who has the most rushing yards from august 1 1978 to september 1 1985

Between August 1, 1978 and September 1, 1985, Walter Payton rushed for the most yards, with 9,388 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	Walter Payton W. Payton	9,388	105	2,201	4.3	89.4	55	2,825	298	9.5	26.9	7
2	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	8,764	99	2,029	4.3	88.5	73	718	115	6.2	7.3	0
3	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	8,518	102	1,928	4.4	83.5	47	2,266	263	8.6	22.2	7
4	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	7,364	86	1,690	4.4	85.6	40	2,179	266	8.2	25.3	5
5	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	6,355	86	1,420	4.5	73.9	43	2,429	263	9.2	28.2	12
6	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	6,197	98	1,494	4.1	63.2	46	1,723	244	7.1	17.6	5
7	John Riggins J. Riggins	6,020	83	1,582	3.8	72.5	68	643	87	7.4	7.7	3
8	Franco Harris F. Harris	5,825	93	1,514	3.8	62.6	38	1,411	191	7.4	15.2	6
9	William Andrews W. Andrews	5,772	72	1,263	4.6	80.2	29	2,612	272	9.6	36.3	11
10	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	5,232	84	1,211	4.3	62.3	63	1,803	211	8.5	21.5	2
11	Billy Sims B. Sims	5,106	60	1,131	4.5	85.1	42	2,072	186	11.1	34.5	5
12	Wendell Tyler W. Tyler	5,067	76	1,081	4.7	66.7	41	1,659	181	9.2	21.8	14
13	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	5,041	96	1,336	3.8	52.5	72	1,285	170	7.6	13.4	6
14	Joe Washington J. Washington	4,412	90	1,081	4.1	49.0	11	2,841	327	8.7	31.6	17
15	George Rogers G. Rogers	4,267	51	995	4.3	83.7	23	292	44	6.6	5.7	0
16	Joe Cribbs J. Cribbs	4,046	54	960	4.2	74.9	20	1,641	162	10.1	30.4	15
17	Ted Brown T. Brown	3,959	77	961	4.1	51.4	29	2,427	294	8.3	31.5	10
18	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	3,913	32	769	5.1	122.3	32	543	72	7.5	17.0	2
19	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	3,630	80	931	3.9	45.4	25	1,200	126	9.5	15.0	3
20	Rob Carpenter R. Carpenter	3,507	87	966	3.6	40.3	28	1,389	172	8.1	16.0	5
21	Curtis Dickey C. Dickey	3,456	64	791	4.4	54.0	26	1,469	121	12.1	23.0	8
22	Dexter Bussey D. Bussey	3,191	104	756	4.2	30.7	9	1,083	136	8.0	10.4	2
23	Freeman McNeil F. McNeil	3,133	41	677	4.6	76.4	14	824	80	10.3	20.1	6
24	Tony Collins T. Collins	3,104	57	725	4.3	54.5	23	776	88	8.8	13.6	2
25	Gerry Ellis G. Ellis	2,910	71	648	4.5	41.0	18	2,050	219	9.4	28.9	10

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