nfl most rushing yards for a player in 1971

Floyd Little rushed for the most yards in 1971, with 1,133 yards.

NAME RUSH YDS SEASON TM GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Floyd Little
F. Little
1,133
1971
DEN DEN
14
284
4.0
80.9
6
255
26
9.8
18.2
0
2 John Brockington
J. Brockington
1,105
1971
GB GB
14
216
5.1
78.9
4
98
14
7.0
7.0
1
3 Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
1,051
1971
MIA MIA
14
195
5.4
75.1
7
113
13
8.7
8.1
1
4 Steve Owens
S. Owens
1,035
1971
DET DET
14
246
4.2
73.9
8
350
32
10.9
25.0
2
5 Willie Ellison
W. Ellison
1,000
1971
LA LA
14
211
4.7
71.4
4
238
32
7.4
17.0
0
6 Larry Brown
L. Brown
948
1971
WAS WAS
13
253
3.7
72.9
4
176
16
11.0
13.5
2
7 Marv Hubbard
M. Hubbard
867
1971
OAK OAK
14
181
4.8
61.9
5
167
22
7.6
11.9
1
8 Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
865
1971
CLE CLE
14
234
3.7
61.8
10
252
25
10.1
18.0
2
9 Ken Willard
K. Willard
855
1971
SF SF
14
216
4.0
61.1
4
202
27
7.5
14.4
1
10 Vic Washington
V. Washington
811
1971
SF SF
14
191
4.2
57.9
3
317
36
8.8
22.6
4
11 Duane Thomas
D. Thomas
793
1971
DAL DAL
11
175
4.5
72.1
11
153
13
11.8
13.9
2
12 Carl Garrett
C. Garrett
784
1971
NE NE
14
181
4.3
56.0
1
265
22
12.0
18.9
1
13 John Riggins
J. Riggins
769
1971
NYJ NYJ
14
180
4.3
54.9
1
231
36
6.4
16.5
2
14 Donny Anderson
D. Anderson
757
1971
GB GB
14
186
4.1
54.1
5
306
26
11.8
21.9
1
15 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
742
1971
BUF BUF
14
183
4.1
53.0
5
162
21
7.7
11.6
0
16 Norm Bulaich
N. Bulaich
741
1971
BAL BAL
13
152
4.9
57.0
8
229
25
9.2
17.6
2
17 Jim Kiick
J. Kiick
738
1971
MIA MIA
13
162
4.6
56.8
3
338
40
8.5
26.0
0
18 Altie Taylor
A. Taylor
736
1971
DET DET
14
174
4.2
52.6
4
270
26
10.4
19.3
1
19 Ed Podolak
E. Podolak
708
1971
KC KC
13
184
3.8
54.5
9
252
36
7.0
19.4
0
20 Clint Jones
C. Jones
675
1971
MIN MIN
14
180
3.8
48.2
4
98
9
10.9
7.0
0
21 Charlie Harraway
C. Harraway
635
1971
WAS WAS
14
156
4.1
45.4
2
121
20
6.1
8.6
0
22 John Fuqua
J. Fuqua
625
1971
PIT PIT
12
155
4.0
52.1
4
427
49
8.7
35.6
1
23 Emerson Boozer
E. Boozer
618
1971
NYJ NYJ
14
188
3.3
44.1
5
120
11
10.9
8.6
1
24 Tom Matte
T. Matte
607
1971
BAL BAL
14
173
3.5
43.4
8
239
29
8.2
17.1
0
25 Bo Scott
B. Scott
606
1971
CLE CLE
14
179
3.4
43.3
9
233
30
7.8
16.6
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TEAM W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
12
1
0
.923
Broncos Broncos
8
5
0
.615
Chargers Chargers
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5
0
.615
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11
0
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Sun
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1:00 PM
Sun
12/29
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12/19
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8:15 PM
Sun
12/15
IND IND
@
DEN DEN
4:25 PM
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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
11
2
0
.846
Commanders Commanders
8
5
0
.615
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
12
1
0
.923
Vikings Vikings
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2
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.846
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
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6
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.538
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7
0
.462
NFC West W L T PCT
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5
0
.615
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6
0
.538
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Bills Bills
10
3
0
.769
Dolphins Dolphins
6
7
0
.462
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
10
3
0
.769
Ravens Ravens
8
5
0
.615
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
Colts Colts
6
7
0
.462
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
12
1
0
.923
Chargers Chargers
8
5
0
.615

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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
12/8
CIN CIN
@
DAL DAL
27-20
Sat
12/7
LAC LAC
@
KC KC
17-19
Sat
12/7
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
13-38
Sat
12/7
BUF BUF
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LAR LAR
42-44
Sat
12/7
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
12/22
SF SF
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4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
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LV LV
4:25 PM
Sun
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4:05 PM
Sun
12/22
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@
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1:00 PM
Sun
12/22
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@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM