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1938 NFL Rushing

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League Champion: New York Giants

Passing Leader: Ace Parker, 865 Yds

Rushing Leader: Whizzer White, 567 Yds

Receiving Leader: Don Hutson, 548 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	Whizzer White+	PIT	21	TB	11	11	152	567	4	79	3.7	51.5	0
2	Ace Gutowsky	DET	29	FB	11	9	131	444	2	0	3.4	40.4	0
3	Hank Soar*	NYG	24	FB	11	6	122	401	2	0	3.3	36.5	0
4	Tuffy Leemans*	NYG	26	FB	10	3	121	463	4	75	3.8	46.3	0
5	Clarke Hinkle*+	GNB	29	FB	11	8	114	299	3	46	2.6	27.2	0
6	Emmett Mortell	PHI	22	TB	11	7	110	296	0	0	2.7	26.9	0
7	Scrapper Farrell	2TM	23	FB	12	7	109	425	3	0	3.9	35.4	0
8	Bill Shepherd	DET	27	FB	9	3	100	455	3	0	4.6	50.6	0
9	Dave Smukler	PHI	24	FB	11	10	96	313	1	0	3.3	28.5	0
10	Ace Parker+	BKN	26	TB	11	11	93	253	2	0	2.7	23.0	0
11	Bull Karcis*	2TM	30		11	1	89	212	4	0	2.4	19.3	0
12	Joe Maniaci	2TM	24		11	2	88	345	3	0	3.9	31.4	0
13	Sam Francis	CHI	25		11	1	85	297	3	0	3.5	27.0	0
14	Cecil Isbell*	GNB	23	TB	11	4	85	445	2	0	5.2	40.5	0
15	Stu Smith*	PIT	23	FB	11	11	80	241	0	0	3.0	21.9	0
16	Jimmy Lawrence	CRD	25	WB	11	9	78	207	3	0	2.7	18.8	0
17	Andy Farkas	WAS	22	FB	9	4	75	315	6	53	4.2	35.0	0
18	Bob Monnett	GNB	28	TB	8	5	75	225	0	0	3.0	28.1	0
19	Johnny Drake*	RAM	22	FB	11	8	74	188	1	0	2.5	17.1	0
20	Lloyd Cardwell*	DET	25	WB	10	6	73	294	4	0	4.0	29.4	0
21	Corby Davis	RAM	24		11	5	71	202	3	0	2.8	18.4	0
22	Bill Hartman	WAS	23	TB	10	4	71	195	0	0	2.7	19.5	0
23	Frank Filchock	2TM	22		12	5	69	198	1	0	2.9	16.5	0
24	Vern Huffman	DET	24	TB	11	8	69	181	1	0	2.6	16.5	0
25	Jack Manders	CHI	29	RH	11	10	67	263	2	0	3.9	23.9	0
26	Dick Riffle	PHI	23		11	4	65	227	1	0	3.5	20.6	0
27	Ray Nolting	CHI	25	LH	11	9	63	297	1	0	4.7	27.0	0
28	Jack Robbins	CRD	22		9	3	63	213	0	0	3.4	23.7	0
29	Joe Laws	GNB	27	HB	10	7	60	253	0	0	4.2	25.3	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
30	Don Irwin	WAS	25		10	4	56	130	1	0	2.3	13.0	0
31	Dwight Sloan	CRD	24	TB	10	7	56	126	0	0	2.3	12.6	0
32	Ralph Kercheval	BKN	27	WB	11	6	51	86	1	0	1.7	7.8	0
33	George Karamatic	WAS	21		10	2	50	185	0	0	3.7	18.5	0
34	Sam Agee	CRD	23	/	10	1	48	178	1	0	3.7	17.8	0
35	Joe Bukant	PHI	23		11	1	48	119	0	0	2.5	10.8	0
36	Ed Danowski*+	NYG	27	TB	11	8	48	215	1	32	4.5	19.5	0
37	Boyd Brumbaugh	BKN	23		7	3	45	191	0	0	4.2	27.3	0
38	Buddy Parker	CRD	25	FB	10	10	45	144	2	0	3.2	14.4	0
39	Ed Jankowski	GNB	25		11	3	44	124	2	0	2.8	11.3	0
40	Bob Snyder	RAM	25	TB	10	6	44	78	0	0	1.8	7.8	0
41	Pat Coffee	CRD	23		10	1	40	169	2	0	4.2	16.9	0
42	Ed Goddard*	RAM	24		10	1	40	-16	0	0	-0.4	-1.6	0
43	Tuffy Thompson	PIT	24	HB	10	3	39	139	1	0	3.6	13.9	0
44	Bert Johnson	CHI	26	FB	9	7	37	138	2	0	3.7	15.3	0
45	Len Barnum	NYG	26		10	3	35	97	1	0	2.8	9.7	0
46	Bill Davidson	PIT	23		10	2	33	52	0	0	1.6	5.2	0
47	Gary Famiglietti	CHI	25		9	3	33	129	0	0	3.9	14.3	0
48	Ray Buivid	CHI	23	QB	11	6	32	65	0	0	2.0	5.9	0
49	Doug Russell	CRD	27		8	2	31	60	1	0	1.9	7.5	0
50	Wendell Butcher	BKN	24		9	3	30	99	1	0	3.3	11.0	0
51	Max Fiske	PIT	25		10	2	29	83	0	0	2.9	8.3	0
52	Beattie Feathers	BKN	29	WB	7	5	28	94	2	0	3.4	13.4	0
53	Andy Uram	GNB	23		11	2	28	145	2	70	5.2	13.2	0
54	Vannie Albanese	BKN	26	/	8	0	27	97	0	0	3.6	12.1	0
55	Max Krause	WAS	29		6	4	25	214	2	71	8.6	35.7	0
56	Kink Richards*	NYG	28		9	0	25	111	0	0	4.4	12.3	0
57	Kent Ryan	DET	23		9	0	24	180	0	0	7.5	20.0	0
58	Dick Tuckey	2TM	25		7	0	23	76	0	0	3.3	10.9	0
59	Bob Davis	RAM	24	FB	8	3	22	100	0	0	4.5	12.5	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
60	Bob Swisher	CHI	24		9	0	22	133	0	0	6.0	14.8	0
61	Sammy Baugh*	WAS	24	TB	9	3	21	35	0	9	1.7	3.9	0
62	Nels Peterson	RAM	25		7	2	21	70	1	32	3.3	10.0	0
63	Paul Miller	GNB	25		10	0	20	48	0	0	2.4	4.8	0
64	Dick Nardi	DET	23		8	1	20	109	0	0	5.5	13.6	0
65	Paul Szakash	DET	25		7	2	20	55	0	0	2.8	7.9	0
66	Jay Arnold	PHI	26	HB	11	11	19	22	0	0	1.2	2.0	0
67	Carl Littlefield	RAM	22		9	1	19	69	0	0	3.6	7.7	0
68	Ward Cuff*	NYG	26	WB	11	11	18	38	0	0	2.1	3.5	0
69	Julie Alfonse	RAM	27	WB	10	6	16	16	0	0	1.0	1.6	0
70	Dick Schweidler	CHI	24		10	0	16	57	0	0	3.6	5.7	0
71	Swede Hanson	PIT	31		5	1	15	50	0	0	3.3	10.0	0
72	Red Wolfe*	NYG	26		8	1	15	19	0	0	1.3	2.4	0
73	Ernie Caddel	DET	27		7	4	14	38	1	0	2.7	5.4	0
74	John Oelerich	2TM	22		5	1	14	23	0	0	1.6	4.6	0
75	Stan Kosel	BKN	22		8	1	13	43	0	0	3.3	5.4	0
76	Bernie Masterson	CHI	27	QB	11	3	13	-16	0	0	-1.2	-1.5	0
77	Ed Justice	WAS	26		9	3	10	11	0	0	1.1	1.2	0
78	Ed Klewicki	DET	26	LE	10	8	10	76	0	0	7.6	7.6	0
79	Vic Spadaccini	RAM	22		10	3	9	46	0	0	5.1	4.6	0
80	Tony Sarausky	BKN	25		4	1	8	42	0	0	5.3	10.5	0
81	Dutch Clark	DET	32		6	0	7	25	0	0	3.6	4.2	0
82	George Corbett	CHI	30		7	3	7	29	0	0	4.1	4.1	0
83	John Howell	GNB	23		6	0	7	7	0	0	1.0	1.2	0
84	Gene Ronzani	CHI	29		8	1	7	12	0	0	1.7	1.5	0
85	Dale Burnett*	NYG	30		11	0	6	13	0	0	2.2	1.2	0
86	Ed Cherry	CRD	25		2	0	6	18	0	0	3.0	9.0	0
87	Arnie Herber	GNB	28		8	4	6	-1	0	0	-0.2	-0.1	0
88	Milt Popovich	CRD	25		7	0	6	13	0	0	2.2	1.9	0
