DAL	@	IND	1:00 PM
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Rec TD Leaders

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111.3

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Sack Leaders

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Opp PPG Rankings

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Rush Yards Rankings

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164.4

162.3

158.0

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Pass Yards Rankings

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Sack Leaders

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Smith-Njigba

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Eagles	2	3	0	.400
Cowboys	2	3	0	.400
Commanders	1	3	1	.300
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	5	0	0	1.000
Packers	3	2	0	.600
Lions	3	2	0	.600
Bears	3	2	0	.600
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Falcons	2	3	0	.400
Buccaneers	1	4	0	.200
Saints	1	4	0	.200
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49ers	5	0	0	1.000
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Rams	2	3	0	.400
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Bills	4	1	0	.800
Patriots	3	2	0	.600
Jets	2	3	0	.400
Dolphins	0	5	0	.000
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Browns	3	2	0	.600
Steelers	3	2	0	.600
Bengals	3	2	0	.600
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	4	1	0	.800
Colts	2	3	0	.400
Texans	1	4	0	.200
Titans	0	5	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
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Calvin Hill had the most rushing yards by a rookie in 1969, with 942 yards.

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