{"id":2347,"date":"2015-03-03T16:52:18","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T16:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/?p=2347"},"modified":"2015-06-15T17:38:35","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T17:38:35","slug":"history-of-nfls-single-season-rushing-yardage-record-timeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/history\/sports\/2347\/history-of-nfls-single-season-rushing-yardage-record-timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"History of NFL’s Single Season Rushing Yardage Record Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n1970:<\/strong>
\nLarry Brown Washington Redskins 1125, 14 game season, First season of AFL-NFL merger<\/p>\n
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\n1971:<\/strong>
\nFloyd Little Denver Broncos 1133<\/p>\n
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\n1972:<\/strong>
\nO. J. Simpson Buffalo Bills 1251<\/p>\n
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\n1973:<\/strong>
\nO. J. Simpson Buffalo Bills 2003First 2,000-yard NFL season; NFL record 143.1 yards per game<\/p>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n1974:<\/strong>
\nOtis Armstrong Denver Broncos 1407<\/p>\n
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\n1975:<\/strong> O. J. Simpson Buffalo Bills 1817<\/p>\n
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\n1976:<\/strong>
\nO. J. Simpson Buffalo Bills 1503<\/p>\n
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\n1977:<\/strong>
\n Walter Payton Chicago Bears 1852<\/p>\n
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\n1978:<\/strong>
\nEarl Campbell Houston Oilers 1450, 15 games played, (first 15 game season) Rookie season; First NFL season with,regular-season games<\/p>\n
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\n1979:<\/strong>
\nEarl Campbell Houston Oilers 1697<\/p>\n
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\n1980:<\/strong>
\nEarl Campbell Houston Oilers 1934<\/p>\n
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\n1981:<\/strong>
\nGeorge Rogers New Orleans Saints 1674, Rookie season<\/p>\n
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\n1982:<\/strong>
\nFreeman McNeil New York Jets 786, 9 games played* *Strike-shortened season<\/p>\n
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\n1983:<\/strong>
\nEric Dickerson Los Angeles Rams 1808, Rookie season<\/p>\n
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\n\"Eric1984:\u00a0Eric Dickerson<\/em><\/strong>, RB for the Rams, beats O.J. Simpson’s 1973 mark of 2,003 with his own yardage mark of\u00a02,105<\/strong>\u00a0(379 rushes,\u00a05.6 yards per carry average,\u00a0<\/strong>14 touchdowns, 21 receptions for 139)That same year, Dan Marino had 5,084 yards passing, Roy Green had 1,555 yards receiving, and Mark Gastineau had 22 sacks.<\/p>\n
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\n1985:<\/strong>
\nMarcus Allen Los Angeles Raiders 1759<\/p>\n
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\n1986:<\/strong>
\nEric Dickerson Los Angeles Rams 1821, Only rushing champion with 400+ carries (404)<\/p>\n
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\n1987:<\/strong>
\nCharles White Los Angeles Rams 1374, 15 games played,* *Strike-shortened season; White’s only season with more than 350 yards rushing[11]<\/p>\n
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\n1988:<\/strong>
\nEric Dickerson Indianapolis Colts 1659,<\/p>\n
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\n1989:<\/strong>
\nChristian Okoye Kansas City Chiefs 1480, 15 games played<\/p>\n
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\n1990:<\/strong>
\nBarry Sanders Detroit Lions 1304<\/p>\n
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\n1991:<\/strong>
\n Emmitt Smith Dallas Cowboys 1563<\/p>\n
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\n1992:<\/strong>
\nEmmitt Smith Dallas Cowboys[12] 1713,First Rushing Champion to win Super Bowl<\/p>\n
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\n1993:<\/strong>
\nEmmitt Smith Dallas Cowboys[13] 1486, 14 game played after missing first two games over contract dispute<\/p>\n
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1994:<\/strong>
\nBarry Sanders Detroit Lions 1883<\/p>\n
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1995:<\/strong>
\nEmmitt Smith Dallas Cowboys[14] 1773<\/p>\n
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1996:<\/strong>
\nBarry Sanders Detroit Lions 1553<\/p>\n
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\n1997:<\/strong>
\nBarry Sanders Detroit Lions 2053, Highest rushing total of the 1990s<\/p>\n
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1998:<\/strong>
\nTerrell Davis Denver Broncos[15] 2008, Second consecutive season with 2,000-yard rusher.<\/p>\n
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1999:<\/strong>
\n Edgerrin James Indianapolis Colts 1553, Rookie season<\/p>\n
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2000:<\/strong>
\nEdgerrin James Indianapolis Colts 1709<\/p>\n
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2001:<\/strong>
\nPriest Holmes Kansas City Chiefs 1555<\/p>\n
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2002:<\/strong>
\n Ricky Williams Miami Dolphins 1853<\/p>\n
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2003:<\/strong>
\nJamal Lewis Baltimore Ravens 2066, Highest rushing total of the 2000s.<\/p>\n
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2004:<\/strong>
\nCurtis Martin New York Jets 1697, Only rushing champion to win after 30th birthday (31)<\/p>\n
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strong>2005:<\/strong>
\nShaun Alexander Seattle Seahawks 1880<\/p>\n
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2006:<\/strong>
\nLaDainian Tomlinson San Diego Chargers 1815, Also set record for rush TDs (28)\"LaDainian2006:\u00a0LaDainian Tomlinson\u00a0<\/strong>has one of the best statistical seasons for a running back ever, 1815\u00a0<\/strong>yards rushing (5.2 yards per carry<\/strong>) with 28 rushing touchdowns, and 508 receiving yards with 3 receiving touchdowns. \u00a0That’s 2,323 yards! \u00a0(16 game season)<\/p>\n
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2008:<\/strong>
\nAdrian Peterson Minnesota Vikings 1760, NFC’s last rushing champion<\/p>\n
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2009:<\/strong>
\nChris Johnson Tennessee Titans 2006,Also set NFL record for yards from scrimmage (2,509)<\/p>\n
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2010:<\/strong>
\n Arian Foster Houston Texans 1616, Texans’ first rushing champion<\/p>\n
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2011:<\/strong>
\nMaurice Jones-Drew Jacksonville Jaguars 1606, Jaguars’ first rushing champion
\n\"Adrian2012:<\/strong> Adrian Peterson Minnesota Vikings finishes with 2097, only 9 yards short of record. \u00a0(348 attempts for a\u00a06.0 yards per carry average<\/strong>, \u00a012 touchdowns with 40 receptions for 217 yards, no receiving touchdowns). \u00a0Peterson amassed 2,314 all-purpose yards from scrimmage, tying Marcus Allen for the eighth-highest total ever.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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1970: Larry Brown Washington Redskins 1125, 14 game season, First season of AFL-NFL merger 1971: Floyd Little Denver Broncos 1133 1972: O. J. Simpson Buffalo Bills 1251 1973: O. J. Simpson Buffalo Bills 2003First 2,000-yard NFL season; NFL record 143.1 yards per game 1974: Otis Armstrong Denver Broncos 1407 1975:…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[287,263],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2347"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2708,"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347\/revisions\/2708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}