Rushing
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Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
1 | Eddie Price*+ | NYG | 26 | FB | 12 | 10 | 271 | 971 | 7 | 80 | 3.6 | 80.9 | 7 |
2 | Rob Goode* | WAS | 24 | FB | 12 | 11 | 208 | 951 | 9 | 33 | 4.6 | 79.3 | 9 |
3 | Joe Perry | SFO | 24 | FB | 11 | 11 | 136 | 677 | 3 | 58 | 5.0 | 61.5 | 5 |
4 | Bob Hoernschemeyer* | DET | 26 | RH | 11 | 11 | 132 | 678 | 2 | 85 | 5.1 | 61.6 | 3 |
5 | John Dottley* | CHI | 23 | FB | 12 | 9 | 127 | 670 | 3 | 38 | 5.3 | 55.8 | 3 |
6 | Dan Towler* | RAM | 23 | FB | 12 | 5 | 126 | 854 | 6 | 79 | 6.8 | 71.2 | 7 |
7 | Elmer Angsman | CRD | 26 | RH | 12 | 12 | 121 | 380 | 3 | 28 | 3.1 | 31.7 | 6 |
8 | Zollie Toth | NYY | 27 | FB | 10 | 10 | 119 | 384 | 4 | 16 | 3.2 | 38.4 | 2 |
9 | Frank Ziegler | PHI | 28 | RH | 12 | 6 | 113 | 418 | 2 | 34 | 3.7 | 34.8 | 6 |
10 | Steve Van Buren | PHI | 31 | LH | 10 | 6 | 112 | 327 | 6 | 17 | 2.9 | 32.7 | 3 |
11 | Fran Rogel | PIT | 24 | FB | 12 | 3 | 109 | 385 | 3 | 51 | 3.5 | 32.1 | 4 |
12 | Lynn Chandnois | PIT | 26 | WB | 12 | 8 | 108 | 332 | 2 | 34 | 3.1 | 27.7 | 7 |
13 | George Gulyanics | CHI | 30 | LH | 12 | 7 | 105 | 403 | 4 | 30 | 3.8 | 33.6 | 4 |
14 | Dub Jones*+ | CLE | 27 | RH | 12 | 12 | 104 | 492 | 7 | 43 | 4.7 | 41.0 | 3 |
15 | Pat Harder | DET | 29 | FB | 12 | 11 | 101 | 380 | 6 | 28 | 3.8 | 31.7 | 4 |
16 | Dick Hoerner | RAM | 29 | FB | 12 | 10 | 94 | 569 | 6 | 43 | 6.1 | 47.4 | 5 |
17 | Sherman Howard | NYY | 27 | RH | 12 | 12 | 94 | 343 | 4 | 31 | 3.6 | 28.6 | 4 |
18 | Joe Scott | NYG | 25 | RH | 12 | 11 | 94 | 367 | 1 | 37 | 3.9 | 30.6 | 1 |
19 | Jim Parmer | PHI | 24 | FB | 11 | 11 | 92 | 316 | 2 | 15 | 3.4 | 28.7 | 2 |
20 | Bill Dudley* | WAS | 30 | LH | 12 | 12 | 91 | 398 | 2 | 40 | 4.4 | 33.2 | 4 |
21 | Joe Geri* | PIT | 27 | TB | 12 | 12 | 90 | 252 | 3 | 17 | 2.8 | 21.0 | 5 |
22 | Ken Carpenter* | CLE | 25 | LH | 11 | 11 | 85 | 402 | 4 | 30 | 4.7 | 36.5 | 2 |
23 | Julie Rykovich | CHI | 28 | RH | 12 | 10 | 83 | 399 | 4 | 56 | 4.8 | 33.3 | 3 |
24 | Johnny Strzykalski | SFO | 30 | RH | 11 | 9 | 81 | 296 | 3 | 13 | 3.7 | 26.9 | 0 |
25 | Doak Walker*+ | DET | 24 | LH | 12 | 12 | 79 | 356 | 2 | 34 | 4.5 | 29.7 | 1 |
26 | Charley Trippi | CRD | 30 | QB | 12 | 7 | 78 | 501 | 4 | 32 | 6.4 | 41.8 | 4 |
27 | Tobin Rote | GNB | 23 | QB | 12 | 11 | 76 | 523 | 3 | 55 | 6.9 | 43.6 | 4 |
28 | Pete Schabarum | SFO | 22 | RH | 12 | 3 | 76 | 311 | 2 | 67 | 4.1 | 25.9 | 4 |
29 | Chuck Hunsinger | CHI | 26 | HB | 12 | 3 | 73 | 369 | 3 | 39 | 5.1 | 30.8 | 0 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
30 | Verl Lillywhite | SFO | 25 | LH | 12 | 12 | 67 | 397 | 1 | 60 | 5.9 | 33.1 | 3 |
31 | Glenn Davis | RAM | 27 | LHB | 11 | 4 | 64 | 200 | 1 | 23 | 3.1 | 18.2 | 3 |
32 | Leon Heath | WAS | 23 | RH | 11 | 9 | 64 | 159 | 0 | 16 | 2.5 | 14.5 | 3 |
33 | George Taliaferro* | NYY | 24 | LH | 12 | 5 | 62 | 330 | 3 | 65 | 5.3 | 27.5 | 5 |
34 | Bobby Layne* | DET | 25 | QB | 12 | 12 | 61 | 290 | 1 | 36 | 4.8 | 24.2 | 8 |
35 | Marion Motley | CLE | 31 | FB | 11 | 10 | 61 | 273 | 1 | 26 | 4.5 | 24.8 | 1 |
