who has the most rushing yards through the first 12 games of a season

Jim Brown has rushed for the most yards in a season in his first 12 games, with 1,257 yards in 1960.

NAME RUSH YDS SEASON TM GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Jim Brown
J. Brown
1,257
1960
CLE CLE
12
215
5.8
104.8
9
204
19
10.7
17.0
2
2 Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
1,101
1960
GB GB
12
230
4.8
91.8
11
121
15
8.1
10.1
0
3 John David Crow
J. David Crow
1,071
1960
STL STL
12
183
5.9
89.3
6
462
25
18.5
38.5
3
4 Paul Robinson
P. Robinson
912
1968
CIN CIN
12
192
4.8
76.0
7
98
17
5.8
8.2
1
5 Nick Pietrosante
N. Pietrosante
872
1960
DET DET
12
161
5.4
72.7
8
129
13
9.9
10.8
0
6 J.D. Smith
J.D. Smith
780
1960
SF SF
12
174
4.5
65.0
5
181
36
5.0
15.1
1
7 Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
780
1960
DLT DLT
12
137
5.7
65.0
8
503
47
10.7
41.9
3
8 Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
686
1960
LAC LAC
12
106
6.5
57.2
6
357
21
17.0
29.8
2
9 Tom Tracy
T. Tracy
680
1960
PIT PIT
12
192
3.5
56.7
5
349
24
14.5
29.1
4
10 Paul Hornung
P. Hornung
671
1960
GB GB
12
160
4.2
55.9
13
257
28
9.2
21.4
2
11 Junior Coffey
J. Coffey
669
1966
ATL ATL
12
171
3.9
55.8
3
157
14
11.2
13.1
1
12 John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
621
1960
PIT PIT
12
118
5.3
51.8
2
112
12
9.3
9.3
1
13 Dave Smith
D. Smith
583
1960
HOU HOU
12
137
4.3
48.6
5
143
19
7.5
11.9
0
14 Mel Triplett
M. Triplett
573
1960
NYG NYG
12
124
4.6
47.8
4
48
5
9.6
4.0
2
15 Rick Casares
R. Casares
566
1960
CHI CHI
12
160
3.5
47.2
5
64
8
8.0
5.3
0
16 Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
549
1960
HOU HOU
12
121
4.5
45.8
1
187
15
12.5
15.6
5
17 Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
526
1961
MIN MIN
11
103
5.1
47.8
3
263
30
8.8
23.9
2
18 Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
506
1960
CLE CLE
12
111
4.6
42.2
5
612
45
13.6
51.0
6
19 Tony Teresa
T. Teresa
492
1960
OAK OAK
12
104
4.7
41.0
4
342
27
12.7
28.5
3
20 Clarence Peaks
C. Peaks
465
1960
PHI PHI
7
86
5.4
66.4
3
116
14
8.3
16.6
0
21 Wray Carlton
W. Carlton
442
1960
BUF BUF
12
115
3.8
36.8
7
435
24
18.1
36.3
4
22 Dan Lewis
D. Lewis
438
1960
DET DET
12
92
4.8
36.5
1
192
12
16.0
16.0
1
23 Jon Arnett
J. Arnett
436
1960
LA LA
12
104
4.2
36.3
2
226
29
7.8
18.8
2
24 Frank Mestnik
F. Mestnik
429
1960
STL STL
9
104
4.1
47.7
3
24
3
8.0
2.7
0
25 Ernie Wheelwright
E. Wheelwright
428
1966
ATL ATL
12
109
3.9
35.7
3
128
14
9.1
10.7
2
StatMuse has game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

16.9

30th

OPP PPG

24.3

22nd

RUSH YDS/G

88.2

29th

PASS YDS/G

226.9

18th

2024 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
8
3
0
.727
Ravens Ravens
7
4
0
.636
Bengals Bengals
4
7
0
.364
Browns Browns
3
8
0
.273
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
1/5
CLE CLE
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
12/29
MIA MIA
@
CLE CLE
8:20 PM
Sun
12/22
CLE CLE
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
12/15
KC KC
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
12/8
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM
Last Game
CLE Browns

3 - 8 - 0

24

Final

19

PIT Steelers

8 - 3 - 0

Thu 21 Nov 2024

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NFL Fantasy 2024

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NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
9
2
0
.818
Commanders Commanders
7
5
0
.583
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
10
1
0
.909
Vikings Vikings
9
2
0
.818
NFC South W L T PCT
Falcons Falcons
6
5
0
.545
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
6
0
.455
NFC West W L T PCT
Seahawks Seahawks
6
5
0
.545
Cardinals Cardinals
6
5
0
.545
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
9
2
0
.818
Dolphins Dolphins
5
6
0
.455
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
8
3
0
.727
Ravens Ravens
7
4
0
.636
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
7
5
0
.583
Colts Colts
5
7
0
.417
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
10
1
0
.909
Chargers Chargers
7
3
0
.700

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
11/23
PHI PHI
@
LAR LAR
37-20
Sat
11/23
SF SF
@
GB GB
10-38
Sat
11/23
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
6-16
Sat
11/23
DEN DEN
@
LV LV
29-19
Sat
11/23
KC KC
@
CAR CAR
30-27

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
12/9
CIN CIN
@
DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Sun
12/8
LAC LAC
@
KC KC
8:20 PM
Sun
12/8
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
4:25 PM
Sun
12/8
BUF BUF
@
LAR LAR
4:25 PM
Sun
12/8
SEA SEA
@
ARI ARI
4:05 PM