Walter Payton had the most rushing yards in the NFC in 1980, with 1,460 yards.

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Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,460	1980	CHI	16	317	4.6	91.3	6	367	46	8.0	22.9	1
2	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	1,352	1980	STL	16	301	4.5	84.5	9	308	36	8.6	19.3	0
3	William Andrews W. Andrews	1,308	1980	ATL	16	265	4.9	81.8	4	456	51	8.9	28.5	1
4	Billy Sims B. Sims	1,303	1980	DET	16	313	4.2	81.4	13	621	51	12.2	38.8	3
5	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	1,185	1980	DAL	15	278	4.3	79.0	11	263	34	7.7	17.5	0
6	Lynn Cain L. Cain	914	1980	ATL	16	235	3.9	57.1	8	223	24	9.3	13.9	1
7	Ted Brown T. Brown	912	1980	MIN	16	219	4.2	57.0	8	623	62	10.0	38.9	2
8	Eddie Lee Ivery E. Lee Ivery	831	1980	GB	16	202	4.1	51.9	3	481	50	9.6	30.1	1
9	Cullen Bryant C. Bryant	807	1980	LA	16	183	4.4	50.4	3	386	53	7.3	24.1	3
10	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	778	1980	PHI	12	193	4.0	64.8	8	407	50	8.1	33.9	2
11	Elvis Peacock E. Peacock	777	1980	LA	13	164	4.7	59.8	7	213	25	8.5	16.4	2
12	Dexter Bussey D. Bussey	720	1980	DET	16	145	5.0	45.0	3	364	39	9.3	22.8	0
13	Earl Cooper E. Cooper	720	1980	SF	16	171	4.2	45.0	5	567	83	6.8	35.4	4
14	Wilbur Jackson W. Jackson	708	1980	WAS	16	176	4.0	44.3	3	279	27	10.3	17.4	1
15	Ricky Bell R. Bell	599	1980	TB	14	174	3.4	42.8	2	292	38	7.7	20.9	1
16	Billy Taylor B. Taylor	580	1980	NYG	11	147	3.9	52.7	4	253	33	7.7	23.0	0
17	Gerry Ellis G. Ellis	545	1980	GB	15	126	4.3	36.3	5	496	48	10.3	33.1	3
18	Jerry Eckwood J. Eckwood	504	1980	TB	15	149	3.4	33.6	2	475	47	10.1	31.7	1
19	Clarence Harmon C. Harmon	484	1980	WAS	16	128	3.8	30.3	4	534	54	9.9	33.4	4
20	Wayne Morris W. Morris	456	1980	STL	16	117	3.9	28.5	6	110	15	7.3	6.9	1
21	Robert Newhouse R. Newhouse	451	1980	DAL	16	118	3.8	28.2	6	75	8	9.4	4.7	0
22	Jewerl Thomas J. Thomas	427	1980	LA	16	65	6.6	26.7	2	30	5	6.0	1.9	0
23	Mike Guman M. Guman	410	1980	LA	16	100	4.1	25.6	4	131	14	9.4	8.2	0
24	Roland Harper R. Harper	404	1980	CHI	12	113	3.6	33.7	5	31	7	4.4	2.6	0
25	Doug Williams D. Williams	370	1980	TB	16	58	6.4	23.1	4	0	0		0.0	0

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Bears	7	2	.778
Lions	6	2	.750
Vikings	6	2	.750
Packers	6	3	.667

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Sun 11/22	NO	@	CHI	1:00 PM
Thu 11/26	CHI	@	DET	1:00 PM
Sun 12/6	JAX	@	CHI	1:00 PM
Sun 12/13	CHI	@	MIA	1:00 PM
Sat 12/19	CHI	@	BUF	8:20 PM

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Burrow

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19

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Swift

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Gibbs

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Rec TD Leaders

9

Smith-Njigba

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QB Rating Leaders

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Burrow

111.7

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30.0

29.4

28.6

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15.1

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383.0

379.8

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Rush Yards Rankings

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142.0

137.8

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Pass Yards Rankings

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282.3

280.5

268.1

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Sack Leaders

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27.0

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Gibbs

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Walker

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Smith-Njigba

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Giants	5	3	1	.611
Cowboys	4	5	0	.444
Commanders	3	5	1	.389
Eagles	2	7	0	.222
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Bears	7	2	0	.778
Lions	6	2	0	.750
Vikings	6	2	0	.750
Packers	6	3	0	.667
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	5	0	.375
Saints	3	5	0	.375
Buccaneers	3	6	0	.333
Falcons	3	6	0	.333
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Seahawks	5	4	0	.556
Rams	5	4	0	.556
Cardinals	3	6	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	7	1	0	.875
Patriots	5	4	0	.556
Jets	2	7	0	.222
Dolphins	1	7	0	.125
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	6	2	0	.750
Bengals	6	2	0	.750
Browns	5	4	0	.556
Ravens	4	5	0	.444
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	6	2	0	.750
Texans	3	5	0	.375
Colts	2	7	0	.222
Titans	1	7	0	.125
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Broncos	7	2	0	.778
Chiefs	6	2	0	.750
Raiders	4	5	0	.444
Chargers	0	8	0	.000