36 | Chuck Ortmann | PIT | 22 | B | 12 | 2 | 59 | 327 | 0 | 32 | 5.5 | 27.3 | 5 |
37 | Fred Cone | GNB | 25 | FB | 12 | 7 | 56 | 190 | 1 | 16 | 3.4 | 15.8 | 1 |
38 | Tony Canadeo | GNB | 32 | LH | 12 | 12 | 54 | 131 | 1 | 15 | 2.4 | 10.9 | 2 |
39 | Forrest Griffith | NYG | 23 | LH | 10 | 7 | 54 | 115 | 0 | 27 | 2.1 | 11.5 | 7 |
40 | Billy Cross | CRD | 22 | HB | 12 | 3 | 53 | 283 | 3 | 39 | 5.3 | 23.6 | 2 |
41 | Ralph Pasquariello | CRD | 25 | FB | 10 | 3 | 53 | 251 | 1 | 28 | 4.7 | 25.1 | 0 |
42 | Emil Sitko | CRD | 28 | HB | 11 | 1 | 52 | 183 | 0 | 61 | 3.5 | 16.6 | 3 |
43 | Vitamin Smith | RAM | 28 | RH | 12 | 9 | 52 | 143 | 1 | 31 | 2.8 | 11.9 | 2 |
44 | Johnny Lujack* | CHI | 26 | QB | 12 | 9 | 47 | 171 | 7 | 22 | 3.6 | 14.3 | 2 |
45 | Emerson Cole | CLE | 24 | FB | 12 | 2 | 46 | 252 | 1 | 23 | 5.5 | 21.0 | 2 |
46 | Buddy Young | NYY | 25 | LH | 12 | 9 | 46 | 165 | 1 | 17 | 3.6 | 13.8 | 3 |
47 | Rex Bumgardner | CLE | 28 | HB | 10 | 0 | 45 | 126 | 1 | 20 | 2.8 | 12.6 | 1 |
48 | Clyde Scott | PHI | 27 | LHB | 12 | 5 | 45 | 161 | 1 | 40 | 3.6 | 13.4 | 6 |
49 | Billy Grimes* | GNB | 24 | RH | 12 | 11 | 44 | 123 | 1 | 18 | 2.8 | 10.3 | 5 |
50 | Johnny Papit | WAS | 23 | HB | 11 | 0 | 44 | 175 | 0 | 33 | 4.0 | 15.9 | 0 |
51 | Bosh Pritchard | 2TM | 32 | HB | 11 | 3 | 42 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 2 |
52 | George Thomas | WAS | 23 | HB | 12 | 3 | 42 | 130 | 0 | 17 | 3.1 | 10.8 | 3 |
53 | Don Paul | CRD | 25 | LH/RDH | 12 | 12 | 37 | 247 | 3 | 68 | 6.7 | 20.6 | 4 |
54 | Bob Celeri | NYY | 24 | QB | 11 | 8 | 36 | 107 | 0 | 17 | 3.0 | 9.7 | 3 |
55 | Tank Younger*+ | RAM | 23 | LLB | 12 | 12 | 36 | 223 | 1 | 24 | 6.2 | 18.6 | 0 |
56 | Frankie Albert | SFO | 31 | QB | 12 | 11 | 35 | 146 | 3 | 34 | 4.2 | 12.2 | 0 |
57 | Otto Graham*+ | CLE | 30 | QB | 12 | 12 | 35 | 29 | 3 | 12 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 7 |
58 | Dan Sandifer | PHI | 24 | DB | 12 | 1 | 35 | 113 | 1 | 13 | 3.2 | 9.4 | 3 |
59 | Joe Arenas | SFO | 26 | HB | 12 | 0 | 34 | 183 | 3 | 14 | 5.4 | 15.3 | 1 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
60 | Chuck Drazenovich | WAS | 24 | RLB | 9 | 9 | 34 | 76 | 3 | 7 | 2.2 | 8.4 | 1 |
61 | Bishop Strickland | SFO | 24 | FB | 9 | 0 | 34 | 165 | 0 | 15 | 4.9 | 18.3 | 2 |
62 | Billy Stone | CHI | 26 | SS | 12 | 12 | 30 | 123 | 1 | 42 | 4.1 | 10.3 | 1 |
63 | Jack Cloud | GNB | 26 | FB | 5 | 5 | 29 | 61 | 1 | 19 | 2.1 | 12.2 | 2 |
64 | Harry Dowda | WAS | 29 | HB | 12 | 0 | 29 | 111 | 0 | 32 | 3.8 | 9.3 | 2 |
65 | Fred Morrison | CHI | 25 | FB | 12 | 3 | 29 | 96 | 0 | 26 | 3.3 | 8.0 | 2 |
66 | Adrian Burk | PHI | 24 | QB | 12 | 12 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 5 |
67 | Jerry Nuzum | PIT | 28 | FB | 11 | 7 | 27 | 56 | 1 | 9 | 2.1 | 5.1 | 2 |
68 | Al Pollard | 2TM | 23 | HB | 12 | 1 | 26 | 121 | 0 | 28 | 4.7 | 10.1 | 2 |
69 | Breezy Reid | GNB | 24 | HB | 12 | 0 | 23 | 73 | 0 | 33 | 3.2 | 6.1 | 1 |
70 | Lindy Pearson | DET | 22 | HB | 12 | 1 | 22 | 88 | 0 | 25 | 4.0 | 7.3 | 1 |
