who leads the league in rushing yards in 1991

Emmitt Smith rushed for the most yards in 1991, with 1,563 yards.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1,563	1991	DAL	16	365	4.3	97.7	12	258	49	5.3	16.1	1
2	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	1,548	1991	DET	15	342	4.5	103.2	16	307	41	7.5	20.5	1
3	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	1,407	1991	BUF	15	288	4.9	93.8	7	631	62	10.2	42.1	5
4	Rodney Hampton R. Hampton	1,059	1991	NYG	14	256	4.1	75.6	10	283	43	6.6	20.2	0
5	Earnest Byner E. Byner	1,048	1991	WAS	16	274	3.8	65.5	5	308	34	9.1	19.3	0
6	Gaston Green G. Green	1,037	1991	DEN	13	261	4.0	79.8	4	78	13	6.0	6.0	0
7	Christian Okoye C. Okoye	1,031	1991	KC	14	225	4.6	73.6	9	34	3	11.3	2.4	0
8	Leonard Russell L. Russell	959	1991	NE	16	266	3.6	59.9	4	81	18	4.5	5.1	0
9	Mark Higgs M. Higgs	905	1991	MIA	14	231	3.9	64.6	4	80	11	7.3	5.7	0
10	Marion Butts M. Butts	834	1991	SD	16	193	4.3	52.1	6	91	10	9.1	5.7	1
11	Herschel Walker H. Walker	825	1991	MIN	15	198	4.2	55.0	10	204	33	6.2	13.6	0
12	Rod Bernstine R. Bernstine	766	1991	SD	13	159	4.8	58.9	8	124	11	11.3	9.5	0
13	Reggie Cobb R. Cobb	752	1991	TB	16	196	3.8	47.0	7	111	15	7.4	6.9	0
14	Neal Anderson N. Anderson	747	1991	CHI	13	210	3.6	57.5	6	368	47	7.8	28.3	3
15	John L. Williams J. L. Williams	741	1991	SEA	16	188	3.9	46.3	4	499	61	8.2	31.2	1
16	Harold Green H. Green	731	1991	CIN	14	158	4.6	52.2	2	136	16	8.5	9.7	0
17	Blair Thomas B. Thomas	728	1991	NYJ	16	189	3.9	45.5	3	195	30	6.5	12.2	1
18	Kevin Mack K. Mack	726	1991	CLE	14	197	3.7	51.9	8	255	40	6.4	18.2	2
19	Allen Pinkett A. Pinkett	720	1991	HOU	16	171	4.2	45.0	9	228	29	7.9	14.3	1
20	Robert Delpino R. Delpino	688	1991	RAM	16	214	3.2	43.0	9	617	55	11.2	38.6	1
21	Barry Word B. Word	684	1991	KC	16	160	4.3	42.8	4	13	2	6.5	0.8	0
22	Ricky Ervins R. Ervins	680	1991	WAS	15	145	4.7	45.3	3	181	16	11.3	12.1	1
23	Brad Baxter B. Baxter	666	1991	NYJ	16	184	3.6	41.6	11	124	12	10.3	7.8	0
24	Johnny Johnson J. Johnson	666	1991	PHX	15	196	3.4	44.4	4	225	29	7.8	15.0	2
25	Kenneth Davis K. Davis	624	1991	BUF	16	129	4.8	39.0	4	118	20	5.9	7.4	1

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Sun 10/18	DAL	@	GB	8:20 PM
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Lions	2	1	0	.667
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Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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