who has the most yards from scrimmage in a season before 1985

Before 1985, Eric Dickerson had the most scrimmage yards in a season, with 2,244 yards in 1984.

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	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	2,244	1984	RAM	16	2,105	379	5.6	131.6	14	139	21	6.6	8.7	0
2	O.J. Simpson	2,243	1975	BUF	14	1,817	329	5.5	129.8	16	426	28	15.2	30.4	7
3	James Wilder J. Wilder	2,229	1984	TB	16	1,544	407	3.8	96.5	13	685	85	8.1	42.8	0
4	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	2,212	1983	RAM	16	1,808	390	4.6	113.0	18	404	51	7.9	25.3	2
5	William Andrews W. Andrews	2,176	1983	ATL	16	1,567	331	4.7	97.9	7	609	59	10.3	38.1	4
6	Jim Brown J. Brown	2,131	1963	CLE	14	1,863	291	6.4	133.1	12	268	24	11.2	19.1	3
7	Walter Payton W. Payton	2,121	1977	CHI	14	1,852	339	5.5	132.3	14	269	27	10.0	19.2	2
8	O.J. Simpson	2,073	1973	BUF	14	2,003	332	6.0	143.1	12	70	6	11.7	5.0	0
9	Walter Payton W. Payton	2,052	1984	CHI	16	1,684	381	4.4	105.3	11	368	45	8.2	23.0	0
10	William Andrews W. Andrews	2,036	1981	ATL	16	1,301	289	4.5	81.3	10	735	81	9.1	45.9	2
11	Walter Payton W. Payton	2,028	1983	CHI	16	1,421	314	4.5	88.8	6	607	53	11.5	37.9	2
12	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	2,006	1979	PHI	16	1,512	338	4.5	94.5	9	494	41	12.0	30.9	5
13	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	1,981	1980	HOU	15	1,934	373	5.2	128.9	13	47	11	4.3	3.1	0
14	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	1,971	1981	DAL	16	1,646	342	4.8	102.9	4	325	32	10.2	20.3	2
15	Marcus Allen M. Allen	1,926	1984	RAI	16	1,168	275	4.2	73.0	13	758	64	11.8	47.4	5
16	Billy Sims B. Sims	1,924	1980	DET	16	1,303	313	4.2	81.4	13	621	51	12.2	38.8	3
17	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	1,923	1981	PHI	15	1,402	286	4.9	93.5	8	521	49	10.6	34.7	2
18	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,923	1979	CHI	16	1,610	369	4.4	100.6	14	313	31	10.1	19.6	2
19	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	1,913	1979	STL	16	1,605	331	4.8	100.3	8	308	41	7.5	19.3	2
20	Billy Sims B. Sims	1,888	1981	DET	14	1,437	296	4.9	102.6	13	451	28	16.1	32.2	2
21	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,875	1978	CHI	16	1,395	333	4.2	87.2	11	480	50	9.6	30.0	0
22	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,872	1965	CLE	14	1,544	289	5.3	110.3	17	328	34	9.6	23.4	4
23	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,867	1961	CLE	14	1,408	305	4.6	100.6	8	459	46	10.0	32.8	2
24	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,827	1980	CHI	16	1,460	317	4.6	91.3	6	367	46	8.0	22.9	1
25	Otis Armstrong O. Armstrong	1,812	1974	DEN	14	1,407	263	5.3	100.5	9	405	38	10.7	28.9	3

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