who has the most yards from scrimmage in a season before 1980

Before 1980, O.J. Simpson had the most scrimmage yards in a season, with 2,243 yards in 1975.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	O.J. Simpson	2,243	1975	BUF	14	1,817	329	5.5	129.8	16	426	28	15.2	30.4	7
2	Jim Brown J. Brown	2,131	1963	CLE	14	1,863	291	6.4	133.1	12	268	24	11.2	19.1	3
3	Walter Payton W. Payton	2,121	1977	CHI	14	1,852	339	5.5	132.3	14	269	27	10.0	19.2	2
4	O.J. Simpson	2,073	1973	BUF	14	2,003	332	6.0	143.1	12	70	6	11.7	5.0	0
5	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	2,006	1979	PHI	16	1,512	338	4.5	94.5	9	494	41	12.0	30.9	5
6	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,923	1979	CHI	16	1,610	369	4.4	100.6	14	313	31	10.1	19.6	2
7	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	1,913	1979	STL	16	1,605	331	4.8	100.3	8	308	41	7.5	19.3	2
8	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,875	1978	CHI	16	1,395	333	4.2	87.2	11	480	50	9.6	30.0	0
9	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,872	1965	CLE	14	1,544	289	5.3	110.3	17	328	34	9.6	23.4	4
10	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,867	1961	CLE	14	1,408	305	4.6	100.6	8	459	46	10.0	32.8	2
11	Otis Armstrong O. Armstrong	1,812	1974	DEN	14	1,407	263	5.3	100.5	9	405	38	10.7	28.9	3
12	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	1,791	1979	HOU	16	1,697	368	4.6	106.1	19	94	16	5.9	5.9	0
13	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,786	1964	CLE	14	1,446	280	5.2	103.3	7	340	36	9.4	24.3	2
14	Clem Daniels C. Daniels	1,784	1963	OAK	14	1,099	215	5.1	78.5	3	685	30	22.8	48.9	5
15	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	1,779	1977	BAL	14	1,159	301	3.9	82.8	3	620	71	8.7	44.3	4
16	O.J. Simpson	1,762	1976	BUF	14	1,503	290	5.2	107.4	8	259	22	11.8	18.5	1
17	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	1,761	1975	MIN	14	1,070	280	3.8	76.4	13	691	73	9.5	49.4	9
18	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	1,755	1976	BAL	14	1,200	289	4.2	85.7	5	555	60	9.3	39.6	3
19	Charley Hennigan C. Hennigan	1,746	1961	HOU	14	0	0		0.0	0	1,746	82	21.3	124.7	12
20	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	1,737	1975	BAL	14	1,193	289	4.1	85.2	11	544	60	9.1	38.9	4
21	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	1,722	1976	MIN	14	1,155	278	4.2	82.5	13	567	55	10.3	40.5	1
22	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	1,703	1978	DAL	16	1,325	290	4.6	82.8	7	378	37	10.2	23.6	2
23	Larry Brown L. Brown	1,689	1972	WAS	12	1,216	285	4.3	101.3	8	473	32	14.8	39.4	4
24	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	1,678	1966	CHI	14	1,231	229	5.4	87.9	8	447	34	13.1	31.9	2
25	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	1,666	1979	CLE	16	1,294	264	4.9	80.9	9	372	41	9.1	23.3	2

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