1949 NFL Rushing

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League Champion: Philadelphia Eagles

Passing Leader: Johnny Lujack, 2658 Yds

Rushing Leader: Steve Van Buren, 1146 Yds

Receiving Leader: Bob Mann, 1014 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	Steve Van Buren+	PHI	29	LH	12	10	263	1146	11	41	4.4	95.5	3
2	Tony Canadeo	GNB	30	LH	12	12	208	1052	4	54	5.1	87.7	6
3	Dick Hoerner	RAM	27	FB	12	12	155	582	6	37	3.8	48.5	7
4	Gene Roberts	NYG	26	LH	12	10	152	634	9	63	4.2	52.8	3
5	Jerry Nuzum	PIT	26	HB	12	3	139	611	5	64	4.4	50.9	5
6	Joe Geri	PIT	25	TB	12	1	133	543	5	25	4.1	45.3	4
7	Elmer Angsman	CRD	24	RH	12	12	125	674	6	82	5.4	56.2	4
8	Bill Dudley	DET	28	LH	12	10	125	402	3	26	3.2	33.5	8
9	Charley Trippi	CRD	28	LH	12	12	112	553	3	55	4.9	46.1	3
10	Pat Harder	CRD	27	FB	11	9	106	447	7	42	4.2	40.6	3
11	George Gulyanics	CHI	28	LH	11	11	102	452	5	31	4.4	41.1	1
12	George Papach	PIT	24	FB	12	9	99	407	0	25	4.1	33.9	3
13	Julie Rykovich	CHI	26		11	3	88	340	6	18	3.9	30.9	2
14	Bosh Pritchard	PHI	30	RH	8	7	84	506	3	77	6.0	63.3	2
15	Frank Ziegler	PHI	26		10	4	84	283	1	41	3.4	28.3	4
16	Joe Osmanski	2TM	32	FB	10	8	81	312	2	48	3.9	31.2	0
17	Joe Scott	NYG	23	RH	8	6	70	224	6	13	3.2	28.0	2
18	Ted Fritsch	GNB	29	FB	12	8	69	227	1	27	3.3	18.9	2
19	Elroy Hirsch	RAM	26		12	3	68	287	1	51	4.2	23.9	4
20	Camp Wilson	DET	27	FB	12	5	68	222	1	24	3.3	18.5	3
21	Jim Parmer	PHI	22		12	1	66	234	5	34	3.5	19.5	3
22	Harry Dowda	WAS	27	RH	12	6	65	239	2	21	3.7	19.9	3
23	Joe Golding	NYB	28	RH	11	11	63	240	0	39	3.8	21.8	6
24	Bob Greenhalgh	NYG	25	FB	10	6	62	188	0	14	3.0	18.8	1
25	Pete Stout	WAS	25		6	3	62	245	4	74	4.0	40.8	3
26	Rob Goode	WAS	22	LH	12	7	61	261	2	54	4.3	21.8	0
27	Fred Gehrke	RAM	31	LH	12	7	58	203	2	53	3.5	16.9	0
28	Bobby Layne	NYB	23	QB	12	12	54	196	3	27	3.6	16.3	10
29	John Hoffman	CHI	24	FB	12	6	53	216	1	27	4.1	18.0	1
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
30	Eddie Saenz	WAS	27		12	4	53	170	0	14	3.2	14.2	6
31	Wally Triplett	DET	23	RH	11	6	53	221	1	80	4.2	20.1	3
32	Tank Younger	RAM	21	RH	12	8	52	191	0	16	3.7	15.9	4
33	Jack Myers	PHI	25		12	3	48	182	1	12	3.8	15.2	1
34	Walt Schlinkman	GNB	27		12	2	47	196	0	37	4.2	16.3	6
35	Bob Gage	PIT	22		12	4	46	228	3	97	5.0	19.0	7
36	Paul Shoults	NYB	24	LH	12	6	46	124	0	17	2.7	10.3	8
37	Wally Dreyer	CHI	26		12	1	45	172	0	38	3.8	14.3	3
