George Rogers had the most rushing yards in his rookie season in 1981, with 1,674 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	George Rogers G. Rogers	1,674	1981	NO	16	378	4.4	104.6	13	126	16	7.9	7.9	0
2	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	1,646	1981	DAL	16	342	4.8	102.9	4	325	32	10.2	20.3	2
3	Billy Sims B. Sims	1,437	1981	DET	14	296	4.9	102.6	13	451	28	16.1	32.2	2
4	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	1,402	1981	PHI	15	286	4.9	93.5	8	521	49	10.6	34.7	2
5	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	1,376	1981	STL	16	328	4.2	86.0	9	387	51	7.6	24.2	0
6	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	1,376	1981	HOU	16	361	3.8	86.0	10	156	36	4.3	9.8	0
7	William Andrews W. Andrews	1,301	1981	ATL	16	289	4.5	81.3	10	735	81	9.1	45.9	2
8	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,222	1981	CHI	16	339	3.6	76.4	6	379	41	9.2	23.7	2
9	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	1,144	1981	SD	15	251	4.6	76.3	19	362	43	8.4	24.1	0
10	Joe Delaney J. Delaney	1,121	1981	KC	15	234	4.8	74.7	3	246	22	11.2	16.4	0
11	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	1,103	1981	CLE	16	247	4.5	68.9	7	442	63	7.0	27.6	1
12	Joe Cribbs J. Cribbs	1,097	1981	BUF	15	257	4.3	73.1	3	603	40	15.1	40.2	7
13	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	1,077	1981	CIN	16	274	3.9	67.3	12	320	46	7.0	20.0	4
14	Wendell Tyler W. Tyler	1,074	1981	LA	15	260	4.1	71.6	12	436	45	9.7	29.1	5
15	Ted Brown T. Brown	1,063	1981	MIN	16	274	3.9	66.4	6	694	83	8.4	43.4	2
16	Franco Harris F. Harris	987	1981	PIT	16	242	4.1	61.7	8	250	37	6.8	15.6	1
17	Joe Washington J. Washington	916	1981	WAS	14	210	4.4	65.4	4	558	70	8.0	39.9	3
18	Tony Collins T. Collins	873	1981	NE	16	204	4.3	54.6	7	232	26	8.9	14.5	0
19	Gerry Ellis G. Ellis	860	1981	GB	16	196	4.4	53.8	4	499	65	7.7	31.2	3
20	Kenny King K. King	828	1981	OAK	14	170	4.9	59.1	0	216	27	8.0	15.4	0
21	Rob Carpenter R. Carpenter	822	1981	TOT	14	208	4.0	58.7	5	281	37	7.6	20.1	1
22	Tony Nathan T. Nathan	782	1981	MIA	13	147	5.3	60.2	5	452	50	9.0	34.8	3
23	Curtis Dickey C. Dickey	779	1981	BAL	15	164	4.8	51.9	7	419	37	11.3	27.9	3
24	Rick Parros R. Parros	749	1981	DEN	16	176	4.3	46.8	2	216	25	8.6	13.5	1
25	John Riggins J. Riggins	714	1981	WAS	15	195	3.7	47.6	13	59	6	9.8	3.9	0

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Bears	2	1	0	.667
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Saints	1	2	0	.333
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Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
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