1948 NFL Kick & Punt Returns

League Champion: Philadelphia Eagles

Passing Leader: Sammy Baugh, 2599 Yds

Rushing Leader: Steve Van Buren, 945 Yds

Receiving Leader: Mal Kutner, 943 Yds

Kick & Punt Returns

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

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1	George McAfee	CHI	30	RH	12	8	30	417	1	60	13.9	1	25	0	25	25.0	1096
2	Bosh Pritchard	PHI	29	RH	12	9	24	282	1	55	11.8	9	249	0	50	27.7	1318
3	Dan Sandifer	WAS	21	RH	12	7	20	236	0	35	11.8	26	594	1	96	22.8	1340
4	Fred Gehrke	RAM	30	LH	12	8	19	217	0	48	11.4	17	464	1	92	27.3	1129
5	Fred Provo	GNB	26		9	0	18	208	0	40	11.6	10	205	0	28	20.5	494
6	Pat McHugh	PHI	29		10	1	18	220	0	55	12.2						259
7	Jerry Davis	CRD	24		11	3	16	334	2	70	20.9	15	437	0	83	29.1	895
8	Frank Seno	BOS	27		12	4	13	99	0	30	7.6	8	171	0	52	21.4	834
9	Les Horvath	RAM	27		12	2	13	203	0	27	15.6	2	31	0	16	15.5	412
10	Emlen Tunnell	NYG	23		10	3	12	115	0	25	9.6	1	21	0	21	21.0	327
11	Charley Trippi+	CRD	27	LH	12	11	11	213	2	67	19.4	16	354	0	50	22.1	1485
12	J.R. Boone	CHI	23		11	1	11	137	0	40	12.5	2	31	0	17	15.5	589
13	Ralph Earhart	GNB	25		12	2	11	137	0	27	12.5	2	51	0	27	25.5	522
14	Joe Margucci	DET	27	RH	11	5	10	100	0	22	10.0	10	199	0	37	19.9	763
15	Ray Evans	PIT	26	TB	9	8	10	133	0	22	13.3	7	122	0	27	17.4	698
16	Joe Golding	BOS	27	RH	12	8	10	129	0	35	12.9	7	192	0	53	27.4	721
17	Phil Slosburg	BOS	22		12	2	10	141	0	38	14.1	1	37	0	37	37.0	296
18	Ed Smith	GNB	25		12	1	8	71	0	27	8.9	12	287	0	36	23.9	564
19	Joe Watt	DET	29	rh	12	5	8	87	0	18	10.9	12	180	0	25	15.0	389
20	Bill Dudley	DET	27	LH	7	4	8	67	0	18	8.4	10	204	0	47	20.4	609
21	Gonzalo Morales	PIT	26		10	3	8	83	0	20	10.4	3	62	0	24	20.7	227
22	Red Cochran	CRD	26	qb	12	5	8	122	0	20	15.3	1	6	0	6	6.0	254
23	Norm Mosley	PIT	26		5	1	7	52	0	13	7.4	1	31	0	31	31.0	122
24	Al Lawler	CHI	26		7	0	5	81	0	57	16.2	3	85	0	33	28.3	250
25	Tony Canadeo	GNB	29	LH	12	9	4	55	0	20	13.8	9	166	0	28	18.4	917
26	Tom Farmer	WAS	27	LH	9	5	4	34	0	14	8.5	8	192	0	30	24.0	562
27	Billy deCorrevont	CHI	30		10	2	4	61	0	44	15.3	6	160	0	67	26.7	319
28	Joe Corn	RAM	25		9	0	4	49	0	22	12.3	5	112	0	22	22.4	188
29	John Atwood	NYG	25		8	1	4	32	0	14	8.0	3	58	0	29	19.3	237
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Paul Davis	PIT	23		6	3	4	34	0	11	8.5	1	13	0	13	13.0	58
31	Tony Compagno	PIT	27		12	1	4	21	0	9	5.3						305
32	Bill Paschal	BOS	27	LH	12	6	3	79	0	36	26.3	24	498	0	37	20.8	929
33	Joe Scott	NYG	22	LH	10	6	3	25	0	12	8.3	20	569	1	99	28.5	1037
34	Skippy Minisi	NYG	22	RH	12	9	3	25	0	13	8.3	4	82	0	28	20.5	400
