most 1000 yard rushers in 1 season (answered)

[flotsamnjetsam]

What NFL season had the most 1000 yard rushers?


Need the year, the number of 1000 yard rushers, and...


Just kidding! I'm not going to ask you to name all of the rushers!



Just name the year and the number of 1000 yard rushers.

[BlueBandit24]

Time: 28.59 seconds

1995-16

[danleroi22]

Time: 40.19 seconds

2002, 17 running backs rushed for more than 1,000 yards

[Jimboozie]

Time: 40.94 seconds

04 17?

[RWLongy4]

Time: 56.50 seconds

1986... Random guess.

[sammyj1404]

Time: 1 minutes, 6.46 seconds

23 in 2000<br><br><span class=gensmall>Accepted as answer by flotsamnjetsam on Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:05 am EST.</span>

[Karoz]

Time: 1 minutes, 27.22 seconds

1976, 12 rushers

[Dr. Duran Duran]

Time: 1 minutes, 47.17 seconds

No idea, 1986? 17 rushers?

[SeaWolf]

Time: 3 minutes, 5.51 seconds

2002 had 10 1,000 yard rushers.

[flotsamnjetsam]

In the 2000 season there was a record 23 1000 yard rushers.


Bold is what was needed.



Just for the heck of it, here's all 23 in order:

Edge
R. Smith
E. George
M. Anderson
Dillon
F. Taylor
J. Lewis
Faulk
Bettis
S. Davis
Watters
CMart
E. Smith
J. Stewart
A. Green
Garner
L. Smith
Dunn
J. Allen
Wheatley
J. Anderson
Tiki
R. Williams