1939 NFL Rushing

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League Champion: Green Bay Packers

Passing Leader: Davey O'Brien, 1324 Yds

Rushing Leader: Bill Osmanski, 699 Yds

Receiving Leader: Don Hutson, 846 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	Andy Farkas*+	WAS	23	FB	11	7	139	547	5	0	3.9	49.7	0
2	Clarke Hinkle*	GNB	30	FB	11	5	135	381	5	29	2.8	34.6	0
3	Cecil Isbell*	GNB	24	TB	11	5	132	407	2	0	3.1	37.0	0
4	Tuffy Leemans+	NYG	27	FB	10	2	128	429	3	0	3.4	42.9	0
5	Bill Osmanski*+	CHI	24	FB	10	3	121	699	7	86	5.8	69.9	0
6	Parker Hall*+	RAM	23	TB	11	11	120	458	2	0	3.8	41.6	0
7	Johnny Drake*	RAM	23	FB	11	11	118	453	9	0	3.8	41.2	0
8	Pug Manders*	BKN	26	FB	11	9	114	482	2	0	4.2	43.8	0
9	Boyd Brumbaugh	2TM	24		11	5	111	343	2	0	3.1	31.2	0
10	Davey O'Brien*	PHI	22	QB	11	8	108	-14	1	0	-0.1	-1.3	0
11	Bill Shepherd	DET	28	FB	11	10	105	420	2	0	4.0	38.2	0
12	Ace Parker	BKN	27	TB	11	10	104	271	5	0	2.6	24.6	0
13	Frank Filchock*	WAS	23	TB	11	9	103	413	1	0	4.0	37.5	0
14	Len Barnum	NYG	27		11	2	91	237	2	0	2.6	21.5	0
15	Dwight Sloan	DET	25	TB	10	1	79	225	4	0	2.8	22.5	0
16	Joe Maniaci	CHI	25	FB	9	6	77	544	4	75	7.1	60.4	0
17	Sam Francis	2TM	26		10	6	76	230	1	0	3.0	23.0	0
18	Ed Jankowski*	GNB	26	FB	10	6	75	278	2	0	3.7	27.8	0
19	Johnny Pingel	DET	23	TB	9	8	74	301	1	0	4.1	33.4	0
20	Hank Soar	NYG	25	FB	11	6	66	158	2	0	2.4	14.4	0
21	Hugh McCullough	PIT	23	TB	10	6	60	96	1	0	1.6	9.6	0
22	Joe Bukant	PHI	24		11	3	59	136	3	0	2.3	12.4	0
23	Swede Johnston	PIT	29		8	2	59	220	2	0	3.7	27.5	0
24	Ace Gutowsky	BKN	30		9	4	58	202	0	0	3.5	22.4	0
25	Gaylon Smith	RAM	23	WB	11	4	58	98	2	0	1.7	8.9	0
26	Dick Todd	WAS	25		10	1	57	266	2	60	4.7	26.6	0
27	Marshall Goldberg	CRD	22	FB	10	8	56	152	2	0	2.7	15.2	0
28	Joe Laws*	GNB	28		10	3	55	162	2	0	2.9	16.2	0
29	Andy Uram*	GNB	24	HB	10	5	52	272	1	97	5.2	27.2	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
30	Ray Nolting	CHI	26	RH	11	9	50	216	2	0	4.3	19.6	0
31	Fran Murray	PHI	24	RH	11	6	49	137	1	0	2.8	12.5	0
32	Lou Tomasetti	PIT	23	HB	11	6	49	86	1	0	1.8	7.8	0
33	Dave Smukler	PHI	25		4	4	45	218	0	0	4.8	54.5	0
34	Sam Agee	CRD	24	/	11	4	44	133	1	0	3.0	12.1	0
35	Marty Slovak	RAM	23		10	0	42	135	0	0	3.2	13.5	0
36	Kink Richards	NYG	29		9	2	40	117	1	0	2.9	13.0	0
37	Carl Littlefield	PIT	23	FB	10	4	39	141	0	0	3.6	14.1	0
38	Bert Johnson	2TM	27		10	4	38	95	0	0	2.5	9.5	0
39	Jack Robbins	CRD	23		8	0	38	97	0	0	2.6	12.1	0
40	Emmett Mortell	PHI	23		8	2	37	88	0	0	2.4	11.0	0
41	Howie Weiss	DET	22		9	1	37	150	0	0	4.1	16.7	0
42	Ralph Kercheval	BKN	28	WB	9	8	34	99	0	0	2.9	11.0	0
43	Gary Famiglietti	CHI	26		10	2	33	128	0	0	3.9	12.8	0