35	Dick Todd	WAS	34	lh	12	1	3	21	0	13	7.0	3	50	0	20	16.7	822
36	Noah Mullins	CHI	30		12	2	3	33	0	15	11.0	1	41	0	41	41.0	508
37	Irv Comp	GNB	29		11	1	3	35	0	16	11.7						129
38	Russ Craft	PHI	29		12	2	3	32	0	17	10.7						246
39	Eddie Saenz	WAS	26		4	2	2	26	0	16	13.0	8	173	0	27	21.6	282
40	Howard Hartley	WAS	24		12	2	2	41	0	21	20.5	4	64	0	22	16.0	235
41	Frank Nelson	BOS	25		12	4	2	27	0	18	13.5	3	34	0	18	11.3	159
42	Andy Dudish	DET	30		4	0	2	10	0	5	5.0	2	38	0	30	19.0	53
43	Ted Cook	GNB	26	le	12	5	2	18	0	14	9.0						255
44	Hal Crisler	WAS	25		11	1	2	20	0	4	10.0						671
45	Jim Gillette	DET	31		10	2	2	10	0	5	5.0						38
46	Dick Humbert	PHI	30		12	0	2	7	0	7	3.5						44
47	Bob Cifers	PIT	28	HB	12	7	1	8	0	8	8.0	9	245	0	55	27.2	667
48	Joe Glamp	PIT	27		12	2	1	15	0	15	15.0	7	158	0	30	22.6	478
49	Gene Roberts	NYG	25	FB	11	1	1	10	0	10	10.0	7	160	0	33	22.9	883
50	Jack Banta	RAM	31	RH	12	10	1	14	0	14	14.0	6	119	0	28	19.8	272
51	Jerry Nuzum	PIT	25		10	1	1	7	0	7	7.0	6	122	0	32	20.3	278
52	George Cheverko	2TM	28		10	6	1	5	0	5	5.0	3	80	0	35	26.7	338
53	Dick Hoerner	RAM	26	FB	12	5	1	6	0	6	6.0	2	35	0	20	17.5	636
54	Bob Nussbaumer	WAS	24		10	2	1	-8	0	-8	-8.0	2	38	0	20	19.0	341
55	Ernie Steele	PHI	31		12	2	1	5	0	5	5.0	2	30	0	20	15.0	232
56	Kenny Washington	RAM	30		10	3	1	12	0	12	12.0	2	54	0	33	27.0	533
57	Gerry Cowhig	RAM	27		12	3	1	3	0	3	3.0	1	3	0	3	3.0	239
58	Noble Doss	PHI	28		11	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	26	0	26	26.0	315
59	Clyde LeForce	DET	25	qb	12	2	1	9	0	9	9.0	1	10	0	10	10.0	227
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	Les Palmer	PHI	25		5	0	1	8	0	8	8.0	1	20	0	20	20.0	28
61	John Poto	BOS	22		12	0	1	3	0	3	3.0	1	16	0	16	16.0	152
62	Jim Canady	CHI	22		3	0	1	37	0	37	37.0						45
63	Joe Domnanovich	BOS	29	C	12	10	1	29	0	29	29.0						36
64	Fred Evans	CHI	27		3	0	1	15	0	15	15.0						54
65	George Grimes	DET	26		9	2	1	4	0	4	4.0						57
66	Jack Jacobs	GNB	29	QB	12	8	1	3	0	3	3.0						73
67	Ben Kish	PHI	31		9	0	1	0	0	0	0.0						143
68	Charley Sarratt	DET	26		8	1	1	2	0	2	2.0						8
69	Bruce Smith	2TM	28		12	1	1	10	0	10	10.0						98
70	Steve Van Buren+	PHI	28	LH	11	8						14	292	0	34	20.9	1365
71	Frank Minini	CHI	27		12	3						12	370	1	95	30.8	498
72	Camp Wilson	DET	26	FB	11	6						10	248	0	36	24.8	867
73	Ray Coates	NYG	24		9	0						6	107	0	26	17.8	283
74	Babe Dimancheff	CRD	26		12	0						6	118	0	26	19.7	495
75	Fred Enke	DET	24	QB	12	10						5	76	0	48	15.2	447
76	Paul Sarringhaus	DET	28		5	2						5	95	0	23	19.0	132
77	Charlie Conerly	NYG	27	QB	12	4						4	72	0	23	18.0	212
