1962 NFL Rushing

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League Champion: Green Bay Packers

AP MVP: Jim Taylor

AP Rookie of the Year: Ronnie Bull

Passing Leader: Sonny Jurgensen, 3261 Yds

Rushing Leader: Jim Taylor, 1474 Yds

Receiving Leader: Bobby Mitchell, 1384 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 Taylor*+	GNB	27	FB	14	14	272	1474	19	51	5.4	105.3	5
2	J.D. Smith*	SFO	30	FB	14	14	258	907	6	28	3.5	64.8	1
3	John Henry Johnson*	PIT	33	FB	14	14	251	1141	7	40	4.5	81.5	5
4	Jim Brown*	CLE	26	FB	14	14	230	996	13	31	4.3	71.1	9
5	Don Perkins*+	DAL	24	HB	14	14	222	945	7	35	4.3	67.5	2
6	Alex Webster	NYG	31	FB	14	14	207	743	5	55	3.6	53.1	4
7	Dick Bass*	RAM	25	FB	14	13	196	1033	6	57	5.3	73.8	7
8	John David Crow*	STL	27	HB	14	14	192	751	14	35	3.9	53.6	14
9	Tommy Mason*	MIN	23	HB	14	11	167	740	2	71	4.4	52.9	9
10	Billy Ray Barnes	WAS	27	HB	10	10	159	492	3	32	3.1	49.2	4
11	Amos Marsh	DAL	23	FB	14	14	144	802	6	70	5.6	57.3	6
12	Timmy Brown*	PHI	25	HB	14	14	137	545	5	61	4.0	38.9	7
13	Clarence Peaks	PHI	27	FB	14	13	137	447	3	48	3.3	31.9	9
14	Nick Pietrosante	DET	25	FB	13	11	134	445	2	22	3.3	34.2	3
15	Joe Womack	PIT	26	HB	11	10	128	468	5	28	3.7	42.5	3
16	Dan Lewis	DET	26	HB	12	9	120	488	6	64	4.1	40.7	5
17	Dick Hoak	PIT	23	HB	14	6	117	442	4	39	3.8	31.6	3
18	Prentice Gautt	STL	24	FB	13	7	114	470	2	34	4.1	36.2	1
19	Ronnie Bull	CHI	22	HB	14	10	113	363	1	24	3.2	25.9	5
20	Tom Watkins	DET	25	HB	13	5	113	485	3	60	4.3	37.3	5
21	Tom Moore*	GNB	24	HB	14	6	112	377	7	32	3.4	26.9	4
22	Phil King	NYG	26	HB	14	7	108	460	2	20	4.3	32.9	3
23	Lenny Moore*	BAL	29	HB	10	7	106	470	2	25	4.4	47.0	1
24	Joe Perry	BAL	35	FB	12	8	94	359	0	21	3.8	29.9	3
25	Don Bosseler	WAS	26	FB	14	14	93	336	2	15	3.6	24.0	3
26	Billy Kilmer	SFO	23	HB	12	9	93	478	5	35	5.1	39.8	5
27	Joe Marconi	CHI	28	FB	13	4	89	406	5	57	4.6	31.2	0
28	Mark Smolinski	BAL	23	RB	14	6	85	265	1	11	3.1	18.9	0
29	Jon Arnett	RAM	27	LHB	10	8	76	238	2	40	3.1	23.8	1
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
30	Rick Casares	CHI	31	FB	13	9	75	255	2	18	3.4	19.6	4
31	Tom Matte	BAL	23	HB	14	5	74	226	2	29	3.1	16.1	2
32	Doug Mayberry	MIN	25	FB	13	10	74	274	1	75	3.7	21.1	5
33	Ken Webb	DET	27	FB	14	3	70	267	1	25	3.8	19.1	3
34	Paul Hornung	GNB	27	HB	9	8	57	219	5	37	3.8	24.3	1
35	Charlie Scales	CLE	24	HB	14	5	56	239	3	27	4.3	17.1	1
36	Mel Triplett	MIN	31	FB	14	2	52	160	2	18	3.1	11.4	2
37	Hugh McElhenny	MIN	34	HB	11	3	50	200	0	27	4.0	18.2	3
38	Johnny Unitas*	BAL	29	QB	14	14	50	137	0	25	2.7	9.8	5
39	Leroy Jackson	WAS	23	HB	10	4	49	112	0	14	2.3	11.2	2
