Rushing
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Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
1 | Jim Taylor* | GNB | 25 | FB | 12 | 12 | 230 | 1101 | 11 | 32 | 4.8 | 91.8 | 5 |
2 | Jim Brown*+ | CLE | 24 | FB | 12 | 12 | 215 | 1257 | 9 | 71 | 5.8 | 104.8 | 9 |
3 | Tom Tracy* | PIT | 26 | HB | 12 | 12 | 192 | 680 | 5 | 28 | 3.5 | 56.7 | 6 |
4 | John David Crow* | STL | 25 | LHB | 12 | 12 | 183 | 1071 | 6 | 57 | 5.9 | 89.3 | 11 |
5 | J.D. Smith | SFO | 28 | FB/HB | 12 | 12 | 174 | 780 | 5 | 41 | 4.5 | 65.0 | 1 |
6 | Nick Pietrosante* | DET | 23 | FB | 12 | 11 | 161 | 872 | 8 | 57 | 5.4 | 72.7 | 4 |
7 | Rick Casares | CHI | 29 | FB | 12 | 11 | 160 | 566 | 5 | 35 | 3.5 | 47.2 | 5 |
8 | Paul Hornung*+ | GNB | 25 | HB | 12 | 12 | 160 | 671 | 13 | 37 | 4.2 | 55.9 | 3 |
9 | Mel Triplett | NYG | 29 | FB | 12 | 10 | 124 | 573 | 4 | 40 | 4.6 | 47.8 | 7 |
10 | John Henry Johnson | PIT | 31 | FB | 12 | 10 | 118 | 621 | 2 | 87 | 5.3 | 51.8 | 5 |
11 | Billy Ray Barnes | PHI | 25 | LHB | 12 | 12 | 117 | 315 | 4 | 23 | 2.7 | 26.3 | 2 |
12 | Ted Dean | PHI | 22 | FB | 12 | 6 | 113 | 304 | 0 | 32 | 2.7 | 25.3 | 4 |
13 | Bobby Mitchell* | CLE | 25 | HB | 12 | 11 | 111 | 506 | 5 | 50 | 4.6 | 42.2 | 4 |
14 | Don Bosseler | WAS | 24 | FB | 11 | 11 | 109 | 428 | 2 | 29 | 3.9 | 38.9 | 0 |
15 | Jon Arnett* | RAM | 25 | LHB | 12 | 12 | 104 | 436 | 2 | 31 | 4.2 | 36.3 | 1 |
16 | L.G. Dupre | DAL | 28 | HB | 11 | 4 | 104 | 362 | 3 | 18 | 3.5 | 32.9 | 5 |
17 | Frank Mestnik | STL | 22 | FB | 9 | 4 | 104 | 429 | 3 | 55 | 4.1 | 47.7 | 3 |
18 | Joe Morrison | NYG | 23 | RHB | 12 | 10 | 103 | 346 | 2 | 19 | 3.4 | 28.8 | 7 |
19 | Mal Hammack | STL | 27 | FB | 9 | 8 | 96 | 347 | 2 | 24 | 3.6 | 38.6 | 7 |
20 | Don McIlhenny | DAL | 26 | HB | 11 | 7 | 96 | 321 | 1 | 21 | 3.3 | 29.2 | 0 |
21 | Hugh McElhenny | SFO | 32 | HB | 9 | 9 | 95 | 347 | 0 | 38 | 3.7 | 38.6 | 2 |
22 | Dan Lewis | DET | 24 | LHB | 12 | 7 | 92 | 438 | 1 | 74 | 4.8 | 36.5 | 2 |
23 | Lenny Moore*+ | BAL | 27 | RHB | 12 | 12 | 91 | 374 | 4 | 57 | 4.1 | 31.2 | 3 |
24 | Clarence Peaks | PHI | 25 | FB | 7 | 6 | 86 | 465 | 3 | 57 | 5.4 | 66.4 | 2 |
25 | Alan Ameche | BAL | 27 | FB | 10 | 7 | 80 | 263 | 3 | 16 | 3.3 | 26.3 | 0 |
26 | Ralph Guglielmi | WAS | 27 | QB | 11 | 11 | 79 | 247 | 0 | 16 | 3.1 | 22.5 | 6 |
27 | Frank Gifford | NYG | 30 | LHB | 8 | 8 | 77 | 232 | 4 | 15 | 3.0 | 29.0 | 6 |
28 | Alex Hawkins | BAL | 23 | LHB | 12 | 12 | 76 | 267 | 2 | 17 | 3.5 | 22.3 | 4 |
29 | Johnny Olszewski | WAS | 30 | FB | 11 | 2 | 75 | 227 | 3 | 15 | 3.0 | 20.6 | 3 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
30 | Willie Galimore | CHI | 25 | LHB | 12 | 9 | 74 | 368 | 1 | 54 | 5.0 | 30.7 | 5 |
31 | Dick James | WAS | 26 | LHB | 12 | 10 | 73 | 199 | 4 | 27 | 2.7 | 16.6 | 8 |
32 | Johnny Morris* | CHI | 25 | HB | 12 | 3 | 73 | 417 | 3 | 61 | 5.7 | 34.8 | 2 |
33 | C.R. Roberts | SFO | 24 | FB | 12 | 6 | 73 | 213 | 2 | 30 | 2.9 | 17.8 | 2 |
