most touches by a running back 1977

Lydell Mitchell had the most touches by a running back in 1977, with 372 touches.

NAMETOUCHESSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
372
1977
14
1,159
301
3.9
82.8
3
620
71
8.7
44.3
4
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
366
1977
14
1,852
339
5.5
132.3
14
269
27
10.0
19.2
2
3Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
339
1977
14
1,273
324
3.9
90.9
7
135
15
9.0
9.6
0
4Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
319
1977
14
1,238
294
4.2
88.4
7
274
25
11.0
19.6
2
5Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
312
1977
14
1,015
270
3.8
72.5
4
370
42
8.8
26.4
1
6Franco Harris
F. Harris
311
1977
14
1,162
300
3.9
83.0
11
62
11
5.6
4.4
0
7Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
308
1977
14
1,112
270
4.1
79.4
6
308
38
8.1
22.0
3
8Delvin Williams
D. Williams
288
1977
14
931
268
3.5
66.5
7
179
20
9.0
12.8
2
9Haskel Stanback
H. Stanback
277
1977
14
873
247
3.5
62.4
6
261
30
8.7
18.6
0
10Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
273
1977
14
1,086
236
4.6
77.6
3
471
37
12.7
33.6
1
11Mike Thomas
M. Thomas
256
1977
13
806
228
3.5
62.0
3
245
28
8.8
18.8
2
12Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
237
1977
14
1,007
208
4.8
71.9
12
273
29
9.4
19.5
1
13Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
222
1977
14
811
201
4.0
57.9
6
248
21
11.8
17.7
1
14Clark Gaines
C. Gaines
213
1977
14
595
158
3.8
42.5
3
469
55
8.5
33.5
1
15Don Calhoun
D. Calhoun
211
1977
14
727
198
3.7
51.9
4
152
13
11.7
10.9
0
16Clarence Davis
C. Davis
210
1977
14
787
194
4.1
56.2
5
124
16
7.8
8.9
0
17Tony Galbreath
T. Galbreath
209
1977
14
644
168
3.8
46.0
3
265
41
6.5
18.9
0
18Ronnie Coleman
R. Coleman
207
1977
14
660
185
3.6
47.1
5
115
22
5.2
8.2
1
19John Cappelletti
J. Cappelletti
206
1977
14
598
178
3.4
42.7
5
228
28
8.1
16.3
1
20Rickey Young
R. Young
205
1977
14
543
157
3.5
38.8
4
423
48
8.8
30.2
0
21Cleo Miller
C. Miller
204
1977
14
756
163
4.6
54.0
4
291
41
7.1
20.8
1
22Barty Smith
B. Smith
203
1977
14
554
166
3.3
39.6
2
340
37
9.2
24.3
1
23Wilbur Jackson
W. Jackson
201
1977
14
780
179
4.4
55.7
7
169
22
7.7
12.1
0
24Robert Newhouse
R. Newhouse
196
1977
14
721
180
4.0
51.5
3
106
16
6.6
7.6
1
25Horace King
H. King
195
1977
14
521
155
3.4
37.2
1
238
40
6.0
17.0
0
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