which running back has the average rushing yards in a season in nfl history

Gene Alford had 5.0 rushing yards per game in 1932.

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Data note: Rushing Yards Per Game: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	RUSH YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Gene Alford G. Alford	5.0	1932	POR	10	50	13	3.8	0	15	2	7.5	1.5	0
2	Marger Apsit M. Apsit	3.0	1932	GB	2	6	4	1.5	0	0	0		0.0	0
3	Cliff Battles C. Battles	72.0	1932	BOS	8	576	148	3.9	3	60	4	15.0	7.5	1
4	Johnny (Blood) McNally J. (Blood) McNally	10.0	1932	GB	13	130	37	3.5	0	168	14	12.0	12.9	3
5	Hank Bruder H. Bruder	14.9	1932	GB	14	209	75	2.8	2	143	8	17.9	10.2	2
6	Dale Burnett D. Burnett	6.3	1932	NYG	12	75	28	2.7	0	125	11	11.4	10.4	1
7	Chris Cagle C. Cagle	20.5	1932	NYG	10	205	73	2.8	1	135	8	16.9	13.5	2
8	Bob Campiglio B. Campiglio	45.8	1932	SI	11	504	104	4.8	2	59	3	19.7	5.4	1
9	John Cavosie J. Cavosie	16.7	1932	POR	11	184	62	3.0	2	0	0		0.0	0
10	Stu Clancy S. Clancy	15.1	1932	TOT	12	181	54	3.4	0	58	4	14.5	4.8	1
11	Algy Clark A. Clark	0.0	1932	BOS	9	0	0		0	25	1	25.0	2.8	0
12	Dutch Clark D. Clark	41.9	1932	POR	11	461	137	3.4	3	107	10	10.7	9.7	3
13	George Corbett G. Corbett	14.8	1932	CHB	12	178	52	3.4	0	164	7	23.4	13.7	1
14	John Doehring J. Doehring	4.0	1932	CHB	7	28	36	0.8	1	0	0		0.0	0
15	Wuert Engelmann W. Engelmann	15.3	1932	GB	12	184	35	5.3	0	33	1	33.0	2.8	0
16	Tiny Feather T. Feather	5.2	1932	NYG	9	47	28	1.7	0	15	2	7.5	1.7	0
17	Bernie Finn B. Finn	3.0	1932	TOT	3	9	3	3.0	0	37	3	12.3	12.3	0
18	Paul Fitzgibbon P. Fitzgibbon	-0.3	1932	GB	4	-1	2	-0.5	0	25	1	25.0	6.3	0
19	Dick Frahm D. Frahm	0.9	1932	SI	9	8	1	8.0	0	10	2	5.0	1.1	0
20	Paul Franklin P. Franklin	1.8	1932	CHB	8	14	26	0.5	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Benny Friedman B. Friedman	22.7	1932	BKN	11	250	88	2.8	0	67	5	13.4	6.1	0
22	Red Grange R. Grange	11.3	1932	CHB	12	136	57	2.4	3	168	11	15.3	14.0	4
23	Jack Grossman J. Grossman	26.9	1932	BKN	12	323	129	2.5	2	129	8	16.1	10.8	3
24	Roger Grove R. Grove	1.9	1932	GB	11	21	12	1.8	0	149	9	16.6	13.5	3
25	Ace Gutowsky A. Gutowsky	30.9	1932	POR	8	247	63	3.9	3	0	0		0.0	0

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