34 | Ollie Matson | RAM | 30 | FB | 12 | 7 | 61 | 170 | 1 | 27 | 2.8 | 14.2 | 3 |
35 | Ken Webb | DET | 25 | HB | 12 | 3 | 59 | 166 | 2 | 17 | 2.8 | 13.8 | 2 |
36 | Walt Kowalczyk | DAL | 25 | FB | 12 | 7 | 50 | 156 | 1 | 34 | 3.1 | 13.0 | 2 |
37 | Billy Pricer | BAL | 26 | FB | 12 | 5 | 46 | 131 | 1 | 11 | 2.8 | 10.9 | 2 |
38 | Tom Moore | GNB | 22 | HB | 12 | 0 | 45 | 237 | 4 | 59 | 5.3 | 19.8 | 0 |
39 | Joe Marconi | RAM | 26 | RB | 12 | 4 | 42 | 240 | 3 | 75 | 5.7 | 20.0 | 0 |
40 | Tommy Wilson | RAM | 28 | HB | 11 | 1 | 41 | 139 | 0 | 35 | 3.4 | 12.6 | 1 |
41 | Gene Babb | DAL | 26 | FB | 10 | 6 | 39 | 115 | 0 | 12 | 2.9 | 11.5 | 0 |
42 | Joe Perry | SFO | 33 | FB | 10 | 0 | 36 | 95 | 1 | 21 | 2.6 | 9.5 | 2 |
43 | Johnny Unitas* | BAL | 27 | QB | 12 | 12 | 36 | 195 | 0 | 27 | 5.4 | 16.3 | 8 |
44 | Joe Childress | STL | 27 | RHB | 12 | 8 | 34 | 240 | 0 | 28 | 7.1 | 20.0 | 2 |
45 | Jim Ninowski | DET | 24 | QB | 11 | 10 | 32 | 81 | 5 | 16 | 2.5 | 7.4 | 2 |
46 | Dick Bass | RAM | 23 | RHB | 12 | 4 | 31 | 153 | 0 | 33 | 4.9 | 12.8 | 3 |
47 | Jim Podoley | WAS | 27 | RHB | 10 | 7 | 29 | 52 | 0 | 9 | 1.8 | 5.2 | 4 |
48 | Prentice Gautt | CLE | 22 | HB | 12 | 1 | 28 | 159 | 1 | 23 | 5.7 | 13.3 | 0 |
49 | Phil King | NYG | 24 | RHB | 10 | 4 | 26 | 97 | 0 | 30 | 3.7 | 9.7 | 2 |
50 | Charlie Scales | PIT | 22 | FB | 12 | 2 | 26 | 81 | 0 | 9 | 3.1 | 6.8 | 2 |
51 | Billy Wade | RAM | 30 | QB | 11 | 6 | 26 | 171 | 2 | 66 | 6.6 | 15.5 | 5 |
52 | John Adams | CHI | 23 | FB | 12 | 1 | 23 | 114 | 0 | 62 | 5.0 | 9.5 | 0 |
53 | Bobby Joe Conrad | STL | 25 | RHB | 12 | 4 | 23 | 91 | 0 | 33 | 4.0 | 7.6 | 4 |
54 | Sam Horner | WAS | 22 | RCB | 10 | 8 | 22 | 80 | 0 | 16 | 3.6 | 8.0 | 2 |
55 | Alex Webster | NYG | 29 | FB | 8 | 1 | 22 | 48 | 0 | 10 | 2.2 | 6.0 | 1 |
56 | Ed Sutton | NYG | 25 | HB | 12 | 3 | 20 | 135 | 0 | 44 | 6.8 | 11.3 | 6 |
57 | Ed Brown | CHI | 32 | QB | 12 | 11 | 19 | 89 | 2 | 36 | 4.7 | 7.4 | 2 |
58 | Bobby Layne | PIT | 34 | QB | 12 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1 |
59 | John Roach | STL | 27 | QB | 12 | 10 | 19 | 39 | 1 | 19 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 8 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
60 | Frank Ryan | RAM | 24 | QB | 11 | 5 | 19 | 85 | 1 | 24 | 4.5 | 7.7 | 1 |
61 | Ed Vereb | WAS | 26 | HB | 9 | 3 | 19 | 38 | 0 | 15 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 3 |
62 | John Brodie | SFO | 25 | QB | 11 | 8 | 18 | 171 | 1 | 30 | 9.5 | 15.5 | 1 |
63 | Terry Barr | DET | 25 | LHB | 12 | 4 | 17 | 74 | 1 | 19 | 4.4 | 6.2 | 0 |
64 | Preston Carpenter | PIT | 26 | RE | 12 | 11 | 17 | 36 | 0 | 20 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 2 |
65 | Howard Cassady | DET | 26 | RHB | 12 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 1 | 16 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 0 |
66 | Larry Krutko | PIT | 25 | FB | 7 | 0 | 17 | 99 | 0 | 18 | 5.8 | 14.1 | 0 |
