1947 NFL Rushing

Passing Leader: Sammy Baugh, 2938 Yds

Rushing Leader: Steve Van Buren, 1008 Yds

Receiving Leader: Mal Kutner, 944 Yds

Rushing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Rushing Table
					Games		Rushing
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
1	Steve Van Buren+	PHI	27	LH	12	7	217	1008	13	45	4.6	84.0	4
2	Johnny Clement	PIT	28	TB	10	4	129	670	4	43	5.2	67.0	7
3	Steve Lach	PIT	27	FB	12	8	120	372	8	19	3.1	31.0	1
4	Walt Schlinkman	GNB	25	FB	12	0	115	439	2	20	3.8	36.6	8
5	Pat Harder	CRD	25	FB	12	7	113	371	7	45	3.3	30.9	7
6	Elmer Angsman	CRD	22	RH	12	1	110	412	7	18	3.7	34.3	5
7	Tony Canadeo	GNB	28	LH	12	6	103	464	2	35	4.5	38.7	0
8	Camp Wilson	DET	25	FB	12	7	89	412	0	48	4.6	34.3	2
9	Bob Cifers	PIT	27		10	4	87	356	0	41	4.1	35.6	3
10	Gene Roberts	NYG	24		9	0	86	296	1	46	3.4	32.9	1
11	Charley Trippi	CRD	26	LH	11	9	83	401	2	41	4.8	36.5	4
12	Bill Dudley	DET	26	LH	9	8	80	302	2	28	3.8	33.6	4
13	Bill Paschal	2TM	26		12	4	78	263	2	23	3.4	21.9	3
14	Sal Rosato	WAS	29	FB	11	5	74	297	0	20	4.0	27.0	1
15	Bosh Pritchard	PHI	28	RH	11	5	69	294	1	31	4.3	26.7	1
16	Frank Seno	BOS	26	RH	11	10	69	212	0	22	3.1	19.3	3
17	Ted Fritsch	GNB	27	FB	12	12	68	247	6	48	3.6	20.6	1
18	Joe Osmanski	CHI	30		12	3	64	328	1	24	5.1	27.3	0
19	George McAfee	CHI	29	RH	12	0	63	209	3	39	3.3	17.4	3
20	Don Kindt	CHI	22	LH	12	11	61	266	2	48	4.4	22.2	6
21	Tom Harmon	RAM	28		12	1	60	306	1	32	5.1	25.5	3
22	Kenny Washington	RAM	29		11	2	60	444	5	92	7.4	40.4	4
23	Fred Gehrke	RAM	29	LH	11	8	59	304	0	29	5.2	27.6	3
24	Ed Cody	GNB	24		10	0	56	263	2	51	4.7	26.3	2
25	Jim Blumenstock	NYG	29		10	3	54	168	2	25	3.1	16.8	2
26	Bob Fenimore	CHI	22		10	0	53	189	1	13	3.6	18.9	4
27	Marshall Goldberg	CRD	30	RH	12	10	51	155	0	10	3.0	12.9	1
28	Mike Holovak	CHI	28		12	3	51	281	1	52	5.5	23.4	0
29	Eddie Saenz	WAS	25	LH	12	6	51	143	0	18	2.8	11.9	5
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
30	Jim Gillette	GNB	30		10	1	50	207	0	26	4.1	20.7	2
31	Dante Magnani	RAM	30		12	3	48	178	0	27	3.7	14.8	2
32	Gordon Paschka	NYG	27		6	0	48	143	2	15	3.0	23.8	3
33	Boley Dancewicz	BOS	23	QB	12	1	47	145	1	41	3.1	12.1	3
34	Bruce Smith	GNB	27	LH	10	6	47	288	1	37	6.1	28.8	0
35	Walt Slater	PIT	27	TB	11	8	46	167	0	19	3.6	15.2	2
36	Bob Nussbaumer	WAS	23		12	1	43	136	0	47	3.2	11.3	2
37	Bob Hoffman	RAM	30		10	4	42	159	3	20	3.8	15.9	1
38	Pat West	RAM	24	FB	12	5	42	162	2	21	3.9	13.5	2
39	Jack Banta	RAM	30	RH	12	8	40	193	1	23	4.8	16.1	1
40	Paul Governali	2TM	26	TB	12	2	40	151	2	28	3.8	12.6	6
41	Hugh Gallarneau	CHI	30		12	4	39	89	6	8	2.3	7.4	4
42	George Gulyanics	CHI	26		12	4	35	212	4	46	6.1	17.7	1
43	Tony Compagno	PIT	26		12	4	34	126	2	13	3.7	10.5	6
44	Frank Maznicki	BOS	27		12	1	34	77	0	17	2.3	6.4	1
45	Bob Westfall	DET	28		12	3	34	132	1	18	3.9	11.0	1
46	Jim Mello	BOS	27		9	4	33	62	0	9	1.9	6.9	1
47	Howard Maley	BOS	26		12	0	32	132	0	27	4.1	11.0	0
48	Babe Dimancheff	CRD	25		12	2	30	116	0	14	3.9	9.7	1
49	Dick Hoerner	RAM	25		4	0	30	124	2	23	4.1	31.0	2
50	Art Macioszczyk	PHI	27		11	2	30	104	0	11	3.5	9.5	2
51	Billy deCorrevont	CRD	29		12	2	29	149	1	27	5.1	12.4	2
52	Bob Forte	GNB	25	RH	12	10	29	80	0	12	2.8	6.7	1
53	Gonzalo Morales	PIT	25		8	1	29	96	0	18	3.3	12.0	1
54	Dick Poillon	WAS	27	QB	12	10	28	104	2	21	3.7	8.7	1
55	John Grigas	BOS	27		9	2	27	52	0	13	1.9	5.8	1
56	Joe Muha	PHI	26	FB	12	9	27	107	1	28	4.0	8.9	1
57	Joe Golding	BOS	26	LH	12	7	26	71	1	15	2.7	5.9	3
58	Joe Margucci	DET	26		11	4	26	97	1	26	3.7	8.8	1
59	Frank Minini	CHI	26	RH	12	9	26	132	2	33	5.1	11.0	3
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
60	Ernie Steele	PHI	30	LH	12	5	26	138	1	49	5.3	11.5	3
61	Sammy Baugh	WAS	33	QB	12	1	25	47	2	19	1.9	3.9	15
62	Gerry Cowhig	RAM	26		8	4	25	104	0	21	4.2	13.0	2
63	George Franck	NYG	29		7	0	24	93	0	25	3.9	13.3	3
64	Mel Bleeker	RAM	27		11	4	23	111	0	35	4.8	10.1	3
65	Rudy Romboli	BOS	24	FB	12	9	23	50	0	15	2.2	4.2	1
66	Tommy Thompson	PHI	31	QB	12	1	23	52	2	16	2.3	4.3	6
67	Pat McHugh	PHI	28		9	1	22	171	1	41	7.8	19.0	7
68	Paul White	PIT	26		11	1	22	85	1	52	3.9	7.7	2
69	Bob Sullivan	PIT	23		3	1	21	61	0	14	2.9	20.3	2
70	Bob Wiese	DET	24		12	2	20	61	0	21	3.1	5.1	2
71	George Cheverko	NYG	27		9	1	19	63	0	20	3.3	7.0	2
72	Howie Livingston	NYG	25	WB	10	8	19	87	0	43	4.6	8.7	2
73	Elmer Madarik	DET	25	RH	8	5	19	29	1	9	1.5	3.6	0
74	Les Horvath	RAM	26		10	1	18	68	0	25	3.8	6.8	3
75	Jack Jacobs	GNB	28	QB	12	8	18	64	1	15	3.6	5.3	5
76	Clyde LeForce	DET	24	QB	9	2	18	143	0	32	7.9	15.9	7
77	Allie Sherman	PHI	24		11	0	17	17	1	16	1.0	1.5	2
78	Jack Jenkins	WAS	26	FB	12	7	16	54	0	9	3.4	4.5	1
79	Gil Steinke	PHI	28		6	3	16	50	0	15	3.1	8.3	3
80	Tom Farmer	WAS	26	RH	10	6	15	29	1	9	1.9	2.9	0
81	Red Cochran	CRD	25		12	3	14	36	1	9	2.6	3.0	1
82	Pete Kmetovic	DET	28		11	1	14	23	0	6	1.6	2.1	0
83	Frank Reagan	NYG	28		10	4	14	22	0	20	1.6	2.2	6
84	Roy Zimmerman	DET	29	QB	12	7	13	28	1	10	2.2	2.3	8
85	Eddie Allen	CHI	29	FB	9	5	12	16	0	7	1.3	1.8	2
86	Vic Schwall	CRD	22		11	0	12	33	0	16	2.8	3.0	2
87	Noble Doss	PHI	27		9	0	11	45	0	20	4.1	5.0	0
88	Joe Watt	2TM	28		9	4	11	7	0	7	0.6	0.8	1
89	Art Faircloth	NYG	26		3	0	10	9	0	7	0.9	3.0	1
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
90	Sid Luckman+	CHI	31	QB	12	7	10	86	1	40	8.6	7.2	2
91	Ray McLean	CHI	32		12	0	10	58	0	24	5.8	4.8	0
92	Bill Osmanski	CHI	32		4	0	10	37	0	15	3.7	9.3	0
