1937 NFL Rushing

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League Champion: Washington Redskins

Passing Leader: Sammy Baugh, 1127 Yds

Rushing Leader: Cliff Battles, 874 Yds

Receiving Leader: Gaynell Tinsley, 675 Yds

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Rushing

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Rushing Table
					Games		Rushing
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
1	Cliff Battles	WAS	27	TB	10	8	216	874	5	75	4.0	87.4	0
2	Tuffy Leemans	NYG	25	FB	9	8	144	429	0	0	3.0	47.7	0
3	George Grosvenor	CRD	27	TB	11	7	143	461	2	0	3.2	41.9	0
4	Clarke Hinkle+	GNB	28	FB	11	10	129	552	5	60	4.3	50.2	0
5	Ace Gutowsky	DET	28	FB	11	11	128	361	1	0	2.8	32.8	0
6	Bull Karcis	PIT	29	FB	6	2	127	513	3	0	4.0	85.5	0
7	Hank Soar	NYG	23	FB	9	3	120	442	0	0	3.7	49.1	0
8	Ray Nolting	CHI	24	RH	11	4	106	424	2	0	4.0	38.5	0
9	Bill Davidson	PIT	22	HB	11	10	101	293	1	0	2.9	26.6	0
10	Emmett Mortell	PHI	21	TB	11	11	100	312	0	0	3.1	28.4	0
11	Johnny Drake	RAM	21	FB	11	9	98	333	3	0	3.4	30.3	0
12	Dutch Clark+	DET	31	TB	11	11	96	468	5	0	4.9	42.5	0
13	Bill Shepherd	DET	26		11	0	93	325	2	0	3.5	29.5	0
14	Joe Maniaci	BKN	23	FB	11	8	92	433	2	0	4.7	39.4	0
15	Dave Smukler	PHI	23	FB	11	11	92	247	1	0	2.7	22.5	0
16	Don Irwin	WAS	24	FB	10	9	89	315	2	0	3.5	31.5	0
17	Bob Monnett	GNB	27	TB	10	9	87	161	1	0	1.9	16.1	0
18	Kink Richards	NYG	27		11	4	87	329	1	0	3.8	29.9	0
19	Sammy Baugh+	WAS	23	TB	11	5	86	240	1	41	2.8	21.8	0
20	Bob Snyder	RAM	24	TB	10	6	82	232	1	0	2.8	23.2	0
21	Ernie Caddel	DET	26	WB	11	11	76	429	3	0	5.6	39.0	0
22	Joe Laws	GNB	26	HB	11	9	74	310	1	0	4.2	28.2	0
23	Jack Manders+	CHI	28	RH	11	9	73	319	0	0	4.4	29.0	0
24	Bronko Nagurski	CHI	29	FB	10	8	73	343	1	0	4.7	34.3	0
25	Paul Miller	GNB	24		10	1	71	262	0	0	3.7	26.2	0
26	Ed Danowski	NYG	26	TB	11	7	66	95	1	9	1.4	8.6	0
27	Beattie Feathers	CHI	28	LH	11	7	66	211	1	0	3.2	19.2	0
28	Stu Smith	PIT	22	FB	10	6	66	211	0	0	3.2	21.1	0
29	Ed Jankowski	GNB	24		11	1	61	324	2	0	5.3	29.5	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
30	Hal Pangle	CRD	25	FB	11	8	61	203	2	0	3.3	18.5	0
31	Ed Goddard	2TM	23		8	6	57	162	2	0	2.8	20.3	0
32	Pat Coffee	CRD	22	TB	9	4	55	157	1	0	2.9	17.4	0
33	Buddy Parker	CRD	24		11	3	50	115	1	0	2.3	10.5	0
34	Johnny Gildea	PIT	27	TB	11	8	49	65	1	0	1.3	5.9	0
