Rushing
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Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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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