most rushing yards in the 1973 season by a rookie

Boobie Clark rushed for the most yards by a rookie in 1973, with 988 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	Boobie Clark B. Clark	988	1973	CIN	14	254	3.9	70.6	8	347	45	7.7	24.8	0
2	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	801	1973	MIN	12	182	4.4	66.8	4	362	37	9.8	30.2	2
3	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	628	1973	STL	12	148	4.2	52.3	2	316	37	8.5	26.3	0
4	Sam Cunningham S. Cunningham	516	1973	NE	14	155	3.3	36.9	4	144	15	9.6	10.3	1
5	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	369	1973	CLE	13	61	6.0	28.4	4	110	9	12.2	8.5	1
6	Mack Herron M. Herron	200	1973	NE	14	61	3.3	14.3	2	265	18	14.7	18.9	1
7	Howard Stevens H. Stevens	183	1973	NO	14	45	4.1	13.1	2	39	4	9.8	2.8	0
8	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	147	1973	BUF	14	48	3.1	10.5	2	-3	1	-3.0	-0.2	0
9	Lenvil Elliott L. Elliott	122	1973	CIN	6	22	5.5	20.3	1	12	1	12.0	2.0	1
10	Jim Hooks J. Hooks	110	1973	DET	11	19	5.8	10.0	0	6	1	6.0	0.5	0
11	Rob Scribner R. Scribner	109	1973	LA	10	20	5.5	10.9	0	19	2	9.5	1.9	0
12	Bill Olds B. Olds	100	1973	BAL	13	26	3.8	7.7	2	-4	2	-2.0	-0.3	0
13	Otis Armstrong O. Armstrong	90	1973	DEN	14	26	3.5	6.4	0	43	2	21.5	3.1	1
14	Les Goodman L. Goodman	88	1973	GB	6	18	4.9	14.7	1	19	2	9.5	3.2	0
15	Hugh McKinnis H. McKinnis	77	1973	CLE	14	28	2.8	5.5	0	11	3	3.7	0.8	0
16	Ron Holliday R. Holliday	70	1973	SD	11	6	11.7	6.4	0	182	14	13.0	16.5	0
17	Brent McClanahan B. McClanahan	69	1973	MIN	13	17	4.1	5.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
18	Darryl Stingley D. Stingley	64	1973	NE	14	6	10.7	4.6	0	339	23	14.7	24.2	2
19	Tom Wittum T. Wittum	63	1973	SF	14	1	63.0	4.5	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Les Strayhorn L. Strayhorn	62	1973	DAL	11	11	5.6	5.6	1	0	0		0.0	0
21	Bert Jones B. Jones	58	1973	BAL	8	18	3.2	7.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	George Amundson G. Amundson	56	1973	HOU	9	15	3.7	6.2	0	60	7	8.6	6.7	0
23	Eddie Moss E. Moss	41	1973	STL	5	14	2.9	8.2	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Joe Wilson J. Wilson	39	1973	CIN	13	10	3.9	3.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
25	Joe Washington J. Washington	36	1973	ATL	9	4	9.0	4.0	0	0	0		0.0	0

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Bengals	2	1	.667
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Sun 10/4	JAX	@	CIN	1:00 PM
Sun 10/11	CIN	@	MIA	1:00 PM
Sun 10/25	CIN	@	BAL	1:00 PM
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Cowboys	1	2	0	.333
Commanders	1	2	0	.333
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	3	0	0	1.000
Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	2	1	0	.667
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
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