71 | Ray Mathews | PIT | 22 | WB | 12 | 4 | 21 | 37 | 0 | 15 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 3 |
72 | Jim Monachino | SFO | 22 | HB | 8 | 0 | 21 | 74 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 9.3 | 2 |
73 | Kyle Rote | NYG | 23 | HB | 5 | 5 | 21 | 114 | 1 | 31 | 5.4 | 22.8 | 1 |
74 | Jerry Williams | RAM | 28 | LH/LDH | 10 | 10 | 21 | 106 | 2 | 32 | 5.0 | 10.6 | 0 |
75 | Harry Gilmer | WAS | 25 | QB | 10 | 3 | 19 | 141 | 0 | 37 | 7.4 | 14.1 | 4 |
76 | Charlie Conerly | NYG | 30 | QB | 12 | 11 | 17 | 65 | 1 | 18 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 4 |
77 | Tommy Kalmanir | RAM | 25 | HB | 12 | 0 | 16 | 61 | 0 | 23 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 0 |
78 | Don Phelps | CLE | 27 | HB | 4 | 0 | 16 | 65 | 1 | 16 | 4.1 | 16.3 | 1 |
79 | Norm Standlee | SFO | 32 | LLB | 11 | 11 | 16 | 65 | 0 | 13 | 4.1 | 5.9 | 1 |
80 | Ebert Van Buren | PHI | 27 | FB | 12 | 6 | 16 | 60 | 0 | 11 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 2 |
81 | Vinnie Yablonski | CRD | 28 | FB | 4 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 1.4 | 5.0 | 0 |
82 | John Panelli | CRD | 25 | LLB | 12 | 6 | 13 | 38 | 0 | 18 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 1 |
83 | Carl Taseff | CLE | 23 | HB | 9 | 0 | 13 | 49 | 2 | 15 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 3 |
84 | Y.A. Tittle | SFO | 25 | QB | 12 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 3 |
85 | Jim Hardy | CRD | 28 | QB | 7 | 4 | 12 | 38 | 0 | 16 | 3.2 | 5.4 | 2 |
86 | Dom Moselle | GNB | 25 | DB | 12 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 4 |
87 | Steve Romanik | CHI | 27 | QB | 12 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2 |
88 | Sammy Baugh* | WAS | 37 | QB | 12 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 0 | 7 | -0.5 | -0.4 | 6 |
89 | Travis Tidwell | NYG | 26 | QB | 6 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 0 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
90 | Brad Rowland | CHI | 23 | RDH | 12 | 6 | 10 | 50 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 1 |
91 | Bob Waterfield* | RAM | 31 | QB | 11 | 10 | 9 | 49 | 3 | 25 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 2 |
92 | Wilford White | CHI | 23 | HB | 6 | 2 | 9 | 86 | 1 | 38 | 9.6 | 14.3 | 1 |
93 | Bob White | SFO | 22 | HB | 12 | 0 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 9 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 0 |
94 | John Amberg | NYG | 22 | DB | 12 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 8 | 5.0 | 2.9 | 0 |
95 | Joe Hollingsworth | PIT | 26 | FB | 10 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1 |
96 | Chick Jagade | CLE | 25 | FB | 11 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 22 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 0 |
97 | Bill Mackrides | PHI | 26 | QB | 6 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0 |
98 | John Rauch | 2TM | 24 | QB | 10 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2 |
99 | Norm Van Brocklin* | RAM | 25 | QB | 12 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3 |
