rookie rushing leaders 1978

Earl Campbell rushed for the most yards by a rookie in 1978, with 1,450 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 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
1,450
1978
HOU HOU
15
302
4.8
96.7
13
48
12
4.0
3.2
0
2 Terry Miller
T. Miller
1,060
1978
BUF BUF
16
238
4.5
66.3
7
246
22
11.2
15.4
0
3 Art Whittington
A. Whittington
661
1978
OAK OAK
16
172
3.8
41.3
7
106
23
4.6
6.6
0
4 Johnny Davis
J. Davis
370
1978
TB TB
16
97
3.8
23.1
3
13
5
2.6
0.8
0
5 Larry Canada
L. Canada
365
1978
DEN DEN
16
79
4.6
22.8
3
37
6
6.2
2.3
0
6 Deacon Turner
D. Turner
333
1978
CIN CIN
16
84
4.0
20.8
0
50
11
4.5
3.1
0
7 Dan Doornink
D. Doornink
306
1978
NYG NYG
12
60
5.1
25.5
1
66
12
5.5
5.5
0
8 Dave Preston
D. Preston
296
1978
DEN DEN
16
66
4.5
18.5
1
199
24
8.3
12.4
1
9 Billy Taylor
B. Taylor
250
1978
NYG NYG
13
73
3.4
19.2
0
70
9
7.8
5.4
0
10 Billy Campfield
B. Campfield
247
1978
PHI PHI
16
61
4.0
15.4
0
101
15
6.7
6.3
0
11 Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
222
1978
BUF BUF
16
55
4.0
13.9
2
83
10
8.3
5.2
0
12 Ricky Patton
R. Patton
206
1978
ATL ATL
16
68
3.0
12.9
1
90
10
9.0
5.6
1
13 Rick Moser
R. Moser
153
1978
PIT PIT
15
42
3.6
10.2
0
-1
1
-1.0
-0.1
0
14 Ray Strong
R. Strong
99
1978
ATL ATL
14
30
3.3
7.1
2
56
7
8.0
4.0
0
15 Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
96
1978
CLE CLE
16
13
7.4
6.0
2
589
38
15.5
36.8
2
16 Tony Green
T. Green
82
1978
WAS WAS
16
22
3.7
5.1
1
89
4
22.3
5.6
0
17 Horace Belton
H. Belton
79
1978
KC KC
16
24
3.3
4.9
0
88
11
8.0
5.5
0
18 Booker Russell
B. Russell
65
1978
OAK OAK
16
11
5.9
4.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
19 Larry Collins
L. Collins
64
1978
CLE CLE
15
22
2.9
4.3
1
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
20 Mark Miller
M. Miller
63
1978
CLE CLE
8
7
9.0
7.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
21 Walt Landers
W. Landers
40
1978
GB GB
4
7
5.7
10.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
22 Alois Blackwell
A. Blackwell
37
1978
DAL DAL
13
9
4.1
2.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
23 Mike Kirkland
M. Kirkland
35
1978
BAL BAL
16
8
4.4
2.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
24 Doug Williams
D. Williams
23
1978
TB TB
10
27
0.9
2.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
25 Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
20
1978
SF SF
12
15
1.3
1.7
1
0
0
0.0
0
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PPG

14.6

31st

OPP PPG

28.2

26th

RUSH YDS/G

85.2

28th

PASS YDS/G

175.8

32nd

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TEAM W L T PCT
Colts Colts
4
1
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
4
1
0
.800
Texans Texans
2
3
0
.400
Titans Titans
1
4
0
.200
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/12
TEN TEN
@
LV LV
4:05 PM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
TEN TEN
@
IND IND
4:25 PM
Sun
11/2
LAC LAC
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/16
HOU HOU
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Last Game
ARI Cardinals

2 - 3 - 0

21

Final

22

TEN Titans

1 - 4 - 0

Sun 5 Oct 2025

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
1
0
.800
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
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4
1
0
.800
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2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
2
0
.600
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
3
2
0
.600
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
3
0
.400
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
4
1
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
4
1
0
.800
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
2
0
.600
Broncos Broncos
3
2
0
.600

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
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Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
10/9
PHI PHI
@
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8:15 PM
Sun
10/12
DEN DEN
@
NYJ NYJ
9:30 AM
Sun
10/12
ARI ARI
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
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@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM