Rushing
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Games | Rushing | ||||||||||||
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Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
1 | Joe Perry*+ | SFO | 26 | FB | 12 | 12 | 192 | 1018 | 10 | 51 | 5.3 | 84.8 | 8 |
2 | Dan Towler* | RAM | 25 | FB | 12 | 9 | 152 | 879 | 7 | 73 | 5.8 | 73.3 | 6 |
3 | Fran Rogel | PIT | 26 | FB | 12 | 10 | 137 | 527 | 2 | 58 | 3.8 | 43.9 | 2 |
4 | Lynn Chandnois* | PIT | 28 | RH | 12 | 11 | 123 | 470 | 3 | 38 | 3.8 | 39.2 | 9 |
5 | John Huzvar | BAL | 24 | FB | 12 | 8 | 119 | 515 | 4 | 36 | 4.3 | 42.9 | 5 |
6 | Charlie Justice | WAS | 29 | LH | 12 | 12 | 115 | 616 | 2 | 43 | 5.4 | 51.3 | 9 |
7 | Hugh McElhenny*+ | SFO | 25 | RH | 12 | 12 | 112 | 503 | 3 | 33 | 4.5 | 41.9 | 6 |
8 | Sonny Grandelius | NYG | 24 | LH | 12 | 5 | 108 | 278 | 1 | 31 | 2.6 | 23.2 | 3 |
9 | Johnny Olszewski* | CRD | 23 | FB | 12 | 12 | 106 | 386 | 4 | 34 | 3.6 | 32.2 | 6 |
10 | George Taliaferro* | BAL | 26 | LH/QB | 11 | 11 | 102 | 479 | 2 | 50 | 4.7 | 43.5 | 10 |
11 | Bob Hoernschemeyer | DET | 28 | RH | 12 | 12 | 101 | 482 | 7 | 49 | 4.8 | 40.2 | 3 |
12 | Eddie Price | NYG | 28 | FB | 12 | 9 | 101 | 206 | 2 | 15 | 2.0 | 17.2 | 4 |
13 | Skeet Quinlan | RAM | 25 | LH | 12 | 11 | 97 | 705 | 4 | 74 | 7.3 | 58.8 | 3 |
14 | Charley Trippi* | CRD | 32 | LH | 12 | 11 | 97 | 433 | 0 | 21 | 4.5 | 36.1 | 5 |
15 | Fred Morrison | CHI | 27 | FB | 12 | 8 | 95 | 307 | 2 | 17 | 3.2 | 25.6 | 2 |
16 | Breezy Reid | GNB | 26 | LH | 12 | 12 | 95 | 492 | 3 | 43 | 5.2 | 41.0 | 5 |
17 | Fred Cone | GNB | 27 | FB | 12 | 9 | 92 | 301 | 5 | 41 | 3.3 | 25.1 | 2 |
18 | Bobby Layne* | DET | 27 | QB | 12 | 11 | 87 | 343 | 0 | 23 | 3.9 | 28.6 | 8 |
19 | Chick Jagade* | CLE | 27 | FB | 12 | 12 | 86 | 344 | 4 | 23 | 4.0 | 28.7 | 0 |
20 | Tank Younger* | RAM | 25 | FB | 12 | 3 | 84 | 350 | 8 | 39 | 4.2 | 29.2 | 4 |
21 | Gene Gedman | DET | 21 | RH | 12 | 3 | 83 | 255 | 3 | 27 | 3.1 | 21.3 | 0 |
22 | Don Johnson | PHI | 22 | LH | 12 | 4 | 83 | 439 | 5 | 66 | 5.3 | 36.6 | 3 |
23 | Frank Ziegler | PHI | 30 | RH | 12 | 11 | 83 | 320 | 5 | 52 | 3.9 | 26.7 | 2 |
24 | Leon Heath | WAS | 25 | FB | 9 | 6 | 76 | 266 | 4 | 43 | 3.5 | 29.6 | 4 |
25 | Julie Rykovich | WAS | 30 | RH | 12 | 12 | 73 | 251 | 0 | 19 | 3.4 | 20.9 | 2 |
26 | Joe Arenas | SFO | 28 | LH | 12 | 12 | 72 | 380 | 6 | 60 | 5.3 | 31.7 | 5 |
27 | Billy Reynolds | CLE | 22 | RH | 12 | 6 | 72 | 313 | 3 | 16 | 4.3 | 26.1 | 4 |
28 | Billy Stone | CHI | 28 | LH/RH | 12 | 9 | 72 | 169 | 2 | 28 | 2.3 | 14.1 | 7 |
29 | Doak Walker*+ | DET | 26 | LH | 12 | 12 | 66 | 337 | 2 | 50 | 5.1 | 28.1 | 2 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
30 | Ray Mathews | PIT | 24 | LH | 12 | 12 | 65 | 260 | 2 | 31 | 4.0 | 21.7 | 5 |
31 | Kyle Rote* | NYG | 25 | RH | 9 | 7 | 63 | 213 | 1 | 18 | 3.4 | 23.7 | 0 |
32 | Jerry Williams | PHI | 30 | LH | 12 | 3 | 61 | 345 | 3 | 48 | 5.7 | 28.8 | 2 |
33 | Ray Renfro* | CLE | 24 | FL | 12 | 0 | 60 | 352 | 4 | 58 | 5.9 | 29.3 | 4 |
34 | John Dottley | CHI | 25 | FB | 10 | 5 | 58 | 150 | 1 | 12 | 2.6 | 15.0 | 4 |
