Saquon Barkley didn't break the regular season rushing record, but a dominant playoff run has him chasing history again.
Barkley needs 98 yards to set a record that rarely gets talked about. He also needs two more victories to get a Super Bowl ring.
Former Denver Broncos running back Terrell Davis had the best rushing season in NFL history when he totaled 2,331 yards in 1997 (regular season and postseason included). One year later, Davis broke his own record by rushing for 2,
Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley didn't get an opportunity to break Eric Dickerson's single ... which is held by Hall of Fame running back Terrell Davis. Davis recorded the most ...
Barkley wasn't given the chance to top Dickerson's single-season rushing record. But there are two long-standing playoff rushing records Barkley could break Sunday against the Commanders.
The two best rushing seasons in NFL history belong to Denver Broncos legend Terrell Davis. Including the postseason, Davis rushed for 2,331 yards in 1997, setting a single-season NFL record on his way to a Super Bowl win.
Saquon Barkley may have come up short of Eric Dickerson's single-season regular-season rushing record, but has a chance to set a new regular-season+postseason record in Sunday's NFC Championship Game between the Eagles and Washington Commanders.
Eric Dickerson holds the record for the most rushing yards in a single NFL season. Andrew D. Bernstein/Getty Images Eric Dickerson ran for an NFL single-season record 2,105 yards in 1984.
Apologies to Eric Dickerson, but he did not have the greatest ... That distinction, without question, belongs to Terrell Davis, the sixth-round pick who joined John Elway near the end of the ...
Eagles RB Saquon Barkley declined to pursue Eric Dickerson's single-season rushing ... including playoffs is held by former Broncos RB Terrell Davis, who ran for 2,476 yards during Denver's ...
Barkley is near the top of the short list of all-time great Philadelphia sports free-agent signings. He ran for 2,005 yards, rips off 60-yard scoring runs with the ease of a Joel Embiid layup and has turned the offense into its most elite dual threat since the halcyon days of Donovan McNabb and Terrell Owens.
Eagles running back Saquon Barkley is having a historic season. Here's his monstrous 2024 season by the numbers.