who led the league in rushing yards in 1970

Larry Brown rushed for the most yards in 1970, with 1,125 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Larry Brown
L. Brown
1,125
1970
WAS WAS
13
237
4.7
86.5
5
341
37
9.2
26.2
2
2Ron Johnson
R. Johnson
1,027
1970
NYG NYG
14
263
3.9
73.4
8
487
48
10.1
34.8
4
3MacArthur Lane
M. Lane
977
1970
STL STL
14
206
4.7
69.8
11
365
32
11.4
26.1
2
4Floyd Little
F. Little
901
1970
DEN DEN
14
209
4.3
64.4
3
161
17
9.5
11.5
0
5Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
874
1970
MIA MIA
14
193
4.5
62.4
6
94
11
8.5
6.7
0
6Hewritt Dixon
H. Dixon
861
1970
OAK OAK
14
197
4.4
61.5
1
207
31
6.7
14.8
1
7Donny Anderson
D. Anderson
853
1970
GB GB
14
222
3.8
60.9
5
414
36
11.5
29.6
0
8Duane Thomas
D. Thomas
803
1970
DAL DAL
14
151
5.3
57.4
5
73
10
7.3
5.2
0
9Ken Willard
K. Willard
789
1970
SF SF
14
236
3.3
56.4
7
259
31
8.4
18.5
3
10Ed Podolak
E. Podolak
749
1970
KC KC
14
168
4.5
53.5
3
307
26
11.8
21.9
1
11Mel Farr
M. Farr
717
1970
DET DET
12
166
4.3
59.8
9
213
29
7.3
17.8
2
12John Fuqua
J. Fuqua
691
1970
PIT PIT
14
138
5.0
49.4
7
289
23
12.6
20.6
2
13Dave Osborn
D. Osborn
681
1970
MIN MIN
14
207
3.3
48.6
5
202
23
8.8
14.4
1
14Charlie Smith
C. Smith
681
1970
OAK OAK
14
168
4.1
48.6
3
173
23
7.5
12.4
2
15Altie Taylor
A. Taylor
666
1970
DET DET
14
198
3.4
47.6
2
261
27
9.7
18.6
2
16Jim Kiick
J. Kiick
658
1970
MIA MIA
14
191
3.4
47.0
6
497
42
11.8
35.5
0
17Cyril Pinder
C. Pinder
657
1970
PHI PHI
14
166
4.0
46.9
2
249
28
8.9
17.8
0
18Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
656
1970
CLE CLE
13
206
3.2
50.5
6
311
24
13.0
23.9
2
19Jess Phillips
J. Phillips
648
1970
CIN CIN
14
163
4.0
46.3
4
124
31
4.0
8.9
1
20Les Josephson
L. Josephson
640
1970
LA LA
12
150
4.3
53.3
5
427
44
9.7
35.6
0
21Cannonball Butler
C. Butler
636
1970
ATL ATL
14
166
3.8
45.4
0
151
24
6.3
10.8
1
22Bo Scott
B. Scott
625
1970
CLE CLE
13
151
4.1
48.1
7
351
40
8.8
27.0
4
23Paul Robinson
P. Robinson
622
1970
CIN CIN
14
149
4.2
44.4
6
175
17
10.3
12.5
1
24Emerson Boozer
E. Boozer
581
1970
NYJ NYJ
10
139
4.2
58.1
5
258
28
9.2
25.8
0
25Charlie Harraway
C. Harraway
577
1970
WAS WAS
13
146
4.0
44.4
5
136
24
5.7
10.5
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

23.4

17th

OPP PPG

24.8

21st

RUSH YDS/G

137.8

3rd

PASS YDS/G

208.8

25th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
4
1
.438
Commanders Commanders
3
5
0
.375
Giants Giants
2
6
0
.250
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/2
SEA SEA
@
WAS WAS
8:20 PM
Sun
11/9
DET DET
@
WAS WAS
4:25 PM
Sun
11/16
WAS WAS
@
MIA MIA
9:30 AM
Sun
11/30
DEN DEN
@
WAS WAS
8:20 PM
Sun
12/7
WAS WAS
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM
Last Game
WAS Commanders

3 - 5 - 0

7

Final

28

KC Chiefs

5 - 3 - 0

Mon 27 Oct 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
6
2
0
.750
Bills Bills
5
2
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
4
3
0
.571
Bengals Bengals
3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
1
0
.875
Jaguars Jaguars
4
3
0
.571
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
6
2
0
.750
Chargers Chargers
5
3
0
.625
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
4
1
.438
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
1
1
.786
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
4
4
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714
Rams Rams
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2
0
.714

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/30
BAL BAL
@
MIA MIA
8:15 PM
Sun
11/2
CAR CAR
@
GB GB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
CHI CHI
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
DEN DEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM