| forced fumble | 3.55 | He also had three forced fumbles. | ||
| lost fumble | 1.71 | The lost fumble was only his second. | ||
| costly fumble | 0.59 | But his numbers were overshadowed by costly fumbles against Florida and Georgia Tech. | ||
| second fumble | 0.59 | His second fumble was recovered by a teammate, Herschel Walker. | ||
| recovered fumble | 0.53 | An interception, a sack, a mad scramble by the quarterback, a recovered fumble. | ||
| crucial fumble | 0.46 | Two crucial fumbles. | ||
| early fumble | 0.33 | Vikings quarterback Randall Cunningham had two early fumbles. | ||
| first fumble | 0.33 | Leaf recovered his first fumble himself. |