Question
Frank Gore is 33 years old and is currently on pace to finish with over 1,000 rushing yards. He would become the 3rd-oldest 1,000-yard rusher. Who are the only two even older backs who've cracked that mark since the NFL merger?
Answer
John Riggins did it as a 34- and 35-year-old in the 1983 and 1984 seasons, with Washington. Also in 1983, Franco Harris plodded for 1,007 years in his final season with the Steelers, as a 33-year-old. Back in the sixties, John Henry Johnson went over 1,000 yards for the Steelers in 1962 and 1964, when he was 33 and 35.