93	Dick Todd	WAS	33	QB	11	7	10	45	0	12	4.5	4.1	1
94	Jim Youel	WAS	25		6	1	10	44	1	19	4.4	7.3	2
95	Noah Mullins	CHI	29		12	2	9	55	0	41	6.1	4.6	3
96	Charles Smith	CRD	23		7	0	9	23	0	12	2.6	3.3	0
97	Paul Christman	CRD	29	QB	12	8	8	11	2	3	1.4	0.9	3
98	Jerry Niles	NYG	28		4	0	8	24	0	20	3.0	6.0	2
99	Bill Mackrides	PHI	22		8	0	7	-15	1	2	-2.1	-1.9	3
100	Herm Rohrig	GNB	29		7	3	7	22	0	6	3.1	3.1	2
101	Dave Brown	NYG	27	WB	7	6	6	5	0	3	0.8	0.7	2
102	Ken Keuper	GNB	29		12	1	6	14	0	8	2.3	1.2	0
103	John Poto	BOS	21		6	1	6	27	1	11	4.5	4.5	2
104	Irv Comp	GNB	28		12	1	5	46	0	34	9.2	3.8	2
105	Russ Craft	PHI	28		10	4	5	-1	0	4	-0.2	-0.1	0
106	Ray Mallouf	CRD	29		11	0	5	13	0	17	2.6	1.2	2
107	Paul Davis	PIT	22		5	0	4	5	0	6	1.3	1.0	1
108	Nick Sacrinty	CHI	23		11	0	4	4	0	5	1.0	0.4	1
109	George Wilde	WAS	24		9	2	4	-1	0	2	-0.3	-0.1	0
110	Steve Bagarus	RAM	28		2	0	3	15	0	10	5.0	7.5	1
111	Jim Hardy	RAM	24		9	0	3	-6	0	7	-2.0	-0.7	2
112	Ben Kish	PHI	30	FB	12	8	3	-1	0	1	-0.3	-0.1	3
113	Roy McKay	GNB	27		11	1	3	11	0	5	3.7	1.0	0
114	Walt Rankin	CRD	28		12	0	3	4	0	2	1.3	0.3	0
115	Ken Reese	DET	26		4	0	3	1	0	5	0.3	0.3	0
116	Steve Sucic	2TM	26		8	1	3	3	0	2	1.0	0.4	0
117	Bob Waterfield	RAM	27	QB	12	8	3	6	1	4	2.0	0.5	2
118	Jack Wilson	RAM	30		1	0	3	3	0	4	1.0	3.0	0
119	Bill Hillman	DET	26		2	0	2	0	0	4	0.0	0.0	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
120	Gene Hubka	PIT	23		1	0	2	4	0	3	2.0	4.0	0
121	Tommy James	DET	24		2	0	2	-1	0	2	-0.5	-0.5	0
122	Ralph Ruthstrom	WAS	26		2	1	2	5	0	4	2.5	2.5	0
123	Jeff Burkett	CRD	26		3	0	1	11	0	11	11.0	3.7	0
124	John Cannady	NYG	24	C	11	6	1	14	0	14	14.0	1.3	0
125	Bill Chipley	BOS	27		6	2	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.5	0
126	Ward Cuff	GNB	35		10	0	1	7	0	7	7.0	0.7	0
127	Bob DeFruiter	2TM	29		9	2	1	-2	0	0	-2.0	-0.2	0
128	Tom Farris	CHI	27		9	0	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.3	0
129	Joe Glamp	PIT	26	HB	12	5	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.2	0
130	Clyde Goodnight	GNB	23	LE	11	8	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0
131	Jack Hinkle	PHI	30		3	0	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.7	0
132	Mike Micka	BOS	26	QB	12	5	1	-4	0	-4	-4.0	-0.3	0
133	Tommy Mont	WAS	25		4	0	1	7	0	7	7.0	1.8	0
134	Bill O'Brien	DET	23		9	1	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.2	0
135	Charlie Seabright	PIT	29	BB	12	12	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.3	2
136	Hugh Taylor	WAS	24		10	0	1	7	0	7	7.0	0.7	2
137	Gene Wilson	GNB	21		9	0	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-0.2	0

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