most touches by a running back 1976

Lydell Mitchell had the most touches by a running back in 1976, with 349 touches.

NAMETOUCHESSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
349
1976
14
1,200
289
4.2
85.7
5
555
60
9.3
39.6
3
2Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
333
1976
14
1,155
278
4.2
82.5
13
567
55
10.3
40.5
1
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
326
1976
14
1,390
311
4.5
99.3
13
149
15
9.9
10.6
0
4Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
319
1976
14
1,168
291
4.0
83.4
9
305
28
10.9
21.8
2
5Franco Harris
F. Harris
312
1976
14
1,128
289
3.9
80.6
14
151
23
6.6
10.8
0
6O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
312
1976
14
1,503
290
5.2
107.4
8
259
22
11.8
18.5
1
7Otis Armstrong
O. Armstrong
286
1976
14
1,008
247
4.1
72.0
5
457
39
11.7
32.6
1
8Mike Thomas
M. Thomas
282
1976
13
1,101
254
4.3
84.7
5
290
28
10.4
22.3
4
9Delvin Williams
D. Williams
275
1976
13
1,203
248
4.9
92.5
7
283
27
10.5
21.8
2
10Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
254
1976
14
1,000
209
4.8
71.4
4
341
45
7.6
24.4
1
11Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
250
1976
14
1,012
233
4.3
72.3
3
173
17
10.2
12.4
0
12Rocky Bleier
R. Bleier
244
1976
14
1,036
220
4.7
74.0
5
294
24
12.3
21.0
0
13Jim Otis
J. Otis
235
1976
14
891
233
3.8
63.6
2
15
2
7.5
1.1
0
14Wilbur Jackson
W. Jackson
233
1976
14
792
200
4.0
56.6
1
324
33
9.8
23.1
1
15MacArthur Lane
M. Lane
228
1976
14
542
162
3.3
38.7
5
686
66
10.4
49.0
1
16Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
224
1976
14
858
196
4.4
61.3
3
218
28
7.8
15.6
0
17Doug Kotar
D. Kotar
221
1976
14
731
185
4.0
52.2
3
319
36
8.9
22.8
0
18Ronnie Coleman
R. Coleman
211
1976
13
684
171
4.0
52.6
2
247
40
6.2
19.0
3
19Rickey Young
R. Young
209
1976
14
802
162
5.0
57.3
4
441
47
9.4
31.5
1
20John Cappelletti
J. Cappelletti
207
1976
14
688
177
3.9
49.1
1
302
30
10.1
21.6
1
21Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
199
1976
11
824
172
4.8
74.9
3
299
27
11.1
27.2
0
22Clark Gaines
C. Gaines
198
1976
14
724
157
4.6
51.7
3
400
41
9.8
28.6
2
23Andy Johnson
A. Johnson
198
1976
14
699
169
4.1
49.9
6
343
29
11.8
24.5
4
24Benny Malone
B. Malone
195
1976
14
797
186
4.3
56.9
4
103
9
11.4
7.4
0
25Louis Carter
L. Carter
191
1976
14
521
171
3.0
37.2
1
135
20
6.8
9.6
0
StatMuse has season-level data for touches going back to the 1932 season.

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