most rushing yards over first 9 games in 1987

Eric Dickerson had the most rushing yards in his first 9 games in 1987, with 958 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	958	1987	TOT	9	216	4.4	106.4	4	87	10	8.7	9.7	0
2	Mike Rozier M. Rozier	817	1987	HOU	9	190	4.3	90.8	3	143	24	6.0	15.9	0
3	Rueben Mayes R. Mayes	791	1987	NO	9	195	4.1	87.9	4	36	12	3.0	4.0	0
4	Gerald Riggs G. Riggs	756	1987	ATL	9	169	4.5	84.0	2	141	20	7.1	15.7	0
5	Curt Warner C. Warner	749	1987	SEA	9	180	4.2	83.2	5	144	13	11.1	16.0	2
6	Charles White C. White	703	1987	RAM	9	155	4.5	78.1	3	92	14	6.6	10.2	0
7	Herschel Walker H. Walker	602	1987	DAL	9	147	4.1	66.9	4	557	46	12.1	61.9	1
8	Albert Bentley A. Bentley	597	1987	IND	9	128	4.7	66.3	5	332	27	12.3	36.9	2
9	Marcus Allen M. Allen	584	1987	RAI	9	150	3.9	64.9	4	251	32	7.8	27.9	0
10	Earnest Jackson E. Jackson	580	1987	PIT	9	152	3.8	64.4	1	52	7	7.4	5.8	0
11	Darrin Nelson D. Nelson	569	1987	MIN	9	117	4.9	63.2	2	120	25	4.8	13.3	0
12	Roger Craig R. Craig	565	1987	SF	9	142	4.0	62.8	2	386	52	7.4	42.9	1
13	Christian Okoye C. Okoye	549	1987	KC	9	131	4.2	61.0	3	132	18	7.3	14.7	0
14	Neal Anderson N. Anderson	530	1987	CHI	9	115	4.6	58.9	3	409	39	10.5	45.4	3
15	Freeman McNeil F. McNeil	530	1987	NYJ	9	121	4.4	58.9	0	262	24	10.9	29.1	1
16	Sammy Winder S. Winder	526	1987	DEN	9	137	3.8	58.4	3	45	7	6.4	5.0	0
17	Troy Stradford T. Stradford	519	1987	MIA	9	111	4.7	57.7	6	349	37	9.4	38.8	1
18	Kevin Mack K. Mack	510	1987	CLE	9	139	3.7	56.7	4	187	27	6.9	20.8	0
19	George Rogers G. Rogers	503	1987	WAS	9	137	3.7	55.9	5	23	4	5.8	2.6	0
20	Larry Kinnebrew L. Kinnebrew	491	1987	CIN	9	119	4.1	54.6	5	83	7	11.9	9.2	0
21	Stump Mitchell S. Mitchell	478	1987	STL	9	132	3.6	53.1	1	313	33	9.5	34.8	2
22	Joe Morris J. Morris	434	1987	NYG	9	145	3.0	48.2	2	68	7	9.7	7.6	0
23	Frank Pollard F. Pollard	412	1987	PIT	9	93	4.4	45.8	2	36	9	4.0	4.0	0
24	Walter Abercrombie W. Abercrombie	410	1987	PIT	9	100	4.1	45.6	2	158	17	9.3	17.6	0
25	John L. Williams J. L. Williams	397	1987	SEA	9	88	4.5	44.1	1	226	20	11.3	25.1	1

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