1956 NFL Rushing

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League Champion: New York Giants

Passing Leader: Tobin Rote, 2203 Yds

Rushing Leader: Rick Casares, 1126 Yds

Receiving Leader: Billy Howton, 1188 Yds

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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	Rick Casares*+	CHI	25	FB	12	12	234	1126	12	68	4.8	93.8	5
2	Ollie Matson*+	CRD	26	LH	12	12	192	924	5	79	4.8	77.0	6
3	Preston Carpenter	CLE	22	RH	12	8	188	756	0	30	4.0	63.0	5
4	Hugh McElhenny*	SFO	28	LH	12	11	185	916	8	86	5.0	76.3	4
5	Alan Ameche*	BAL	23	FB	12	12	178	858	8	43	4.8	71.5	3
6	Alex Webster	NYG	25	RH	12	12	178	694	7	34	3.9	57.8	4
7	Frank Gifford*+	NYG	26	LH	12	12	159	819	5	69	5.2	68.3	5
8	Johnny Olszewski	CRD	26	FB	11	11	157	598	2	34	3.8	54.4	13
9	Leo Elter*	WAS	27	FB/LH	12	11	145	544	2	48	3.8	45.3	7
10	Gene Gedman	DET	24	RH/FB	12	10	135	479	7	33	3.5	39.9	3
11	Fran Rogel*	PIT	29	FB	12	12	131	476	2	40	3.6	39.7	4
12	Mel Triplett	NYG	25	FB	12	12	125	515	5	25	4.1	42.9	10
13	Joe Perry	SFO	29	FB	11	8	115	520	3	39	4.5	47.3	3
14	Tank Younger	RAM	28	FB	12	10	114	518	3	33	4.5	43.2	8
15	Ken Keller	PHI	22	LH	11	8	112	433	4	51	3.9	39.4	7
16	Sid Watson	PIT	24	RH	12	7	112	298	4	18	2.7	24.8	4
17	Ed Modzelewski	CLE	27	FB	8	7	107	431	2	23	4.0	53.9	0
18	Don Schaefer	PHI	22	FB	12	8	102	320	2	11	3.1	26.7	3
19	Howie Ferguson	GNB	26	FB	11	11	99	367	0	24	3.7	33.4	6
20	Howard Cassady	DET	22	LH	12	4	97	413	0	33	4.3	34.4	2
21	Tommy Runnels	WAS	22	LH	11	8	96	334	0	17	3.5	30.4	4
22	Don McIlhenny	DET	22	RH	9	5	87	372	3	30	4.3	41.3	0
23	Lenny Moore*	BAL	23	RH	12	12	86	649	8	79	7.5	54.1	5
24	Tobin Rote*	GNB	28	QB	12	11	84	398	11	39	4.7	33.2	5
25	Fred Morrison	CLE	30	LH	12	6	83	340	1	41	4.1	28.3	2
26	Ron Waller	RAM	23	LH	9	5	83	543	1	46	6.5	60.3	3
27	John Henry Johnson	SFO	27	FB	12	6	80	301	2	54	3.8	25.1	1
28	Leon Hart	DET	28	FB	11	7	76	348	5	46	4.6	31.6	3
29	Joe Marconi	RAM	22	FB	12	3	75	298	7	23	4.0	24.8	4
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
30	Billy Wells	WAS	25	RH	7	7	69	185	1	17	2.7	26.4	2
31	Bobby Watkins	CHI	24	LH	9	8	68	276	2	25	4.1	30.7	1
32	Tommy Wilson	RAM	24	LH	12	4	64	470	0	46	7.3	39.2	2
33	Dale Atkeson	WAS	26	FB	5	5	63	163	1	12	2.6	32.6	1
34	Perry Jeter	CHI	25	HB	7	2	60	316	2	51	5.3	45.1	2
35	Dick James	WAS	22	RH	10	4	58	280	1	41	4.8	28.0	0
