Rushing
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Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
1 | Jim Brown*+ | CLE | 28 | FB | 14 | 14 | 280 | 1446 | 7 | 71 | 5.2 | 103.3 | 6 |
2 | John Henry Johnson* | PIT | 35 | FB | 14 | 14 | 235 | 1048 | 7 | 45 | 4.5 | 74.9 | 4 |
3 | Jim Taylor* | GNB | 29 | FB | 13 | 13 | 235 | 1169 | 12 | 84 | 5.0 | 89.9 | 6 |
4 | Bill Brown* | MIN | 26 | FB | 14 | 14 | 226 | 866 | 7 | 48 | 3.8 | 61.9 | 9 |
5 | Charley Taylor* | WAS | 23 | HB | 14 | 14 | 199 | 755 | 5 | 50 | 3.8 | 53.9 | 7 |
6 | Don Perkins | DAL | 26 | HB | 13 | 13 | 174 | 768 | 6 | 59 | 4.4 | 59.1 | 4 |
7 | Tommy Mason* | MIN | 25 | HB | 13 | 12 | 169 | 691 | 4 | 51 | 4.1 | 53.2 | 9 |
8 | John David Crow | STL | 29 | HB | 13 | 11 | 163 | 554 | 7 | 57 | 3.4 | 42.6 | 5 |
9 | Ben Wilson | RAM | 25 | FB | 14 | 12 | 159 | 553 | 5 | 27 | 3.5 | 39.5 | 3 |
10 | Lenny Moore*+ | BAL | 31 | HB | 14 | 12 | 157 | 584 | 16 | 32 | 3.7 | 41.7 | 8 |
11 | Earl Gros | PHI | 24 | FB | 13 | 12 | 154 | 748 | 2 | 59 | 4.9 | 57.5 | 2 |
12 | Nick Pietrosante | DET | 27 | FB | 14 | 14 | 147 | 536 | 4 | 21 | 3.6 | 38.3 | 4 |
13 | Dan Lewis | DET | 28 | HB | 11 | 7 | 122 | 463 | 1 | 28 | 3.8 | 42.1 | 1 |
14 | Jon Arnett | CHI | 29 | LHB | 14 | 8 | 119 | 400 | 1 | 21 | 3.4 | 28.6 | 5 |
15 | Clarence Peaks | PIT | 29 | HB | 12 | 8 | 118 | 503 | 2 | 70 | 4.3 | 41.9 | 4 |
16 | Ernie Green | CLE | 26 | HB | 14 | 14 | 109 | 491 | 6 | 37 | 4.5 | 35.1 | 1 |
17 | Paul Hornung | GNB | 29 | HB | 14 | 14 | 103 | 415 | 5 | 40 | 4.0 | 29.6 | 4 |
18 | Joe Childress | STL | 31 | FB | 9 | 7 | 102 | 413 | 0 | 17 | 4.0 | 45.9 | 0 |
19 | Tom Moore | GNB | 26 | HB | 14 | 1 | 102 | 371 | 2 | 35 | 3.6 | 26.5 | 0 |
20 | Mike Lind | SFO | 24 | FB | 13 | 9 | 100 | 256 | 7 | 21 | 2.6 | 19.7 | 3 |
21 | Tony Lorick | BAL | 23 | FB | 14 | 7 | 100 | 513 | 4 | 60 | 5.1 | 36.6 | 5 |
22 | Amos Marsh | DAL | 25 | FB | 12 | 5 | 100 | 401 | 2 | 28 | 4.0 | 33.4 | 2 |
23 | Ernie Wheelwright | NYG | 25 | FB | 11 | 5 | 100 | 402 | 0 | 26 | 4.0 | 36.5 | 2 |
24 | Les Josephson | RAM | 22 | HB | 14 | 9 | 96 | 451 | 3 | 75 | 4.7 | 32.2 | 5 |
25 | Ollie Matson | PHI | 34 | HB | 12 | 9 | 96 | 404 | 4 | 63 | 4.2 | 33.7 | 7 |
26 | Timmy Brown | PHI | 27 | HB | 10 | 6 | 90 | 356 | 5 | 36 | 4.0 | 35.6 | 4 |
27 | Jerry Hill | BAL | 25 | FB | 13 | 7 | 88 | 384 | 5 | 50 | 4.4 | 29.5 | 3 |
28 | Ronnie Bull | CHI | 24 | HB/FB | 13 | 10 | 86 | 320 | 1 | 50 | 3.7 | 24.6 | 1 |
29 | Dick Hoak | PIT | 25 | HB | 14 | 7 | 84 | 258 | 2 | 17 | 3.1 | 18.4 | 2 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
30 | Tom Watkins | DET | 27 | HB | 14 | 7 | 80 | 218 | 1 | 15 | 2.7 | 15.6 | 4 |
31 | Alex Webster | NYG | 33 | FB | 12 | 4 | 76 | 210 | 3 | 14 | 2.8 | 17.5 | 3 |
32 | Dave Kopay | SFO | 22 | HB | 14 | 6 | 75 | 271 | 0 | 18 | 3.6 | 19.4 | 3 |
33 | Dick Bass | RAM | 27 | HB | 9 | 7 | 72 | 342 | 2 | 59 | 4.8 | 38.0 | 4 |
34 | Jim Stiger | DAL | 23 | FB | 14 | 8 | 68 | 280 | 1 | 64 | 4.1 | 20.0 | 0 |
35 | Steve Thurlow | NYG | 22 | RB | 11 | 3 | 64 | 210 | 0 | 13 | 3.3 | 19.1 | 2 |
36 | J.W. Lockett | WAS | 27 | FB | 14 | 6 | 63 | 175 | 1 | 13 | 2.8 | 12.5 | 1 |
37 | Willis Crenshaw | STL | 23 | RB | 14 | 3 | 60 | 297 | 1 | 49 | 5.0 | 21.2 | 3 |
38 | Prentice Gautt | STL | 26 | RB | 13 | 6 | 59 | 191 | 1 | 30 | 3.2 | 14.7 | 1 |
39 | Dick James | NYG | 30 | HB | 14 | 9 | 55 | 189 | 3 | 18 | 3.4 | 13.5 | 7 |
40 | Don Lisbon | SFO | 23 | HB | 6 | 6 | 55 | 162 | 0 | 14 | 2.9 | 27.0 | 2 |
41 | Fran Tarkenton* | MIN | 24 | QB | 14 | 14 | 50 | 330 | 2 | 31 | 6.6 | 23.6 | 6 |
42 | Joe Marconi | CHI | 30 | FB | 13 | 7 | 46 | 98 | 2 | 8 | 2.1 | 7.5 | 0 |
43 | Joe Morrison | NYG | 27 | FB | 14 | 12 | 45 | 138 | 1 | 15 | 3.1 | 9.9 | 2 |
44 | Gary Lewis | SFO | 22 | RB | 8 | 3 | 43 | 115 | 1 | 17 | 2.7 | 14.4 | 3 |
45 | Tom Matte | BAL | 25 | HB | 14 | 2 | 42 | 215 | 1 | 80 | 5.1 | 15.4 | 0 |
46 | Clarence Childs | NYG | 26 | DB | 13 | 0 | 40 | 102 | 0 | 19 | 2.6 | 7.8 | 7 |
47 | Tom Michel | MIN | 24 | HB | 11 | 1 | 39 | 129 | 0 | 14 | 3.3 | 11.7 | 3 |
48 | Bill Thornton | STL | 25 | FB | 13 | 1 | 39 | 236 | 1 | 62 | 6.1 | 18.2 | 4 |
49 | Gary Wood | NYG | 22 | QB | 12 | 3 | 39 | 158 | 3 | 14 | 4.1 | 13.2 | 5 |
50 | Frank Ryan* | CLE | 28 | QB | 14 | 14 | 37 | 217 | 1 | 19 | 5.9 | 15.5 | 4 |
51 | Johnny Unitas*+ | BAL | 31 | QB | 14 | 14 | 37 | 162 | 2 | 20 | 4.4 | 11.6 | 6 |
52 | Tom Woodeshick | PHI | 23 | RB | 13 | 1 | 37 | 180 | 2 | 13 | 4.9 | 13.8 | 1 |
53 | Billy Kilmer | SFO | 25 | HB | 10 | 2 | 36 | 113 | 0 | 14 | 3.1 | 11.3 | 3 |
54 | Rick Casares | CHI | 33 | FB | 13 | 3 | 35 | 123 | 0 | 28 | 3.5 | 9.5 | 1 |
55 | Don Meredith | DAL | 26 | QB | 12 | 10 | 32 | 81 | 4 | 17 | 2.5 | 6.8 | 16 |
56 | Charley Johnson | STL | 26 | QB | 14 | 14 | 31 | 93 | 2 | 19 | 3.0 | 6.6 | 7 |
57 | Charlie Bivins | CHI | 26 | HB | 11 | 0 | 29 | 92 | 0 | 17 | 3.2 | 8.4 | 1 |
58 | John Brodie | SFO | 29 | QB | 14 | 12 | 27 | 135 | 2 | 38 | 5.0 | 9.6 | 11 |
59 | Sonny Jurgensen* | WAS | 30 | QB | 14 | 14 | 27 | 57 | 3 | 24 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 3 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
60 | Elijah Pitts | GNB | 26 | HB | 14 | 0 | 27 | 127 | 1 | 27 | 4.7 | 9.1 | 1 |
61 | Ed Brown | PIT | 36 | QB | 14 | 13 | 26 | 110 | 2 | 22 | 4.2 | 7.9 | 5 |
62 | Perry Lee Dunn | DAL | 23 | RB | 14 | 2 | 26 | 103 | 1 | 14 | 4.0 | 7.4 | 1 |
63 | Phil King | PIT | 28 | HB | 8 | 2 | 26 | 71 | 1 | 12 | 2.7 | 8.9 | 0 |
64 | Pervis Atkins | WAS | 29 | FB | 13 | 4 | 25 | 98 | 1 | 17 | 3.9 | 7.5 | 3 |
65 | Terry Baker | RAM | 23 | RB | 5 | 0 | 24 | 82 | 0 | 18 | 3.4 | 16.4 | 0 |
66 | Bart Starr | GNB | 30 | QB | 14 | 14 | 24 | 165 | 3 | 28 | 6.9 | 11.8 | 7 |
67 | Tom Tracy | WAS | 30 | HB | 14 | 1 | 24 | 67 | 1 | 16 | 2.8 | 4.8 | 2 |
68 | Billy Wade | CHI | 34 | QB | 11 | 10 | 24 | 96 | 1 | 31 | 4.0 | 8.7 | 2 |
69 | Joe Don Looney | BAL | 22 | FB | 13 | 0 | 23 | 127 | 1 | 58 | 5.5 | 9.8 | 0 |
70 | Don Bosseler | WAS | 28 | FB | 11 | 3 | 22 | 46 | 0 | 9 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 0 |
