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In a divisional game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Simpson rushed for 49 yards on 15 attempts and caught a touchdown pass, but the Bills lost the game 32–14. [46] Simpson won the rushing title again in 1975, rushing for 1,817 yards and 16 touchdowns. He also had a career-high 426 receiving yards and seven receiving touchdowns that season. [35]
Buffalo Bills running back O. J. Simpson, who rushed for 2,003 yards in 1973, the first NFL player to exceed 2,000 yards in a season and the only player to do so in a 14-game season Eric Dickerson, a Los Angeles Rams running back and the all-time NFL season rushing leader with 2,105 yards in 1984
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.
O.J. Simpson set the NFL rushing record with 273 yards on Thanksgiving day 1976, but the Detroit Lions still beat the Buffalo Bills, 27-14.
Renowned football star and infamous criminal defendant OJ Simpson died Wednesday at the age of 76, his family announced. Simpson “succumbed to his battle with cancer,” his family said in a ...
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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 at least 100 yards. [13] 1973 was the fifth of nine consecutive seasons that Simpson led the team in rushing yards.
Nine rushing champions have recorded over 2,000 rushing yards, a feat first accomplished by O. J. Simpson in 1973 and most recently achieved by Saquon Barkley in the 2024 season. The player with the most rushing titles is Jim Brown, who was the rushing champion eight times over his career.