nfl most rush yards per attempt by a player 1973

Mercury Morris had the most rushing yards per rush attempt in 1973, with 6.4.

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	NAME	YDS/ATT	RUSH YDS	ATT	SEASON	TM	GP	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Mercury Morris M. Morris	6.4	954	149	1973	MIA	13	6.4	73.4	10	51	4	12.8	3.9	0
2	O.J. Simpson	6.03	2,003	332	1973	BUF	14	6.0	143.1	12	70	6	11.7	5.0	0
3	Bobby Douglass B. Douglass	5.59	525	94	1973	CHI	13	5.6	40.4	5	0	0		0.0	0
4	Clarence Davis C. Davis	5.25	609	116	1973	OAK	14	5.3	43.5	4	76	7	10.9	5.4	0
5	Lawrence McCutcheon L. McCutcheon	5.22	1,097	210	1973	LA	12	5.2	91.4	2	289	30	9.6	24.1	3
6	Essex Johnson E. Johnson	5.11	997	195	1973	CIN	14	5.1	71.2	4	356	28	12.7	25.4	3
7	Marv Hubbard M. Hubbard	4.68	903	193	1973	OAK	14	4.7	64.5	6	116	15	7.7	8.3	0
8	Larry Csonka L. Csonka	4.58	1,003	219	1973	MIA	14	4.6	71.6	5	22	7	3.1	1.6	0
9	Cid Edwards C. Edwards	4.58	609	133	1973	SD	13	4.6	46.8	1	164	25	6.6	12.6	0
10	Jim Braxton J. Braxton	4.57	494	108	1973	BUF	6	4.6	82.3	4	101	6	16.8	16.8	0
11	Emerson Boozer E. Boozer	4.57	831	182	1973	NYJ	13	4.6	63.9	3	130	22	5.9	10.0	3
12	Eddie Ray E. Ray	4.52	434	96	1973	ATL	14	4.5	31.0	9	192	19	10.1	13.7	2
13	Tom Sullivan T. Sullivan	4.46	968	217	1973	PHI	13	4.5	74.5	4	322	50	6.4	24.8	1
14	Joe Dawkins J. Dawkins	4.41	706	160	1973	DEN	14	4.4	50.4	2	329	30	11.0	23.5	0
15	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	4.4	801	182	1973	MIN	12	4.4	66.8	4	362	37	9.8	30.2	2
16	John Brockington J. Brockington	4.32	1,144	265	1973	GB	14	4.3	81.7	3	128	16	8.0	9.1	0
17	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	4.24	628	148	1973	STL	12	4.2	52.3	2	316	37	8.5	26.3	0
18	Larry Watkins L. Watkins	4.22	414	98	1973	BUF	14	4.2	29.6	2	86	12	7.2	6.1	1
19	Preston Pearson P. Pearson	4.2	554	132	1973	PIT	14	4.2	39.6	2	173	11	15.7	12.4	2
20	Walt Garrison W. Garrison	4.19	440	105	1973	DAL	13	4.2	33.8	6	273	26	10.5	21.0	2
21	Calvin Hill C. Hill	4.18	1,142	273	1973	DAL	14	4.2	81.6	6	290	32	9.1	20.7	0
22	Jim Bertelsen J. Bertelsen	4.15	854	206	1973	LA	14	4.1	61.0	4	267	19	14.1	19.1	1
23	Norm Bulaich N. Bulaich	4.11	436	106	1973	PHI	14	4.1	31.1	1	403	42	9.6	28.8	3
24	Mike Garrett M. Garrett	4.1	467	114	1973	SD	10	4.1	46.7	0	124	15	8.3	12.4	1
25	Altie Taylor A. Taylor	4.09	719	176	1973	DET	13	4.1	55.3	5	252	27	9.3	19.4	0

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Mercury Morris had the most rushing yards per rush attempt in 1973, with 6.4.

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