40	Art Perkins	RAM	22	HB	13	7	48	181	2	20	3.8	13.9	5
41	Tommy Wilson	CLE	30	HB	14	5	46	141	1	17	3.1	10.1	2
42	Bob Gaiters	2TM	24	HB	11	3	43	193	0	53	4.5	17.5	1
43	Willie Galimore	CHI	27	HB	7	3	43	233	2	77	5.4	33.3	0
44	Frank Ryan	CLE	26	QB	11	7	42	242	1	39	5.8	22.0	6
45	Fran Tarkenton	MIN	22	QB	14	14	41	361	2	31	8.8	25.8	5
46	Billy Wade	CHI	32	QB	14	14	40	146	5	21	3.7	10.4	7
47	Mal Hammack	STL	29	FB	14	5	38	160	1	23	4.2	11.4	2
48	John Brodie	SFO	27	QB	14	13	37	258	4	21	7.0	18.4	8
49	Joe Childress	STL	29	HB	14	2	37	162	0	15	4.4	11.6	2
50	Jim Cunningham	WAS	23	FB	14	0	35	144	1	27	4.1	10.3	1
51	Joe Morrison	NYG	25	HB	14	0	35	146	1	21	4.2	10.4	1
52	Bill Brown	MIN	24	RB	14	2	34	103	0	15	3.0	7.4	1
53	Amos Bullocks	DAL	23	HB	11	0	33	196	2	73	5.9	17.8	3
54	Ernie Green	CLE	24	HB	13	4	31	139	0	45	4.5	10.7	2
55	Earl Gros	GNB	22	FB	14	0	29	155	2	26	5.3	11.1	1
56	Alex Hawkins	BAL	25	HB	13	2	29	87	4	13	3.0	6.7	3
57	Milt Plum	DET	27	QB	14	14	29	170	1	45	5.9	12.1	2
58	Paul Dudley	NYG	23	HB	11	5	27	100	0	38	3.7	9.1	2
59	Charley Johnson	STL	24	QB	11	10	25	138	3	19	5.5	12.5	5
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
60	Theron Sapp	PHI	27	FB	12	0	23	53	2	17	2.3	4.4	1
61	Elijah Pitts	GNB	24	HB	14	0	22	110	2	26	5.0	7.9	2
62	Don Meredith	DAL	24	QB	13	8	21	74	0	14	3.5	5.7	10
63	Bart Starr*	GNB	28	QB	14	14	21	72	1	18	3.4	5.1	8
64	Bob Ferguson	PIT	23	FB	13	0	20	37	0	13	1.9	2.8	3
65	Norm Snead*	WAS	23	QB	14	14	20	10	3	9	0.5	0.7	5
66	Tom Tracy	PIT	28	HB	4	0	20	116	0	35	5.8	29.0	0
67	Roman Gabriel	RAM	22	QB	6	4	18	93	0	15	5.2	15.5	2
68	Glenn Shaw	RAM	24	FB	3	1	18	76	0	38	4.2	25.3	0
69	Sonny Jurgensen	PHI	28	QB	14	13	17	44	2	30	2.6	3.1	4
70	Earl Morrall	DET	28	QB	14	0	17	65	1	29	3.8	4.6	1
71	Y.A. Tittle*+	NYG	36	QB	14	14	17	108	2	23	6.4	7.7	6
72	Bobby Layne	PIT	36	QB	13	11	15	25	1	17	1.7	1.9	7
73	Charlie Bivins	CHI	24	HB	12	1	14	44	1	15	3.1	3.7	1
74	Johnny Counts	NYG	23	HB	14	0	14	55	0	23	3.9	3.9	4
75	Bob Waters	SFO	24	QB	7	0	12	42	0	14	3.5	6.0	1
76	Ralph Guglielmi	NYG	29	QB	14	0	11	40	0	18	3.6	2.9	1
77	Jim Vollenweider	SFO	23	HB	14	2	11	37	0	10	3.4	2.6	0
78	Dick James	WAS	28	RCB	14	6	9	13	0	7	1.4	0.9	4
79	Billy Martin	CHI	24	HB	14	1	9	28	1	12	3.1	2.0	3
80	Jim Ninowski	CLE	26	QB	7	7	9	15	0	14	1.7	2.1	2
81	C.R. Roberts	SFO	26	FB	2	1	9	19	0	12	2.1	9.5	0
82	Sam Etcheverry	STL	32	QB	14	4	8	5	0	13	0.6	0.4	6
83	J.W. Lockett	DAL	25	FB	14	0	8	24	1	7	3.0	1.7	4
84	Pervis Atkins	RAM	27	RHB	14	10	7	19	0	16	2.7	1.4	4
85	Zeke Bratkowski	RAM	31	QB	13	9	7	14	0	11	2.0	1.1	4
86	Harlon Hill	2TM	30	LE-SE	14	6	7	72	0	24	10.3	5.1	0