44	Bull Karcis	NYG	31		10	0	31	93	0	0	3.0	9.3	0
45	Darrell Tully	DET	22		9	2	31	50	1	0	1.6	5.6	0
46	Eddie Miller	NYG	23		8	0	30	99	1	0	3.3	12.4	0
47	Frank Patrick	CRD	24	TB	8	5	30	84	1	0	2.8	10.5	0
48	Bob Swisher	CHI	25	LH	9	5	30	192	2	0	6.4	21.3	0
49	Lloyd Cardwell	DET	26	WB	10	8	29	141	1	0	4.9	14.1	0
50	Coley McDonough	2TM	24		11	1	29	75	0	0	2.6	6.8	0
51	Wilbur Moore	WAS	23		10	3	27	100	0	0	3.7	10.0	0
52	Milt Popovich	CRD	26	WB	10	4	26	78	0	0	3.0	7.8	0
53	Ed Danowski	NYG	28	TB	11	9	25	21	0	7	0.8	1.9	0
54	Jack Manders	CHI	30		11	2	25	63	3	0	2.5	5.7	0
55	Jim McDonald	DET	24		9	0	25	80	0	0	3.2	8.9	0
56	Sid Luckman	CHI	23	LH	11	7	24	42	0	0	1.8	3.8	0
57	Ward Cuff*	NYG	27	WB	9	8	23	102	0	0	4.4	11.3	0
58	George Faust	CRD	22	BB	9	6	22	71	0	0	3.2	7.9	0
59	Bill Davidson	PIT	24		7	2	21	27	0	0	1.3	3.9	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
60	Bernie Masterson	CHI	28	QB	11	7	21	-31	2	0	-1.5	-2.8	0
61	Ev Fisher	CRD	25	BB	11	7	18	63	0	0	3.5	5.7	0
62	Arnie Herber*	GNB	29	TB	10	7	18	-11	1	0	-0.6	-1.1	0
63	Len Janiak	BKN	24		10	1	18	56	0	0	3.1	5.6	0
64	Dick Riffle	PHI	24		10	3	18	61	0	0	3.4	6.1	0
65	Jimmy German	WAS	22		8	1	17	58	2	15	3.4	7.3	0
66	Bob MacLeod	CHI	22		9	1	17	88	1	0	5.2	9.8	0
67	Ernie Wheeler	2TM	24		7	3	17	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0
68	Ray Carnelly	BKN	23		9	3	15	64	0	0	4.3	7.1	0
69	Bob Snyder	CHI	26		8	0	15	56	0	0	3.7	7.0	0
70	Sammy Baugh*	WAS	25	TB	9	1	14	46	0	13	3.3	5.1	0
71	Billy Patterson	CHI	21		8	1	14	34	0	0	2.4	4.3	0
72	Corby Davis	RAM	25		11	0	13	15	1	0	1.2	1.4	0
73	Jim Meade	WAS	25		8	0	13	34	0	0	2.6	4.3	0
74	Buddy Parker	CRD	26		9	1	12	37	0	0	3.1	4.1	0
75	Frank Balazs*	GNB	21		5	0	11	41	0	0	3.7	8.2	0
76	Ed Cherry	2TM	26		6	1	10	30	0	0	3.0	5.0	0
77	Don Irwin	WAS	26		7	1	10	63	1	0	6.3	9.0	0
78	Dick Nardi	2TM	24		6	2	10	15	0	0	1.5	2.5	0
79	Bob Masters	PIT	26		4	1	9	39	0	0	4.3	9.8	0
80	Doug Russell	2TM	28		8	3	9	21	0	0	2.3	2.6	0
81	Jay Arnold	PHI	27	LH	10	9	8	1	0	0	0.1	0.1	0
82	Beattie Feathers	BKN	30		4	0	8	21	0	0	2.6	5.3	0
83	Gordon Gore	DET	26		7	1	8	7	0	0	0.9	1.0	0
84	Al Owen	NYG	26		8	1	8	11	0	0	1.4	1.4	0
85	Kent Ryan	DET	24		6	2	8	41	1	0	5.1	6.8	0
86	Jim Benton*	RAM	23	LE	11	11	7	19	0	0	2.7	1.7	0
87	Jimmy Johnston	WAS	22	WB	11	5	7	47	0	0	6.7	4.3	0
88	Jimmy Lawrence*	2TM	26		4	0	7	6	0	0	0.9	1.5	0
89	Bill McRaven	RAM	21		9	4	7	29	0	0	4.1	3.2	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
90	Earl Crowder	CRD	24		6	1	6	-5	0	0	-0.8	-0.8	0
91	Bill Lazetich	RAM	23		6	1	6	23	0	0	3.8	3.8	0
92	Maury Patt	RAM	24		10	0	6	20	0	0	3.3	2.0	0
93	Tuffy Thompson	GNB	25		1	1	6	9	0	0	1.5	9.0	0