35 | Paul Barry | WAS | 27 | FB | 12 | 5 | 56 | 218 | 0 | 22 | 3.9 | 18.2 | 2 |
36 | Buck McPhail | BAL | 24 | FB | 12 | 8 | 53 | 138 | 0 | 30 | 2.6 | 11.5 | 1 |
37 | Howie Ferguson | GNB | 23 | FB | 11 | 3 | 52 | 134 | 0 | 12 | 2.6 | 12.2 | 4 |
38 | Billy Cross | CRD | 24 | RH | 12 | 8 | 51 | 196 | 1 | 56 | 3.8 | 16.3 | 7 |
39 | Frank Gifford* | NYG | 23 | FS/LH | 12 | 9 | 50 | 157 | 2 | 15 | 3.1 | 13.1 | 2 |
40 | Al Carmichael | GNB | 25 | RH | 12 | 11 | 49 | 199 | 1 | 41 | 4.1 | 16.6 | 3 |
41 | Ken Carpenter | CLE | 27 | LH | 12 | 12 | 46 | 195 | 3 | 30 | 4.2 | 16.3 | 2 |
42 | Hal Giancanelli | PHI | 24 | HB | 12 | 0 | 44 | 131 | 1 | 30 | 3.0 | 10.9 | 5 |
43 | Otto Graham*+ | CLE | 32 | QB | 12 | 11 | 43 | 143 | 6 | 21 | 3.3 | 11.9 | 8 |
44 | Jim Brandt | PIT | 24 | S | 12 | 9 | 42 | 106 | 3 | 9 | 2.5 | 8.8 | 1 |
45 | Ollie Cline | DET | 28 | FB | 12 | 6 | 42 | 169 | 0 | 31 | 4.0 | 14.1 | 1 |
46 | Babe Parilli | GNB | 23 | QB | 12 | 5 | 42 | 171 | 4 | 19 | 4.1 | 14.3 | 8 |
47 | Toy Ledbetter | PHI | 26 | LH | 10 | 6 | 41 | 120 | 1 | 32 | 2.9 | 12.0 | 5 |
48 | Eddie Macon | CHI | 26 | LDH | 12 | 11 | 40 | 130 | 1 | 17 | 3.3 | 10.8 | 2 |
49 | Brad Myers | RAM | 24 | HB | 12 | 1 | 40 | 124 | 3 | 31 | 3.1 | 10.3 | 1 |
50 | Buddy Young | BAL | 27 | RH | 10 | 9 | 40 | 135 | 0 | 24 | 3.4 | 13.5 | 6 |
51 | Jim Parmer | PHI | 26 | FB | 12 | 3 | 38 | 158 | 2 | 45 | 4.2 | 13.2 | 0 |
52 | Tobin Rote | GNB | 25 | QB | 12 | 7 | 33 | 180 | 0 | 21 | 5.5 | 15.0 | 2 |
53 | John Hoffman* | CHI | 28 | RH | 12 | 10 | 32 | 95 | 3 | 34 | 3.0 | 7.9 | 2 |
54 | Marion Motley | CLE | 33 | FB | 12 | 0 | 32 | 161 | 0 | 34 | 5.0 | 13.4 | 1 |
55 | Dub Jones | CLE | 29 | RH | 12 | 6 | 31 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 3 |
56 | Fred Enke | BAL | 29 | QB | 8 | 8 | 28 | 91 | 0 | 25 | 3.3 | 11.4 | 5 |
57 | Leo Elter | PIT | 24 | FB | 12 | 2 | 26 | 81 | 0 | 10 | 3.1 | 6.8 | 0 |
58 | Jim Root | CRD | 22 | QB | 11 | 6 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 7 |
59 | Billy Mixon | SFO | 24 | HB | 12 | 5 | 25 | 176 | 1 | 33 | 7.0 | 14.7 | 0 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
60 | George Blanda | CHI | 26 | QB | 12 | 12 | 24 | 62 | 0 | 16 | 2.6 | 5.2 | 3 |
61 | Charlie Conerly | NYG | 32 | QB | 12 | 11 | 24 | 91 | 0 | 24 | 3.8 | 7.6 | 5 |
62 | Al Pollard | PHI | 25 | FB | 12 | 9 | 23 | 44 | 0 | 11 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 3 |
63 | Leon Campbell | CHI | 26 | FB | 12 | 1 | 22 | 130 | 0 | 39 | 5.9 | 10.8 | 3 |
64 | Larry Coutre | 2TM | 25 | HB | 10 | 3 | 22 | 39 | 0 | 8 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 0 |
65 | Jack Scarbath | WAS | 23 | QB | 12 | 4 | 22 | 98 | 0 | 40 | 4.5 | 8.2 | 7 |
66 | Eddie LeBaron | WAS | 23 | QB | 12 | 8 | 21 | 95 | 2 | 27 | 4.5 | 7.9 | 2 |
67 | Buford Long | NYG | 22 | RDH | 10 | 10 | 20 | 58 | 0 | 21 | 2.9 | 5.8 | 0 |
68 | Tom McCormick | RAM | 23 | RH | 11 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 0 | 8 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 3 |
69 | Jug Girard | DET | 26 | HB | 11 | 0 | 19 | 73 | 0 | 17 | 3.8 | 6.6 | 0 |
