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NFL 1966 Leaders
Rushing Yards per Game

1
Profile photo of Gale Sayers

Gale Sayers

Chicago Bears

87.9

2
Profile photo of Leroy Kelly

Leroy Kelly

Cleveland Browns

81.5

3
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Dick Bass

Los Angeles Rams

77.9

4
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Bill Brown

Minnesota Vikings

59.2

5
Profile photo of Ken Willard

Ken Willard

San Francisco 49ers

54.5

6
Profile photo of Dan Reeves

Dan Reeves

Dallas Cowboys

54.1

7
Profile photo of Ernie Green

Ernie Green

Cleveland Browns

53.6

8
Profile photo of Don Perkins

Don Perkins

Dallas Cowboys

51.9

9
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Junior Coffey

Atlanta Falcons

51.6

10
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Jim Taylor

Green Bay Packers

50.4

11
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Johnny Roland

St. Louis Cardinals

49.6

12
Profile photo of Timmy Brown

Timmy Brown

Philadelphia Eagles

42.2

13
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Willie Asbury

Pittsburgh Steelers

38.9

14
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Tony Lorick

Baltimore Colts

37.4

15
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Tom Nowatzke

Detroit Lions

36.6

16
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Jerry Hill

Baltimore Colts

35.9

17
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John David Crow

San Francisco 49ers

34.1

18
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A.D. Whitfield

Washington Redskins

33.7

19
Profile photo of Ernie Wheelwright

Ernie Wheelwright

Atlanta Falcons

32.7

20
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Amos Marsh

Detroit Lions

30.9

21
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Earl Gros

Philadelphia Eagles

28.3

22
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Elijah Pitts

Green Bay Packers

28.1

23
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Prentice Gautt

St. Louis Cardinals

26.4

24
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Willis Crenshaw

St. Louis Cardinals

25.7

25
Profile photo of Chuck Mercein

Chuck Mercein

New York Giants

25.2

26
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Ronnie Bull

Chicago Bears

22.7

27
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Tom Moore

Los Angeles Rams

19.4

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