36	Lamar McHan	CRD	24	QB	12	10	58	161	5	17	2.8	13.4	2
37	John Hoffman	CHI	31	RH	12	9	56	272	2	39	4.9	22.7	2
38	Dick Bielski	PHI	24	FB	12	4	52	162	1	15	3.1	13.5	1
39	Fred Cone	GNB	30	FB	12	2	49	211	2	21	4.3	17.6	2
40	L.G. Dupre	BAL	24	LH	11	6	49	182	2	21	3.7	16.5	4
41	Ted Wegert	PHI	24	HB	7	2	47	127	1	19	2.7	18.1	3
42	Bobby Layne*+	DET	30	QB	12	12	46	169	5	20	3.7	14.1	3
43	Dave Mann	CRD	24	RH	12	9	45	116	0	15	2.6	9.7	1
44	Lynn Chandnois	PIT	31	HB	5	3	44	118	4	28	2.7	23.6	0
45	Billy Vessels	BAL	25	LH	12	7	44	215	2	31	4.9	17.9	0
46	Joe Childress	CRD	23	HB	11	4	43	203	0	30	4.7	18.5	1
47	Hal Giancanelli	PHI	27	RH	7	5	42	148	1	21	3.5	21.1	2
48	Maurice Bassett	CLE	25	FB	12	4	41	129	1	12	3.1	10.8	0
49	Ed Brown*	CHI	28	QB	12	12	40	164	1	31	4.1	13.7	3
50	Ted Marchibroda	PIT	25	QB	12	11	39	152	2	26	3.9	12.7	3
51	Joe Johnson	GNB	27	LH	11	3	35	129	0	14	3.7	11.7	1
52	J.C. Caroline*	CHI	23	LDH	12	12	34	141	2	26	4.1	11.8	0
53	Al Carmichael	GNB	28	RH	12	8	32	199	0	35	6.2	16.6	6
54	Lou Baldacci	PIT	22	HB	10	1	31	140	0	29	4.5	14.0	1
55	Al Dorow*	WAS	27	QB	12	7	30	105	0	30	3.5	8.8	4
56	Charlie Shepard	PIT	23	FB	12	0	30	91	0	14	3.0	7.6	1
57	Harland Carl	CHI	25	HB	9	0	29	66	1	12	2.3	7.3	1
58	Johnny Unitas	BAL	23	QB	12	7	28	155	1	34	5.5	12.9	4
59	Billy Wade	RAM	26	QB	12	8	26	93	3	33	3.6	7.8	4
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
60	Sam Baker*	WAS	27	K	12	0	25	117	0	32	4.7	9.8	3
61	Tommy O'Connell	CLE	26	QB	7	5	24	40	2	11	1.7	5.7	1
62	Y.A. Tittle	SFO	30	QB	11	8	24	67	4	13	2.8	6.1	3
63	Bobby Thomason*	PHI	28	QB	12	10	21	48	2	19	2.3	4.0	2
64	Bill Bowman	DET	25	FB	6	1	20	84	1	13	4.2	14.0	0
65	George Shaw	BAL	23	QB	5	5	20	63	0	19	3.2	12.6	0
66	Royce Womble	BAL	25	HB	12	1	20	72	0	12	3.6	6.0	0
67	Jack Losch	GNB	22	HB	12	5	19	43	0	8	2.3	3.6	3
68	Babe Parilli	CLE	26	QB	5	3	18	65	0	19	3.6	13.0	4
69	Adrian Burk	PHI	29	QB	12	2	17	61	0	11	3.6	5.1	2
70	Jug Girard	DET	29	HB	10	2	17	67	0	11	3.9	6.7	0
71	Jim Root	CRD	25	QB	9	2	17	45	2	18	2.6	5.0	2
72	Will Berzinski	PHI	22	HB	4	3	15	72	0	20	4.8	18.0	1
73	Frank Bernardi	CRD	23	LDH	12	4	14	4	0	7	0.3	0.3	0
74	Breezy Reid	GNB	29	LH	7	5	14	39	0	11	2.8	5.6	1
75	Gene Filipski	NYG	25	HB	12	0	13	85	1	35	6.5	7.1	3
76	Henry Ford	PIT	25	SS/LDH	12	12	12	26	2	16	2.2	2.2	1
77	Skeet Quinlan	2TM	28	HB	8	0	12	25	0	9	2.1	3.1	5
