1965 NFL Rushing

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League Champion: Green Bay Packers

AP MVP: Jim Brown

AP Rookie of the Year: Gale Sayers

Passing Leader: John Brodie, 3112 Yds

Rushing Leader: Jim Brown, 1544 Yds

Receiving Leader: Dave Parks, 1344 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	29	FB	14	14	289	1544	17	67	5.3	110.3	6
2	Jim Taylor	GNB	30	FB	14	14	207	734	4	35	3.5	52.4	3
3	Tucker Frederickson*	NYG	22	FB	13	10	195	659	5	41	3.4	50.7	9
4	Ken Willard*	SFO	22	FB	14	14	189	778	5	32	4.1	55.6	7
5	Don Perkins	DAL	27	FB	13	13	177	690	0	43	3.9	53.1	2
6	Bill Triplett	STL	25	HB	14	14	174	617	6	59	3.5	44.1	1
7	Gale Sayers*+	CHI	22	HB	14	12	166	867	14	61	5.2	61.9	9
8	Bill Brown*	MIN	27	FB	14	13	160	699	6	40	4.4	49.9	9
9	Timmy Brown*	PHI	28	HB	13	13	158	861	6	54	5.4	66.2	8
10	Jerry Hill	BAL	26	FB	14	14	147	516	5	20	3.5	36.9	4
11	Earl Gros	PHI	25	FB	14	14	145	479	7	33	3.3	34.2	5
12	Charley Taylor*	WAS	24	HB	13	13	145	402	3	39	2.8	30.9	10
13	Tommy Mason	MIN	26	HB	10	9	141	597	10	26	4.2	59.7	9
14	Lenny Moore	BAL	32	HB	12	12	133	464	5	28	3.5	38.7	3
15	John David Crow*	SFO	30	HB	14	13	132	514	2	30	3.9	36.7	5
16	Dick Hoak	PIT	26	HB	14	11	131	426	5	42	3.3	30.4	6
17	Amos Marsh	DET	26	HB	13	7	131	495	6	62	3.8	38.1	4
18	Willis Crenshaw	STL	24	FB	14	10	127	437	0	27	3.4	31.2	2
19	Dick Bass	RAM	28	FB	12	8	121	549	2	49	4.5	45.8	7
20	Dan Lewis	WAS	29	FB	13	10	117	343	2	23	2.9	26.4	4
21	Joe Don Looney	DET	23	HB	9	9	114	356	5	35	3.1	39.6	7
22	Ernie Green	CLE	27	HB	13	13	111	436	2	41	3.9	33.5	3
23	Mike Lind	PIT	25	FB	14	9	111	375	1	20	3.4	26.8	3
24	Nick Pietrosante	DET	28	FB	14	9	107	374	1	12	3.5	26.7	3
25	Steve Thurlow	NYG	23	HB	14	11	106	440	4	43	4.2	31.4	4
26	Jon Arnett	CHI	30	HB	14	2	102	363	5	24	3.6	25.9	3
27	Ronnie Bull	CHI	25	FB	13	10	91	417	3	33	4.6	32.1	2
28	Paul Hornung	GNB	30	HB	12	8	89	299	5	17	3.4	24.9	2
29	J.D. Smith	DAL	33	RB	14	3	86	295	2	24	3.4	21.1	2
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
30	Phil King	MIN	29	HB	14	4	72	356	0	21	4.9	25.4	3
31	Les Josephson	RAM	23	HB	13	7	71	225	0	18	3.2	17.3	1
32	Tom Matte	BAL	26	RB	14	3	69	235	1	20	3.4	16.8	2
33	Andy Livingston	CHI	21	RB	14	0	63	363	2	30	5.8	25.9	2
34	Tony Lorick	BAL	24	RB	14	0	63	296	1	38	4.7	21.1	3
35	Ben Wilson	RAM	26	FB	14	7	60	189	1	20	3.2	13.5	2
36	Fran Tarkenton*	MIN	25	QB	14	14	56	356	1	36	6.4	25.4	5
37	Perry Lee Dunn	DAL	24	HB	13	6	54	171	2	12	3.2	13.2	2
38	Elijah Pitts	GNB	27	HB	14	2	54	122	4	12	2.3	8.7	2
39	Gary Lewis	SFO	23	RB	14	0	52	256	3	60	4.9	18.3	3
40	Tom Moore	GNB	27	HB	13	4	51	124	0	13	2.4	9.5	4
41	Billy Ray Barnes	MIN	30	HB	14	2	48	148	0	18	3.1	10.6	1
