who was nfl rookie of the year in 1979

Ottis Anderson won the Offensive Rookie of the Year award in the NFL in 1979.

NAME OROY SEASON TM GP YDS YDS/G TD RUSH YDS RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC YDS/G REC TD KR YDS KR YDS/G KR TD PR YDS PR YDS/G PR TD
1 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
1
1979
STL STL
16
1,913
119.6
10
1,605
100.3
8
308
19.3
2
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0

Games

NAME DATE OROY SEASON TM OPP YDS TD RUSH YDS RUSH TD REC YDS REC TD KR YDS KR TD PR YDS PR TD
1 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
12/16/1979
1
1979
STL STL
@
CHI CHI
39
0
39
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
12/9/1979
1
1979
STL STL
vs
NYG NYG
168
2
140
2
28
0
0
0
0
0
3 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
12/2/1979
1
1979
STL STL
vs
SF SF
129
1
129
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
4 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
11/25/1979
1
1979
STL STL
@
CIN CIN
92
0
80
0
12
0
0
0
0
0
5 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
11/18/1979
1
1979
STL STL
@
PHI PHI
114
0
112
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
6 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
11/11/1979
1
1979
STL STL
@
WAS WAS
135
1
105
0
30
1
0
0
0
0
7 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
11/4/1979
1
1979
STL STL
vs
MIN MIN
197
2
164
1
33
1
0
0
0
0
8 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
10/28/1979
1
1979
STL STL
vs
CLE CLE
82
1
68
1
14
0
0
0
0
0
9 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
10/21/1979
1
1979
STL STL
@
DAL DAL
144
0
105
0
39
0
0
0
0
0
10 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
10/14/1979
1
1979
STL STL
vs
PHI PHI
82
1
73
1
9
0
0
0
0
0
11 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
10/7/1979
1
1979
STL STL
@
HOU HOU
167
0
109
0
58
0
0
0
0
0
12 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
9/30/1979
1
1979
STL STL
@
LA LA
81
0
75
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
13 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
9/23/1979
1
1979
STL STL
vs
WAS WAS
76
0
67
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
14 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
9/16/1979
1
1979
STL STL
vs
PIT PIT
48
1
37
1
11
0
0
0
0
0
15 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
9/9/1979
1
1979
STL STL
@
NYG NYG
166
0
109
0
57
0
0
0
0
0
16 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
9/2/1979
1
1979
STL STL
vs
DAL DAL
193
1
193
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Average 0.1 119.6 0.6 100.3 0.5 19.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 1 1,913 10 1,605 8 308 2 0 0 0 0

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