most rushing yards in the 1991 season by a rookie

Leonard Russell had the most rushing yards by a rookie in 1991, with 959 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	Leonard Russell L. Russell	959	1991	NE	16	266	3.6	59.9	4	81	18	4.5	5.1	0
2	Ricky Ervins R. Ervins	680	1991	WAS	15	145	4.7	45.3	3	181	16	11.3	12.1	1
3	Terry Allen T. Allen	563	1991	MIN	15	120	4.7	37.5	2	49	6	8.2	3.3	1
4	Fred McAfee F. McAfee	494	1991	NO	9	109	4.5	54.9	2	8	1	8.0	0.9	0
5	Harvey Williams H. Williams	447	1991	KC	14	97	4.6	31.9	1	147	16	9.2	10.5	2
6	James Joseph J. Joseph	440	1991	PHI	16	135	3.3	27.5	3	64	10	6.4	4.0	0
7	Greg Lewis G. Lewis	376	1991	DEN	16	99	3.8	23.5	4	9	2	4.5	0.6	0
8	Erric Pegram E. Pegram	349	1991	ATL	16	101	3.5	21.8	1	-1	1	-1.0	-0.1	0
9	Nick Bell N. Bell	307	1991	RAI	9	78	3.9	34.1	3	62	6	10.3	6.9	0
10	Robert Wilson R. Wilson	179	1991	TB	16	42	4.3	11.2	0	121	20	6.1	7.6	2
11	Jon Vaughn J. Vaughn	146	1991	NE	16	31	4.7	9.1	2	89	9	9.9	5.6	0
12	Pat Chaffey P. Chaffey	127	1991	ATL	14	29	4.4	9.1	1	0	0		0.0	0
13	Mike Dingle M. Dingle	91	1991	CIN	8	21	4.3	11.4	0	23	5	4.6	2.9	1
14	Gary Brown G. Brown	85	1991	HOU	11	8	10.6	7.7	1	1	2	0.5	0.1	0
15	Neil O'Donnell N. O'Donnell	82	1991	PIT	12	18	4.6	6.8	1	0	0		0.0	0
16	Ricky Blake R. Blake	80	1991	DAL	2	15	5.3	40.0	1	5	1	5.0	2.5	0
17	Donald Hollas D. Hollas	66	1991	CIN	8	12	5.5	8.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
18	Leroy Thompson L. Thompson	60	1991	PIT	13	20	3.0	4.6	0	118	14	8.4	9.1	0
19	Aaron Craver A. Craver	58	1991	MIA	14	20	2.9	4.1	1	67	8	8.4	4.8	0
20	Cedric Jackson C. Jackson	55	1991	DET	8	17	3.2	6.9	0	-2	1	-2.0	-0.3	0
21	Darren Lewis D. Lewis	36	1991	CHI	15	15	2.4	2.4	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	Shawn Jefferson S. Jefferson	27	1991	SD	16	1	27.0	1.7	0	125	12	10.4	7.8	1
23	Marcus Wilson M. Wilson	21	1991	RAI	1	6	3.5	21.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Anthony Morgan A. Morgan	18	1991	CHI	14	3	6.0	1.3	0	211	13	16.2	15.1	2
25	Louie Aguiar L. Aguiar	18	1991	NYJ	16	1	18.0	1.1	0	0	0		0.0	0

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219

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PPG

22.0

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18.8

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RUSH YDS/G

127.2

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PASS YDS/G

254.8

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Bills	4	1	.800
Patriots	3	2	.600
Jets	2	3	.400
Dolphins	0	5	.000

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/18	NYJ	@	NE	1:00 PM
Thu 10/22	NE	@	CHI	8:15 PM
Sun 11/1	NE	@	MIA	4:25 PM
Sun 11/8	GB	@	NE	4:25 PM
Sun 11/15	NE	@	DET	9:30 AM

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3 - 2

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1,572

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1,485

Goff

1,408

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Rush Yards Leaders

580

Robinson

537

Walker

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Rec Yards Leaders

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537

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Lamb

Pass TD Leaders

13

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Gibbs

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Henry

Rec TD Leaders

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Smith-Njigba

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QB Rating Leaders

119.6

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119.3

Purdy

111.3

Goff

Sack Leaders

7.5

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6.0

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5.5

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Opp PPG Rankings

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18.6

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Total Yards Rankings

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412.0

405.8

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393.8

Rush Yards Rankings

173.2

166.8

164.4

162.3

158.0

139.6

Pass Yards Rankings

317.0

297.0

281.6

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276.2

Sack Leaders

20.0

18.0

17.0

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Fantasy RB Rankings

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Gibbs

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Henry

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Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

102.5

Smith-Njigba

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Watson

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Fantasy TE Rankings

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Kittle

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Fantasy K Rankings

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Reichard

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NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
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
49ers	5	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	3	2	0	.600
Rams	2	3	0	.400
Cardinals	1	4	0	.200

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	4	1	0	.800
Patriots	3	2	0	.600
Jets	2	3	0	.400
Dolphins	0	5	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Ravens	4	1	0	.800
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
Chiefs	4	0	0	1.000
Broncos	3	2	0	.600
Raiders	3	2	0	.600
Chargers	0	5	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 10/15	SEA	@	DEN	8:15 PM
Sun 10/18	HOU	@	JAX	9:30 AM
Sun 10/18	TEN	@	IND	1:00 PM
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