NFL Trivia

[blackfordpu]

Chargers all-world running back LaDainian Tomlinson has scored 23 touchdowns this season and stands just five behind NFL record-holder Shaun Alexander, who set the mark in 2005. The single-season TD mark has been extended three times since Emmitt Smith scored 25 in 1995. (Marshall Faulk had 26 in 2000, and Priest Holmes scored 27 in '03). Who held the record before Smith?

[B&G]

John Riggins, I think in '83 the yr after the strike.

[Gil Dobie]

I am guessing Jerry Rice

[BlueHen86]

I'll guess Eric Dickerson.

[UNHWildCats]

John Riggins, Wash. 1983 24
Jerry Rice, S.F. 1987 23
O.J. Simpson, Buf. 1975 23
Emmitt Smith, Dal. 1994 22
Chuck Foreman, Minn. 1975 22
Gale Sayers, Chi. 1965 22

[blackfordpu]

Redskins running back John Riggins scored 24 touchdowns in 1983, breaking O.J. Simpson's record of 23.