which running back has the most rushing yards from september 1 1981 to september 30 1981

Between September 1, 1981 and September 30, 1981, Tony Dorsett rushed for the most yards by a running back, with 493 yards.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	493	4	78	6.3	123.3	1	126	15	8.4	31.5	0
2	George Rogers G. Rogers	413	4	87	4.7	103.3	1	17	3	5.7	4.3	0
3	Billy Sims B. Sims	402	4	92	4.4	100.5	5	147	11	13.4	36.8	1
4	William Andrews W. Andrews	355	4	65	5.5	88.8	1	69	9	7.7	17.3	0
5	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	346	3	61	5.7	115.3	1	144	11	13.1	48.0	0
6	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	330	4	79	4.2	82.5	1	30	6	5.0	7.5	0
7	Wendell Tyler W. Tyler	325	4	78	4.2	81.3	4	162	11	14.7	40.5	1
8	Curtis Dickey C. Dickey	307	4	61	5.0	76.8	3	139	12	11.6	34.8	1
9	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	306	4	63	4.9	76.5	5	166	18	9.2	41.5	0
10	Walter Payton W. Payton	287	4	84	3.4	71.8	2	155	15	10.3	38.8	0
11	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	277	4	76	3.6	69.3	2	137	16	8.6	34.3	0
12	Ted Brown T. Brown	276	4	69	4.0	69.0	1	224	24	9.3	56.0	1
13	Randy McMillan R. McMillan	265	4	51	5.2	66.3	2	128	14	9.1	32.0	0
14	Franco Harris F. Harris	239	4	62	3.9	59.8	4	37	4	9.3	9.3	0
15	Joe Cribbs J. Cribbs	238	4	72	3.3	59.5	2	154	12	12.8	38.5	2
16	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	229	4	46	5.0	57.3	2	90	14	6.4	22.5	1
17	Tony Collins T. Collins	226	4	57	4.0	56.5	2	130	13	10.0	32.5	0
18	Frank Pollard F. Pollard	217	4	36	6.0	54.3	2	24	4	6.0	6.0	0
19	Jerry Eckwood J. Eckwood	216	4	49	4.4	54.0	1	45	2	22.5	11.3	0
20	Joe Delaney J. Delaney	211	4	46	4.6	52.8	0	68	7	9.7	17.0	0
21	Ricky Patton R. Patton	211	4	55	3.8	52.8	2	58	6	9.7	14.5	1
22	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	209	4	59	3.5	52.3	3	74	8	9.3	18.5	0
23	Freeman McNeil F. McNeil	207	4	40	5.2	51.8	0	92	8	11.5	23.0	1
24	Rick Parros R. Parros	196	4	48	4.1	49.0	0	16	2	8.0	4.0	0
25	Kenny King K. King	190	4	45	4.2	47.5	0	52	7	7.4	13.0	0

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