Gale Sayers rushed for the most yards in 1969, with 1,032 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	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	1,032	1969	CHI	14	236	4.4	73.7	8	116	17	6.8	8.3	0
2	Calvin Hill C. Hill	942	1969	DAL	13	204	4.6	72.5	8	232	20	11.6	17.8	0
3	Tom Matte T. Matte	909	1969	BAL	14	235	3.9	64.9	11	513	43	11.9	36.6	2
4	Larry Brown L. Brown	888	1969	WAS	14	202	4.4	63.4	4	302	34	8.9	21.6	0
5	Dickie Post D. Post	873	1969	SD	14	182	4.8	62.4	6	235	24	9.8	16.8	0
6	Tom Woodeshick T. Woodeshick	831	1969	PHI	12	186	4.5	69.3	4	177	22	8.0	14.8	0
7	Walt Garrison W. Garrison	818	1969	DAL	13	176	4.6	62.9	2	131	13	10.1	10.1	0
8	Leroy Kelly L. Kelly	817	1969	CLE	13	196	4.2	62.8	9	267	20	13.4	20.5	1
9	Andy Livingston A. Livingston	761	1969	NO	14	181	4.2	54.4	5	278	28	9.9	19.9	3
10	Jim Nance J. Nance	750	1969	BOS	14	193	3.9	53.6	6	168	29	5.8	12.0	0
11	Hoyle Granger H. Granger	740	1969	HOU	13	186	4.0	56.9	3	330	27	12.2	25.4	1
12	Mike Garrett M. Garrett	732	1969	KC	14	168	4.4	52.3	6	432	43	10.0	30.9	2
13	Floyd Little F. Little	729	1969	DEN	9	146	5.0	81.0	6	218	19	11.5	24.2	1
14	O.J. Simpson	697	1969	BUF	13	181	3.9	53.6	2	343	30	11.4	26.4	3
15	Matt Snell M. Snell	695	1969	NYJ	14	191	3.6	49.6	4	187	22	8.5	13.4	1
16	Carl Garrett C. Garrett	691	1969	BOS	14	137	5.0	49.4	5	267	29	9.2	19.1	2
17	Cannonball Butler C. Butler	655	1969	ATL	14	163	4.0	46.8	3	297	17	17.5	21.2	2
18	Dave Osborn D. Osborn	643	1969	MIN	14	186	3.5	45.9	7	236	22	10.7	16.9	1
19	Tony Baker T. Baker	642	1969	NO	14	134	4.8	45.9	1	352	34	10.4	25.1	1
20	Robert Holmes R. Holmes	612	1969	KC	14	150	4.1	43.7	2	266	26	10.2	19.0	3
21	Emerson Boozer E. Boozer	604	1969	NYJ	14	130	4.6	43.1	4	222	20	11.1	15.9	0
22	Charlie Smith C. Smith	600	1969	OAK	14	177	3.4	42.9	2	322	30	10.7	23.0	2
23	Larry Smith L. Smith	599	1969	LA	14	166	3.6	42.8	1	300	46	6.5	21.4	2
24	Jess Phillips J. Phillips	578	1969	CIN	14	118	4.9	41.3	3	128	13	9.8	9.1	0
25	Jim Kiick J. Kiick	575	1969	MIA	14	180	3.2	41.1	9	443	29	15.3	31.6	1

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Packers	3	2	0	.600
Lions	3	2	0	.600
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