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1959 NFL Rushing

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League Champion: Baltimore Colts

AP MVP: Johnny Unitas

AP Rookie of the Year: Boyd Dowler

Passing Leader: Johnny Unitas, 2899 Yds

Rushing Leader: Jim Brown, 1329 Yds

Receiving Leader: Raymond Berry, 959 Yds

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	Jim Brown*+	CLE	23	FB	12	12	290	1329	14	70	4.6	110.8	2
2	J.D. Smith*	SFO	27	LH	12	12	207	1036	10	73	5.0	86.3	3
3	Tom Tracy	PIT	25	LH/FB	12	12	199	794	3	51	4.0	66.2	7
4	Billy Ray Barnes*	PHI	24	LH	12	12	181	687	7	61	3.8	57.3	7
5	Alan Ameche	BAL	26	FB	12	11	178	679	7	26	3.8	56.6	3
6	Rick Casares*	CHI	28	FB	12	12	177	699	10	47	3.9	58.3	7
7	Ollie Matson	RAM	29	FB	12	9	161	863	6	50	5.4	71.9	9
8	Paul Hornung*	GNB	24	LH	12	12	152	681	7	63	4.5	56.8	7
9	John David Crow*	CRD	24	LH	12	11	140	666	3	73	4.8	55.5	5
10	Joe Perry	SFO	32	FB	11	11	139	602	3	40	4.3	54.7	6
11	Bobby Mitchell	CLE	24	LH	12	12	131	743	5	90	5.7	61.9	2
12	Clarence Peaks	PHI	24	FB	12	6	124	451	3	34	3.6	37.6	7
13	Jim Taylor	GNB	24	FB	12	7	120	452	6	21	3.8	37.7	2
14	Don Bosseler*	WAS	23	FB	12	9	119	644	3	41	5.4	53.7	1
15	Frank Gifford*+	NYG	29	LH	11	11	106	540	3	79	5.1	49.1	5
16	Dick James	WAS	25	RH	12	9	100	384	3	39	3.8	32.0	7
17	Lenny Moore*+	BAL	26	RH	12	12	92	422	2	31	4.6	35.2	4
18	Mel Triplett	NYG	28	FB	11	11	91	381	1	20	4.2	34.6	5
19	Johnny Morris	CHI	24	LH	12	12	87	312	0	33	3.6	26.0	3
20	John Henry Johnson	DET	30	FB	10	3	82	270	2	39	3.3	27.0	4
21	Alex Webster	NYG	28	RH	10	8	79	250	5	16	3.2	25.0	2
22	Nick Pietrosante	DET	22	FB	10	5	76	447	3	37	5.9	44.7	4
23	Tom Barnett	PIT	22	RH	12	4	75	238	1	19	3.2	19.8	3
24	Larry Krutko	PIT	24	FB	12	7	75	226	4	12	3.0	18.8	4
25	Bobby Joe Conrad	CRD	24	RH	12	12	74	328	2	56	4.4	27.3	10
26	Jon Arnett*	RAM	24	LH	12	11	73	371	2	80	5.1	30.9	5
27	Phil King	NYG	23	FB	12	1	72	232	0	24	3.2	19.3	3
28	Johnny Olszewski	WAS	29	FB	10	4	65	432	1	65	6.6	43.2	3
29	Joe Morrison	NYG	22	HB	12	3	62	165	1	14	2.7	13.8	5
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
30	Mike Sommer	2TM	25	HB/LH	9	7	62	231	2	53	3.7	25.7	1
31	Ed Sutton	WAS	24	LH	11	11	61	232	1	30	3.8	21.1	0
