who led the league in rushing touchdowns from 1974 to 1982

From 1974 through 1982, Franco Harris scored the most rushing touchdowns, with 73 touchdowns.

Regular season

	NAME	RUSH TD	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Franco Harris F. Harris	73	123	9,190	2,226	4.1	74.7	1,757	241	7.3	14.3	6
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	72	114	10,204	2,352	4.3	89.5	2,481	275	9.0	21.8	7
3	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	59	94	5,765	1,312	4.4	61.3	1,889	217	8.7	20.1	2
4	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	57	71	6,995	1,561	4.5	98.5	475	93	5.1	6.7	0
5	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	50	83	4,658	1,192	3.9	56.1	1,198	158	7.6	14.4	6
6	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	49	97	5,149	1,374	3.7	53.1	2,794	313	8.9	28.8	21
7	John Riggins J. Riggins	46	97	5,894	1,517	3.9	60.8	1,381	152	9.1	14.2	9
8	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	45	84	7,015	1,545	4.5	83.5	1,793	201	8.9	21.3	6
9	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	43	79	5,610	1,235	4.5	71.0	1,893	197	9.6	24.0	12
10	Sam Cunningham S. Cunningham	39	93	4,937	1,230	4.0	53.1	1,761	195	9.0	18.9	5
11	Wayne Morris W. Morris	35	95	3,118	819	3.8	32.8	1,115	137	8.1	11.7	5
12	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	35	121	6,293	1,557	4.0	52.0	1,481	164	9.0	12.2	4
13	Don McCauley D. McCauley	34	116	1,192	390	3.1	10.3	2,578	275	9.4	22.2	15
14	Wendell Tyler W. Tyler	33	60	3,266	720	4.5	54.4	1,147	120	9.6	19.1	10
15	Delvin Williams D. Williams	33	100	5,598	1,312	4.3	56.0	1,415	152	9.3	14.2	6
16	Larry Csonka L. Csonka	32	68	2,930	802	3.7	43.1	242	38	6.4	3.6	1
17	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	31	99	4,850	1,137	4.3	49.0	1,575	220	7.2	15.9	3
18	Pete Banaszak P. Banaszak	31	72	1,665	491	3.4	23.1	294	43	6.8	4.1	0
19	O.J. Simpson	31	72	6,055	1,296	4.7	84.1	1,230	109	11.3	17.1	11
20	Billy Sims B. Sims	30	39	3,379	781	4.3	86.6	1,414	113	12.5	36.3	5
21	Tony Galbreath T. Galbreath	30	97	3,179	841	3.8	32.8	2,518	319	7.9	26.0	6
22	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	29	56	4,920	1,105	4.5	87.9	1,109	142	7.8	19.8	2
23	Robert Newhouse R. Newhouse	29	124	4,198	1,039	4.0	33.9	861	110	7.8	6.9	4
24	Sherman Smith S. Smith	28	82	3,429	810	4.2	41.8	2,342	211	11.1	28.6	10
25	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	27	99	1,941	347	5.6	19.6	27	2	13.5	0.3	0

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Steelers	1	0	1.000
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Ravens	1	0	1.000
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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 9/20	PIT	@	NE	1:00 PM
Sun 9/27	CIN	@	PIT	1:00 PM
Thu 10/1	PIT	@	CLE	8:15 PM
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Flowers

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Pass Yards Rankings

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361.0

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Eagles	1	0	0	1.000
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Cowboys	0	1	0	.000
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Vikings	1	0	0	1.000
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Lions	1	0	0	1.000
Packers	0	1	0	.000
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Falcons	0	1	0	.000
Buccaneers	0	1	0	.000
Saints	0	1	0	.000
Panthers	0	1	0	.000
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Cardinals	1	0	0	1.000
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Patriots	0	1	0	.000
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Bengals	1	0	0	1.000
Steelers	1	0	0	1.000
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AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	1	0	0	1.000
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Titans	0	1	0	.000
Colts	0	1	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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