1961 AFL Rushing

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League Champion: Houston Oilers

AP MVP: George Blanda

Passing Leader: George Blanda, 3330 Yds

Rushing Leader: Billy Cannon, 948 Yds

Receiving Leader: Charley Hennigan, 1746 Yds

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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	Bill Mathis*+	NYT	23	FB	14	14	202	846	7	30	4.2	60.4	3
2	Billy Cannon*+	HOU	24	HB	14	13	200	948	6	61	4.7	67.7	5
3	Abner Haynes*	DTX	24	LHB	14	12	179	841	9	59	4.7	60.1	11
4	Paul Lowe	SDG	25	HB	14	14	175	767	9	87	4.4	54.8	6
5	Charley Tolar*	HOU	24	FB	14	14	157	577	4	28	3.7	41.2	3
6	Art Baker	BUF	24	FB	14	9	152	498	3	35	3.3	35.6	7
7	Donnie Stone*	DEN	24	LHB	14	12	127	505	4	34	4.0	36.1	3
8	Wayne Crow	OAK	23	LHB	14	8	119	490	2	62	4.1	35.0	1
9	Wray Carlton	BUF	24	FB	14	8	101	311	4	27	3.1	22.2	5
10	Billy Lott	BOS	27	FB	14	8	100	461	5	38	4.6	32.9	3
11	Alan Miller*	OAK	24	FB	14	13	85	255	3	15	3.0	18.2	2
12	Ron Burton	BOS	25	HB	14	9	82	260	2	43	3.2	18.6	3
13	Dick Christy	NYT	26	HB	14	13	81	180	2	16	2.2	12.9	7
14	Fred Bukaty	DEN	25	FB	14	9	76	187	5	45	2.5	13.4	3
15	Mel West	2TM	22	HB	13	3	72	322	3	35	4.5	24.8	2
16	Bo Dickinson	DTX	27	FB	14	9	71	263	3	65	3.7	18.8	0
17	Larry Garron*	BOS	24	FB	14	6	69	389	2	85	5.6	27.8	5
18	Frank Jackson	DTX	22	HB	14	3	65	386	3	49	5.9	27.6	3
19	Dave Smith	HOU	24	FB	14	1	60	258	2	21	4.3	18.4	3
20	Bo Roberson	SDG	26	FL	14	3	58	275	3	59	4.7	19.6	3
21	Dewey Bohling	2TM	23	HB-LHB	12	7	55	153	2	18	2.8	12.8	1
22	Al Dorow*	NYT	32	QB	14	14	54	317	4	40	5.9	22.6	10
23	Fred Brown	BUF	23	LHB	5	4	53	192	1	13	3.6	38.4	1
24	Johnny Robinson	DTX	23	RHB	14	13	52	200	2	45	3.8	14.3	1
25	Charlie Flowers	SDG	24	FB	14	9	51	177	3	11	3.5	12.6	2
26	Jack Kemp*	SDG	26	QB	14	14	43	105	6	23	2.4	7.5	10
27	Jim Crawford	BOS	26	FB	10	4	41	148	0	34	3.6	14.8	1
28	Keith Lincoln	SDG	22	FB	14	5	41	150	0	17	3.7	10.7	0
29	Jack Spikes	DTX	24	FB	6	5	39	334	5	74	8.6	55.7	1
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
30	Charley Fuller	OAK	22	HB	14	4	38	134	0	19	3.5	9.6	5
31	Babe Parilli	BOS	31	QB	14	8	38	183	4	24	4.8	13.1	2
32	Clem Daniels	OAK	24	HB	8	1	31	154	2	39	5.0	19.3	3
33	George Fleming	OAK	23	HB	14	3	31	112	1	23	3.6	8.0	2
34	M.C. Reynolds	BUF	26	QB	12	3	30	142	4	20	4.7	11.8	1
35	Tom Flores	OAK	24	QB	14	14	23	36	1	13	1.6	2.6	8
36	Al Frazier	DEN	26	RHB	14	14	23	110	0	43	4.8	7.9	9
37	Cotton Davidson*	DTX	30	QB	14	12	21	123	1	40	5.9	8.8	7
