1961 NFL Rushing

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League Champion: Green Bay Packers

AP MVP: Paul Hornung

AP Rookie of the Year: Mike Ditka

Passing Leader: Sonny Jurgensen, 3723 Yds

Rushing Leader: Jim Brown, 1408 Yds

Receiving Leader: Tommy McDonald, 1144 Yds

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Rushing

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Rushing Table
					Games		Rushing
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
1	Jim Brown*+	CLE	25	FB	14	14	305	1408	8	38	4.6	100.6	6
2	Jim Taylor*	GNB	26	FB	14	14	243	1307	15	53	5.4	93.4	2
3	John Henry Johnson	PIT	32	FB	14	13	213	787	6	44	3.7	56.2	7
4	Nick Pietrosante*	DET	24	FB	14	14	201	841	5	42	4.2	60.1	7
5	Don Perkins*	DAL	23	LHB	14	14	200	815	4	47	4.1	58.2	5
6	Alex Webster*	NYG	30	FB/RHB	14	14	196	928	2	59	4.7	66.3	5
7	Joe Perry	BAL	34	FB	13	13	168	675	3	27	4.0	51.9	3
8	J.D. Smith	SFO	29	LHB/FB	14	14	167	823	8	33	4.9	58.8	3
9	Jon Arnett*	RAM	26	LHB	14	14	158	609	4	26	3.9	43.5	3
10	Willie Galimore	CHI	26	HB	14	12	153	707	4	60	4.6	50.5	8
11	Tom Tracy	PIT	27	HB	14	14	147	402	2	26	2.7	28.7	1
12	Rick Casares	CHI	30	FB	13	10	135	588	8	23	4.4	45.2	1
13	Clarence Peaks	PHI	26	FB	13	11	135	471	5	33	3.5	36.2	2
14	Prentice Gautt	STL	23	LHB	14	13	129	523	3	54	4.1	37.4	3
15	Paul Hornung+	GNB	26	HB	12	11	127	597	8	54	4.7	49.8	1
16	Hugh McElhenny*	MIN	33	LHB/RHB	13	13	120	570	3	41	4.8	43.8	8
17	Bob Gaiters	NYG	23	LHB	14	9	116	460	6	29	4.0	32.9	11
18	Dan Lewis	DET	25	HB	13	10	110	451	4	27	4.1	34.7	4
19	Bobby Mitchell	CLE	26	HB	14	13	101	548	5	56	5.4	39.1	6
20	Dick Bass	RAM	24	FB	14	9	98	608	4	73	6.2	43.4	6
21	Sam Horner	WAS	23	LHB	14	9	96	275	0	32	2.9	19.6	2
22	Billy Kilmer	SFO	22	QB	11	0	96	509	10	31	5.3	46.3	8
23	Frank Mestnik	STL	23	FB	13	5	95	334	1	26	3.5	25.7	6
24	Billy Ray Barnes	PHI	26	LHB	12	8	92	309	1	43	3.4	25.8	4
25	Lenny Moore*+	BAL	28	RHB	13	13	92	648	7	54	7.0	49.8	1
26	Alex Hawkins	BAL	24	LHB	11	11	86	379	4	39	4.4	34.5	3
27	Dick Hoak	PIT	22	FL	14	7	85	302	0	22	3.6	21.6	1
28	Amos Marsh	DAL	22	FB	14	7	84	379	1	71	4.5	27.1	12
29	Mel Triplett	MIN	30	FB	14	8	80	407	1	37	5.1	29.1	4
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
30	Don Bosseler	WAS	25	FB	12	11	77	220	2	16	2.9	18.3	2
31	J.W. Lockett	2TM	24	FB	14	9	77	298	1	21	3.9	21.3	8
32	Ray Hayes	MIN	26	FB	13	4	73	319	2	22	4.4	24.5	5
33	Dick James*	WAS	27	RHB/LHB	14	11	71	374	3	39	5.3	26.7	0
34	Jim Cunningham	WAS	22	FB	14	3	69	160	1	19	2.3	11.4	1
35	Ted Dean*	PHI	23	FB	14	5	66	321	2	44	4.9	22.9	6
36	Joel Wells	NYG	26	HB	14	3	65	216	1	17	3.3	15.4	6
37	C.R. Roberts	SFO	25	FB	12	7	63	338	1	54	5.4	28.2	2
