Duane Thomas had the most rushing yards in his rookie season by a running back in 1970, with 803 yards.
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| NAME | RUSH YDS | SEASON | TM | GP | ATT | YPC | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | D. Thomas | 803 | 1970 | 14 | 151 | 5.3 | 57.4 | 5 | 73 | 10 | 7.3 | 5.2 | 0 | ||
| 2 | | J. Dawkins | 517 | 1970 | 14 | 124 | 4.2 | 36.9 | 2 | 94 | 15 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 0 | ||
| 3 | | N. Bulaich | 426 | 1970 | 12 | 139 | 3.1 | 35.5 | 3 | 123 | 11 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | L. Bouggess | 401 | 1970 | 14 | 159 | 2.5 | 28.6 | 2 | 401 | 50 | 8.0 | 28.6 | 2 | ||
| 5 | | B. Anderson | 368 | 1970 | 14 | 83 | 4.4 | 26.3 | 4 | 140 | 9 | 15.6 | 10.0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | J. Otis | 211 | 1970 | 13 | 71 | 3.0 | 16.2 | 0 | 124 | 20 | 6.2 | 9.5 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | J. Maitland | 209 | 1970 | 14 | 74 | 2.8 | 14.9 | 1 | 67 | 9 | 7.4 | 4.8 | 1 | ||
| 8 | | L. Pate | 162 | 1970 | 9 | 46 | 3.5 | 18.0 | 1 | 103 | 19 | 5.4 | 11.4 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | A. Malone | 136 | 1970 | 14 | 40 | 3.4 | 9.7 | 0 | 38 | 9 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 1 | ||
| 10 | | S. Owens | 122 | 1970 | 6 | 36 | 3.4 | 20.3 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | S. Campbell | 116 | 1970 | 11 | 28 | 4.1 | 10.5 | 2 | 92 | 7 | 13.1 | 8.4 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | G. Jones | 113 | 1970 | 10 | 31 | 3.6 | 11.3 | 1 | 89 | 8 | 11.1 | 8.9 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | O. Lawson | 99 | 1970 | 14 | 56 | 1.8 | 7.1 | 0 | 113 | 11 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | D. Davis | 94 | 1970 | TOT | 6 | 27 | 3.5 | 15.7 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 7.3 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| 15 | | D. Dressler | 77 | 1970 | 14 | 18 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | | J. Jordan | 50 | 1970 | 9 | 10 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 0 | -5 | 1 | -5.0 | -0.6 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | J. Isenbarger | 43 | 1970 | 13 | 18 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 0 | 158 | 8 | 19.8 | 12.2 | 1 | ||
| 18 | | D. Smith | 42 | 1970 | 7 | 14 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 65 | 4 | 16.3 | 9.3 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | L. Krause | 13 | 1970 | 14 | 2 | 6.5 | 0.9 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 11.0 | 1.6 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | E. Ray | 13 | 1970 | 5 | 5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||
| 21 | | B. Maxwell | 9 | 1970 | 11 | 1 | 9.0 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||
| 22 | | V. Nyvall | 6 | 1970 | 2 | 5 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | -0.5 | -0.5 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | D. Pierce | 6 | 1970 | 2 | 5 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | C. Pittman | 4 | 1970 | 8 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||
| 25 | | J. Strong | 3 | 1970 | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||
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4 | 2 | 1 | .643 | |
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4 | 2 | 1 | .643 | |
3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | |
2 | 4 | 1 | .357 | |
2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | |
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6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | |
6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | |
5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | |
5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | |
| NFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | |
3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | |
3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | |
2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | |
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6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | |
4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | |
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6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | |
5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | |
2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | |
1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | |
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5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | |
2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | |
2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | |
1 | 7 | 0 | .125 | |
| AFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | |
5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | |
4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | |
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