38	Jug Girard	GNB	22	QB	12	10	45	198	1	35	4.4	16.5	4
39	George McAfee	CHI	31	RH	12	6	42	161	3	23	3.8	13.4	2
40	Don Kindt	CHI	24	FB	12	6	41	118	0	15	2.9	9.8	3
41	Bob Forte	GNB	27	RH	12	11	40	135	0	25	3.4	11.3	1
42	Ed Quirk	WAS	24		8	4	40	139	1	13	3.5	17.4	1
43	Clyde Scott	PHI	25		8	2	40	195	1	39	4.9	24.4	4
44	Vitamin Smith	RAM	26		12	4	40	117	2	26	2.9	9.8	3
45	Don Samuel	PIT	25		5	1	39	163	1	31	4.2	32.6	6
46	Babe Dimancheff	CRD	27		10	1	38	151	3	22	4.0	15.1	0
47	Phil Slosburg	NYB	23		3	2	37	121	1	23	3.3	40.3	2
48	Fred Enke	DET	25	QB	12	6	36	134	1	33	3.7	11.2	6
49	J.R. Boone	CHI	24		12	1	35	111	0	22	3.2	9.3	5
50	Jim Finks	PIT	22		11	0	35	135	1	38	3.9	12.3	0
51	Leon Cochran	WAS	25		11	2	34	135	1	16	4.0	12.3	0
52	Dante Magnani	CHI	32		6	1	33	59	0	9	1.8	9.8	1
53	Vinnie Yablonski	CRD	26		12	2	32	97	0	22	3.0	8.1	1
54	Harry Gilmer	WAS	23	QB	12	3	31	167	0	25	5.4	13.9	2
55	Cloyce Box	DET	26	RH	10	4	30	62	0	11	2.1	6.2	2
56	Tommy Kalmanir	RAM	23		12	2	29	218	1	51	7.5	18.2	1
57	Bob Summerhays	GNB	22		12	2	29	101	0	14	3.5	8.4	1
58	Ray Coates	NYG	25		12	2	27	55	0	11	2.0	4.6	3
59	Clete Fischer	NYG	24		11	1	26	72	0	10	2.8	6.5	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
60	Jack Salscheider	NYG	25		11	1	26	105	0	43	4.0	9.5	3
61	Jerry Shipkey	PIT	24		12	4	26	93	5	14	3.6	7.8	2
62	Jim Canady	2TM	23		12	1	23	91	0	46	4.0	7.6	3
63	Bob Cifers	GNB	29		9	1	23	52	0	19	2.3	5.8	0
64	Charlie Conerly	NYG	28	QB	12	12	23	42	0	7	1.8	3.5	4
65	Red Cochran	CRD	27		12	0	20	87	1	22	4.4	7.3	1
66	Ralph Earhart	GNB	26		12	0	20	54	0	14	2.7	4.5	5
67	Dan Sandifer	WAS	22		12	0	20	64	0	21	3.2	5.3	6
68	Dean Sensanbaugher	NYB	24		4	2	20	36	1	7	1.8	9.0	3
69	Jerry Williams	RAM	26		12	0	19	103	3	18	5.4	8.6	2
70	Ed Smith	2TM	26		11	1	16	24	0	11	1.5	2.2	1
71	Tommy Thompson	PHI	33	QB	12	9	15	17	2	5	1.1	1.4	4
72	Bill Mackrides	PHI	24		7	0	14	17	1	17	1.2	2.4	2
73	Tommy Mont	WAS	27		12	0	14	75	0	27	5.4	6.3	0
74	Joe Sulaitis	NYG	28	FB	12	6	14	42	0	12	3.0	3.5	0
75	Sammy Baugh	WAS	35	QB	12	9	13	67	2	17	5.2	5.6	0
76	John Hollar	2TM	27	FB	8	6	13	35	1	12	2.7	4.4	0
77	Clyde LeForce	DET	26	QB	11	2	13	58	1	27	4.5	5.3	1
78	Vic Schwall	CRD	24		11	0	12	47	0	18	3.9	4.3	2
79	Frank Tripucka	DET	22	QB	6	4	12	36	1	18	3.0	6.0	1
80	Ed Cody	CHI	26		8	0	11	25	0	11	2.3	3.1	4
81	Russ Craft	PHI	30		10	2	11	5	0	6	0.5	0.5	2
82	Gerry Cowhig	RAM	28		11	1	10	32	1	8	3.2	2.9	0
83	Stan Heath	GNB	22	QB	12	1	10	25	1	18	2.5	2.1	2
84	John Panelli	DET	23		11	1	10	37	0	9	3.7	3.4	1
85	Frank Muehlheuser	NYB	23		8	2	9	10	1	3	1.1	1.3	2
86	Jim Wade	NYB	23		10	1	9	23	0	6	2.6	2.3	1
87	Don Doll	DET	23		12	2	8	25	1	10	3.1	2.1	2
88	Johnny Lujack	CHI	24	QB	12	8	8	64	2	20	8.0	5.3	2
89	Frank Nelson	NYB	26		4	0	8	26	0	25	3.3	6.5	2
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
90	Jim Hardy	CRD	26	QB	12	5	7	6	1	4	0.9	0.5	3
91	Dick Poillon	WAS	29	FB	12	3	7	5	0	5	0.7	0.4	1
92	Bob Hanlon	PIT	25	HB	12	7	6	13	0	7	2.2	1.1	1
93	Joe Hollingsworth	PIT	24		11	2	6	13	0	7	2.2	1.2	1
94	Bob DeMoss	NYB	22		3	0	5	1	0	4	0.2	0.3	1
95	Mal Kutner	CRD	28	RE	12	12	5	10	0	4	2.0	0.8	0
96	Bob Waterfield+	RAM	29	QB	12	11	5	-4	1	5	-0.8	-0.3	4
97	Bob Agler	RAM	25	/	8	0	4	7	0	4	1.8	0.9	0
98	Paul Christman	CRD	31	QB	12	7	4	34	0	22	8.5	2.8	2
99	Bob Perina	CHI	28		12	1	4	4	0	2	1.0	0.3	0
100	Clarence Self	CRD	24		12	0	4	16	0	6	4.0	1.3	0
101	Norm Van Brocklin	RAM	23		8	0	4	-1	0	2	-0.3	-0.1	2
102	Joe Glamp	PIT	28		8	0	3	-8	0	2	-2.7	-1.0	0
103	Ralph Heywood	NYB	28		12	2	3	-6	0	2	-2.0	-0.5	1
104	Jack Kirby	GNB	27		6	0	3	6	0	8	2.0	1.0	3
105	Sid Luckman	CHI	33		11	2	3	4	0	14	1.3	0.4	1
106	Joe Muha	PHI	28	FB	12	11	3	19	0	13	6.3	1.6	1
107	John Rauch	NYB	22		9	0	3	46	1	17	15.3	5.1	1
108	George Blanda	CHI	22		12	2	2	9	1	5	4.5	0.8	0
109	Ben Kish	PHI	32		7	0	2	-2	0	0	-1.0	-0.3	0
110	Bill Long	PIT	23		10	0	2	6	0	10	3.0	0.6	1
111	Pat McHugh	PHI	30		12	0	2	5	0	5	2.5	0.4	2
112	Noah Mullins	NYG	31		11	1	2	-3	0	4	-1.5	-0.3	0
113	Bob Ravensberg	CRD	24		12	2	2	8	0	6	4.0	0.7	1
114	Tom Fears	RAM	27	LE	12	11	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.3	0
115	Mel Groomes	DET	22		3	0	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.3	0
116	Howie Livingston	WAS	27	RH	12	7	1	1	1	1	1.0	0.1	0
117	Ray Mallouf	NYG	31		11	0	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	2
118	Frank Minini	PIT	28	BB	12	7	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.4	1
119	Jim Peebles	WAS	29		11	2	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.3	1
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
120	Ed Sprinkle	CHI	26	RE	12	6	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.4	0

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