70 | Pete Schabarum | SFO | 24 | HB | 10 | 0 | 18 | 104 | 0 | 23 | 5.8 | 10.4 | 1 |
71 | Sam Baker | WAS | 24 | FB | 11 | 0 | 17 | 72 | 1 | 32 | 4.2 | 6.5 | 2 |
72 | John Brewer | PHI | 25 | FB | 6 | 0 | 17 | 85 | 1 | 19 | 5.0 | 14.2 | 1 |
73 | Johnny Papit | 2TM | 25 | HB | 7 | 0 | 17 | 102 | 1 | 21 | 6.0 | 14.6 | 1 |
74 | Randy Clay | NYG | 25 | RH | 12 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 0 |
75 | Bobby Jack Floyd | CHI | 24 | FB | 8 | 1 | 16 | 70 | 0 | 16 | 4.4 | 8.8 | 1 |
76 | Tommy Kalmanir | BAL | 27 | HB | 9 | 2 | 16 | 53 | 0 | 32 | 3.3 | 5.9 | 1 |
77 | Don Paul* | CRD | 27 | RDH/S | 12 | 12 | 16 | 114 | 0 | 36 | 7.1 | 9.5 | 3 |
78 | Rudy Bukich | RAM | 23 | QB | 8 | 0 | 14 | 28 | 1 | 17 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 4 |
79 | Jack Del Bello | BAL | 26 | QB | 5 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 2 |
80 | Bill Mackrides | 2TM | 28 | QB | 7 | 3 | 14 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 3 |
81 | Y.A. Tittle* | SFO | 27 | QB | 11 | 10 | 14 | 41 | 6 | 14 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3 |
82 | Byron Bailey | GNB | 23 | HB | 10 | 0 | 13 | 29 | 0 | 13 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 1 |
83 | Tom Calvin | PIT | 27 | HB | 10 | 1 | 13 | 65 | 0 | 15 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 0 |
84 | Jim Finks | PIT | 26 | QB | 11 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
85 | Chuck Drazenovich | WAS | 26 | LLB | 8 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 1 | 9 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 0 |
86 | Bobby Thomason* | PHI | 25 | QB | 12 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 20 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 4 |
87 | Adrian Burk | PHI | 26 | QB | 10 | 4 | 8 | 54 | 3 | 32 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 7 |
88 | Tony Curcillo | CRD | 22 | DB | 12 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 2 |
89 | Pat Harder | DET | 31 | FB | 5 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 1 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
90 | Vitamin Smith | RAM | 30 | HB | 11 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 21 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1 |
91 | Norm Van Brocklin* | RAM | 27 | QB | 12 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 3 |
92 | Don Barton | GNB | 23 | HB | 5 | 0 | 7 | 40 | 0 | 14 | 5.7 | 8.0 | 0 |
93 | J.R. Boone | GNB | 28 | HB | 8 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 1 |
94 | Lew Carpenter | DET | 21 | FB | 12 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 13 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 1 |
95 | Sherman Howard | CLE | 29 | HB | 12 | 0 | 7 | 42 | 0 | 34 | 6.0 | 3.5 | 0 |
96 | Tommy O'Connell | CHI | 23 | QB | 12 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 17 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 3 |
97 | Tom Dublinski | DET | 23 | QB | 7 | 1 | 6 | 39 | 0 | 17 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 2 |
