1954 NFL Rushing

Passing Leader: Norm Van Brocklin, 2637 Yds

Rushing Leader: Joe Perry, 1049 Yds

Receiving Leader: Bob Boyd, 1212 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	Joe Perry*+	SFO	27	FB	12	12	173	1049	8	58	6.1	87.4	6
2	Chick Jagade*	CHI	28	FB	11	10	157	498	3	46	3.2	45.3	12
3	Dan Towler*	RAM	26	FB	12	7	149	599	11	24	4.0	49.9	5
4	Maurice Bassett	CLE	23	FB	12	10	144	588	6	22	4.1	49.0	4
5	Eddie Price*	NYG	29	FB	12	11	135	555	2	47	4.1	46.3	2
6	John Henry Johnson*	SFO	25	LH	12	11	129	681	9	38	5.3	56.8	5
7	Jim Parmer	PHI	27	FB	10	8	119	408	0	24	3.4	40.8	6
8	Fran Rogel	PIT	27	FB	12	12	111	415	1	16	3.7	34.6	4
9	Rob Goode*	WAS	27	FB	12	8	108	462	0	44	4.3	38.5	10
10	Johnny Olszewski	CRD	24	RH	11	11	106	352	1	23	3.3	32.0	5
11	Lew Carpenter	DET	22	RH	11	5	104	476	3	60	4.6	43.3	1
12	Ollie Matson*+	CRD	24	LH	12	8	101	506	4	79	5.0	42.2	7
13	Billy Wells*	WAS	23	RH	12	12	100	516	3	88	5.2	43.0	4
14	Breezy Reid	GNB	27	LH	12	12	99	507	5	69	5.1	42.3	0
15	Bill Bowman	DET	23	FB	12	12	96	397	2	43	4.1	33.1	8
16	Bob Hoernschemeyer	DET	29	RH	11	6	94	242	2	35	2.6	22.0	3
17	Tank Younger	RAM	26	RH/FB	8	8	91	610	8	75	6.7	76.3	2
18	Zollie Toth	BAL	30	FB	12	11	86	303	1	15	3.5	25.3	2
19	Howie Ferguson	GNB	24	FB	12	10	83	276	0	25	3.3	23.0	8
20	Skeet Quinlan*	RAM	26	LH	11	10	82	490	4	35	6.0	44.5	4
21	Toy Ledbetter	PHI	27	LH	12	7	81	241	1	14	3.0	20.1	7
22	Ray Mathews	PIT	25	LH	12	12	80	242	2	24	3.0	20.2	5
23	Billy Stone	CHI	29	LH	12	11	79	306	3	23	3.9	25.5	3
24	Buddy Young*	BAL	28	RH	10	8	70	311	2	57	4.4	31.1	1
25	Johnny Lattner*	PIT	22	RH	12	11	69	237	5	17	3.4	19.8	4
26	Dale Atkeson	WAS	24	FB	10	5	68	176	2	14	2.6	17.6	5
27	Tobin Rote	GNB	26	QB	12	12	67	301	8	30	4.5	25.1	4
28	Frank Gifford*	NYG	24	LH	9	9	66	368	2	30	5.6	40.9	7
29	Hugh McElhenny	SFO	26	RH	6	6	64	515	6	60	8.0	85.8	4
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
30	Billy Reynolds	CLE	23	RH	12	6	64	180	2	33	2.8	15.0	4
31	Otto Graham*+	CLE	33	QB	12	12	63	114	8	14	1.8	9.5	3
32	Royce Womble	BAL	23	LH	12	6	60	174	0	24	2.9	14.5	1
33	Chet Hanulak	CLE	21	HB	12	3	59	296	4	24	5.0	24.7	3
34	Neil Worden	PHI	23	FB	12	4	58	128	1	12	2.2	10.7	3
35	Emmett King	CRD	21	FB	12	12	57	167	0	17	2.9	13.9	1
36	Charlie Justice	WAS	30	LH	12	8	56	254	1	50	4.5	21.2	6
37	Fred Morrison	CLE	28	FB	12	2	54	234	2	26	4.3	19.5	6
38	Dub Jones	CLE	30	RH	12	8	51	231	0	24	4.5	19.3	1
39	Paul Barry	CRD	28	HB	12	1	50	156	0	26	3.1	13.0	4
40	Tom McCormick	RAM	24	HB	9	1	48	173	0	16	3.6	19.2	1