78	Walt Schlinkman	GNB	26	fb	11	1						4	89	0	34	22.3	530
79	Joe Sulaitis	NYG	27		12	4						4	66	0	18	16.5	382
80	Nolan Luhn	GNB	27	RE	12	8						3	18	0	11	6.0	303
81	Dante Magnani	RAM	31		8	1						3	49	0	22	16.3	221
82	Kelley Mote	DET	25	LE	12	10						3	27	0	18	9.0	239
83	Ed Cody	GNB	25		10	0						2	31	0	20	15.5	89
84	Bob Forte	GNB	26	RH	12	9						2	30	0	17	15.0	179
85	John Green	PHI	27	LE	12	9						2	24	0	21	12.0	24
86	Robert Hazelhurst	BOS	24		12	3						2	31	0	19	15.5	46
87	Bob Hoffman	RAM	31		11	4						2	19	0	10	9.5	115
88	Bob McClure	BOS	24		12	0						2	14	0	11	7.0	14
89	Joe Osmanski	CHI	31		12	1						2	26	0	14	13.0	410
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
90	Steve Pritko	BOS	28	re	12	5						2	23	0	12	11.5	98
91	Jerry Shipkey	PIT	23	FB	12	4						2	34	0	20	17.0	337
92	Steve Bagarus	WAS	29		5	0						1	15	0	15	15.0	121
93	Gil Bouley	RAM	27	RT	12	12						1	8	0	8	8.0	23
94	Ray Bray	CHI	31	RG	12	10						1	8	0	8	8.0	8
95	Jim Castiglia	WAS	30		10	1						1	18	0	18	18.0	418
96	George Connor	CHI	23	lt	11	5						1	5	0	5	5.0	5
97	Bob Davis	PIT	27		12	4						1	8	0	8	8.0	22
98	Ted Fritsch	GNB	28	FB	12	11						1	17	0	17	17.0	250
99	Bill Garnaas	PIT	27		6	0						1	18	0	18	18.0	18
100	Jug Girard	GNB	21		10	0						1	20	0	20	20.0	82
101	Clyde Goodnight	GNB	24	le	8	5						1	12	0	12	12.0	460
102	John Greene	DET	28	re	12	5						1	11	0	11	11.0	606
103	Ralph Heywood	2TM	27		10	6						1	8	0	8	8.0	302
104	Elmer Madarik	2TM	26		4	1						1	20	0	20	20.0	27
105	Bob Mann	DET	24		12	0						1	16	0	16	16.0	622
106	Charley Mehelich	PIT	26	LE	12	6						1	2	0	2	2.0	2
107	Frank Muehlheuser	BOS	22		12	4						1	27	0	27	27.0	215
108	George Papach	PIT	23		10	3						1	16	0	16	16.0	412
109	Jim Parmer	PHI	21		11	2						1	14	0	14	14.0	187
110	Pete Pihos	PHI	25	RE	12	11						1	9	0	9	9.0	772
111	Rudy Romboli	BOS	25		12	3						1	22	0	22	22.0	189
112	Ken Roskie	2TM	28		13	4						1	30	0	30	30.0	71
113	Ed Royston	NYG	25		10	3						1	5	0	5	5.0	5
114	Charlie Seabright	PIT	30	BB	12	11						1	4	0	4	4.0	83
115	Jules Siegle	NYG	25		3	0						1	12	0	12	12.0	27
116	Al Sparkman	RAM	22		12	2						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
117	Gil Steinke	PHI	29		2	1						1	17	0	17	17.0	34
118	Steve Suhey	PIT	26		12	4						1	11	0	11	11.0	11
119	Bill Swiacki	NYG	26	le	12	1						1	0	0	0	0.0	550
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
120	Jim Tyree	BOS	26	LE	12	10						1	17	0	17	17.0	157
121	Jim White	NYG	28	LT	11	6						1	6	0	6	6.0	6

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