38	Tom Moore	GNB	23	HB	13	2	61	302	1	69	5.0	23.2	2
39	Tommy Mason	MIN	22	LHB	13	4	60	226	3	21	3.8	17.4	7
40	Fran Tarkenton	MIN	21	QB	14	10	56	308	5	52	5.5	22.0	8
41	Johnny Unitas*	BAL	28	QB	14	14	54	190	2	18	3.5	13.6	9
42	Timmy Brown	PHI	24	LHB	13	4	50	338	1	47	6.8	26.0	4
43	Charlie Scales	PIT	23	FB	14	1	50	184	0	27	3.7	13.1	4
44	John David Crow	STL	26	LHB	8	7	48	192	1	17	4.0	24.0	1
45	Bob Waters	SFO	23	QB	8	0	47	233	3	35	5.0	29.1	3
46	Billy Wade	CHI	31	QB	13	9	45	255	2	29	5.7	19.6	3
47	Tommy Wilson	RAM	29	FB	11	5	44	220	1	34	5.0	20.0	2
48	Charlie Bivins	CHI	23	HB	14	1	43	188	1	30	4.4	13.4	1
49	Tom Watkins	CLE	24	HB	10	1	43	209	0	21	4.9	20.9	2
50	Frank Ryan	RAM	25	QB	14	3	38	139	0	28	3.7	9.9	3
51	Joe Marconi	RAM	27	FB	13	0	36	146	3	14	4.1	11.2	0
52	Norm Snead	WAS	22	QB	14	14	34	47	3	9	1.4	3.4	6
53	Sam Etcheverry	STL	31	QB	14	9	33	73	0	44	2.2	5.2	15
54	Joe Morrison	NYG	24	HB	13	7	33	48	1	14	1.5	3.7	4
55	Jim Ninowski	DET	25	QB	13	8	33	238	5	40	7.2	18.3	4
56	Howard Cassady	DET	27	HB	14	1	31	131	1	14	4.2	9.4	2
57	Mark Smolinski	BAL	22	FB	14	1	31	98	0	14	3.2	7.0	3
58	Johnny Olszewski	DET	31	FB	14	2	30	109	0	15	3.6	7.8	0
59	John Brodie	SFO	26	QB	14	14	28	90	2	29	3.2	6.4	1
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
60	Y.A. Tittle*	NYG	35	QB	13	10	25	85	3	17	3.4	6.5	0
61	Ollie Matson	RAM	31	RHB	14	13	24	181	2	69	7.5	12.9	0
62	Milt Plum*	CLE	26	QB	14	13	24	-17	1	14	-0.7	-1.2	9
63	Elijah Pitts	GNB	23	HB	14	1	23	75	1	17	3.3	5.4	0
64	Bill Brown	CHI	23	RB	14	3	22	81	0	20	3.7	5.8	2
65	Ralph Guglielmi	STL	28	QB	9	5	22	101	1	23	4.6	11.2	7
66	Don Meredith	DAL	23	QB	8	4	22	176	1	28	8.0	22.0	9
67	Bobby Joe Conrad	STL	26	RHB	14	13	20	22	0	7	1.1	1.6	2
68	Sonny Jurgensen*+	PHI	27	QB	14	14	20	27	0	14	1.4	1.9	6
69	Eddie LeBaron	DAL	31	QB	14	10	20	72	0	21	3.6	5.1	7
70	Earl Morrall	DET	27	QB	13	6	20	86	0	25	4.3	6.6	6
71	Mal Hammack	STL	28	FB	7	2	18	79	1	28	4.4	11.3	0
72	L.G. Dupre	DAL	29	HB	10	0	16	60	0	12	3.8	6.0	2
73	Taz Anderson	STL	23	TE	14	12	15	39	1	19	2.6	2.8	1
74	John Adams	CHI	24	FB	13	2	14	-2	1	10	-0.1	-0.2	1
75	Rudy Bukich	PIT	31	QB	11	8	14	4	2	12	0.3	0.4	7
76	Abe Woodson*	SFO	27	LHB/LCB	14	11	14	23	0	14	1.6	1.6	3
77	Ed Brown	CHI	33	QB	14	5	13	18	0	13	1.4	1.3	1
78	Charlie Conerly	NYG	40	QB	13	4	13	16	0	9	1.2	1.2	4
79	Tom Matte	BAL	22	HB	8	2	13	54	0	11	4.2	6.8	0
80	Doug Mayberry	MIN	24	FB	4	0	13	40	0	13	3.1	10.0	0
81	Zeke Bratkowski	RAM	30	QB	13	11	12	36	3	16	3.0	2.8	4
82	Bart Starr*	GNB	27	QB	14	14	12	56	1	21	4.7	4.0	8
83	Mike Sommer	2TM	27	HB	6	1	11	1	0	9	0.1	0.2	0
84	Don McIlhenny	2TM	27	HB	8	0	10	34	0	15	3.4	4.3	0
85	George Shaw	MIN	28	QB	8	4	10	39	0	19	3.9	4.9	1