38	Dave Ames	2TM	24	HB	12	3	19	114	0	26	6.0	9.5	2
39	Gene Mingo	DEN	23	LHB	10	4	18	51	0	15	2.8	5.1	2
40	James Stinnette	DEN	23	RLB	14	7	18	8	0	9	0.4	0.6	1
41	Elbert Dubenion	BUF	28	FL	14	13	17	173	2	72	10.2	12.4	1
42	Hunter Enis	SDG	25	QB	13	0	16	13	2	9	0.8	1.0	4
43	Bob Brooks	NYT	23	FB	14	0	15	55	0	9	3.7	3.9	1
44	Al Carmichael	DEN	33	HB	6	0	15	24	0	8	1.6	4.0	4
45	George Herring	DEN	28	QB	14	3	15	74	2	20	4.9	5.3	4
46	Johnny Green	BUF	24	QB	8	5	14	15	1	14	1.1	1.9	4
47	Warren Rabb	BUF	24	QB	9	3	13	47	0	19	3.6	5.2	5
48	Claude King	HOU	23	HB	11	0	12	50	2	17	4.2	4.5	2
49	Tom Yewcic	BOS	29	QB	14	1	11	51	1	13	4.6	3.6	0
50	Walt Kowalczyk	OAK	26	FB	4	1	10	28	0	18	2.8	7.0	0
51	Richie Lucas	BUF	23	QB	8	3	10	15	0	9	1.5	1.9	1
52	Gerhard Schwedes	BOS	23	HB	5	0	10	14	0	5	1.4	2.8	2
53	Jacky Lee	HOU	22	QB	14	3	8	36	0	9	4.5	2.6	3
54	Butch Songin	BOS	37	QB	14	6	8	39	0	11	4.9	2.8	4
55	Jerry Sturm	DEN	25	LT	14	10	8	31	0	9	3.9	2.2	1
56	Jim Apple	NYT	23	HB	3	0	7	2	0	7	0.3	0.7	1
57	George Blanda*+	HOU	34	QB	14	11	7	12	0	7	1.7	0.9	3
58	Jack Larscheid	OAK	28	HB	2	0	6	3	0	7	0.5	1.5	2
59	Nick Papac	OAK	26	QB	14	0	6	28	1	11	4.7	2.0	1
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
60	Jerry Traynham	DEN	22	K	2	0	6	12	0	8	2.0	6.0	0
61	Randy Duncan	DTX	24	QB	14	2	5	42	0	19	8.4	3.0	3
62	Bob Laraba	SDG	28	RLB	14	9	5	5	1	9	1.0	0.4	0
63	Billy Pricer	DTX	27	FB	6	0	5	13	0	5	2.6	2.2	0
64	Bill Shockley	2TM	24	HB	8	0	5	9	0	9	1.8	1.1	0
65	Frank Tripucka	DEN	34	QB	14	11	4	-8	0	0	-2.0	-0.6	3
66	Buddy Allen	DEN	24	HB	1	0	3	-4	0	2	-1.3	-4.0	1
67	Jim Colclough	BOS	25	FL	14	13	3	37	0	16	12.3	2.6	1
68	Billy Atkins*+	BUF	27	FS	14	14	2	87	1	56	43.5	6.2	0
69	Glenn Bass	BUF	22	LE	14	11	2	8	0	16	4.0	0.6	2
70	Chris Burford*	DTX	23	LE	14	14	1	-13	0	-13	-13.0	-0.9	1
71	Willmer Fowler	BUF	24	HB	2	1	1	2	0	2	2.0	1.0	0
72	Jon Gilliam*	DTX	23	C	14	12	1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	-0.4	0
73	Bill Groman+	HOU	25	LE	14	13	1	2	1	2	2.0	0.1	0
74	Curley Johnson	NYT	26	HB	12	0	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.3	0
75	Paul Maguire	SDG	23	RLB	14	8	1	-11	0	-11	-11.0	-0.8	0
76	Bob Renn	NYT	27	FL	12	8	1	14	0	14	14.0	1.2	1
77	Tom Rychlec	BUF	27	RE	14	4	1	-18	0	-18	-18.0	-1.3	0
78	Bob Scrabis	NYT	25	QB	11	0	1	1	1	1	1.0	0.1	1
79	Clyde Washington	BOS	23	LCB/RCB	14	12	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.2	1

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