98 | Bob Smith | DET | 24 | FB | 3 | 1 | 6 | 51 | 0 | 30 | 8.5 | 17.0 | 1 |
99 | Jack Spinks | CRD | 23 | FB | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
100 | Butch Avinger | NYG | 25 | FB | 12 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 1 |
101 | Gib Dawson | GNB | 23 | HB | 7 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 1 |
102 | Bill Dudley | WAS | 32 | HB | 12 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0 |
103 | Arnie Galiffa | NYG | 26 | QB | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1 |
104 | Merwin Hodel | NYG | 22 | FB | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 2.2 | 5.5 | 1 |
105 | Jim Monachino | SFO | 24 | FB | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1 |
106 | Ray Nagel | CRD | 26 | QB | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2 |
107 | Jack Cloud | WAS | 28 | LLB | 12 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0 |
108 | Ed Mioduszewski | BAL | 22 | QB | 12 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 25 | 11.0 | 2.8 | 1 |
109 | Jim Powers | SFO | 25 | QB | 12 | 2 | 3 | -10 | 0 | 0 | -3.3 | -0.8 | 0 |
110 | Wally Triplett | CRD | 27 | HB | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1 |
111 | Al Campana | CRD | 27 | DB | 8 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | -2.5 | -0.6 | 1 |
112 | Willie Carter | CRD | 22 | FS | 8 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 2 | -1.5 | -0.4 | 2 |
113 | Bob Gambold | PHI | 24 | QB | 3 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | -1.0 | -0.7 | 1 |
114 | Hall Haynes | WAS | 25 | LDH | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
115 | Woodley Lewis | RAM | 28 | FS | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2 |
116 | George Ratterman | CLE | 27 | QB | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0 |
117 | Steve Romanik | 2TM | 29 | QB | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0 |
118 | Ken Bahnsen | SFO | 23 | FB | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0 |
119 | Harry Dowda | WAS | 31 | LDH | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 1 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
120 | Leon Hart | DET | 25 | RE | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 1 |
121 | Elroy Hirsch*+ | RAM | 30 | LE/RE | 12 | 12 | 1 | -6 | 0 | -6 | -6.0 | -0.5 | 2 |
122 | Yale Lary* | DET | 23 | FS | 11 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 1.9 | 1 |
123 | Hal Ledyard | SFO | 22 | QB | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0 |
124 | Ted Marchibroda | PIT | 22 | QB | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 3.8 | 0 |
125 | Clive Rush | GNB | 22 | RE | 11 | 4 | 1 | -6 | 0 | -6 | -6.0 | -0.5 | 1 |
126 | Bob Stringer | PHI | 24 | FS | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0 |
127 | Carl Taseff | BAL | 25 | SS | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0 |
128 | Lowell Wagner | SFO | 30 | RDH | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 0 |
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