Rushing
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Games | Rushing | ||||||||||||
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Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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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