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Rk | Player | Age | Team | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | PRTD | Lng | Y/Ret | Ret | Yds | KRTD | Lng | Y/Ret | APYd | Awards |
1 | Billy Stacy | 23 | CRD | FS | 12 | 12 | 29 | 281 | 2 | 74 | 9.7 | 12 | 280 | 0 | 34 | 23.3 | 675 | |
2 | Eddie Dove | 22 | SFO | FS | 12 | 12 | 22 | 126 | 0 | 62 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | ||
3 | Johnny Sample | 23 | BAL | DB | 12 | 2 | 22 | 129 | 0 | 25 | 5.9 | 17 | 457 | 0 | 50 | 26.9 | 596 | |
4 | Dick James | 25 | WAS | RH | 12 | 9 | 21 | 95 | 0 | 26 | 4.5 | 23 | 503 | 0 | 38 | 21.9 | 1221 | |
5 | Yale Lary | 29 | DET | RDH | 10 | 10 | 21 | 43 | 0 | 12 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | PB,AP-2 | |
6 | Tommy McDonald | 25 | PHI | FL | 12 | 12 | 21 | 115 | 1 | 81 | 5.5 | 24 | 444 | 0 | 36 | 18.5 | 1395 | PB,AP-2 |
7 | Bill Butler | 22 | GNB | HB | 11 | 0 | 18 | 163 | 1 | 61 | 9.1 | 21 | 472 | 0 | 34 | 22.5 | 682 | |
8 | Jon Arnett | 24 | RAM | LH | 12 | 11 | 17 | 184 | 1 | 71 | 10.8 | 14 | 320 | 0 | 42 | 22.9 | 1294 | PB |
9 | Bobby Mitchell | 24 | CLE | LH | 12 | 12 | 17 | 177 | 1 | 78 | 10.4 | 11 | 236 | 0 | 31 | 21.5 | 1507 | |
10 | Terry Barr | 24 | DET | RDH | 11 | 9 | 16 | 102 | 0 | 24 | 6.4 | 9 | 224 | 0 | 33 | 24.9 | 592 | |
11 | Bobby Joe Conrad | 24 | CRD | RH | 12 | 12 | 16 | 133 | 1 | 69 | 8.3 | 18 | 388 | 0 | 33 | 21.6 | 991 | |
12 | Joe Morrison | 22 | NYG | HB | 12 | 3 | 15 | 51 | 0 | 12 | 3.4 | 15 | 345 | 0 | 29 | 23.0 | 744 | |
13 | Art Powell | 22 | PHI | DB | 12 | 0 | 15 | 124 | 1 | 58 | 8.3 | 14 | 379 | 0 | 95 | 27.1 | 520 | |
14 | Carl Taseff | 31 | BAL | LDH | 12 | 12 | 15 | 104 | 0 | 25 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 179 | ||
15 | Abe Woodson | 25 | SFO | RDH | 12 | 12 | 15 | 143 | 0 | 65 | 9.5 | 13 | 382 | 1 | 105 | 29.4 | 545 | PB,AP-1 |
16 | Ollie Matson | 29 | RAM | FB | 12 | 9 | 14 | 61 | 0 | 20 | 4.4 | 16 | 367 | 0 | 48 | 22.9 | 1421 | |
17 | Johnny Morris | 24 | CHI | LH | 12 | 12 | 14 | 171 | 1 | 78 | 12.2 | 17 | 438 | 0 | 58 | 25.8 | 1118 | |
18 | Lew Carpenter | 27 | GNB | FB | 12 | 6 | 13 | 150 | 0 | 51 | 11.5 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 543 | |
19 | George Scott | 22 | NYG | HB | 7 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 1.4 | 10 | 253 | 0 | 33 | 25.3 | 292 | |
20 | Don Sutherin | 23 | PIT | DB | 6 | 2 | 12 | 68 | 0 | 28 | 5.7 | 11 | 225 | 0 | 34 | 20.5 | 293 | |
21 | Lindon Crow | 26 | NYG | RDH | 12 | 12 | 11 | 66 | 0 | 22 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | PB | |
22 | Richie Petitbon | 21 | CHI | SS | 12 | 12 | 11 | 72 | 0 | 17 | 6.5 | 4 | 68 | 0 | 28 | 17.0 | 192 | |
23 | Dean Derby | 24 | PIT | LDH | 12 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 1.8 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 22 | 16.0 | 175 | PB,AP-2 |
24 | Ken Konz | 31 | CLE | DB | 12 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 0 | 11 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | ||
25 | Jimmy Patton | 26 | NYG | SS | 11 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 14 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | PB,AP-1 | |
26 | Dick Haley | 22 | WAS | FS | 12 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 2.1 | 17 | 346 | 0 | 31 | 20.4 | 441 | |
27 | Gary Lowe | 25 | DET | SS | 12 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147 | ||
28 | Ron Hall | 22 | PIT | DB | 9 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 4.6 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 45 | |
29 | Don Bishop | 25 | PIT | B | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
30 | Bill Stits | 28 | NYG | DB | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
31 | Tom Tracy | 25 | PIT | LH/FB | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1.3 | 7 | 145 | 0 | 27 | 20.7 | 1217 | |
32 | Ken Hall | 24 | CRD | HB | 12 | 3 | 3 | 91 | 1 | 84 | 30.3 | 6 | 99 | 0 | 32 | 16.5 | 331 | |
33 | Dave Middleton | 26 | DET | LE | 12 | 10 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 21 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 432 | ||
