who led the leauge in rushing yards in 1974

Otis Armstrong had the most rushing yards in 1974, with 1,407 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	Otis Armstrong O. Armstrong	1,407	1974	DEN	14	263	5.3	100.5	9	405	38	10.7	28.9	3
2	Don Woods D. Woods	1,162	1974	SD	12	227	5.1	96.8	7	349	26	13.4	29.1	3
3	O.J. Simpson	1,125	1974	BUF	14	270	4.2	80.4	3	189	15	12.6	13.5	1
4	Lawrence McCutcheon L. McCutcheon	1,109	1974	LA	14	236	4.7	79.2	3	408	39	10.5	29.1	2
5	Franco Harris F. Harris	1,006	1974	PIT	12	208	4.8	83.8	5	200	23	8.7	16.7	1
6	John Brockington J. Brockington	883	1974	GB	14	266	3.3	63.1	5	314	43	7.3	22.4	0
7	Marv Hubbard M. Hubbard	865	1974	OAK	14	188	4.6	61.8	4	95	11	8.6	6.8	0
8	Calvin Hill C. Hill	844	1974	DAL	12	185	4.6	70.3	7	134	12	11.2	11.2	0
9	Mack Herron M. Herron	824	1974	NE	14	231	3.6	58.9	7	474	38	12.5	33.9	5
10	Sam Cunningham S. Cunningham	811	1974	NE	10	166	4.9	81.1	9	214	22	9.7	21.4	2
11	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	777	1974	MIN	13	199	3.9	59.8	9	586	53	11.1	45.1	6
12	Tom Sullivan T. Sullivan	760	1974	PHI	14	244	3.1	54.3	11	312	39	8.0	22.3	1
13	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	757	1974	BAL	14	214	3.5	54.1	5	544	72	7.6	38.9	2
14	Larry Csonka L. Csonka	749	1974	MIA	12	197	3.8	62.4	9	35	7	5.0	2.9	0
15	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	718	1974	STL	14	152	4.7	51.3	6	377	50	7.5	26.9	1
16	Alvin Maxson A. Maxson	714	1974	NO	14	165	4.3	51.0	2	294	42	7.0	21.0	1
17	Wilbur Jackson W. Jackson	705	1974	SF	14	174	4.1	50.4	0	190	23	8.3	13.6	2
18	John Riggins J. Riggins	680	1974	NYJ	10	169	4.0	68.0	5	180	19	9.5	18.0	2
19	Jim Otis J. Otis	664	1974	STL	14	158	4.2	47.4	1	109	19	5.7	7.8	0
20	Larry Schreiber L. Schreiber	634	1974	SF	14	174	3.6	45.3	3	217	30	7.2	15.5	1
21	Emerson Boozer E. Boozer	563	1974	NYJ	13	153	3.7	43.3	4	161	14	11.5	12.4	1
22	Joe Dawkins J. Dawkins	561	1974	NYG	14	156	3.6	40.1	2	332	46	7.2	23.7	3
23	Jess Phillips J. Phillips	556	1974	NO	14	174	3.2	39.7	2	55	11	5.0	3.9	0
24	Clarence Davis C. Davis	554	1974	OAK	11	129	4.3	50.4	2	145	11	13.2	13.2	1
25	Jim Braxton J. Braxton	543	1974	BUF	12	146	3.7	45.3	4	171	18	9.5	14.3	0

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Chiefs	3	0	1.000
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Sun 10/11	DEN	@	LAC	4:05 PM
Thu 10/15	SEA	@	DEN	8:15 PM
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Commanders	1	2	0	.333
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Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	1	1	0	.500
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Saints	1	2	0	.333
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Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
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Mon 9/28	PHI	@	CHI	8:15 PM
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