86	Bill Cooper	SFO	22	FB	12	1	8	17	1	6	2.1	1.4	0
87	Bobby Layne	PIT	35	QB	8	6	8	11	0	9	1.4	1.4	4
88	Johnny Morris	CHI	26	FL	14	12	8	49	0	21	6.1	3.5	2
89	Preston Carpenter	PIT	27	RE	13	12	7	9	0	13	1.3	0.7	1
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
90	Theron Sapp	PHI	26	FB	14	0	7	24	1	8	3.4	1.7	1
91	Ken Webb	DET	26	FB	11	0	7	6	1	3	0.9	0.5	1
92	Terry Barr	DET	26	FL	14	14	6	-8	0	9	-1.3	-0.6	0
93	Brady Keys	PIT	25	SS/RCB	12	11	6	14	0	11	2.3	1.2	2
94	Terry Nofsinger	PIT	23	QB	5	0	6	6	0	3	1.0	1.2	0
95	Allan Webb	NYG	28	DB	10	3	6	51	0	21	8.5	5.1	1
96	Pervis Atkins	RAM	26	HB	14	1	5	19	0	13	3.8	1.4	1
97	Merrill Douglas	DAL	25	HB	6	0	5	24	0	6	4.8	4.0	0
98	Ron Kramer	GNB	26	RE	14	14	5	13	0	12	2.6	0.9	0
99	Phil King	NYG	25	FB	5	1	4	7	0	4	1.8	1.4	0
100	Lamar McHan	BAL	29	QB	7	0	4	1	0	7	0.3	0.1	0
101	Hugh McInnis	STL	23	TE	3	2	4	30	0	16	7.5	10.0	0
102	Bill Anderson	WAS	25	TE	14	11	3	5	0	13	1.7	0.4	1
103	Jamie Caleb	MIN	25	HB	10	0	3	11	0	4	3.7	1.1	0
104	Don Chandler	NYG	27	P	14	0	3	30	0	30	10.0	2.1	2
105	Buddy Dial*	PIT	24	LE	14	10	3	6	0	15	2.0	0.4	3
106	George Izo	WAS	24	QB	5	0	3	-1	0	4	-0.3	-0.2	0
107	Lew Luce	WAS	23	HB	2	0	3	1	0	3	0.3	0.5	1
108	Dale Messer	SFO	24	DB	4	0	3	13	0	6	4.3	3.3	0
109	Jerry Reichow*	MIN	27	RHB	14	9	3	9	0	21	3.0	0.6	0
110	J.D. Smith	CHI	25	HB	3	0	3	6	0	5	2.0	2.0	0
111	Bobby Joe Green	PIT	25	P	14	0	2	37	0	33	18.5	2.6	0
112	Lee Grosscup	NYG	25	QB	4	0	2	10	0	10	5.0	2.5	0
113	King Hill	PHI	25	QB	14	0	2	9	0	7	4.5	0.6	0
114	Ray Norton	SFO	24	HB	6	0	2	-2	0	2	-1.0	-0.3	1
115	John Roach	GNB	28	QB	7	0	2	-5	1	1	-2.5	-0.7	1
116	Lew Carpenter	GNB	29	HB	14	1	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.4	0
117	Bob Coronado	PIT	25	WR	5	1	1	-7	0	-7	-7.0	-1.4	0
118	Len Dawson	CLE	26	QB	7	1	1	-10	0	-10	-10.0	-1.4	0
119	Bobby Franklin	CLE	25	FS	14	13	1	12	1	12	12.0	0.9	1
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
120	Jerry Hill	BAL	22	RB	1	0	1	4	0	4	4.0	4.0	0
121	Billy Howton	DAL	31	LE	14	14	1	9	0	9	9.0	0.6	1
122	Charley Johnson	STL	23	QB	4	0	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.8	1
123	Yale Lary*	DET	31	FS	14	14	1	14	0	14	14.0	1.0	0
124	Steve Meilinger	PIT	31	E	4	1	1	6	0	6	6.0	1.5	0
125	Mike Mercer	MIN	26	K	14	0	1	-32	0	-32	-32.0	-2.3	0
126	Jerry Norton*	STL	30	SS	14	13	1	15	0	15	15.0	1.1	0
127	Preston Powell	CLE	25	FB	12	0	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.4	0
128	Pete Retzlaff	PHI	30	LE	14	14	1	8	0	8	8.0	0.6	0
129	Del Shofner*+	NYG	27	LE	14	14	1	6	0	6	6.0	0.4	1
130	Aaron Thomas	SFO	24	LE	14	8	1	-15	0	-15	-15.0	-1.1	1
131	Jim Welch	BAL	23	DB	14	0	1	60	1	60	60.0	4.3	0

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