Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The first 2,000-yard season was recorded in 1973 by Buffalo Bills running back O. J. Simpson, who is the only player ever to have surpassed 2,000 yards in a 14-game season; all others occurred in 16 or 17-game seasons.
[41] [42] While other players have broken the 2,000-yard mark since Simpson, his record was established when the NFL had only 14 games per season, as opposed to the 16-game seasons that began in 1978. [43] In 2013, Simpson was reported still holding the rushing record for 14 games. [44] Simpson gained over 1,000 rushing yards in the next three ...
Simpson pictured in the game where he became the first running back to gain over 2,000 yards in a season on Dec. 16, 1973. Running back O. J. Simpson broke the 2,000-yard barrier for rushing yards in a season, and was voted NFL Most Valuable Player. Simpson began and ended the fourteen-game season with bookend five-game streaks where he ran for ...
In 1973, he became the first NFL player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season. He retired in 1979. Simpson also became an advertising pitchman, best known for years of TV commercials for ...
Simpson topped 1,000 yards in each of his next three seasons and 1975 was his best all-around effort. He rushed for 1,817 yards and 16 TDs and had 426 yards receiving and seven more scores that year. A knee injury ended his season early in 1977 and Simpson finished his career in San Francisco, where he grew up.
“O.J. Simpson was the first player to reach a rushing mark many thought could not be attained in a 14-game season when he topped 2,000 yards,” Pro Football Hall of Fame president Jim Porter ...
From there, Simpson galloped to to 2,003 yards, the NFL’s first 2,000-yard rushing season and the only one done in 14 games. ... Simpson’s legal “Dream Team” included F. Lee Bailey, Robert ...
The nickname for the offensive line was a reference to O. J. "Juice" Simpson.The offensive line earned its nickname for its ability to "turn on the juice," which was a metaphor for unleashing Simpson, who at the time was the best running back in the National Football League and the first running back to eclipse 2,000 yards rushing in a single season.