42	Clarence Peaks	PIT	30	FB	10	5	47	230	0	36	4.9	23.0	3
43	Cannonball Butler	PIT	22	RB	14	3	46	108	0	12	2.3	7.7	7
44	Willie Brown	RAM	23	HB	14	4	44	133	0	19	3.0	9.5	3
45	Prentice Gautt	STL	27	HB	7	2	44	175	2	20	4.0	25.0	2
46	George Hughley	WAS	28	FB	14	3	37	175	0	19	4.7	12.5	1
47	Leroy Kelly	CLE	23	RB	13	1	37	139	0	16	3.8	10.7	3
48	Ernie Koy	NYG	23	FL	13	5	35	174	0	27	5.0	13.4	2
49	Don Meredith	DAL	27	QB	14	11	35	247	1	22	7.1	17.6	11
50	Dan Reeves	DAL	21	HB	13	6	33	102	2	13	3.1	7.8	0
51	Bill Thornton	STL	26	FB	14	0	31	188	0	38	6.1	13.4	0
52	Tom Watkins	DET	28	HB	11	1	29	95	0	12	3.3	8.6	3
53	Rudy Bukich	CHI	35	QB	14	12	28	33	3	24	1.2	2.4	12
54	Dave Kopay	SFO	23	RB	12	1	28	81	2	10	2.9	6.8	1
55	Tom Woodeshick	PHI	24	RB	13	0	28	145	0	14	5.2	11.2	0
56	Tom Nowatzke	DET	23	FB	14	2	27	73	1	14	2.7	5.2	1
57	Bill Munson	RAM	24	QB	10	10	26	157	1	38	6.0	15.7	9
58	Bill Nelsen	PIT	24	QB	12	12	26	84	1	21	3.2	7.0	6
59	Terry Baker	RAM	24	RB	9	3	25	82	1	10	3.3	9.1	3
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
60	Charley Johnson	STL	27	QB	11	11	25	60	1	15	2.4	5.5	4
61	Norm Snead*	PHI	26	QB	11	10	24	81	3	20	3.4	7.4	5
62	Ernie Wheelwright	NYG	26	FB	13	5	24	96	0	16	4.0	7.4	1
63	Roman Gabriel	RAM	25	QB	7	4	23	79	2	17	3.4	11.3	5
64	Bobby Felts	2TM	23	HB	14	0	22	58	0	6	2.6	4.1	3
65	Ollie Matson	PHI	35	RB	14	1	22	103	2	22	4.7	7.4	0
66	Milt Plum	DET	30	QB	14	11	21	37	3	15	1.8	2.6	5
67	Dave Osborn	MIN	22	RB	14	0	20	106	2	21	5.3	7.6	2
68	Joe Childress	STL	32	FB	5	2	19	94	0	13	4.9	18.8	0
69	Joe Marconi	CHI	31	FB	14	4	19	47	0	10	2.5	3.4	0
70	Smith Reed	NYG	23	HB	10	0	19	70	0	17	3.7	7.0	0
71	Frank Ryan*	CLE	29	QB	12	12	19	72	0	18	3.8	6.0	5
72	Chuck Mercein	NYG	22	RB	13	2	18	55	2	15	3.1	4.2	0
73	Bart Starr	GNB	31	QB	14	14	18	169	1	38	9.4	12.1	2
74	Gary Ballman*	PIT	25	FL	14	12	17	46	3	11	2.7	3.3	2
75	Sonny Jurgensen	WAS	31	QB	13	13	17	23	2	27	1.4	1.8	6
76	Earl Morrall	NYG	31	QB	14	14	17	52	0	14	3.1	3.7	5
77	Johnny Unitas+	BAL	32	QB	11	11	17	68	1	18	4.0	6.2	7
78	John Brodie*	SFO	30	QB	13	13	15	60	1	13	4.0	4.6	4
79	Theron Sapp	PIT	30	HB	14	1	14	54	0	24	3.9	3.9	0
80	Jim Stiger	2TM	24	HB	11	0	14	62	0	16	4.4	5.6	2
81	Dick Shiner	WAS	23	QB	14	1	12	35	0	29	2.9	2.5	5
82	Charlie Scales	CLE	27	HB	14	0	11	59	0	20	5.4	4.2	1
83	Izzy Lang	PHI	23	RB	14	0	10	25	1	8	2.5	1.8	0
84	Jack Concannon	PHI	22	QB	3	0	9	104	0	38	11.6	34.7	0
85	Frank Clarke	DAL	31	TE	14	14	8	58	0	21	7.3	4.1	2
86	Tommy Wade	PIT	23	QB	4	2	8	43	0	41	5.4	10.8	6
87	King Hill	PHI	29	QB	7	4	7	20	2	7	2.9	2.9	0
88	Bob Briggs	WAS	24	FB	7	0	6	10	0	6	1.7	1.4	2
89	Gary Cuozzo	BAL	24	QB	7	2	6	8	0	10	1.3	1.1	3
