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Simpson finished 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 rushing record ...
His 2,105 total yards rushing beat Simpson's 1973 NFL season record of 2,003 yards (Dickerson having reached 2,007 yards after 15 games), but since the NFL expanded the regular season from 14 to 16 games in 1978, Dickerson had the benefit of playing in two additional games. No one has since rushed for more yards in a single NFL season ...
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 ...
Eric Dickerson, Emmitt Smith, O. J. Simpson, Steve Van Buren, and Barry Sanders are tied for the second-most rushing titles, each having won four times. Jim Brown also holds the record for the most consecutive rushing titles with five, having led the league in rushing each year from 1957 to 1961.
Not every record is meant to be broken. Just ask Eric Dickerson, who has flashed back to 1984 in tapping competitive juices as Saquon Barkley closes in on his NFL single-season rushing mark of ...
Saquon Barkley has Eric Dickerson's NFL rushing record in sight. “It’s cool, I’m not going to downplay it," Barkley said of the division crown. Saquon Barkley tops 2,000 yards rushing as ...
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. The Eagles rested Barkley in the regular-season finale, denying him the shot to pass Dickerson.
Who was Eric Dickerson? Sporting his trademark goggles and Jheri curl, Dickerson was one of the great running backs in the 1980s and the Hall of Famer was widely considered one of the best of all time. Dickerson finished his career with 13,259 yards, the ninth-most in NFL history. Emmitt Smith holds the career NFL rushing record with 18,355 yards.