who had the most rushing yards by a running back in 1978

Earl Campbell rushed for the most yards by a running back in 1978, with 1,450 yards in his rookie season.

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 Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,395
1978
CHI CHI
16
333
4.2
87.2
11
480
50
9.6
30.0
0
3 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
1,325
1978
DAL DAL
16
290
4.6
82.8
7
378
37
10.2
23.6
2
4 Delvin Williams
D. Williams
1,258
1978
MIA MIA
16
272
4.6
78.6
8
192
18
10.7
12.0
0
5 Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
1,220
1978
PHI PHI
14
259
4.7
87.1
9
195
34
5.7
13.9
1
6 Terdell Middleton
T. Middleton
1,116
1978
GB GB
16
284
3.9
69.8
11
332
34
9.8
20.8
1
7 Franco Harris
F. Harris
1,082
1978
PIT PIT
16
310
3.5
67.6
8
144
22
6.5
9.0
0
8 Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
1,080
1978
OAK OAK
16
270
4.0
67.5
9
291
27
10.8
18.2
0
9 Terry Miller
T. Miller
1,060
1978
BUF BUF
16
238
4.5
66.3
7
246
22
11.2
15.4
0
10 Tony Reed
T. Reed
1,053
1978
KC KC
16
206
5.1
65.8
5
483
48
10.1
30.2
1
11 John Riggins
J. Riggins
1,014
1978
WAS WAS
15
248
4.1
67.6
5
299
31
9.6
19.9
0
12 Roland Harper
R. Harper
992
1978
CHI CHI
16
240
4.1
62.0
6
340
43
7.9
21.3
2
13 Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
960
1978
CLE CLE
12
176
5.5
80.0
3
292
38
7.7
24.3
2
14 Joe Washington
J. Washington
956
1978
BAL BAL
16
240
4.0
59.8
0
377
45
8.4
23.6
1
15 Kevin Long
K. Long
954
1978
NYJ NYJ
16
214
4.5
59.6
10
204
26
7.8
12.8
0
16 Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
924
1978
DET DET
16
225
4.1
57.8
5
275
31
8.9
17.2
1
17 Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
820
1978
SD SD
16
214
3.8
51.3
3
500
57
8.8
31.3
2
18 Sherman Smith
S. Smith
805
1978
SEA SEA
12
165
4.9
67.1
6
366
28
13.1
30.5
1
19 Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
768
1978
NE NE
16
199
3.9
48.0
8
297
31
9.6
18.6
0
20 Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
762
1978
CIN CIN
16
180
4.2
47.6
7
236
31
7.6
14.8
0
21 David Sims
D. Sims
752
1978
SEA SEA
12
174
4.3
62.7
14
195
30
6.5
16.3
1
22 Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
749
1978
MIN MIN
14
237
3.2
53.5
5
396
61
6.5
28.3
2
23 Bubba Bean
B. Bean
707
1978
ATL ATL
15
193
3.7
47.1
3
209
31
6.7
13.9
1
24 Horace Ivory
H. Ivory
693
1978
NE NE
15
141
4.9
46.2
11
122
14
8.7
8.1
0
25 Scott Dierking
S. Dierking
681
1978
NYJ NYJ
15
170
4.0
45.4
4
152
19
8.0
10.1
0
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RUSH YDS/G

109.1

19th

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213.0

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