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
90	Mike Curtis	BAL	22	FB	14	0	6	1	0	4	0.2	0.1	0
91	Rudy Johnson	SFO	24	HB	14	0	6	9	0	4	1.5	0.6	1
92	George Mira	SFO	23	QB	10	1	5	64	0	25	12.8	6.4	2
93	Billy Wade	CHI	35	QB	5	2	5	18	0	16	3.6	3.6	2
94	Gary Wood	NYG	23	QB	9	0	5	68	0	25	13.6	7.6	1
95	Zeke Bratkowski	GNB	34	QB	6	0	4	-1	0	1	-0.3	-0.2	1
96	Billy Gambrell	STL	24	SE	10	0	4	15	0	11	3.8	1.5	1
97	Bob Hayes*	DAL	23	LE	13	13	4	-8	1	11	-2.0	-0.6	3
98	Jim Ninowski	CLE	29	QB	6	2	4	46	0	17	11.5	7.7	0
99	Terry Nofsinger	STL	27	QB	1	0	4	1	1	2	0.3	1.0	0
100	Jerry Rhome	DAL	23	QB	11	2	4	11	0	16	2.8	1.0	1
101	Ron Vander Kelen	MIN	26	QB	4	0	4	13	0	20	3.3	3.3	1
102	Junior Coffey	GNB	23	RB	13	0	3	12	0	10	4.0	0.9	0
103	Allen Jacobs	GNB	24	HB	14	0	3	5	0	2	1.7	0.4	0
104	John Henry Johnson	PIT	36	FB	1	0	3	11	0	7	3.7	11.0	0
105	Joe Morrison	NYG	28	FL	13	9	3	20	1	11	6.7	1.5	1
106	Craig Morton	DAL	22	QB	4	1	3	-8	0	5	-2.7	-2.0	2
107	Walter Roberts	CLE	23	LE	14	14	3	30	0	14	10.0	2.1	1
108	Clancy Williams	RAM	23	LCB/RCB	12	10	3	3	0	2	1.0	0.3	0
109	Jim Young	MIN	22	HB	2	0	3	4	0	4	1.3	2.0	1
110	Ed Brown	2TM	37	QB	14	0	2	-3	0	-1	-1.5	-0.2	3
111	Rick Casares	WAS	34	FB	3	1	2	5	0	3	2.5	1.7	0
112	Dennis Claridge	GNB	24	QB	1	0	2	-3	0	1	-1.5	-3.0	1
113	Dick Gordon	CHI	21	LE	14	4	2	10	0	6	5.0	0.7	1
114	Buddy Humphrey	STL	30	QB	7	3	2	4	0	2	2.0	0.6	1
115	Jim Jones	CHI	24	LE	13	10	2	13	0	7	6.5	1.0	0
116	Paul Martha	PIT	23	LE	12	6	2	3	0	6	1.5	0.3	0
117	Eddie Meador*	RAM	28	FS	14	13	2	35	1	24	17.5	2.5	0
118	Jim Bakken*	STL	25	K	14	0	1	28	0	28	28.0	2.0	1
119	Terry Barr	DET	30	FL	7	7	1	-12	0	-12	-12.0	-1.7	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
120	Don Chandler	GNB	31	K	14	0	1	27	0	27	27.0	1.9	0
121	Gary Collins*	CLE	25	FL	14	14	1	16	0	16	16.0	1.1	0
122	Tommy Davis	SFO	31	K	14	0	1	21	0	21	21.0	1.5	0
123	Bobby Franklin	CLE	29	DB	14	3	1	-11	0	-11	-11.0	-0.8	1
124	George Izo	DET	28	QB	6	3	1	-5	0	-5	-5.0	-0.8	1
125	Roy Jefferson	PIT	22	LE	10	4	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	3
126	Homer Jones	NYG	24	SE	14	3	1	17	0	17	17.0	1.2	0
127	Ralph Kurek	CHI	22	RB	14	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0
128	John Mackey*	BAL	24	TE	14	14	1	7	0	7	7.0	0.5	2
129	Lance Rentzel	MIN	22	SE	11	1	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	4
130	Daryl Sanders	DET	24	LT	14	14	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.1	0
131	Joe Scarpati	PHI	22	FS	14	14	1	6	0	6	6.0	0.4	0
132	Pat Studstill*	DET	27	FL/LE	14	12	1	-4	0	-4	-4.0	-0.3	0
133	A.D. Whitfield	DAL	22	RB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0

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