67 | Eddie LeBaron | DAL | 30 | QB | 11 | 10 | 17 | 94 | 1 | 23 | 5.5 | 8.5 | 4 |
68 | Milt Plum* | CLE | 25 | QB | 12 | 12 | 17 | -24 | 2 | 7 | -1.4 | -2.0 | 2 |
69 | King Hill | STL | 24 | QB | 12 | 1 | 16 | 47 | 1 | 10 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 3 |
70 | Clendon Thomas | RAM | 25 | RHB | 12 | 8 | 16 | 63 | 0 | 33 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 3 |
71 | George Shaw | NYG | 27 | QB | 9 | 5 | 15 | -12 | 0 | 15 | -0.8 | -1.3 | 4 |
72 | Charlie Conerly | NYG | 39 | QB | 12 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 6 |
73 | Merrill Douglas | CHI | 24 | FB | 12 | 0 | 11 | 82 | 0 | 29 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 0 |
74 | Norm Van Brocklin*+ | PHI | 34 | QB | 12 | 12 | 11 | -13 | 0 | 1 | -1.2 | -1.1 | 7 |
75 | Earl Morrall | DET | 26 | QB | 12 | 2 | 10 | 37 | 1 | 17 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3 |
76 | Y.A. Tittle | SFO | 34 | QB | 9 | 4 | 10 | 61 | 0 | 28 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 2 |
77 | Timmy Brown | PHI | 23 | RB | 12 | 0 | 9 | 35 | 2 | 13 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 3 |
78 | Theron Sapp | PHI | 25 | FB | 5 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 0 |
79 | Zeke Bratkowski | CHI | 29 | QB | 11 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 2 |
80 | Jamie Caleb | CLE | 24 | FB | 12 | 0 | 8 | 60 | 1 | 30 | 7.5 | 5.0 | 2 |
81 | Lamar McHan | GNB | 28 | QB | 12 | 4 | 8 | 67 | 1 | 35 | 8.4 | 5.6 | 0 |
82 | Jimmy Orr | PIT | 25 | LE | 12 | 12 | 8 | 57 | 0 | 19 | 7.1 | 4.8 | 2 |
83 | Larry Hickman | GNB | 25 | FB | 12 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 0 |
84 | Bart Starr* | GNB | 26 | QB | 12 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 3 |
85 | Willie West | STL | 22 | DB | 7 | 0 | 7 | 45 | 0 | 14 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 0 |
86 | Tom Barnett | PIT | 23 | RCB | 12 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 16 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 0 |
87 | Jim Welch | BAL | 22 | DB | 11 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 4.6 | 2.1 | 0 |
88 | Rex Johnston | PIT | 23 | HB | 12 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 5 |
89 | Sonny Jurgensen | PHI | 26 | QB | 12 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 3 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
90 | Ed Kovac | BAL | 22 | HB | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1 |
91 | M.C. Reynolds | WAS | 25 | QB | 8 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 0 |
92 | Carl Taseff | BAL | 32 | DB | 12 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0 |
93 | Abe Woodson*+ | SFO | 26 | RCB | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1 |
94 | Rudy Bukich | PIT | 30 | QB | 12 | 3 | 3 | -8 | 0 | 0 | -2.7 | -0.7 | 3 |
