The Vikings could lose both games and AP could still get the record...The 84' Rams were 10-6....I also think with Percy being out this is what made this feat a possibility....more carries...with that said here are some real interesting statistics
1984 Rams
Record 10–6
Division Place 2nd NFC West
Playoff finish Lost Wild Card
ED's season
Week Team Carries Yards Average
1 DAL 21 ......
138 6.6
2 CLE 27 ......
102 3.8
3 at PIT ..23
49 2.1
4 at CIN 22
89 4.0
5 NYG 22 .......
120 5.5
6 ATL 19 .......
107 5.6
7 at NO 20
175 8.8
8 at ATL 24 145 6.0
9 SF 13 ......
.38 2.9
10 at STL 21
208 9.9
11 CHI 28 .......
149 5.3
12 at GB 25
132 5.3
13 at TB 28 .......
191 6.8
14 NO 33 .......
149 4.5
15 HOU 27 .......
215 8.0
16 at SF 26 .......
98 3.8
1984 TOTAL 379
2,105 5.6
AP's season....he is 20 yds a head of E.D. @ this juncture
1 Sep 9 JAC 17
84 4.9 2 1 3 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Sep 16 @IND 16
60 3.8 0 3 20 6.7 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Sep 23 SF 25
86 3.4 0 2 21 10.5 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Sep 30 @DET 21
102 4.9 0 4 20 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Oct 7 TEN 17
88 5.2 0 3 15 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Oct 14 @WAS 17
79 4.6 0 7 50 7.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Oct 21 ARZ 23
153 6.7 1 2 6 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Oct 25 TB 15
123 8.2 1 1 4 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0
9 Nov 4 @SEA 17
182 10.7 2 3 11 3.7 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Nov 11 DET 27
117 6.3 1 3 5 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nov 25 @CHI 18
108 6.0 0 6 30 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0
13 Dec 2 @GB 21
210 10.0 1 1 10 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Dec 9 CHI 31
154 5.0 2 2 16 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Dec 16 @STL 24
212 8.8 1 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Dec 23 @HOU 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Dec 30 GB 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yes .......he gets it and finishes with 2,145....
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