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Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
1 | Bill Brown | MIN | 28 | FB | 14 | 14 | 251 | 829 | 6 | 33 | 3.3 | 59.2 | 4 |
2 | Dick Bass* | RAM | 29 | FB | 14 | 14 | 248 | 1090 | 8 | 50 | 4.4 | 77.9 | 5 |
3 | Gale Sayers*+ | CHI | 23 | HB | 14 | 13 | 229 | 1231 | 8 | 58 | 5.4 | 87.9 | 2 |
4 | Leroy Kelly*+ | CLE | 24 | HB | 14 | 14 | 209 | 1141 | 15 | 70 | 5.5 | 81.5 | 1 |
5 | Jim Taylor | GNB | 31 | FB | 14 | 14 | 204 | 705 | 4 | 19 | 3.5 | 50.4 | 4 |
6 | Junior Coffey | ATL | 24 | HB | 14 | 14 | 199 | 722 | 4 | 37 | 3.6 | 51.6 | 4 |
7 | Johnny Roland* | STL | 23 | HB | 14 | 13 | 192 | 695 | 5 | 50 | 3.6 | 49.6 | 4 |
8 | Ken Willard* | SFO | 23 | FB | 14 | 14 | 191 | 763 | 5 | 49 | 4.0 | 54.5 | 7 |
9 | Don Perkins* | DAL | 28 | FB | 14 | 14 | 186 | 726 | 8 | 24 | 3.9 | 51.9 | 1 |
10 | Dan Reeves | DAL | 22 | HB | 14 | 14 | 175 | 757 | 8 | 67 | 4.3 | 54.1 | 6 |
11 | Willie Asbury | PIT | 23 | FB | 14 | 12 | 169 | 544 | 7 | 45 | 3.2 | 38.9 | 6 |
12 | Timmy Brown | PHI | 29 | HB | 13 | 12 | 161 | 548 | 3 | 24 | 3.4 | 42.2 | 4 |
13 | Tom Nowatzke | DET | 24 | FB | 14 | 14 | 151 | 512 | 6 | 21 | 3.4 | 36.6 | 6 |
14 | Ernie Green* | CLE | 28 | FB | 14 | 14 | 144 | 750 | 3 | 35 | 5.2 | 53.6 | 2 |
15 | Tony Lorick | BAL | 25 | FB | 14 | 11 | 143 | 524 | 3 | 41 | 3.7 | 37.4 | 2 |
16 | Amos Marsh | DET | 27 | HB | 14 | 12 | 134 | 433 | 3 | 27 | 3.2 | 30.9 | 5 |
17 | John David Crow | SFO | 31 | HB | 14 | 14 | 121 | 477 | 1 | 31 | 3.9 | 34.1 | 1 |
18 | Ernie Wheelwright | ATL | 27 | FB | 14 | 14 | 121 | 458 | 3 | 65 | 3.8 | 32.7 | 2 |
19 | Elijah Pitts | GNB | 28 | HB | 14 | 8 | 115 | 393 | 7 | 20 | 3.4 | 28.1 | 4 |
20 | Prentice Gautt | STL | 28 | FB | 14 | 6 | 110 | 370 | 1 | 23 | 3.4 | 26.4 | 0 |
21 | Jerry Hill | BAL | 27 | FB | 11 | 5 | 104 | 395 | 0 | 14 | 3.8 | 35.9 | 2 |
22 | Tom Moore | RAM | 28 | HB | 14 | 14 | 104 | 272 | 1 | 18 | 2.6 | 19.4 | 1 |
23 | Earl Gros | PHI | 26 | FB | 14 | 6 | 102 | 396 | 7 | 26 | 3.9 | 28.3 | 3 |
24 | Ronnie Bull | CHI | 26 | FB | 14 | 10 | 100 | 318 | 0 | 13 | 3.2 | 22.7 | 4 |
25 | Willis Crenshaw | STL | 25 | FB | 14 | 7 | 94 | 360 | 0 | 33 | 3.8 | 25.7 | 5 |
26 | Chuck Mercein | NYG | 23 | FB | 13 | 10 | 94 | 327 | 0 | 22 | 3.5 | 25.2 | 3 |
27 | A.D. Whitfield | WAS | 23 | HB/FB | 14 | 10 | 93 | 472 | 2 | 63 | 5.1 | 33.7 | 3 |
28 | Dave Osborn | MIN | 23 | RB | 14 | 3 | 87 | 344 | 1 | 25 | 4.0 | 24.6 | 2 |
29 | Charley Taylor* | WAS | 25 | HB/LE | 14 | 14 | 87 | 262 | 3 | 24 | 3.0 | 18.7 | 6 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
30 | Tom Matte | BAL | 27 | HB | 14 | 4 | 86 | 381 | 0 | 30 | 4.4 | 27.2 | 2 |
31 | Tom Woodeshick | PHI | 25 | RB | 14 | 4 | 85 | 330 | 4 | 21 | 3.9 | 23.6 | 2 |
32 | Dick Hoak | PIT | 27 | HB | 13 | 10 | 81 | 212 | 1 | 16 | 2.6 | 16.3 | 3 |
33 | Steve Thurlow | 2TM | 24 | FB-RB | 13 | 9 | 80 | 260 | 0 | 20 | 3.3 | 20.0 | 2 |
34 | Allen Jacobs | NYG | 25 | FB | 14 | 4 | 77 | 273 | 1 | 19 | 3.5 | 19.5 | 2 |
35 | Paul Hornung | GNB | 31 | HB | 9 | 6 | 76 | 200 | 2 | 9 | 2.6 | 22.2 | 1 |
36 | Joe Morrison | NYG | 29 | FL/HB | 14 | 14 | 67 | 275 | 2 | 20 | 4.1 | 19.6 | 1 |