34 | Jerry Norton | 28 | CRD | SS | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 70 | 0 | 25 | 23.3 | 161 | PB |
35 | Perry Richards | 25 | CRD | RE | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | ||
36 | Jim Steffen | 23 | DET | DB | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
37 | Clendon Thomas | 24 | RAM | DB | 10 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 95 | 0 | 48 | 31.7 | 107 | |
38 | Bobby Luna | 26 | PIT | SS | 12 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | ||
39 | Ray Mathews | 30 | PIT | FL | 12 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 203 | ||
40 | Don Burroughs | 28 | RAM | SS | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
41 | Howard Cassady | 25 | DET | LH | 12 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 8 | 163 | 0 | 34 | 20.4 | 696 | |
42 | Gary Glick | 29 | WAS | RDH | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | ||
43 | Jimmy Hill | 31 | CRD | RDH | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
44 | Eddie Meador | 22 | RAM | RDH | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
45 | Johnny Olszewski | 29 | WAS | FB | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 494 | ||
46 | Don Shinnick | 24 | BAL | RLB | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | ||
47 | Leo Sugar | 30 | CRD | LDE | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
48 | John Symank | 24 | GNB | DB | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 338 | 0 | 39 | 24.1 | 384 | |
49 | Emlen Tunnell | 34 | GNB | SS | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | PB | |
50 | Vic Zucco | 24 | CHI | DB | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
51 | Tom Barnett | 22 | PIT | RH | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 12.0 | 314 | ||
52 | Leroy Bolden | 27 | CLE | HB | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 170 | 0 | 38 | 18.9 | 181 | ||
53 | Jim Brown | 23 | CLE | FB | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 88 | 0 | 29 | 22.0 | 1607 | PB,AP-1,AP MVP-3 | |
54 | Rosey Brown | 27 | NYG | LT | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | PB,AP-1 | |
55 | Jack Call | 24 | PIT | HB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 146 | 0 | 33 | 24.3 | 155 | ||
56 | Bobby Cross | 28 | CRD | LT | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
57 | John David Crow | 24 | CRD | LH | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 185 | 0 | 72 | 37.0 | 1179 | PB | |
58 | Milt Davis | 30 | BAL | RDH | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 119 | ||
59 | Jerry DeLucca | 23 | PHI | LT | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
60 | Paul Dickson | 22 | RAM | T | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
61 | Joe Francis | 23 | GNB | QB | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 28 | 26.0 | 57 | ||
62 | Willie Galimore | 24 | CHI | HB | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 229 | 0 | 33 | 20.8 | 553 | ||
63 | Art Gob | 22 | WAS | RDE | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
64 | Ken Gray | 23 | CRD | RG | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | ||
65 | Mal Hammack | 26 | CRD | FB | 12 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 323 | ||
66 | Alex Hawkins | 22 | BAL | HB | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 69 | ||
67 | Rudy Hayes | 24 | PIT | LB | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 38 | ||
68 | Matt Hazeltine | 26 | SFO | RLB | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 13.0 | 68 | ||
69 | Bill Herchman | 26 | SFO | DT | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | ||
70 | Phil King | 23 | NYG | FB | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 84 | 0 | 31 | 21.0 | 414 | ||
71 | Dan Lewis | 23 | DET | RH | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 283 | ||
72 | Hal Lewis | 24 | BAL | HB | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 23 | 15.5 | 87 | ||
73 | Lenny Lyles | 23 | SFO | HB | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 565 | 0 | 46 | 22.6 | 626 | ||
