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Seven players have been recognized as having held the career rushing yards record in the NFL. Since reliable yardage statistics were not recorded prior to 1932, the first NFL player recognized as the career leader in rushing yards was Cliff Battles , who played from 1932 to 1937 for the Boston Braves / Boston Redskins / Washington Redskins . [ 2 ]
Byron "Whizzer" White, a future associate justice of the US Supreme Court, won the league rushing title in 1938 and 1940 Gale Sayers led the NFL in rushing in 1966 and 1969 Eric Dickerson led the league in rushing in 1983 and 1984, his first two seasons in the league, and won two more titles in 1986 and 1988 Emmitt Smith was the league's rushing champion four times, including three consecutive ...
Oldest player to have a 100 yard rushing game: 36 years, 199 days, MacArthur Lane October 1, 1978 Oldest player to have a touchdown reception : 42 years, 67 days, Jerry Rice December 19, 2004 Oldest player to have a 20 rushing attempts in a game : 37 years, 129 days, Frank Gore September 20, 2020
The 2024 NFL season has been the year of the running game. Through six weeks, NFL teams are averaging 4.5 yards per carry for just the second time in history, the first coming in 2022. Teams are ...
Week 1 of the NFL season finished off Monday night with the 49ers' win over the Jets. Here's who leads the league in major categories after Week 1. NFL leaders: Top passing, rushing, receiving ...
Simpson finished the 1973 season with 2,003 rushing yards, averaging six yards per carry and an NFL-record 143.1 rushing yards per game. [4] In 1983, Los Angeles Rams running back Eric Dickerson broke the single-season rookie rushing record, [5] recording the second 2,000-yard season in 1984. Dickerson rushed for 2,105 yards, the current NFL ...
Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson passed Michael Vick for the most rushing yards by a quarterback in NFL history in a 31-2 victory over the Houston Texans on Wednesday. “Michael Vick, one of my ...
Most touchdowns, rushing, both teams, game, since 1940, 9; Baltimore Ravens vs Cleveland Browns, Dec 14, 2020 Minnesota Vikings vs New Orleans Saints, Dec 25, 2020. Most consecutive games, one or more rushing touchdowns, 24; San Diego Chargers December 21, 2003 – October 16, 2005. Most consecutive games, no rushing touchdowns, 13