87	John Burrell	PIT	22	LE	14	8	6	38	0	18	6.3	2.7	0
88	Eddie LeBaron*	DAL	32	QB	14	6	6	-1	0	3	-0.2	-0.1	1
89	Bobby Reed	MIN	23	HB	6	1	6	22	0	11	3.7	3.7	3
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
90	Merrill Douglas	PHI	26	FB	13	0	4	7	0	6	1.8	0.5	0
91	King Hill	PHI	26	QB	14	1	4	40	1	22	10.0	2.9	1
92	Lamar McHan	BAL	30	QB	10	0	4	4	0	5	1.0	0.4	1
93	Gary Ballman	PIT	22	FL	3	2	3	7	0	3	2.3	2.3	0
94	Bruce Maher	DET	25	RCB	14	4	3	8	0	7	2.7	0.6	1
95	Ollie Matson	RAM	32	FL	13	4	3	0	0	2	0.0	0.0	0
96	Max McGee	GNB	30	LE	14	14	3	52	0	36	17.3	3.7	2
97	Ron Miller	RAM	23	QB	6	1	3	27	0	13	9.0	4.5	1
98	Bobby Boyd	BAL	25	LCB	14	14	2	13	0	15	6.5	0.9	1
99	Ed Brown	PIT	34	QB	14	3	2	-8	0	-2	-4.0	-0.6	1
100	Bob Clemens	BAL	23	FB	9	0	2	9	0	6	4.5	1.0	0
101	Bill Cooper	SFO	23	LB	10	0	2	-2	0	2	-1.0	-0.2	0
102	Frank Gifford	NYG	32	FL	14	14	2	18	1	12	9.0	1.3	1
103	Galen Hall	WAS	22	QB	3	0	2	2	1	1	1.0	0.7	0
104	Red Mack	PIT	25	FL	14	1	2	-2	0	7	-1.0	-0.1	1
105	John McCormick	MIN	25	QB	13	0	2	4	0	4	2.0	0.3	1
106	Johnny Morris	CHI	27	FL	14	14	2	7	0	4	3.5	0.5	2
107	Bill Triplett	STL	22	SS	14	6	2	12	0	10	6.0	0.9	1
108	Art Anderson	CHI	26	RT	14	14	1	7	0	7	7.0	0.5	0
109	Preston Carpenter*	PIT	28	TE	13	12	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.2	0
110	Howard Cassady	2TM	28	HB	10	3	1	6	0	6	6.0	0.6	1
111	Don Chandler	NYG	28	P	14	0	1	-11	0	-11	-11.0	-0.8	0
112	Gail Cogdill*	DET	25	LE	14	14	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.1	2
113	Dick Compton	DET	22	HB	10	0	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.3	0
114	Fred Dugan	WAS	29	LE	12	12	1	-9	0	-9	-9.0	-0.8	0
115	Doug Elmore	WAS	24	P	14	4	1	-14	0	-14	-14.0	-1.0	1
116	George Izo	WAS	25	QB	1	0	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-3.0	2
117	Ron Kramer*+	GNB	27	TE	14	14	1	-4	0	-4	-4.0	-0.3	0
118	Bobby Mitchell*+	WAS	27	FL	14	14	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.4	5
119	Jimmy Orr	BAL	27	FL	14	14	1	14	0	14	14.0	1.0	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
120	John Roach	GNB	29	QB	8	0	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.6	1
121	Del Shofner*+	NYG	28	LE	13	12	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.3	0
122	Ralph Smith	PHI	24	TE	13	0	1	13	0	13	13.0	1.0	0
123	Pat Studstill	DET	24	FL	14	8	1	-11	0	-11	-11.0	-0.8	2
124	Aaron Thomas	2TM	25	TE	14	5	1	-9	0	0	-9.0	-0.6	0
125	Bake Turner	BAL	22	FL	14	0	1	17	0	17	17.0	1.2	1
126	Lloyd Winston	SFO	23	FB	2	1	1	-15	0	-15	-15.0	-7.5	1

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