74 | Ken MacAfee | 30 | WAS | E | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 51 | ||
75 | Jim Martin | 35 | DET | RLB | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | ||
76 | Don McIlhenny | 25 | GNB | HB | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 24 | 16.7 | 376 | ||
77 | Ed Modzelewski | 30 | CLE | FB | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 19 | 9.3 | 73 | ||
78 | Ray Nitschke | 23 | GNB | LB | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 6.5 | 23 | ||
79 | John Nocera | 25 | PHI | LB | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | ||
80 | Chuck Noll | 27 | CLE | G | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 25 | ||
81 | Ken Panfil | 29 | CRD | RT | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | PB | |
82 | Jack Patera | 26 | CRD | MLB | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | ||
83 | Nick Pietrosante | 22 | DET | FB | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 98 | 0 | 24 | 19.6 | 685 | ||
84 | Sherman Plunkett | 26 | BAL | T | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | ||
85 | Jim Podoley | 26 | WAS | HB | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 126 | 0 | 28 | 25.2 | 491 | ||
86 | Billy Pricer | 25 | BAL | FB | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 66 | 0 | 25 | 11.0 | 197 | ||
87 | Mike Rabold | 22 | DET | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
88 | Sonny Randle | 23 | CRD | SE | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 17 | 16.5 | 235 | ||
89 | Bert Rechichar | 29 | BAL | LB | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 27 | 19.5 | 39 | ||
90 | Will Renfro | 27 | WAS | RDT | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
91 | Bill Roehnelt | 23 | CHI | LB | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
92 | Ken Russell | 24 | DET | T | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
93 | Ben Scotti | 22 | WAS | LDH | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
94 | Mike Sommer | 25 | 2TM | LH | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 185 | 0 | 25 | 20.6 | 527 | ||
94 | Mike Sommer | 25 | WAS | HB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 23 | ||
94 | Mike Sommer | 25 | BAL | LH | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 166 | 0 | 25 | 20.8 | 504 | ||
95 | Pat Summerall | 29 | NYG | K | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 35 | ||
96 | John Tracey | 26 | CRD | RE | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 272 | ||
97 | Ken Webb | 24 | DET | FB | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 352 | 0 | 45 | 22.0 | 775 | ||
98 | Roy Wilkins | 26 | RAM | RLB | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 17 | 14.5 | 29 | ||
99 | Jerry Wilson | 23 | PHI | RDE | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | ||
100 | Tommy Wilson | 27 | RAM | HB | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 243 | 0 | 85 | 34.7 | 536 | ||
League Average | 6.5 | 21.4 |
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Rk | Player | Age | Team | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | PRTD | Lng | Y/Ret | Ret | Yds | KRTD | Lng | Y/Ret | APYd | Awards |
1 | Johnny Sample | 23 | BAL | DB | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 14 | 11.5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 97 | |
2 | Phil King | 23 | NYG | FB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 35 | 30.0 | 81 | |
3 | Joe Morrison | 22 | NYG | HB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 2 | 55 | 0 | 33 | 27.5 | 60 | |
4 | Carl Taseff | 31 | BAL | LDH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
5 | Alex Hawkins | 22 | BAL | HB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | |||||
6 | Hal Lewis | 24 | BAL | HB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | |||||
7 | Steve Myhra | 25 | BAL | K | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | |||||
8 | Mel Triplett | 28 | NYG | FB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 58 | |||||
League Average | 7.6 | 22.2 |
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