35	Sam Francis	CHI	24		8	3	48	129	0	0	2.7	16.1	0
36	Ralph Kercheval	BKN	26	WB	9	3	48	84	1	0	1.8	9.3	0
37	Dick Crayne	BKN	24		10	4	47	135	0	0	2.9	13.5	0
38	Tuffy Thompson	PIT	23		7	4	43	80	0	0	1.9	11.4	0
39	Bert Johnson	BKN	25	FB	10	5	41	59	0	0	1.4	5.9	0
40	Lloyd Cardwell	DET	24		9	0	36	181	0	0	5.0	20.1	0
41	Vern Huffman	DET	23	BB	11	7	35	187	0	0	5.3	17.0	0
42	Rabbit Keen	PHI	23		8	0	34	154	0	0	4.5	19.3	0
43	Ace Parker	BKN	25	TB	4	4	34	26	1	0	0.8	6.5	0
44	Julie Alfonse	RAM	26	WB	10	5	33	60	0	0	1.8	6.0	0
45	Bernie Masterson	CHI	26	QB	10	5	30	-21	1	0	-0.7	-2.1	0
46	Izzy Weinstock	PIT	24	FB	11	6	30	88	0	0	2.9	8.0	0
47	Max Fiske	PIT	24		7	1	28	44	0	0	1.6	6.3	0
48	Harry Mattos	RAM	26		6	1	26	16	1	0	0.6	2.7	0
49	Reino Nori	BKN	24		6	1	26	81	0	0	3.1	13.5	0
50	By Haines	PIT	23		5	1	24	29	0	0	1.2	5.8	0
51	Doug Russell	CRD	26	WB	11	10	23	76	0	0	3.3	6.9	0
52	John Bettridge	2TM	27		9	1	22	35	0	0	1.6	3.9	0
53	Vannie Albanese	BKN	25	FB	10	5	21	53	0	0	2.5	5.3	0
54	Max Krause	WAS	28		8	0	21	47	1	0	2.2	5.9	0
55	Pug Rentner	CHI	27		10	2	21	70	0	0	3.3	7.0	0
56	Keith Molesworth	CHI	32		9	3	20	53	0	0	2.7	5.9	0
57	Ray Buivid	CHI	22		6	0	19	24	0	0	1.3	4.0	0
58	Bud Cooper	RAM	24		5	2	19	45	0	0	2.4	9.0	0
59	Jimmy Lawrence	CRD	24		11	1	19	60	1	0	3.2	5.5	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
60	Swede Hanson	PHI	30		2	0	18	59	1	0	3.3	29.5	0
61	John Kusko	PHI	23		10	4	17	27	0	0	1.6	2.7	0
62	Shipwreck Kelly	BKN	27		2	1	16	29	0	0	1.8	14.5	0
63	Hank Bruder	GNB	30	BB	10	6	15	56	1	0	3.7	5.6	0
64	Mark Barber	RAM	22		5	1	14	35	0	0	2.5	7.0	0
65	Don Hutson	GNB	24	LE	11	5	14	26	0	0	1.9	2.4	0
66	Mickey Kobrosky	NYG	22		7	0	13	41	0	0	3.2	5.9	0
67	Joe Keeble	RAM	28		7	2	12	40	0	0	3.3	5.7	0
68	Gene Ronzani	CHI	28		11	3	12	17	0	0	1.4	1.5	0
69	Riley Smith	WAS	26		11	11	12	39	2	0	3.3	3.5	0
70	Bill Breeden	PIT	24		9	3	10	25	0	0	2.5	2.8	0
71	Ed Klewicki+	DET	25	LE	11	11	10	53	0	0	5.3	4.8	0
72	Rock Reed	CRD	25		8	0	10	33	0	0	3.3	4.1	0
73	Herb Banet	GNB	24		7	2	9	29	0	0	3.2	4.1	0
74	Johnny Blood	PIT	34		9	2	9	37	0	0	4.1	4.1	0
75	John Doehring	CHI	28		3	0	9	33	0	0	3.7	11.0	0
76	Bob Masters	PHI	24		9	3	9	32	0	0	3.6	3.6	0
77	Howie Tipton	CRD	26	BB	11	7	9	23	0	0	2.6	2.1	0
78	Red Corzine	NYG	28	BB	11	10	8	23	0	0	2.9	2.1	0
79	Ed Justice	WAS	25		10	1	8	35	0	0	4.4	3.5	0
80	Tillie Manton	NYG	27		10	0	8	16	0	0	2.0	1.6	0