41	George Taliaferro	BAL	27	LH	11	9	48	157	0	29	3.3	14.3	1
42	Jerry Williams	PHI	31	LHB	11	7	47	183	1	33	3.9	16.6	7
43	Lynn Chandnois	PIT	29	HB	11	1	45	147	1	15	3.3	13.4	4
44	Herb Johnson	NYG	26	HB	11	3	42	168	1	26	4.0	15.3	2
45	Carl Taseff	BAL	26	LDH	12	11	41	228	0	32	5.6	19.0	0
46	John Hoffman	CHI	29	RE	12	10	39	178	1	19	4.6	14.8	4
47	Al Dorow	WAS	25	QB	11	6	34	117	3	14	3.4	10.6	4
48	Lamar McHan	CRD	22	QB	12	11	34	152	1	18	4.5	12.7	3
49	Al Carmichael	GNB	26	RH	10	8	33	130	0	23	3.9	13.0	2
50	Hal Giancanelli	PHI	25	RHB	10	5	33	47	0	11	1.4	4.7	1
51	Buford Long	NYG	23	RH	12	4	32	106	1	11	3.3	8.8	2
52	Doak Walker*+	DET	27	LH	12	12	32	240	1	38	7.5	20.0	1
53	Bobby Epps	NYG	22	FB	10	1	30	110	0	11	3.7	11.0	1
54	Les Goble	CRD	22	HB	12	2	30	42	1	8	1.4	3.5	5
55	Bobby Layne	DET	28	QB	12	8	30	119	2	34	4.0	9.9	2
56	Kyle Rote*	NYG	26	RH	11	8	30	59	0	14	2.0	5.4	0
57	Dom Moselle	PHI	28	RH	12	6	29	114	1	14	3.9	9.5	2
58	Ray Renfro	CLE	25	LH	7	7	29	151	0	35	5.2	21.6	0
59	Y.A. Tittle*	SFO	28	QB	12	11	28	68	4	10	2.4	5.7	4
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
60	Billy Wade	RAM	24	QB	10	1	28	190	1	35	6.8	19.0	5
61	Woodley Lewis	RAM	29	HB	12	3	26	72	0	18	2.8	6.0	1
62	Charlie Conerly	NYG	33	QB	10	10	24	107	1	24	4.5	10.7	3
63	Gary Kerkorian	BAL	24	QB	10	10	22	36	1	11	1.6	3.6	6
64	Tom Dublinski	DET	24	QB	12	4	21	76	1	15	3.6	6.3	5
65	Pete Schabarum	SFO	25	LDH	12	7	21	79	1	16	3.8	6.6	0
66	Joe Scudero	WAS	24	SS	12	10	21	19	0	12	0.9	1.6	2
67	George Blanda	CHI	27	QB	8	7	19	41	0	19	2.2	5.1	3
68	Jim Brandt	PIT	25	HB	12	0	19	82	1	20	4.3	6.8	0
69	Bob Clatterbuck	NYG	22	QB	10	2	19	-21	1	3	-1.1	-2.1	5
70	John Huzvar	BAL	25	FB	8	1	19	29	0	6	1.5	3.6	3
71	Leon Campbell	CHI	27	FB	6	2	18	38	0	24	2.1	6.3	0
72	Charley Trippi	CRD	33	HB	12	5	18	152	1	57	8.4	12.7	1
73	Jack Scarbath	WAS	24	QB	10	6	17	36	0	6	2.1	3.6	4
74	Zeke Bratkowski	CHI	23	QB	12	5	15	35	1	19	2.3	2.9	2
75	Adrian Burk*	PHI	27	QB	12	8	15	18	0	15	1.2	1.5	7
76	Fred Cone	GNB	28	FB	12	2	15	18	0	11	1.2	1.5	1
77	Veryl Switzer	GNB	22	HB	12	3	15	59	0	33	3.9	4.9	3
78	Bill Bredde	CRD	22	HB	12	0	13	57	1	14	4.4	4.8	2
79	Leo Elter	PIT	25	FB	11	0	13	54	0	12	4.2	4.9	1
80	Tom Calvin	PIT	28	HB	6	0	12	57	0	8	4.8	9.5	1
81	Joe Arenas	SFO	29	RDH	12	12	11	77	0	26	7.0	6.4	3
82	Cotton Davidson	BAL	23	QB	12	1	11	31	0	15	2.8	2.6	4
83	Don Kindt	CHI	29	DB	12	3	10	-9	0	10	-0.9	-0.8	0
84	Bobby Thomason	PHI	26	QB	10	4	10	45	0	19	4.5	4.5	1
85	Ed Brown	CHI	26	QB	12	0	9	36	0	18	4.0	3.0	0
