Friday Football Trivia: Rushing Edition (1 Viewer)

[Chase Stuart]

The current top five leaders in career rushing yards:

1. Emmitt Smith

2. Walter Payton

3. Barry Sanders

4. Curtis Martin

5. Jerome Bettis

Among players that debuted in 1960 or later, seven other players have ranked in the top five in career rushing yards at some point in their career. Name them.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

tony dorsett

franco harris

earl campbell

 

[Chase Stuart]

tony dorsettfranco harrisearl campbell

Dorsett and Harris both climbed to #2; Campbell never got higher than 7.

 

[Two Deep]

eric dickerson

 

[Native]

OJ Simpson

 

[Native]

Jim Taylor?

 

[perry147]

Eric Dickerson.

 

[sgtcarter]

Allen

 

[Native]

Marcus Allen

Thurman Thomas

 

[Chase Stuart]

Dickerson and Simpson are the other two guys that made it up to #2. Taylor debuted before 1960.

 

[Chase Stuart]

Marcus AllenThurman Thomas

Allen never was higher than 6th; Thomas, 8th.

 

[Native]

How about Leroy Kelly?

 

[Two Deep]

john Riggins?

 

[stevegamer]

Simpson

Dickerson

Anderson - maybe?

 

[Native]

Did Ricky Watters make it to number five before he retired?

 

[Norseman]

John Riggins

 

[Native]

Larry Csonka?

 

[Chase Stuart]

How about Leroy Kelly?

john Riggins?

These two are correct; both made it to #4.The final player almost made it as high as #4, and he's the most obscure of the group.

 

[Norseman]

Ottis Anderson

 

[buster c]

gotta be Tucker Frederickson

 

[Chase Stuart]

Csonka topped out at 6; Anderson, 8; Watters, 12.

 

[Norseman]

Don Perkins

 

[Two Deep]

Marshal Faulk

 

[Native]

Mike Garrett?

Greg Pruitt?

 

[Chase Stuart]

Don Perkins

Perkins is correct. He was the #5 all time leading rusher when he retired.

http://www.dallascowboys.com/history_roh_player.cfm?art=8

Good article on him there.

 

[Anonymous Internet User]

Quentin Griffin

oops, am I late to the party?