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Trivia for October 12, 2017

Question

The Cardinals traded for Adrian Peterson, and when he carries the ball on Sunday, they will become the first team to have three different 2,000-yard backs run the ball for them in the same season. (David Johnson went over 2,000 combined yards last year, and Chris Johnson went over 2,000 back in Tennessee). In NFL history, what is the only other team that has featured three 2,000-yard backs in a two-year period? Two of the three backs had their 2,000-yard seasons with other franchises.

Answer

The Raiders, with Marcus Allen and Roger Craig playing in 1991, and Eric Dickerson replacing Craig in 1992. Other 2,000-yard pairings including Larry Johnson and Priest Holmes in Kansas City in 2007, Emmitt Smith and Herschel Walker together in Dallas in 1996-97, and Frank Gore and Brian Westbrook with the 49ers in 2010.

10 Reader Comments:

Roy Sherman

Columbia, TN
2017-10-12T14:34:49Z
Gore and Westbrook with the 49ers in 1990?

BRUCE SADLER

Lakeland, FL
2017-10-12T15:15:39Z
Roy was thinking the same thing

BRUCE SADLER

Lakeland, FL
2017-10-12T15:18:09Z
looked it up Gore had combined over 2000 yards in 2006 and Westbrooke had a combined 2000 yards in 07

Ian Allan

Seattle, WA
2017-10-12T16:17:05Z
I posted the wrong year for the 49ers. Westbrook showed up there for a final, forgettable season in 2010, with both him and Gore getting touches in that backfield.

Joseph Varnon

Houston, TX
2017-10-12T20:28:12Z
also Ray Rice and Ricky Williams, 2011 Ravens

BRUCE SADLER

Lakeland, FL
2017-10-12T20:35:32Z
Joseph Varnon (Houston, TX)
not in back to back years

Ian Allan

Seattle, WA
2017-10-12T21:10:11Z
Joseph Varnon is correct. With the guys I listed above, those were running backs who had gone over 2,000 yards and then played together on a team with another such back. But Ray Rice went over 2,000 late in the 2011 season (probably the last game). So when that occurred, the Ravens also met the definition. I don't have the fire anymore, and I believe that was the only such pair. There have been many other pairs where the players later had 2,000-yard seasons (Steven Jackson and Marshall Faulk, for example), but I didn't include those -- is a slightly different deal.

Joseph Varnon

Houston, TX
2017-10-12T22:09:42Z
It was the last game but Rice had already gone 2K in 2009

Ian Allan

Seattle, WA
2017-10-13T16:16:15Z
Dennis Lyons is still number one, but he can see Joseph Vernon in the rearview mirror.

Joseph Varnon

Houston, TX
2017-10-14T08:43:13Z
Lyons Lite, or poor man's Dennis
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