most rushing yards in the 1974 season by a rookie

Don Woods had the most rushing yards by a rookie in 1974, with 1,162 yards.

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Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Don Woods D. Woods	1,162	1974	SD	12	227	5.1	96.8	7	349	26	13.4	29.1	3
2	Alvin Maxson A. Maxson	714	1974	NO	14	165	4.3	51.0	2	294	42	7.0	21.0	1
3	Wilbur Jackson W. Jackson	705	1974	SF	14	174	4.1	50.4	0	190	23	8.3	13.6	2
4	Woody Green W. Green	509	1974	KC	10	135	3.8	50.9	3	247	26	9.5	24.7	1
5	Benny Malone B. Malone	479	1974	MIA	13	117	4.1	36.8	3	26	2	13.0	2.0	0
6	Ken Grandberry K. Grandberry	475	1974	CHI	14	144	3.3	33.9	2	212	30	7.1	15.1	0
7	Doug Kotar D. Kotar	396	1974	NYG	12	106	3.7	33.0	4	57	10	5.7	4.8	0
8	Moses Denson M. Denson	391	1974	WAS	13	103	3.8	30.1	0	174	26	6.7	13.4	2
9	Charlie Davis C. Davis	375	1974	CIN	14	72	5.2	26.8	0	171	19	9.0	12.2	0
10	Jon Keyworth J. Keyworth	374	1974	DEN	14	81	4.6	26.7	10	109	12	9.1	7.8	0
11	Bo Matthews B. Matthews	328	1974	SD	14	95	3.5	23.4	4	90	12	7.5	6.4	0
12	Harold Hart H. Hart	268	1974	OAK	13	51	5.3	20.6	2	4	1	4.0	0.3	0
13	Leon McQuay L. McQuay	240	1974	NYG	13	55	4.4	18.5	1	59	5	11.8	4.5	0
14	Ed Williams E. Williams	238	1974	CIN	14	58	4.1	17.0	3	98	13	7.5	7.0	1
15	Sammy Johnson S. Johnson	237	1974	SF	14	44	5.4	16.9	2	106	11	9.6	7.6	0
16	Haskel Stanback H. Stanback	235	1974	ATL	13	57	4.1	18.1	1	39	8	4.9	3.0	0
17	Charley Young C. Young	205	1974	DAL	14	33	6.2	14.6	0	73	11	6.6	5.2	0
18	Delvin Williams D. Williams	201	1974	SF	13	36	5.6	15.5	3	9	1	9.0	0.7	0
19	Glen Bonner G. Bonner	199	1974	SD	12	66	3.0	16.6	3	101	11	9.2	8.4	1
20	John Cappelletti J. Cappelletti	198	1974	LA	14	55	3.6	14.1	0	35	6	5.8	2.5	0
21	Ronnie Coleman R. Coleman	193	1974	HOU	13	52	3.7	14.8	1	9	4	2.3	0.7	0
22	Cleo Miller C. Miller	186	1974	KC	14	40	4.7	13.3	0	149	14	10.6	10.6	0
23	Bob Burns B. Burns	158	1974	NYJ	14	40	4.0	11.3	0	83	11	7.5	5.9	1
24	Jimmie Jones J. Jones	147	1974	DET	14	32	4.6	10.5	1	35	4	8.8	2.5	0
25	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	139	1974	OAK	14	28	5.0	9.9	0	33	4	8.3	2.4	0

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15.0

32nd

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25.2

22nd

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119.0

13th

PASS YDS/G

190.2

27th

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Chiefs	5	1	.833
Broncos	5	2	.714
Raiders	3	4	.429
Chargers	0	6	.000

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/1	LAC	@	LAR	4:05 PM
Sun 11/8	HOU	@	LAC	4:05 PM
Mon 11/16	LAC	@	BAL	8:15 PM
Sun 11/22	NYJ	@	LAC	4:05 PM
Sun 11/29	NE	@	LAC	8:20 PM

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Final

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5 - 0

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Pass Yards Leaders

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Stafford

1,958

Love

1,877

Cousins

Rush Yards Leaders

704

Robinson

701

Walker

627

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

867

Smith-Njigba

651

Lamb

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Pass TD Leaders

16

Cousins

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Purdy

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Rush TD Leaders

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Williams

8

Taylor

8

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Rec TD Leaders

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Smith-Njigba

6

Watson

6

Lamb

QB Rating Leaders

112.5

Goff

110.4

Burrow

110.1

Purdy

Sack Leaders

7.5

Anderson

7.0

Young

6.0

Turner

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

32.8

30.7

28.1

27.2

27.0

26.5

Opp PPG Rankings

12.3

17.2

17.3

17.9

19.7

19.9

Total Yards Rankings

399.1

397.3

390.7

387.7

381.3

380.5

Rush Yards Rankings

154.3

148.8

146.4

141.7

141.5

139.9

Pass Yards Rankings

298.0

293.2

286.0

279.7

276.9

275.5

Sack Leaders

21.0

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Fantasy RB Rankings

139

Gibbs

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Walker

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Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

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Smith-Njigba

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Lamb

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Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

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Likely

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Kittle

Fantasy K Rankings

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Shrader

81

Reichard

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NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	4	2	1	.643
Cowboys	3	4	0	.429
Eagles	2	5	0	.286
Commanders	1	4	1	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	6	0	0	1.000
Bears	5	2	0	.714
Lions	4	2	0	.667
Packers	4	3	0	.571
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	3	0	.500
Falcons	3	4	0	.429
Buccaneers	2	5	0	.286
Saints	2	5	0	.286
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	6	1	0	.857
Seahawks	4	3	0	.571
Rams	3	4	0	.429
Cardinals	2	5	0	.286

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	5	1	0	.833
Patriots	4	3	0	.571
Jets	2	5	0	.286
Dolphins	1	5	0	.167
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	5	2	0	.714
Steelers	5	2	0	.714
Bengals	4	2	0	.667
Ravens	4	3	0	.571
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	4	2	0	.667
Colts	2	5	0	.286
Texans	2	5	0	.286
Titans	1	6	0	.143
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	5	1	0	.833
Broncos	5	2	0	.714
Raiders	3	4	0	.429
Chargers	0	6	0	.000

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Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
Sun 9/13	CHI	@	CAR	59-37
Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
Sun 9/13	ATL	@	PIT	13-20

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/29	CAR	@	GB	8:15 PM
Sun 11/1	IND	@	JAX	1:00 PM
Sun 11/1	TEN	@	CIN	1:00 PM
Sun 11/1	CLE	@	PIT	1:00 PM
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Don Woods had the most rushing yards by a rookie in 1974, with 1,162 yards.

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