81	Lee Shaffer	NYG	25		9	1	8	35	0	0	4.4	3.9	0
82	Eddie Britt	WAS	25		4	0	7	21	0	0	3.0	5.3	0
83	Carl Brumbaugh	3TM	31		10	4	7	-3	0	0	-0.4	-0.3	0
84	Dale Burnett	NYG	29		9	2	7	4	0	0	0.6	0.4	0
85	Ray Johnson	RAM	23		2	2	7	28	0	0	4.0	14.0	0
86	Lee Kizzire	DET	22		7	0	7	20	0	0	2.9	2.9	0
87	Jim Neill	NYG	24		3	0	7	55	0	0	7.9	18.3	0
88	George Sauer Sr.	GNB	27		2	0	7	17	0	0	2.4	8.5	0
89	Mike Sebastian	RAM	27		1	1	6	4	0	0	0.7	4.0	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
90	Jay Arnold	PHI	25	WB	10	6	5	7	0	0	1.4	0.7	0
91	Bill Crass	CRD	26		3	0	5	8	0	0	1.6	2.7	0
92	Glenn Frey	PHI	25	BB	6	5	5	11	0	0	2.2	1.8	0
93	Arnie Herber	GNB	27	TB	9	0	5	9	0	0	1.8	1.0	0
94	Dixie Howell	WAS	25		5	0	5	9	0	0	1.8	1.8	0
95	Stan Pincura	RAM	24	BB	11	7	5	-22	0	0	-4.4	-2.0	0
96	Herm Schneidman	GNB	25		11	3	5	17	0	0	3.4	1.5	0
97	Pete Tyler	CRD	22		6	1	5	-5	0	0	-1.0	-0.8	0
98	Ward Cuff	NYG	25	WB	11	9	4	32	2	0	8.0	2.9	0
99	Red Franklin	BKN	26		1	0	4	12	0	0	3.0	12.0	0
100	Buckets Goldenberg	GNB	27		8	3	4	18	0	0	4.5	2.3	0
101	Bill May	CRD	24		9	3	4	16	0	0	4.0	1.8	0
102	Bill O'Neill	RAM	27		1	0	4	12	0	0	3.0	12.0	0
103	Tony Sarausky	NYG	24		4	0	4	18	0	0	4.5	4.5	0
104	Silvio Zaninelli	PIT	24	BB	10	5	4	14	0	0	3.5	1.4	0
105	Winnie Baze	PHI	23		10	4	3	14	0	0	4.7	1.4	0
106	Wayne Gift	RAM	22		10	1	3	7	0	0	2.3	0.7	0
107	Wayland Becker	GNB	27	LE	10	6	2	5	0	0	2.5	0.5	0
108	Chuck Hanneman	DET	23		10	0	2	53	1	50	26.5	5.3	0
109	Wayne Millner	WAS	24	LE	11	11	2	6	0	0	3.0	0.5	0
110	Buster Mitchell	BKN	31	LE	11	6	2	4	0	0	2.0	0.4	0
111	Nels Peterson	WAS	24		2	0	2	8	0	0	4.0	4.0	0
112	Joe Pilconis	PHI	26		11	3	2	21	0	0	10.5	1.9	0
113	Ernie Pinckert	WAS	30	WB	11	10	2	10	0	0	5.0	0.9	0
114	Jeff Barrett	BKN	24	RE	11	9	1	8	0	8	8.0	0.7	0
115	Ed Karpowich	PIT	25		9	4	1	15	0	15	15.0	1.7	0
116	Bill Karr	CHI	26	RE	10	8	1	10	0	10	10.0	1.0	0
117	Tony Kaska	BKN	26	BB	10	6	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.4	0
118	Butch Morse	DET	27	RE	10	6	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.3	0
119	John Perko	PIT	23	RG	10	8	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.5	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
120	Gaynell Tinsley+	CRD	22	LE	11	11	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.2	0

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