32	Lew Carpenter	GNB	27	FB	12	6	60	322	1	55	5.4	26.8	3
33	Ken Webb	DET	24	FB	12	3	60	222	2	29	3.7	18.5	5
34	Willie Galimore	CHI	24	HB	12	2	58	199	1	36	3.4	16.6	4
35	Howard Cassady	DET	25	LH	12	12	52	203	1	18	3.9	16.9	2
36	Joe Marconi	RAM	25	FB	12	3	52	176	4	21	3.4	14.7	2
37	Mal Hammack	CRD	26	FB	12	7	49	237	0	19	4.8	19.8	6
38	Dan Lewis	DET	23	RH	11	9	49	199	2	20	4.1	18.1	3
39	Don McIlhenny	GNB	25	HB	12	5	47	231	1	46	4.9	19.3	1
40	Theron Sapp	PHI	24	HB	12	0	41	145	1	17	3.5	12.1	0
41	Tommy Wilson	RAM	27	HB	12	4	40	210	0	60	5.3	17.5	1
42	King Hill	CRD	23	QB	11	10	39	167	5	29	4.3	15.2	13
43	Tobin Rote	DET	31	QB	10	7	35	156	2	21	4.5	15.6	2
44	Billy Pricer	BAL	25	FB	12	1	34	128	0	16	3.8	10.7	1
45	Ed Brown	CHI	31	QB	12	8	33	108	1	48	3.3	9.0	7
46	Bobby Layne*	PIT	33	QB	12	12	33	181	2	21	5.5	15.1	2
47	Joe Childress	CRD	26	HB	9	3	30	59	0	9	2.0	6.6	1
48	Johnny Unitas*+	BAL	26	QB	12	12	29	145	2	21	5.0	12.1	6
49	Ralph Guglielmi	WAS	26	QB	9	5	26	97	0	19	3.7	10.8	2
50	Walt Kowalczyk	PHI	24	FB	12	6	26	37	0	6	1.4	3.1	0
51	Earl Morrall	DET	25	QB	12	5	26	112	0	22	4.3	9.3	7
52	Billy Wade	RAM	29	QB	12	9	25	95	2	17	3.8	7.9	6
53	Merrill Douglas	CHI	23	HB	12	1	24	47	2	9	2.0	3.9	0
54	L.G. Dupre	BAL	27	LH	4	4	23	54	0	21	2.3	13.5	0
55	Milt Plum	CLE	24	QB	12	12	21	20	1	17	1.0	1.7	2
56	Frank Ryan	RAM	23	QB	10	3	19	57	1	13	3.0	5.7	5
57	Hugh McElhenny	SFO	31	RH	10	9	18	67	1	18	3.7	6.7	1
58	Jim Podoley	WAS	26	HB	11	5	18	83	0	25	4.6	7.5	1
59	Lamar McHan	GNB	27	QB	12	7	16	64	0	19	4.0	5.3	3
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
60	Bart Starr	GNB	25	QB	12	5	16	83	0	39	5.2	6.9	2
61	Charlie Conerly	NYG	38	QB	10	9	15	38	1	10	2.5	3.8	2
62	Dick Haley	WAS	22	FS	12	11	14	51	1	15	3.6	4.3	2
63	Ken Hall	CRD	24	HB	12	3	14	81	0	20	5.8	6.8	3
64	Eddie LeBaron	WAS	29	QB	12	7	13	7	0	15	0.5	0.6	5
65	Lenny Lyles	SFO	23	HB	12	2	13	28	1	13	2.2	2.3	1
66	Jerry Reichow	DET	25	E	9	0	13	98	0	46	7.5	10.9	0
67	Alex Hawkins	BAL	22	HB	11	1	12	44	0	11	3.7	4.0	0
68	Y.A. Tittle*	SFO	33	QB	11	10	11	24	0	22	2.2	2.2	7
69	Norm Van Brocklin*	PHI	33	QB	12	12	11	13	2	12	1.2	1.1	4
70	C.R. Roberts	SFO	23	FB	1	1	10	67	1	46	6.7	67.0	1
71	John Roach	CRD	26	QB	12	5	9	20	0	7	2.2	1.7	2
72	Leo Elter	PIT	30	FB	8	3	8	25	0	9	3.1	3.1	1
