most yards per game rushing 1978 to 1982

Between the 1978 and 1982 seasons, Earl Campbell rushed for the most yards, with 6,995 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards per game rushing by a player 1978 to 1982
NAMERUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GGPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
6,995
98.5
71
1,561
4.5
57
475
93
5.1
6.7
0
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
6,283
86.1
73
1,506
4.2
38
1,850
200
9.3
25.3
5
3Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
6,008
85.8
70
1,337
4.5
33
1,520
172
8.8
21.7
5
4Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
5,427
83.5
65
1,190
4.6
41
1,875
194
9.7
28.8
12
5Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
4,920
87.9
56
1,105
4.5
29
1,109
142
7.8
19.8
2
6Franco Harris
F. Harris
4,648
67.4
69
1,167
4.0
33
1,130
156
7.2
16.4
4
7Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
4,507
61.7
73
1,038
4.3
30
1,537
209
7.4
21.1
3
8Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
4,295
63.2
68
962
4.5
51
1,369
165
8.3
20.1
1
9William Andrews
W. Andrews
4,205
75.1
56
932
4.5
22
2,003
213
9.4
35.8
7
10Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
4,073
59.0
69
1,039
3.9
46
1,149
153
7.5
16.7
6
11Joe Washington
J. Washington
3,448
50.7
68
880
3.9
10
2,313
267
8.7
34.0
11
12John Riggins
J. Riggins
3,434
63.6
54
880
3.9
30
571
75
7.6
10.6
3
13Billy Sims
B. Sims
3,379
86.6
39
781
4.3
30
1,414
113
12.5
36.3
5
14Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
3,272
50.3
65
836
3.9
23
1,098
116
9.5
16.9
3
15Ted Brown
T. Brown
3,041
56.3
54
743
4.1
16
1,721
207
8.3
31.9
6
16Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
2,949
64.1
46
659
4.5
30
1,144
119
9.6
24.9
10
17Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
2,915
76.7
38
697
4.2
17
1,117
105
10.6
29.4
8
18Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
2,851
39.1
73
667
4.3
9
971
119
8.2
13.3
1
19Delvin Williams
D. Williams
2,632
57.2
46
643
4.1
13
574
70
8.2
12.5
1
20Ricky Bell
R. Bell
2,627
49.6
53
674
3.9
15
754
86
8.8
14.2
3
21Cullen Bryant
C. Bryant
2,520
40.6
62
647
3.9
16
849
114
7.4
13.7
3
22Scott Dierking
S. Dierking
2,473
34.3
72
624
4.0
15
719
86
8.4
10.0
3
23Ted McKnight
T. McKnight
2,270
41.3
55
517
4.4
22
706
98
7.2
12.8
1
24George Rogers
G. Rogers
2,209
100.4
22
500
4.4
16
147
20
7.4
6.7
0
25Wayne Morris
W. Morris
2,165
31.4
69
590
3.7
24
818
105
7.8
11.9
3
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards and rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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