100 | Rip Collins | GNB | 25 | DB | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0 |
101 | Bob Jackson | NYG | 30 | FB | 12 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0 |
102 | Bill Svoboda | CRD | 23 | FS | 12 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0 |
103 | Bobby Thomason | GNB | 23 | QB | 11 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 0 | 10 | -1.0 | -0.5 | 2 |
104 | Bob Williams | CHI | 21 | QB | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
105 | Fred Enke | DET | 27 | QB | 12 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
106 | Jug Girard | GNB | 24 | P | 12 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 32 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 1 |
107 | Leon Hart*+ | DET | 23 | RE | 12 | 12 | 4 | -6 | 0 | 3 | -1.5 | -0.5 | 0 |
108 | J.R. Boone | CHI | 26 | HB | 10 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 0 |
109 | Ollie Cline | DET | 26 | FB | 12 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 0 |
110 | Jim Finks | PIT | 24 | SS | 12 | 12 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 22 | 9.0 | 2.3 | 1 |
111 | Cliff Lewis | CLE | 28 | S | 12 | 12 | 3 | -10 | 0 | 1 | -3.3 | -0.8 | 3 |
112 | Ray Pelfrey | GNB | 23 | E | 12 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 24 | 14.7 | 3.7 | 0 |
113 | George Ratterman | NYY | 25 | QB | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1 |
114 | Eddie Saenz | WAS | 29 | HB | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 0 |
115 | Al Campana | CHI | 25 | DB | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0 |
116 | Billy Cox | WAS | 22 | SS | 10 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 0 |
117 | Pete D'Alonzo | DET | 22 | FB | 12 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 5.5 | 0.9 | 0 |
118 | Jim Doran | DET | 24 | RDE | 12 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 25 | 11.5 | 1.9 | 1 |
119 | Don Kindt | CHI | 26 | LDH | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
120 | Bob Mann | GNB | 27 | LE | 11 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 0 |
121 | Jim Cason* | SFO | 24 | SS | 12 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0.4 | 1 |
122 | Jerry Davis | CRD | 27 | DB | 8 | 0 | 1 | -7 | 0 | -7 | -7.0 | -0.9 | 0 |
123 | Elroy Hirsch*+ | RAM | 28 | RE | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0 |
124 | John Hoffman | CHI | 26 | LE | 12 | 10 | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | -3.0 | -0.3 | 0 |
125 | Gene Schroeder | CHI | 22 | RE/FS | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0 |
126 | Truett Smith | PIT | 27 | BB | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0 |
127 | Gordie Soltau* | SFO | 26 | LE | 12 | 11 | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 | -4.0 | -0.3 | 3 |
128 | Frank Tripucka | CRD | 24 | QB | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 4.7 | 0 |
129 | Bev Wallace | NYY | 28 | QB | 1 | 0 | 1 | -8 | 0 | -8 | -8.0 | -8.0 | 1 |
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