Gerald Riggs rushed for the most yards in the NFC in 1985, with 1,719 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	Gerald Riggs G. Riggs	1,719	1985	ATL	16	397	4.3	107.4	10	267	33	8.1	16.7	0
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,551	1985	CHI	16	324	4.8	96.9	9	483	49	9.9	30.2	2
3	Joe Morris J. Morris	1,336	1985	NYG	16	294	4.5	83.5	21	212	22	9.6	13.3	0
4	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	1,307	1985	DAL	16	305	4.3	81.7	7	449	46	9.8	28.1	3
5	James Wilder J. Wilder	1,300	1985	TB	16	365	3.6	81.3	10	341	53	6.4	21.3	0
6	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	1,234	1985	RAM	14	292	4.2	88.1	12	126	20	6.3	9.0	0
7	George Rogers G. Rogers	1,093	1985	WAS	15	231	4.7	72.9	7	29	4	7.3	1.9	0
8	Roger Craig R. Craig	1,050	1985	SF	16	214	4.9	65.6	9	1,016	92	11.0	63.5	6
9	Earnest Jackson E. Jackson	1,028	1985	PHI	16	282	3.6	64.3	5	126	10	12.6	7.9	1
10	Stump Mitchell S. Mitchell	1,006	1985	STL	16	183	5.5	62.9	7	502	47	10.7	31.4	3
11	Darrin Nelson D. Nelson	893	1985	MIN	16	200	4.5	55.8	5	301	43	7.0	18.8	1
12	James Jones J. Jones	886	1985	DET	14	244	3.6	63.3	6	334	45	7.4	23.9	3
13	Wendell Tyler W. Tyler	867	1985	SF	13	171	5.1	66.7	6	154	20	7.7	11.8	2
14	John Riggins J. Riggins	677	1985	WAS	12	176	3.8	56.4	8	18	6	3.0	1.5	0
15	Wayne Wilson W. Wilson	645	1985	NO	16	168	3.8	40.3	1	228	38	6.0	14.3	2
16	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	643	1985	NO	16	158	4.1	40.2	1	88	6	14.7	5.5	0
17	Eddie Lee Ivery E. Lee Ivery	636	1985	GB	15	132	4.8	42.4	2	270	28	9.6	18.0	2
18	Jessie Clark J. Clark	633	1985	GB	16	147	4.3	39.6	5	252	24	10.5	15.8	2
19	Gerry Ellis G. Ellis	571	1985	GB	16	104	5.5	35.7	5	206	24	8.6	12.9	0
20	George Adams G. Adams	498	1985	NYG	16	128	3.9	31.1	2	389	31	12.5	24.3	2
21	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	479	1985	STL	9	117	4.1	53.2	4	225	23	9.8	25.0	0
22	Keith Griffin K. Griffin	473	1985	WAS	16	102	4.6	29.6	3	285	37	7.7	17.8	0
23	Matt Suhey M. Suhey	471	1985	CHI	16	115	4.1	29.4	1	295	33	8.9	18.4	1
24	Barry Redden B. Redden	380	1985	RAM	14	87	4.4	27.1	0	162	16	10.1	11.6	0
25	David Archer D. Archer	347	1985	ATL	16	70	5.0	21.7	2	0	0		0.0	0

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Falcons	3	6	.333
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Sun 11/15	KC	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 11/29	ATL	@	MIN	1:00 PM
Sun 12/6	DET	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 12/13	ATL	@	CLE	1:00 PM
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Pass Yards Rankings

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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
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Rams	5	4	0	.556
Cardinals	3	6	0	.333

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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
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Chiefs	6	2	0	.750
Raiders	4	5	0	.444
Chargers	0	8	0	.000