NFL seasons where the receiving leader < rushing leader in yards quiz

The all-time single season record in receiving yards is 1,964, while the rushing record is 2,105. But there are NFL seasons where this fact is flipped upside down. Can you name all of them? P.S. All of these seasons are after 1932.

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Rec Yards Leader	Rush Yards Leader	Season
Don Hutson (846)	Bill Osmanski (699)	1939
Don Looney (707)	Byron White (514)	1940
Don Hutson (738)	Pug Manders (486)	1941
Don Hutson (1,211)	Bill Dudley (696)	1942
Don Hutson (776)	Bill Paschal (572)	1943
Don Hutson (866)	Bill Paschal (737)	1944
Jim Benton (1,067)	Steve Van Buren (832)	1945
Jim Benton (981)	Bill Dudley (604)	1946
Tom Fears (1,116)	Marion Motley (810)	1950
Elroy Hirsch (1,495)	Eddie Price (971)	1951
Billy Howton (1,231)	Dan Towler (894)	1952
Joe Perry (1,018)	Pete Pihos (1,049)	1953
Bob Boyd (1,212)	Joe Perry (1,049)	1954
Billy Howton (1,188)	Rick Casares (1,126)	1956
Raymond Berry (1,298)	Jim Brown (1,257)	1960
Pat Studstill (1,266)	Gale Sayers (1,231)	1966
Ben Hawkins (1,265)	Leroy Kelly (1,205)	1967
Harold Jackson (1,116)	Gale Sayers (1,032)	1969

Rec Yards Leader	Rush Yards Leader	Season
Wes Chandler (1,032)	Freeman McNeil (786)	1982
Jerry Rice (1,483)	Christian Okoye (1,480)	1989
Jerry Rice (1,502)	Barry Sanders (1,304)	1990
Jerry Rice (1,503)	Emmitt Smith (1,486)	1993
Jerry Rice (1,848)	Emmitt Smith (1,773)	1995
Marvin Harrison (1,663)	Edgerrin James (1,553)	1999
David Boston (1,598)	Priest Holmes (1,555)	2001
Reggie Wayne (1,510)	LaDainian Tomlinson (1,474)	2007
Calvin Johnson (1,681)	Maurice Jones-Drew (1,606)	2011
Josh Gordon (1,646)	LeSean McCoy (1,607)	2013
Julio Jones (1,871)	Adrian Peterson (1,485)	2015
Antonio Brown (1,533)	Kareem Hunt (1,327)	2017
Julio Jones (1,677)	Ezekiel Elliott (1,434)	2018
Michael Thomas (1,725)	Derrick Henry (1,540)	2019
Cooper Kupp (1,947)	Jonathan Taylor (1,811)	2021
Justin Jefferson (1,809)	Josh Jacobs (1,653)	2022
Tyreek Hill (1,799)	Christian McCaffrey (1,459)	2023
Jaxon Smith-Njigba (1,793)	James Cook (1,621)	2025