most touches per game by rb in 1977

Lydell Mitchell averaged the most touches per game by a running back in 1977, with 26.6 per game.

NAMETOUCHES/GSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
26.6
1977
14
1,159
301
3.9
82.8
3
620
71
8.7
44.3
4
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
26.1
1977
14
1,852
339
5.5
132.3
14
269
27
10.0
19.2
2
3Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
24.2
1977
14
1,273
324
3.9
90.9
7
135
15
9.0
9.6
0
4Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
22.8
1977
14
1,238
294
4.2
88.4
7
274
25
11.0
19.6
2
5Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
22.3
1977
14
1,015
270
3.8
72.5
4
370
42
8.8
26.4
1
6Franco Harris
F. Harris
22.2
1977
14
1,162
300
3.9
83.0
11
62
11
5.6
4.4
0
7Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
22.0
1977
14
1,112
270
4.1
79.4
6
308
38
8.1
22.0
3
8Delvin Williams
D. Williams
20.6
1977
14
931
268
3.5
66.5
7
179
20
9.0
12.8
2
9O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
20.3
1977
7
557
126
4.4
79.6
0
138
16
8.6
19.7
0
10Haskel Stanback
H. Stanback
19.8
1977
14
873
247
3.5
62.4
6
261
30
8.7
18.6
0
11Mike Thomas
M. Thomas
19.7
1977
13
806
228
3.5
62.0
3
245
28
8.8
18.8
2
12Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
19.5
1977
14
1,086
236
4.6
77.6
3
471
37
12.7
33.6
1
13Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
16.9
1977
14
1,007
208
4.8
71.9
12
273
29
9.4
19.5
1
14Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
15.9
1977
14
811
201
4.0
57.9
6
248
21
11.8
17.7
1
15Wayne Morris
W. Morris
15.8
1977
12
661
165
4.0
55.1
8
222
24
9.3
18.5
1
16Clark Gaines
C. Gaines
15.2
1977
14
595
158
3.8
42.5
3
469
55
8.5
33.5
1
17Rob Carpenter
R. Carpenter
15.2
1977
11
652
144
4.5
59.3
1
156
23
6.8
14.2
0
18Monroe Eley
M. Eley
15.1
1977
7
273
97
2.8
39.0
1
60
9
6.7
8.6
0
19Don Calhoun
D. Calhoun
15.1
1977
14
727
198
3.7
51.9
4
152
13
11.7
10.9
0
20Clarence Davis
C. Davis
15.0
1977
14
787
194
4.1
56.2
5
124
16
7.8
8.9
0
21John Riggins
J. Riggins
15.0
1977
5
203
68
3.0
40.6
0
95
7
13.6
19.0
2
22Tony Galbreath
T. Galbreath
14.9
1977
14
644
168
3.8
46.0
3
265
41
6.5
18.9
0
23Otis Armstrong
O. Armstrong
14.8
1977
10
489
130
3.8
48.9
4
128
18
7.1
12.8
0
24Ronnie Coleman
R. Coleman
14.8
1977
14
660
185
3.6
47.1
5
115
22
5.2
8.2
1
25John Cappelletti
J. Cappelletti
14.7
1977
14
598
178
3.4
42.7
5
228
28
8.1
16.3
1
StatMuse has season-level data for touches per game going back to the 1932 season.

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