86	Jim Finks	PIT	27	QB	12	12	9	17	0	6	1.9	1.4	4
87	Jug Girard	DET	27	RE	12	3	9	36	0	16	4.0	3.0	0
88	Chuck Drazenovich	WAS	27	LLB	12	6	8	6	0	3	0.8	0.5	2
89	George Ratterman	CLE	28	QB	6	0	8	-13	1	2	-1.6	-2.2	1
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
90	Don Johnson	PHI	23	HB	6	0	7	16	0	11	2.3	2.7	1
91	Joe Johnson	GNB	25	HB	12	1	7	31	0	10	4.4	2.6	0
92	Billy Mixon	SFO	25	DB	10	2	7	19	0	7	2.7	1.9	0
93	Steve Romanik	CRD	30	QB	8	1	7	2	1	4	0.3	0.3	3
94	Burrell Shields	PIT	25	FS	6	6	7	28	0	13	4.0	4.7	1
95	Harry Gilmer	WAS	28	LDH	12	5	6	19	0	11	3.2	1.6	2
96	Vic Janowicz	WAS	24	LDH	10	10	6	13	0	13	2.2	1.3	0
97	Norm Van Brocklin*	RAM	28	QB	12	11	6	-10	0	5	-1.7	-0.8	3
98	Fred Enke	BAL	30	QB	3	1	5	3	0	5	0.6	1.0	1
99	Pete Perini	CHI	26	FB	12	0	4	11	0	4	2.8	0.9	1
100	Billy Anderson	CHI	25	HB	7	1	3	8	0	6	2.7	1.1	1
101	Frank Cassara	SFO	26	FB	6	0	3	17	0	10	5.7	2.8	1
102	Ralph Felton	WAS	22	LLB	12	8	3	8	0	5	2.7	0.7	0
103	Paul Held	PIT	26	QB	8	0	3	3	0	3	1.0	0.4	1
104	Dick Kercher	DET	22	DB	7	2	3	1	0	2	0.3	0.1	0
105	Warren Lahr	CLE	31	LDH	12	12	3	18	0	14	6.0	1.5	0
106	Bob Smith	DET	25	FB	12	0	3	1	0	1	0.3	0.1	0
107	George Brancato	CRD	23	DB	5	2	2	26	0	18	13.0	5.2	0
108	Jim Cason*	SFO	27	FS	12	12	2	1	0	3	0.5	0.1	1
109	Don Shula	BAL	24	RDH	12	12	2	3	0	3	1.5	0.3	0
110	Wayne Berry	NYG	23	LDH	10	6	1	30	0	30	30.0	3.0	0
111	Cloyce Box	DET	31	HB	11	0	1	20	0	20	20.0	1.8	0
112	Pete Brown	SFO	24	LB	12	1	1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	-0.5	0
113	Tom Fears	RAM	32	LE	10	8	1	10	0	10	10.0	1.0	0
114	Arnie Galiffa	SFO	27	QB	4	0	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.5	0
115	Bobby Garrett	GNB	22	QB	9	0	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.3	2
116	Don Heinrich	NYG	24	QB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1
117	Elroy Hirsch	RAM	31	FL	12	11	1	6	0	6	6.0	0.5	1
118	Tommy James	CLE	31	FS	12	12	1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	-0.5	0
119	Bill Jessup	SFO	25	FL/LE	12	11	1	-5	0	-5	-5.0	-0.4	2
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
120	Max McGee	GNB	22	LE	12	12	1	9	0	9	9.0	0.8	0
121	Jerry Norton	PHI	23	FS	12	12	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.3	2
122	Pete Pihos*+	PHI	31	RE	12	12	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	1
123	Billy Tidwell	SFO	24	HB	10	0	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	1

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