patriots leading rushers in 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Sam Cunningham had the most rushing yards for the Patriots, with 5,163 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
5,163
90
1,290
4.0
57.4
39
1,813
198
9.2
20.1
6
2Don Calhoun
D. Calhoun
2,399
63
563
4.3
38.1
12
414
48
8.6
6.6
2
3Andy Johnson
A. Johnson
1,990
62
478
4.2
32.1
13
1,119
98
11.4
18.0
5
4Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
1,738
73
296
5.9
23.8
23
0
0
0.0
0
5Carl Garrett
C. Garrett
1,544
37
400
3.9
41.7
10
891
78
11.4
24.1
1
6Mack Herron
M. Herron
1,298
35
353
3.7
37.1
9
789
61
12.9
22.5
6
7Horace Ivory
H. Ivory
1,225
31
287
4.3
39.5
12
338
37
9.1
10.9
2
8Jim Nance
J. Nance
985
26
274
3.6
37.9
12
243
44
5.5
9.3
0
9Josh Ashton
J. Ashton
950
38
247
3.8
25.0
3
320
33
9.7
8.4
1
10Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
817
61
159
5.1
13.4
9
0
0
0.0
0
11John Tarver
J. Tarver
554
31
155
3.6
17.9
7
200
29
6.9
6.5
1
12Ike Forte
I. Forte
257
23
87
3.0
11.2
3
97
11
8.8
4.2
1
13Darryl Stingley
D. Stingley
244
60
28
8.7
4.1
2
1,883
110
17.1
31.4
14
14Bob Gladieux
B. Gladieux
239
33
65
3.7
7.2
0
252
25
10.1
7.6
0
15Jess Phillips
J. Phillips
191
27
29
6.6
7.1
2
18
1
18.0
0.7
0
16Odell Lawson
O. Lawson
107
16
64
1.7
6.7
0
113
11
10.3
7.1
0
17Allen Carter
A. Carter
95
15
22
4.3
6.3
0
39
2
19.5
2.6
0
18Allan Clark
A. Clark
84
16
19
4.4
5.3
2
35
2
17.5
2.2
0
19James McAlister
J. McAlister
77
16
19
4.1
4.8
2
12
1
12.0
0.8
0
20Mosi Tatupu
M. Tatupu
77
32
26
3.0
2.4
0
9
2
4.5
0.3
0
21Joe Kapp
J. Kapp
71
11
20
3.6
6.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
60
46
10
6.0
1.3
0
2,265
99
22.9
49.2
20
23Jack Maitland
J. Maitland
58
27
26
2.2
2.1
1
39
5
7.8
1.4
0
24Joe Wilson
J. Wilson
57
12
15
3.8
4.8
0
38
3
12.7
3.2
0
25Leon McQuay
L. McQuay
47
13
33
1.4
3.6
0
27
4
6.8
2.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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