37 | Ernie Koy | NYG | 24 | HB | 13 | 7 | 66 | 146 | 0 | 13 | 2.2 | 11.2 | 3 |
38 | Joe Don Looney | 2TM | 24 | HB | 13 | 1 | 63 | 220 | 4 | 24 | 3.5 | 16.9 | 3 |
39 | Lenny Moore | BAL | 33 | HB | 13 | 8 | 63 | 209 | 3 | 18 | 3.3 | 16.1 | 2 |
40 | Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 26 | QB | 14 | 12 | 62 | 376 | 4 | 28 | 6.1 | 26.9 | 8 |
41 | Tommy Mason | MIN | 27 | HB | 7 | 6 | 58 | 235 | 2 | 52 | 4.1 | 33.6 | 6 |
42 | Jim Lindsey | MIN | 22 | HB | 14 | 4 | 57 | 146 | 1 | 14 | 2.6 | 10.4 | 3 |
43 | Jon Arnett | CHI | 31 | HB | 14 | 1 | 55 | 178 | 1 | 21 | 3.2 | 12.7 | 3 |
44 | Roman Gabriel | RAM | 26 | QB | 14 | 14 | 52 | 176 | 3 | 14 | 3.4 | 12.6 | 10 |
45 | Ralph Kurek | CHI | 23 | RB | 14 | 3 | 52 | 179 | 1 | 12 | 3.4 | 12.8 | 1 |
46 | Izzy Lang | PHI | 24 | FB | 14 | 4 | 52 | 239 | 1 | 39 | 4.6 | 17.1 | 2 |
47 | Dave Kopay | SFO | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 47 | 204 | 1 | 32 | 4.3 | 14.6 | 1 |
48 | Cannonball Butler | PIT | 23 | RB | 14 | 3 | 46 | 114 | 2 | 19 | 2.5 | 8.1 | 4 |
49 | Don Meredith* | DAL | 28 | QB | 13 | 13 | 38 | 242 | 5 | 22 | 6.4 | 18.6 | 8 |
50 | Gary Lewis | SFO | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 36 | 130 | 2 | 15 | 3.6 | 9.3 | 1 |
51 | Frank Ryan* | CLE | 30 | QB | 14 | 14 | 36 | 156 | 0 | 17 | 4.3 | 11.1 | 5 |
52 | Randy Johnson | ATL | 22 | QB | 14 | 11 | 35 | 142 | 4 | 21 | 4.1 | 10.1 | 13 |
53 | Bobby Felts | DET | 24 | HB | 10 | 1 | 34 | 83 | 2 | 14 | 2.4 | 8.3 | 2 |
54 | Karl Sweetan | DET | 24 | QB | 10 | 8 | 34 | 219 | 1 | 34 | 6.4 | 21.9 | 6 |
55 | Dan Lewis | NYG | 30 | HB | 13 | 2 | 32 | 164 | 1 | 57 | 5.1 | 12.6 | 1 |
56 | Amos Bullocks | PIT | 27 | HB | 8 | 2 | 29 | 83 | 1 | 13 | 2.9 | 10.4 | 1 |
57 | Jim Grabowski | GNB | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 29 | 127 | 1 | 36 | 4.4 | 9.1 | 2 |
58 | Ollie Matson | PHI | 36 | HB | 14 | 2 | 29 | 101 | 1 | 28 | 3.5 | 7.2 | 3 |
59 | Gary Wood | NYG | 24 | QB | 14 | 6 | 28 | 196 | 3 | 28 | 7.0 | 14.0 | 4 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
60 | Donny Anderson | GNB | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 25 | 104 | 2 | 15 | 4.2 | 7.4 | 3 |
61 | Jack Concannon | PHI | 23 | QB | 11 | 2 | 25 | 195 | 2 | 29 | 7.8 | 17.7 | 2 |
62 | Bobby Smith | PIT | 24 | HB | 8 | 1 | 24 | 93 | 0 | 21 | 3.9 | 11.6 | 2 |
63 | Jim Stiger | RAM | 25 | HB | 14 | 0 | 24 | 95 | 0 | 19 | 4.0 | 6.8 | 2 |
64 | Perry Lee Dunn | ATL | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 22 | 52 | 0 | 10 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 2 |
65 | Bart Starr*+ | GNB | 32 | QB | 14 | 13 | 21 | 104 | 2 | 21 | 5.0 | 7.4 | 7 |
66 | Charley Johnson | STL | 28 | QB | 9 | 9 | 20 | 39 | 2 | 9 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 3 |
67 | Johnny Unitas* | BAL | 33 | QB | 14 | 13 | 20 | 44 | 1 | 16 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 5 |
68 | Rudy Bukich | CHI | 36 | QB | 14 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 8 |
69 | Terry Nofsinger | STL | 28 | QB | 7 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 2 | 12 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 8 |
