who lead the nfl in rushing in 1989

Christian Okoye rushed for the most yards in 1989, with 1,480 yards.

NAME RUSH YDS SEASON TM GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Christian Okoye
C. Okoye
1,480
1989
KC KC
15
370
4.0
98.7
12
12
2
6.0
0.8
0
2 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
1,470
1989
DET DET
15
280
5.3
98.0
14
282
24
11.8
18.8
0
3 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
1,311
1989
IND IND
15
314
4.2
87.4
7
211
30
7.0
14.1
1
4 Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
1,275
1989
CHI CHI
16
274
4.7
79.7
11
434
50
8.7
27.1
4
5 Dalton Hilliard
D. Hilliard
1,262
1989
NO NO
16
344
3.7
78.9
13
514
52
9.9
32.1
5
6 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
1,244
1989
BUF BUF
16
298
4.2
77.8
6
669
60
11.2
41.8
6
7 James Brooks
J. Brooks
1,239
1989
CIN CIN
16
221
5.6
77.4
7
306
37
8.3
19.1
2
8 Bobby Humphrey
B. Humphrey
1,151
1989
DEN DEN
16
294
3.9
71.9
7
156
22
7.1
9.8
1
9 Greg Bell
G. Bell
1,137
1989
RAM RAM
16
272
4.2
71.1
15
85
19
4.5
5.3
0
10 Roger Craig
R. Craig
1,054
1989
SF SF
16
271
3.9
65.9
6
473
49
9.7
29.6
1
11 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
1,023
1989
NYG NYG
16
325
3.1
63.9
14
268
28
9.6
16.8
0
12 Bo Jackson
B. Jackson
950
1989
RAI RAI
11
173
5.5
86.4
4
69
9
7.7
6.3
0
13 Herschel Walker
H. Walker
915
1989
TOT
16
250
3.7
57.2
7
423
40
10.6
26.4
2
14 Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
834
1989
WAS WAS
12
201
4.1
69.5
4
67
7
9.6
5.6
0
15 John Stephens
J. Stephens
833
1989
NE NE
14
244
3.4
59.5
7
207
21
9.9
14.8
0
16 Brent Fullwood
B. Fullwood
821
1989
GB GB
15
204
4.0
54.7
5
214
19
11.3
14.3
0
17 Tim Worley
T. Worley
770
1989
PIT PIT
15
195
3.9
51.3
5
113
15
7.5
7.5
0
18 Johnny Hector
J. Hector
702
1989
NYJ NYJ
15
177
4.0
46.8
3
330
38
8.7
22.0
2
19 John Settle
J. Settle
689
1989
ATL ATL
15
179
3.8
45.9
3
316
39
8.1
21.1
2
20 Marion Butts
M. Butts
683
1989
SD SD
15
170
4.0
45.5
9
21
7
3.0
1.4
0
21 Sammie Smith
S. Smith
659
1989
MIA MIA
13
200
3.3
50.7
6
81
7
11.6
6.2
0
22 Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
633
1989
CLE CLE
16
187
3.4
39.6
6
397
54
7.4
24.8
4
23 Curt Warner
C. Warner
631
1989
SEA SEA
16
194
3.3
39.4
3
153
23
6.7
9.6
1
24 Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
621
1989
PHI PHI
16
104
6.0
38.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
25 Merril Hoge
M. Hoge
621
1989
PIT PIT
16
186
3.3
38.8
8
271
34
8.0
16.9
0
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PPG

20.0

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OPP PPG

18.7

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RUSH YDS/G

108.0

17th

PASS YDS/G

223.0

15th

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Chargers Chargers
3
0
0
1.000
Broncos Broncos
1
2
0
.333
Chiefs Chiefs
1
2
0
.333
Raiders Raiders
1
2
0
.333
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/28
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@
KC KC
4:25 PM
Mon
10/6
KC KC
@
JAX JAX
8:15 PM
Sun
10/12
DET DET
@
KC KC
8:20 PM
Sun
10/19
LV LV
@
KC KC
1:00 PM
Mon
10/27
WAS WAS
@
KC KC
8:15 PM
Last Game
NYG Giants

0 - 3 - 0

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Final

22

KC Chiefs

1 - 2 - 0

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3
0
0
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2
1
0
.667
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1
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.667
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2
1
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.667
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0
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1.000
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2
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0
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2
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.333
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1
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1
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0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
2
1
0
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3
0
0
1.000
Raiders Raiders
1
2
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
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PHI PHI
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Thu
9/4
KC KC
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LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
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34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
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ATL ATL
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9/25
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8:15 PM
Sun
9/28
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Sun
9/28
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9/28
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1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
CLE CLE
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DET DET
1:00 PM