78	Tom Tracy	DET	22	FB	4	1	12	32	0	9	2.7	8.0	1
79	Charlie Conerly*	NYG	35	QB	12	0	11	11	0	8	1.0	0.9	0
80	Eddie LeBaron	WAS	26	QB	10	5	11	6	0	9	0.5	0.6	4
81	Bob Smith	2TM	23	HB	6	0	11	18	0	7	1.6	3.0	0
82	George Ratterman	CLE	30	QB	4	4	10	19	1	11	1.9	4.8	1
83	Harry Gilmer	DET	30	QB	11	0	8	19	0	6	2.4	1.7	1
84	Don Bingham	CHI	27	HB	12	0	7	36	0	12	5.1	3.0	1
85	Dicky Moegle	SFO	22	FS	12	12	7	18	0	12	2.6	1.5	0
86	George Blanda	CHI	29	QB	12	0	6	47	0	17	7.8	3.9	2
87	Earl Morrall	SFO	22	QB	12	4	6	10	0	8	1.7	0.8	1
88	Brad Myers	RAM	27	HB	5	1	6	33	0	12	5.5	6.6	1
89	Art Davis	PIT	22	DB	9	2	5	6	0	9	1.2	0.7	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
90	Don Heinrich	NYG	26	QB	12	12	5	-4	0	2	-0.8	-0.3	2
91	Bart Starr	GNB	22	QB	9	1	5	35	0	14	7.0	3.9	0
92	Dick Young	BAL	26	FB	12	0	5	7	0	3	1.4	0.6	0
93	Ray Renfro	CLE	27	FL	12	12	4	24	0	10	6.0	2.0	0
94	Jack Scarbath	PIT	26	QB	7	1	4	19	0	21	4.8	2.7	1
95	Norm Van Brocklin	RAM	30	QB	12	4	4	1	1	1	0.3	0.1	2
96	Ray Mathews	PIT	27	RE	12	12	3	-11	0	2	-3.7	-0.9	0
97	Dave Middleton	DET	23	RE	12	10	3	9	0	10	3.0	0.8	0
98	Kyle Rote*	NYG	28	LE	12	7	3	5	0	3	1.7	0.4	0
99	Bill Stits	DET	25	HB	12	2	3	0	0	6	0.0	0.0	0
100	Harlon Hill*+	CHI	24	LE	12	12	2	24	0	12	12.0	2.0	0
101	Tom McCormick	SFO	26	HB	6	0	2	4	0	2	2.0	0.7	0
102	Henry Moore	NYG	22	HB	5	0	2	-2	0	0	-1.0	-0.4	0
103	Jimmy Patton	NYG	23	FS	12	9	2	-1	0	0	-0.5	-0.1	2
104	Lowell Perry	PIT	25	LE	6	5	2	37	0	23	18.5	6.2	0
105	Jerry Planutis	WAS	26	HB	3	1	2	6	0	3	3.0	2.0	0
106	Joe Scudero	WAS	26	FS	11	11	2	3	0	2	1.5	0.3	3
107	Bob Boyd	RAM	28	FL	12	4	1	-7	0	-7	-7.0	-0.6	3
108	Rudy Bukich	RAM	26	QB	3	0	1	8	0	8	8.0	2.7	0
109	Alex Burl	CRD	25	HB	8	0	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.3	0
110	Don Chandler	NYG	22	P	12	0	1	7	0	7	7.0	0.6	0
111	Dorne Dibble	DET	27	LE	12	12	1	8	0	8	8.0	0.7	0
112	Billy Kinard	CLE	23	HB	7	0	1	27	1	27	27.0	3.9	0
113	Yale Lary*+	DET	26	FS	12	12	1	10	0	10	10.0	0.8	0
114	Jim Parmer	PHI	29	HB	4	0	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-0.5	0
115	Bert Rechichar*	BAL	26	FS	10	10	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	1
116	Jerry Reichow	DET	22	QB	8	0	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0
117	Carl Taseff	BAL	28	LDH/RDH	12	12	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.2	0

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