70 | Phil King | MIN | 30 | FB | 14 | 0 | 17 | 40 | 0 | 12 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 0 |
71 | Les Shy | DAL | 22 | RB | 11 | 0 | 17 | 118 | 1 | 68 | 6.9 | 10.7 | 1 |
72 | Walt Garrison | DAL | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 16 | 62 | 1 | 13 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 0 |
73 | Bruce McLenna | DET | 25 | HB | 9 | 0 | 16 | 51 | 0 | 19 | 3.2 | 5.7 | 0 |
74 | Norm Snead | PHI | 27 | QB | 10 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 1 | 17 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 7 |
75 | Les Josephson | RAM | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 14 | 97 | 0 | 14 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 1 |
76 | Bobby Mitchell | WAS | 31 | FL | 14 | 13 | 13 | 141 | 1 | 48 | 10.8 | 10.1 | 0 |
77 | Bill Triplett | STL | 26 | HB | 8 | 1 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 0 |
78 | Sonny Jurgensen* | WAS | 32 | QB | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 5 |
79 | Milt Plum | DET | 31 | QB | 6 | 6 | 12 | 59 | 0 | 15 | 4.9 | 9.8 | 2 |
80 | Tom Barrington | WAS | 22 | RB | 6 | 0 | 10 | 37 | 0 | 21 | 3.7 | 6.2 | 1 |
81 | George Mira | SFO | 24 | QB | 14 | 1 | 10 | 103 | 0 | 38 | 10.3 | 7.4 | 3 |
82 | Charlie Scales | ATL | 28 | HB | 5 | 0 | 10 | 38 | 0 | 10 | 3.8 | 7.6 | 0 |
83 | Ron Rector | 2TM | 22 | RB | 10 | 1 | 9 | 40 | 0 | 20 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 0 |
84 | Frank Clarke | DAL | 32 | E | 14 | 0 | 8 | 49 | 0 | 26 | 6.1 | 3.5 | 0 |
85 | Dick Leftridge | PIT | 22 | FB | 4 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 2.1 | 4.3 | 1 |
86 | Mel Renfro* | DAL | 25 | FS | 11 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 0 | 27 | 6.5 | 4.7 | 2 |
87 | Charlie Harraway | CLE | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 7 | 40 | 0 | 18 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 0 |
88 | King Hill | PHI | 30 | QB | 10 | 2 | 7 | -2 | 0 | 2 | -0.3 | -0.2 | 2 |
89 | Craig Morton | DAL | 23 | QB | 6 | 0 | 7 | 50 | 0 | 12 | 7.1 | 8.3 | 0 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
90 | Nick Pietrosante | CLE | 29 | FB | 13 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 0 |
91 | Jerry Rhome | DAL | 24 | QB | 7 | 1 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 11 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 1 |
92 | Randy Schultz | CLE | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 20 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 0 |
93 | J.D. Smith | DAL | 34 | FB | 14 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0 |
94 | Bill Nelsen | PIT | 25 | QB | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 1 |
95 | Billy Ray Barnes | MIN | 31 | HB | 2 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 3.2 | 8.0 | 0 |
96 | John Brodie | SFO | 31 | QB | 14 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 4 |
97 | Charlie Bryant | STL | 25 | RB | 4 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 18 | 6.2 | 7.8 | 0 |
98 | Dennis Claridge | ATL | 25 | QB | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1 |
