most scrimmage tds/game in a season before 1986

Before 1986, Jack Flavin had the most scrimmage touchdowns per game played in a season, with 2 in his rookie season in 1923.

Interpreted as:
most scrimmage tds/game by a player in a season before 1986
NAME TD/GP TD GP SEASON TM RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Jack Flavin
J. Flavin
2
2
1
1923
BUF BUF
2
0
2 Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
1.7
17
10
1945
PHI PHI
832
143
5.8
83.2
15
123
10
12.3
12.3
2
3 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
1.64
23
14
1975
BUF BUF
1,817
329
5.5
129.8
16
426
28
15.2
30.4
7
4 Emerson Boozer
E. Boozer
1.63
13
8
1967
NYJ NYJ
442
119
3.7
55.3
10
205
12
17.1
25.6
3
5 John Riggins
J. Riggins
1.6
24
15
1983
WAS WAS
1,347
375
3.6
89.8
24
29
5
5.8
1.9
0
6 Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
1.57
22
14
1975
MIN MIN
1,070
280
3.8
76.4
13
691
73
9.5
49.4
9
7 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
1.56
14
9
1982
RAI RAI
697
160
4.4
77.4
11
401
38
10.6
44.6
3
8 Don Hutson
D. Hutson
1.55
17
11
1942
GB GB
4
3
1.3
0.4
0
1,211
74
16.4
110.1
17
9 Jim Brown
J. Brown
1.5
21
14
1965
CLE CLE
1,544
289
5.3
110.3
17
328
34
9.6
23.4
4
10 Jim Brown
J. Brown
1.5
18
12
1958
CLE CLE
1,527
257
5.9
127.3
17
138
16
8.6
11.5
1
11 Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
1.44
13
9
1982
RAM RAM
564
137
4.1
62.7
9
375
38
9.9
41.7
4
12 Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
1.43
20
14
1968
CLE CLE
1,239
248
5.0
88.5
16
297
22
13.5
21.2
4
13 Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
1.43
20
14
1965
CHI CHI
867
166
5.2
61.9
14
507
29
17.5
36.2
6
14 Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
1.42
17
12
1951
LA LA
3
1
3.0
0.3
0
1,495
66
22.7
124.6
17
15 Gene Roberts
G. Roberts
1.42
17
12
1949
NYG NYG
634
152
4.2
52.8
9
711
35
20.3
59.3
8
16 Calvin Hill
C. Hill
1.38
11
8
1971
DAL DAL
468
106
4.4
58.5
8
244
19
12.8
30.5
3
17 Lenny Moore
L. Moore
1.36
19
14
1964
BAL BAL
584
157
3.7
41.7
16
472
21
22.5
33.7
3
18 Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
1.36
19
14
1962
DLT DLT
1,049
221
4.7
74.9
13
573
39
14.7
40.9
6
19 Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
1.36
19
14
1962
GB GB
1,474
272
5.4
105.3
19
106
22
4.8
7.6
0
20 George McAfee
G. McAfee
1.33
4
3
1945
CHB CHB
139
16
8.7
46.3
3
85
3
28.3
28.3
1
21 Bill Paschal
B. Paschal
1.33
12
9
1943
NYG NYG
572
147
3.9
63.6
10
74
9
8.2
8.2
2
22 Joe Morris
J. Morris
1.31
21
16
1985
NYG NYG
1,336
294
4.5
83.5
21
212
22
9.6
13.3
0
23 Jim Brown
J. Brown
1.29
18
14
1962
CLE CLE
996
230
4.3
71.1
13
517
47
11.0
36.9
5
24 Bill Groman
B. Groman
1.29
18
14
1961
HOU HOU
2
1
2.0
0.1
1
1,175
50
23.5
83.9
17
25 Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
1.27
14
11
1983
CIN CIN
763
210
3.6
69.4
14
129
15
8.6
11.7
0
StatMuse has season-level data for scrimmage touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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