- game ▁season , ▁as ▁all ▁others ▁occurred ▁in ▁ 1 6 - game ▁seasons ; ▁he ▁finished ▁the ▁season ▁with ▁ 2 , 0 0 3 ▁r ushing ▁yards , ▁aver aging ▁six ▁yards ▁per ▁carry ▁and ▁an ▁NFL - record ▁ 1 4 3 . 1 ▁r ushing ▁yards ▁per ▁game . ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁R ams ▁running ▁back ▁Eric ▁Dick erson , ▁who ▁had ▁broken ▁the ▁single - season ▁ro ok ie ▁r ushing ▁record ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 3 , ▁recorded ▁the ▁second ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 - yard ▁season ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 . ▁Dick erson ▁r ushed ▁for ▁ 2 , 1 0 5 ▁yards , ▁the ▁current ▁NFL ▁r ushing ▁record , ▁and ▁aver aged ▁ 1 3 1 . 6 ▁r ushing ▁yards ▁per ▁game . ▁ ▁Detroit ▁L ions ▁running ▁back ▁Barry ▁Sand ers ▁recorded ▁the ▁third ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 - yard ▁season ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁r ushing ▁for ▁ 2 , 0 5 3 ▁yards . ▁At ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 2 9 , ▁Sand ers ▁was ▁the ▁oldest ▁back ▁to ▁sur pass ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 ▁yards . ▁Sand ers ▁had ▁opened ▁the ▁season ▁with ▁only ▁ 5 3 ▁yards ▁through ▁two ▁games , ▁but ▁ran ▁for ▁ 1 0 0 ▁yards ▁or ▁more ▁in ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁last ▁ 1 4 ▁games ▁of ▁the ▁season ▁and ▁aver aged ▁ 6 . 1 ▁yards ▁per ▁carry ▁during ▁the ▁season