most rushing yards in the 1976 season by a rookie

Clark Gaines had the most rushing yards by a rookie in 1976, with 724 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	Clark Gaines C. Gaines	724	1976	NYJ	14	157	4.6	51.7	3	400	41	9.8	28.6	2
2	Lawrence Gaines L. Gaines	659	1976	DET	14	155	4.3	47.1	4	130	23	5.7	9.3	1
3	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	659	1976	NO	12	149	4.4	54.9	2	272	31	8.8	22.7	0
4	Archie Griffin A. Griffin	625	1976	CIN	14	138	4.5	44.6	3	138	16	8.6	9.9	0
5	Tony Galbreath T. Galbreath	570	1976	NO	14	136	4.2	40.7	7	420	54	7.8	30.0	1
6	Mike Hogan M. Hogan	561	1976	PHI	8	123	4.6	70.1	0	89	15	5.9	11.1	0
7	Sherman Smith S. Smith	537	1976	SEA	12	119	4.5	44.8	4	384	36	10.7	32.0	1
8	Bubba Bean B. Bean	428	1976	ATL	14	124	3.5	30.6	2	148	16	9.3	10.6	1
9	Sonny Collins S. Collins	319	1976	ATL	11	91	3.5	29.0	0	37	4	9.3	3.4	0
10	Mike Esposito M. Esposito	317	1976	ATL	10	60	5.3	31.7	2	88	17	5.2	8.8	0
11	Tommy Reamon T. Reamon	314	1976	KC	11	103	3.0	28.5	4	136	10	13.6	12.4	1
12	Wayne Morris W. Morris	292	1976	STL	14	64	4.6	20.9	3	75	8	9.4	5.4	1
13	Herb Lusk H. Lusk	254	1976	PHI	14	61	4.2	18.1	0	119	13	9.2	8.5	0
14	Don Testerman D. Testerman	246	1976	SEA	14	67	3.7	17.6	1	232	25	9.3	16.6	1
15	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	246	1976	SEA	14	52	4.7	17.6	4	0	0		0.0	0
16	Gordon Bell G. Bell	233	1976	NYG	14	67	3.5	16.6	2	198	25	7.9	14.1	0
17	Ron Lee R. Lee	220	1976	BAL	14	41	5.4	15.7	1	-9	1	-9.0	-0.6	0
18	Tony Davis T. Davis	178	1976	CIN	14	36	4.9	12.7	1	29	4	7.3	2.1	0
19	Gary Davis G. Davis	160	1976	MIA	14	31	5.2	11.4	1	8	2	4.0	0.6	0
20	Louie Giammona L. Giammona	150	1976	NYJ	14	39	3.8	10.7	1	145	15	9.7	10.4	0
21	Norris Weese N. Weese	142	1976	DEN	14	23	6.2	10.1	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	138	1976	CLE	13	52	2.7	10.6	0	26	8	3.3	2.0	0
23	Lonnie Perrin L. Perrin	118	1976	DEN	14	37	3.2	8.4	2	35	4	8.8	2.5	0
24	Roland Hooks R. Hooks	116	1976	BUF	14	25	4.6	8.3	0	72	6	12.0	5.1	0
25	Richard Todd R. Todd	107	1976	NYJ	13	28	3.8	8.2	1	0	0		0.0	0

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PASS YDS/G

216.8

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Bills	4	1	.800
Patriots	3	2	.600
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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/18	NYJ	@	NE	1:00 PM
Sun 10/25	MIA	@	NYJ	1:00 PM
Sun 11/1	LV	@	NYJ	1:00 PM
Sun 11/8	NYJ	@	KC	1:00 PM
Sun 11/15	BUF	@	NYJ	1:00 PM

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Rec Yards Leaders

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Rec TD Leaders

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119.3

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Rush Yards Rankings

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139.6

Pass Yards Rankings

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Sack Leaders

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Smith-Njigba

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Giants	3	1	1	.700
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
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Rams	2	3	0	.400
Cardinals	1	4	0	.200

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
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Jets	2	3	0	.400
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Steelers	3	2	0	.600
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AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	4	1	0	.800
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