95 | Angelo Coia | CHI | 22 | LE | 12 | 10 | 3 | -4 | 0 | 25 | -1.3 | -0.3 | 0 |
96 | Eagle Day | WAS | 28 | QB | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0 |
97 | Lee Grosscup | NYG | 24 | QB | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2 |
98 | Don Meredith | DAL | 22 | QB | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 2 |
99 | Dave Middleton | DET | 27 | E | 7 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 1 | -0.3 | -0.1 | 0 |
100 | Ray Brown | BAL | 24 | QB | 12 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 23 | 12.5 | 2.1 | 0 |
101 | Don Chandler | NYG | 26 | P | 8 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 24 | 9.5 | 2.4 | 0 |
102 | Don Heinrich | DAL | 30 | QB | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0 |
103 | Buddy Humphrey | RAM | 25 | QB | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 0 |
104 | Rich Kreitling | CLE | 24 | LE | 12 | 12 | 2 | -17 | 0 | -2 | -8.5 | -1.4 | 0 |
105 | Max McGee | GNB | 28 | LE | 12 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 5.5 | 0.9 | 1 |
106 | Jerry Norton*+ | STL | 29 | SS | 12 | 9 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 26 | 23.5 | 3.9 | 0 |
107 | Ray Norton | SFO | 23 | HB | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0 |
108 | Pete Retzlaff* | PHI | 29 | LE | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 1 |
109 | Paul Winslow | GNB | 22 | DB | 12 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 3 | -1.5 | -0.3 | 0 |
110 | Bill Anderson* | WAS | 24 | LE | 12 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 1 |
111 | Sam Baker | CLE | 31 | K | 12 | 0 | 1 | -11 | 0 | -11 | -11.0 | -0.9 | 0 |
112 | Charlie Bivins | CHI | 22 | HB | 12 | 0 | 1 | -11 | 0 | -11 | -11.0 | -0.9 | 1 |
113 | Lew Carpenter | GNB | 28 | HB | 12 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 2.0 | 4 |
114 | Frank Clarke | DAL | 26 | E | 8 | 3 | 1 | -6 | 0 | -6 | -6.0 | -0.8 | 0 |
115 | Len Dawson | CLE | 25 | QB | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
116 | Buddy Dial | PIT | 23 | FL | 12 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 0.7 | 0 |
117 | Boyd Dowler | GNB | 23 | FL | 12 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 0.7 | 0 |
118 | Bo Farrington | CHI | 24 | SE | 6 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | -2.0 | -0.3 | 0 |
119 | Gary Glick | WAS | 30 | DB | 11 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 1.4 | 1 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
120 | Yale Lary* | DET | 30 | FS | 12 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 1.6 | 0 |
121 | Johnny Sample | BAL | 24 | FS | 11 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 0.6 | 3 |
122 | Del Shofner | RAM | 26 | LE | 11 | 9 | 1 | -15 | 0 | -15 | -15.0 | -1.4 | 0 |
123 | Bob Waters | SFO | 22 | QB | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 0 |
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