71 | Hugh McElhenny | DET | 36 | HB | 8 | 1 | 22 | 48 | 0 | 14 | 2.2 | 6.0 | 0 |
72 | Bill Munson | RAM | 23 | QB | 11 | 8 | 19 | 150 | 0 | 33 | 7.9 | 13.6 | 7 |
73 | George Mira | SFO | 22 | QB | 7 | 2 | 18 | 177 | 0 | 37 | 9.8 | 25.3 | 7 |
74 | Carver Shannon | RAM | 26 | HB | 12 | 2 | 17 | 35 | 0 | 8 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 3 |
75 | Jack Concannon | PHI | 21 | QB | 4 | 1 | 16 | 134 | 1 | 29 | 8.4 | 33.5 | 1 |
76 | Rudy Johnson | SFO | 23 | HB | 5 | 0 | 16 | 48 | 1 | 24 | 3.0 | 9.6 | 1 |
77 | Norm Snead | PHI | 25 | QB | 12 | 10 | 16 | 59 | 2 | 19 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3 |
78 | Y.A. Tittle | NYG | 38 | QB | 14 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 1 | 7 | -0.5 | -0.5 | 11 |
79 | Bill McWatters | MIN | 22 | FB | 11 | 1 | 14 | 60 | 1 | 16 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 2 |
80 | J.D. Smith | SFO | 32 | FB | 2 | 2 | 13 | 55 | 0 | 16 | 4.2 | 27.5 | 0 |
81 | Rudy Bukich | CHI | 34 | QB | 9 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3 |
82 | Izzy Lang | PHI | 22 | RB | 12 | 0 | 12 | 37 | 0 | 20 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 7 |
83 | Milt Plum | DET | 29 | QB | 12 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 1 | 18 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 4 |
84 | Gary Ballman* | PIT | 24 | FL/LE | 13 | 13 | 11 | 43 | 0 | 11 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 2 |
85 | Roman Gabriel | RAM | 24 | QB | 7 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 9 |
86 | Nick Ryder | DET | 23 | FB | 14 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0 |
87 | Frank Clarke+ | DAL | 30 | LE | 14 | 14 | 10 | 46 | 0 | 21 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 1 |
88 | Earl Morrall | DET | 30 | QB | 6 | 3 | 10 | 70 | 0 | 25 | 7.0 | 11.7 | 3 |
89 | King Hill | PHI | 28 | QB | 8 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 14 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
90 | John Roach | DAL | 31 | QB | 9 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 5 |
91 | Gary Cuozzo | BAL | 23 | QB | 9 | 0 | 7 | -2 | 0 | 10 | -0.3 | -0.2 | 1 |
92 | Leroy Kelly | CLE | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0 |
93 | Bill Butler | MIN | 27 | S | 14 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 4 |
94 | Ted Dean | MIN | 26 | HB | 2 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 9 | 6.0 | 15.0 | 0 |
95 | Tom Hall | MIN | 24 | FL | 14 | 7 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 5 | -1.0 | -0.3 | 0 |
96 | Darrell Lester | MIN | 24 | FB | 6 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 0 |
97 | Paul Martha | PIT | 22 | HB | 14 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 5 |
98 | Theron Sapp | PIT | 29 | FB | 11 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 1 |
99 | Dick Compton | DET | 24 | HB | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0 |
100 | Bill Nelsen | PIT | 23 | QB | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 0 |