89	Dick Weisgerber	GNB	25		4	1	6	13	0	0	2.2	3.3	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
90	Eggs Manske	2TM	26	LE	12	5	5	29	0	0	5.8	2.4	0
91	Jay Turner	WAS	24		8	4	5	25	0	0	5.0	3.1	0
92	Carl Brazell	RAM	21	BB	11	8	4	14	0	0	3.5	1.3	0
93	Bob Douglas	PIT			2	0	4	10	0	0	2.5	5.0	0
94	Woody Dow	PHI	22	BB	10	10	4	20	0	0	5.0	2.0	0
95	Herm Schneidman	GNB	26	BB	10	9	4	8	0	0	2.0	0.8	0
96	Gaynell Tinsley*	CRD	23	LE	11	10	4	26	0	0	6.5	2.4	0
97	Carl Brumbaugh	CHI	32		9	0	3	-15	0	0	-5.0	-1.7	0
98	Don Hutson+	GNB	25	LE	10	7	3	-1	0	0	-0.3	-0.1	0
99	Rabbit Keen	PHI	24		1	0	3	10	0	0	3.3	10.0	0
100	Bob Masterson	WAS	23		11	1	3	89	0	0	29.7	8.1	0
101	Wayne Millner	WAS	25	LE	11	10	3	5	0	0	1.7	0.5	0
102	Maury Patt	DET	23		10	2	3	30	0	0	10.0	3.0	0
103	Ernie Pinckert*	WAS	31	WB	9	7	3	7	0	0	2.3	0.8	0
104	George Platukis	PIT	23		5	2	3	6	0	0	2.0	1.2	0
105	Riley Smith	WAS	27	BB	7	6	3	-7	0	0	-2.3	-1.0	0
106	Jeff Barrett	BKN	25		11	4	2	3	0	0	1.5	0.3	0
107	Johnny Blood	PIT	35	BB	10	4	2	-5	0	0	-2.5	-0.5	0
108	Hank Bruder	GNB	31		8	1	2	6	0	0	3.0	0.8	0
109	Tony Kaska	BKN	27	BB	11	4	2	1	0	0	0.5	0.1	0
110	Tillie Manton	2TM	28		8	1	2	3	0	0	1.5	0.4	0
111	Hal Pangle	CRD	26		4	1	2	3	0	0	1.5	0.8	0
112	Stan Pincura	RAM	25		11	1	2	-6	0	0	-3.0	-0.5	0
113	Perry Schwartz*	BKN	23	LE	10	9	2	-3	0	0	-1.5	-0.3	0
114	Ray Burnett	CRD	24		1	0	1	-10	0	-10	-10.0	-10.0	0
115	Tom Burnette	2TM	23		14	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0
116	Mac Cara	PIT	24		9	3	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0
117	John Cole	PHI	23		11	0	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.4	0
118	Nello Falaschi*	NYG	25		9	4	1	6	0	6	6.0	0.7	0
119	Johnny Gildea*	NYG	28		9	2	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.2	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
120	Chuck Hanneman	DET	24		10	2	1	6	0	6	6.0	0.6	0
121	Bill Karr	CHI	27		10	4	1	6	0	6	6.0	0.6	0
122	Les McDonald	CHI	24	RE	10	6	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0
123	Reino Nori	CHI	25		1	0	1	1	0	1	1.0	1.0	0
124	Frank Patrick	CRD	23	BB	7	5	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0
125	Lee Shaffer*	NYG	26	BB	11	5	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.4	0
126	Bill Sortet	PIT	26		8	3	1	-5	0	-5	-5.0	-0.6	0
127	Pete Tyler	CRD	23	BB	10	5	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0
128	Izzy Weinstock	PIT	25		2	2	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0

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