most touches per game by rb in 1976

Lydell Mitchell had the most touches per game by a running back in 1976, with 24.9 per game.

NAMETOUCHES/GSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
24.9
1976
14
1,200
289
4.2
85.7
5
555
60
9.3
39.6
3
2Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
23.8
1976
14
1,155
278
4.2
82.5
13
567
55
10.3
40.5
1
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
23.3
1976
14
1,390
311
4.5
99.3
13
149
15
9.9
10.6
0
4Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
22.8
1976
14
1,168
291
4.0
83.4
9
305
28
10.9
21.8
2
5Franco Harris
F. Harris
22.3
1976
14
1,128
289
3.9
80.6
14
151
23
6.6
10.8
0
6O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
22.3
1976
14
1,503
290
5.2
107.4
8
259
22
11.8
18.5
1
7Mike Thomas
M. Thomas
21.7
1976
13
1,101
254
4.3
84.7
5
290
28
10.4
22.3
4
8Delvin Williams
D. Williams
21.2
1976
13
1,203
248
4.9
92.5
7
283
27
10.5
21.8
2
9Otis Armstrong
O. Armstrong
20.4
1976
14
1,008
247
4.1
72.0
5
457
39
11.7
32.6
1
10Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
18.1
1976
14
1,000
209
4.8
71.4
4
341
45
7.6
24.4
1
11Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
18.1
1976
11
824
172
4.8
74.9
3
299
27
11.1
27.2
0
12Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
17.9
1976
14
1,012
233
4.3
72.3
3
173
17
10.2
12.4
0
13Rocky Bleier
R. Bleier
17.4
1976
14
1,036
220
4.7
74.0
5
294
24
12.3
21.0
0
14Mike Hogan
M. Hogan
17.3
1976
8
561
123
4.6
70.1
0
89
15
5.9
11.1
0
15Jim Otis
J. Otis
16.8
1976
14
891
233
3.8
63.6
2
15
2
7.5
1.1
0
16Wilbur Jackson
W. Jackson
16.6
1976
14
792
200
4.0
56.6
1
324
33
9.8
23.1
1
17Ed Marinaro
E. Marinaro
16.3
1976
6
312
77
4.1
52.0
2
168
21
8.0
28.0
0
18Horace King
H. King
16.3
1976
7
325
93
3.5
46.4
0
163
21
7.8
23.3
0
19MacArthur Lane
M. Lane
16.3
1976
14
542
162
3.3
38.7
5
686
66
10.4
49.0
1
20Ronnie Coleman
R. Coleman
16.2
1976
13
684
171
4.0
52.6
2
247
40
6.2
19.0
3
21Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
16.0
1976
14
858
196
4.4
61.3
3
218
28
7.8
15.6
0
22Doug Kotar
D. Kotar
15.8
1976
14
731
185
4.0
52.2
3
319
36
8.9
22.8
0
23Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
15.0
1976
12
659
149
4.4
54.9
2
272
31
8.8
22.7
0
24Rickey Young
R. Young
14.9
1976
14
802
162
5.0
57.3
4
441
47
9.4
31.5
1
25John Cappelletti
J. Cappelletti
14.8
1976
14
688
177
3.9
49.1
1
302
30
10.1
21.6
1
StatMuse has season-level data for touches per game going back to the 1932 season.

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