101 | Terry Barr* | DET | 29 | FL | 14 | 14 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 19 | 15.5 | 2.2 | 1 |
102 | Zeke Bratkowski | GNB | 33 | QB | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
103 | Bobby Joe Green | CHI | 28 | P | 14 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 7 | -1.0 | -0.1 | 0 |
104 | Yale Lary* | DET | 34 | FS | 14 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 5.5 | 0.8 | 0 |
105 | Andy Livingston | CHI | 20 | RB | 2 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 1 | -1.5 | -1.5 | 1 |
106 | Billy Lothridge | DAL | 22 | P | 14 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 1 | 2 | -3.0 | -0.4 | 1 |
107 | Bobby Mitchell* | WAS | 29 | FL | 14 | 14 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 19 | 16.5 | 2.4 | 2 |
108 | Bucky Pope | RAM | 23 | FL | 14 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 5.5 | 0.8 | 0 |
109 | John Powers | PIT | 24 | TE | 14 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 5.0 | 0.7 | 0 |
110 | Charlie Scales | CLE | 26 | HB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 1 |
111 | Dick Shiner | WAS | 22 | QB | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 0 |
112 | Clendon Thomas | PIT | 29 | LE/SS | 14 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
113 | Larry Wilson | STL | 26 | FS | 14 | 13 | 2 | -14 | 0 | 4 | -7.0 | -1.0 | 0 |
114 | Bobby Boyd*+ | BAL | 27 | LCB | 14 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 1.8 | 0 |
115 | Preston Carpenter | WAS | 30 | TE | 14 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 0.5 | 1 |
116 | Gail Cogdill | DET | 27 | LE | 11 | 11 | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 | -4.0 | -0.4 | 2 |
117 | Tommy Crutcher | GNB | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0 |
118 | Lee Folkins | DAL | 25 | TE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 0.6 | 0 |
119 | Frank Gifford | NYG | 34 | FL | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
120 | Ron Goodwin | PHI | 23 | FL | 14 | 14 | 1 | -23 | 0 | -23 | -23.0 | -1.6 | 0 |
121 | Ed Holler | PIT | 24 | RLB | 13 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 0.6 | 1 |
122 | John Mackey | BAL | 23 | TE | 14 | 14 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | -0.1 | 1 |
123 | Jim Ninowski | CLE | 28 | QB | 3 | 0 | 1 | -8 | 0 | -8 | -8.0 | -2.7 | 1 |
124 | Jerry Norton | GNB | 33 | P | 14 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 1.7 | 0 |
125 | Pat Richter | WAS | 23 | TE | 14 | 3 | 1 | -9 | 0 | -9 | -9.0 | -0.6 | 1 |
126 | Gordie Smith | MIN | 25 | TE | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0 |
127 | Ron Vander Kelen | MIN | 25 | QB | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 2.0 | 0 |
128 | Bobby Walden | MIN | 26 | P | 14 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 1.3 | 0 |
129 | Dave Whitsell | CHI | 28 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
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