73	Zeke Bratkowski	CHI	28	QB	12	4	7	86	0	41	12.3	7.2	0
74	Bill Butler	GNB	22	HB	11	0	7	49	0	16	7.0	4.5	1
75	Ed Modzelewski	CLE	30	FB	12	0	6	18	0	5	3.0	1.5	0
76	Terry Barr	DET	24	RDH	11	9	5	57	1	37	11.4	5.2	2
77	John Brodie	SFO	24	QB	12	2	5	6	0	6	1.2	0.5	0
78	Larry Hickman	CRD	24	FB	12	0	5	18	0	5	3.6	1.5	0
79	Jimmy Orr*	PIT	24	LE	12	11	5	43	0	29	8.6	3.6	1
80	M.C. Reynolds	CRD	24	QB	8	0	5	-4	0	11	-0.8	-0.5	3
81	John Adams	CHI	22	FB	12	0	4	-13	0	8	-3.3	-1.1	0
82	Leroy Bolden	CLE	27	HB	12	0	4	11	0	9	2.8	0.9	1
83	Len Dawson	PIT	24	QB	12	0	4	20	0	10	5.0	1.7	1
84	Hal Lewis	BAL	24	HB	12	0	4	2	0	2	0.5	0.2	1
85	Jack Call	PIT	24	HB	4	0	3	9	0	4	3.0	2.3	0
86	Eagle Day	WAS	27	QB	4	1	3	27	0	18	9.0	6.8	0
87	Bobby Luna	PIT	26	SS	12	11	3	3	0	10	1.0	0.3	1
88	Dicky Moegle	SFO	25	DB	8	1	3	9	0	4	3.0	1.1	0
89	Bob Ptacek	CLE	22	QB	12	0	3	13	0	6	4.3	1.1	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
90	George Shaw	NYG	26	QB	5	1	3	3	0	1	1.0	0.6	0
91	Sam Baker	WAS	30	K	12	0	2	3	0	5	1.5	0.3	0
92	Ray Brown	BAL	23	FS	12	10	2	4	0	3	2.0	0.3	0
93	Joe Francis	GNB	23	QB	12	0	2	5	0	8	2.5	0.4	0
94	Don Heinrich	NYG	29	QB	8	2	2	3	0	9	1.5	0.4	1
95	Tommy McDonald*	PHI	25	FL	12	12	2	-10	0	-4	-5.0	-0.8	4
96	Jerry Norton*	CRD	28	SS	12	9	2	41	0	24	20.5	3.4	0
97	Joe Pagliei	PHI	25	FB	7	0	2	-5	0	1	-2.5	-0.7	0
98	Pete Retzlaff	PHI	28	RE	10	8	2	-11	0	-5	-5.5	-1.1	1
99	George Scott	NYG	22	HB	7	2	2	10	0	7	5.0	1.4	4
100	Bobby Walston	PHI	31	LE	12	11	2	8	0	7	4.0	0.7	1
101	Rudy Bukich	CHI	29	QB	5	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0
102	Preston Carpenter	CLE	25	LE	12	12	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.3	0
103	Don Chandler	NYG	25	P	12	0	1	24	0	24	24.0	2.0	0
104	Boyd Dowler	GNB	22	FL	12	6	1	20	0	20	20.0	1.7	0
105	Harlon Hill	CHI	27	LE	11	10	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1
106	Yale Lary*	DET	29	RDH	10	10	1	18	0	18	18.0	1.8	2
107	Ray Mathews	PIT	30	FL	12	7	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.3	0
108	Jim Ninowski	CLE	23	QB	2	0	1	11	0	11	11.0	5.5	0
109	R.C. Owens	SFO	25	SE	12	2	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0
110	Del Shofner*+	RAM	25	LE	12	12	1	6	0	6	6.0	0.5	0

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