94	Larry Buhler*	GNB	22		3	1	5	3	0	0	0.6	1.0	0
95	Don Hutson*+	GNB	26	LE	11	8	5	26	0	0	5.2	2.4	0
96	Ed Justice	WAS	27		8	2	5	56	1	0	11.2	7.0	0
97	Ernie Pinckert*	WAS	32	BB	10	9	5	17	0	0	3.4	1.7	0
98	Rock Reed	CRD	27		4	3	5	-6	0	0	-1.2	-1.5	0
99	Dick Schweidler	CHI	25		4	0	5	15	0	0	3.0	3.8	0
100	Fred Vanzo*	DET	23	BB	10	10	5	46	0	0	9.2	4.6	0
101	Bill Leckonby	BKN	22		5	0	4	-1	0	0	-0.3	-0.2	0
102	Wayne Millner	WAS	26	LE	11	8	4	12	0	0	3.0	1.1	0
103	Elwyn Dunstan	2TM	24	RT	8	6	3	2	0	0	0.7	0.3	0
104	Max Krause	WAS	30		2	0	3	23	0	0	7.7	11.5	0
105	Lee Shaffer	NYG	27		9	2	3	6	0	3	2.0	0.7	0
106	Solly Sherman	CHI	22		7	1	3	-5	0	0	-1.7	-0.7	0
107	Paul Szakash	DET	26		11	1	3	11	0	0	3.7	1.0	0
108	Wendell Butcher	BKN	25	BB	10	5	2	2	0	0	1.0	0.2	0
109	Larry Craig*	GNB	23	BB	11	8	2	6	0	0	3.0	0.5	0
110	Stan Kosel	BKN	23		5	1	2	6	0	0	3.0	1.2	0
111	Kelly Moan	RAM	27		2	0	2	-15	0	0	-7.5	-7.5	0
112	Karl Schuelke	PIT	25		1	0	2	2	0	0	1.0	2.0	0
113	Johnny Spirida	WAS	25		9	1	2	5	0	0	2.5	0.6	0
114	Jay Turner	WAS	25		8	1	2	1	0	0	0.5	0.1	0
115	Rink Bond	PIT	25	BB	11	11	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.4	0
116	Dale Burnett	NYG	31		11	0	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.3	0
117	Joe Carter*	PHI	30	RE	11	11	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.4	0
118	Woody Dow	PHI	23		9	2	1	-7	0	-7	-7.0	-0.8	0
119	Drew Ellis	PHI	25	LT	11	9	1	6	0	6	6.0	0.5	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
120	Nello Falaschi	NYG	26	BB	11	9	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.4	0
121	Bill Hewitt	PHI	30		10	2	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0
122	Joel Hitt	RAM	23		3	0	1	3	0	3	3.0	1.0	0
123	Jack Lee	PIT	22		5	0	1	-11	0	-11	-11.0	-2.2	0
124	Bob McChesney	WAS	27		8	3	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.6	0
125	Les McDonald	CHI	25	LE	11	8	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-0.2	0
126	Bill Moore	DET	27		9	0	1	7	0	7	7.0	0.8	0
127	Boyd Morgan	WAS	24		5	3	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0
128	Monk Moscrip	DET	26	LE	11	10	1	8	0	8	8.0	0.7	0
129	Chuck Newton	PHI	23	FB	9	7	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0
130	Mike Rodak	RAM	22		6	0	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.2	0
131	Branko Smilanich	RAM	24		2	0	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-1.5	0
132	Bill Smith*	CRD	27	RE	11	9	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.3	0
133	Ken Strong	NYG	33		9	3	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0

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