most scrimmage tds in a season before 1982

Before 1982, O.J. Simpson had the most scrimmage touchdowns in a season, with 23 touchdowns in 1975.

Interpreted as:

most scrimmage tds by a player in a season before 1982

	NAME	TD	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	O.J. Simpson	23	1975	BUF	14	1,817	329	5.5	129.8	16	426	28	15.2	30.4	7
2	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	22	1975	MIN	14	1,070	280	3.8	76.4	13	691	73	9.5	49.4	9
3	Jim Brown J. Brown	21	1965	CLE	14	1,544	289	5.3	110.3	17	328	34	9.6	23.4	4
4	Leroy Kelly L. Kelly	20	1968	CLE	14	1,239	248	5.0	88.5	16	297	22	13.5	21.2	4
5	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	20	1965	CHI	14	867	166	5.2	61.9	14	507	29	17.5	36.2	6
6	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	19	1981	SD	15	1,144	251	4.6	76.3	19	362	43	8.4	24.1	0
7	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	19	1979	HOU	16	1,697	368	4.6	106.1	19	94	16	5.9	5.9	0
8	Lenny Moore L. Moore	19	1964	BAL	14	584	157	3.7	41.7	16	472	21	22.5	33.7	3
9	Abner Haynes A. Haynes	19	1962	DLT	14	1,049	221	4.7	74.9	13	573	39	14.7	40.9	6
10	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	19	1962	GB	14	1,474	272	5.4	105.3	19	106	22	4.8	7.6	0
11	Jim Brown J. Brown	18	1962	CLE	14	996	230	4.3	71.1	13	517	47	11.0	36.9	5
12	Bill Groman B. Groman	18	1961	HOU	14	2	1	2.0	0.1	1	1,175	50	23.5	83.9	17
13	Jim Brown J. Brown	18	1958	CLE	12	1,527	257	5.9	127.3	17	138	16	8.6	11.5	1
14	Wendell Tyler W. Tyler	17	1981	LA	15	1,074	260	4.1	71.6	12	436	45	9.7	29.1	5
15	John David Crow J. David Crow	17	1962	STL	14	751	192	3.9	53.6	14	246	23	10.7	17.6	3
16	Elroy Hirsch E. Hirsch	17	1951	LA	12	3	1	3.0	0.3	0	1,495	66	22.7	124.6	17
17	Gene Roberts G. Roberts	17	1949	NYG	12	634	152	4.2	52.8	9	711	35	20.3	59.3	8
18	Steve Van Buren S. Van Buren	17	1945	PHI	10	832	143	5.8	83.2	15	123	10	12.3	12.3	2
19	Don Hutson D. Hutson	17	1942	GB	11	4	3	1.3	0.4	0	1,211	74	16.4	110.1	17
20	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	16	1981	CIN	16	1,077	274	3.9	67.3	12	320	46	7.0	20.0	4
21	Billy Sims B. Sims	16	1980	DET	16	1,303	313	4.2	81.4	13	621	51	12.2	38.8	3
22	Walter Payton W. Payton	16	1979	CHI	16	1,610	369	4.4	100.6	14	313	31	10.1	19.6	2
23	Walter Payton W. Payton	16	1977	CHI	14	1,852	339	5.5	132.3	14	269	27	10.0	19.2	2
24	Pete Banaszak P. Banaszak	16	1975	OAK	14	672	187	3.6	48.0	16	64	10	6.4	4.6	0
25	Leroy Kelly L. Kelly	16	1966	CLE	14	1,141	209	5.5	81.5	15	366	32	11.4	26.1	1

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