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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 rushing record, averaging 131.6 rushing yards per game. [4] Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders recorded the third 2,000-yard season in ...
In his second season, Dickerson continued his onslaught on the NFL record book becoming a member of the 2,000-yard club. Twelve times in 1984 he gained more than 100 yards rushing, breaking the record of 100-yard games in a season held by O. J. Simpson .
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 ...
In 1984, Dickerson topped 100 yards rushing 12 times to break Buffalo's O.J. Simpson's 1973 record of 2,003 yards rushing in a single season. Simpson set his record in 14 games before the NFL ...
If Barkley doesn't overtake Dickerson for the single-season rushing mark, he can still join an exclusive club of NFL running backs who gained 2,000 yards. Eight others have rushed for 2,000 yards ...
His special season was capped in Week 17 when he surpassed the 2,000-yard rushing mark and, although he fell just 101 yards shy of Eric Dickerson’s all-time single season record, Barkley’s ...
First 2,100 yard rushing season: Eric Dickerson, 2,105 rushing yards, Los Angeles Rams, 1984 First 15 rushing touchdown season : Steve Van Buren , 15 rushing touchdowns, Philadelphia , 1945 [ 164 ] First 20 rushing touchdown season : John Riggins , 24 rushing touchdowns, Washington Redskins , 1983
Stuck at just two career playoff games in six seasons with the New York Giants, Barkley had arguably the greatest first season of any player in Eagles history. His 2,005 yards rushing (an Eagles record, eighth-most in NFL history) left him only 101 shy of breaking Eric Dickerson’s season record of 2,105.