Giants running back Derrick Ward, right, topped 1,000 yards rushing for the season Sunday to become part of only the fourth pair of 1,000-yard backs in NFL history. The Giants’ Brandon Jacobs, who was inactive Sunday, rushed for 1,089 yards this season. Ward entered the game against Minnesota needing 52 yards to join Jacobs. He picked that up on a 5-yard rush in the third quarter and finished with 77 yards on 15 carries. Miami’s Larry Csonka and Mercury Morris formed the first running back duo to rush for 1,000 yards in 1972. Franco Harris and Rocky Bleier did it for Pittsburgh in 1976; Earnest Byner and Kevin Mack did it for Cleveland in 1985. Atlanta had two 1,000-yard rushers in 2006: running back Warrick Dunn and quarterback Michael Vick. The Associated Press/Getty photo
