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He co-won the NFL Most Valuable Player Award in 1997 (with Brett Favre) after rushing for 2,053 yards in 16 games, becoming the third running back to surpass 2,000 yards. In the same season, Sanders totaled a record 2,358 yards from scrimmage, later surpassed by both Marshall Faulk and Chris Johnson.
Dickerson rushed for 2,105 yards, the current NFL rushing record, and averaged 131.6 rushing yards per game. [4] Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders recorded the third 2,000-yard season in 1997, rushing for 2,053 yards. At the age of 29, Sanders was the oldest back to surpass 2,000 yards.
This means that while the NCAA recognizes Barry Sanders' single-season rushing yards record of 2,628 as the national record, Oklahoma State counts his stats from the 1988 Holiday Bowl as well and recognizes the record as 2,850 yards.
With that game, Sanders’ season totals jump to 2,850 yards and 42 touchdowns. Sanders also reached his marks during an 11-game regular season (college football now has a 12-game regular season).
The NFL single-season rushing record has ... is also 162 yards from becoming the ninth player to run for 2,000 yards in a season. ... (2,066 with Baltimore in 2003), Barry Sanders (2,053 with ...
With 2,497 rushing yards, he's on pace to break Barry Sanders' single-season FBS record of 2,628 in his next game (albeit in three more games than Barry had). And his 7.3 yards per carry aren't ...
The record for highest rushing yards per carry in a season was set in 1939 by Jackie Robinson of UCLA with an average of 12.2 yards per carry across 42 attempts, a record that stands to this day. [1] The record of 43 rushing touchdowns in a season was set by John Madden of Oklahoma State in 1988.
The NCAA did not count bowl games as part of a player’s statistical record until 2002, meaning that Sanders’ stellar outing against Wyoming in the 1988 Holiday Bowl — 222 rushing yards and ...