99 | Homer Jones | NYG | 25 | LE | 14 | 10 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 11 | 8.6 | 3.1 | 1 |
100 | Tom Kennedy | NYG | 28 | QB | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 5 |
101 | Earl Morrall | NYG | 32 | QB | 7 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 3 |
102 | Bobby Walden | MIN | 28 | P | 14 | 0 | 5 | 82 | 0 | 45 | 16.4 | 5.9 | 1 |
103 | Zeke Bratkowski | GNB | 35 | QB | 8 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0 |
104 | Jim Jackson | SFO | 22 | HB | 10 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 1 |
105 | Bill Munson | RAM | 25 | QB | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0 |
106 | Preston Ridlehuber | ATL | 23 | RB | 3 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 5.8 | 7.7 | 0 |
107 | Ron Smith | PIT | 24 | QB | 9 | 8 | 4 | -9 | 0 | 2 | -2.3 | -1.0 | 2 |
108 | Ron Vander Kelen | MIN | 27 | QB | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 2 |
109 | Bob Berry | MIN | 24 | QB | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0 |
110 | Tommy Davis | SFO | 32 | K | 14 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 22 | 14.3 | 3.1 | 0 |
111 | Billy Gambrell | STL | 25 | SE | 14 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 24 | 8.7 | 1.9 | 0 |
112 | Rudy Johnson | ATL | 25 | HB | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0 |
113 | Billy Kilmer | SFO | 27 | QB | 6 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 | 3.8 | 0 |
114 | Mike Lind | PIT | 26 | FB | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0 |
115 | Joe Marconi | CHI | 32 | FB | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0 |
116 | Jim Ninowski | CLE | 30 | QB | 14 | 0 | 3 | -11 | 0 | 4 | -3.7 | -0.8 | 3 |
117 | Brian Piccolo | CHI | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 0 |
118 | Gary Collins* | CLE | 26 | FL | 14 | 14 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 36 | 19.0 | 2.7 | 0 |
119 | George Izo | PIT | 29 | QB | 4 | 1 | 2 | -18 | 0 | -4 | -9.0 | -4.5 | 2 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
120 | Roy Jefferson | PIT | 23 | FL | 14 | 14 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 24 | 18.0 | 2.6 | 3 |
121 | Pat Studstill*+ | DET | 28 | FL | 14 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 10.0 | 1.4 | 3 |
122 | Jim Todd | DET | 23 | HB | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 2 |
123 | Sam Baker | PHI | 37 | K | 14 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 1.1 | 0 |
124 | Preston Carpenter | 2TM | 32 | TE | 13 | 13 | 1 | -10 | 0 | 0 | -10.0 | -0.8 | 0 |
125 | Bernie Casey | SFO | 27 | FL | 13 | 13 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 1.8 | 1 |
126 | Don Chandler | GNB | 32 | P | 14 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 33.0 | 2.4 | 0 |
127 | Gary Cuozzo | BAL | 25 | QB | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 1.3 | 0 |
128 | Dick Gordon | CHI | 22 | FL | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 4 |
129 | Bob Hayes*+ | DAL | 24 | LE | 14 | 14 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | -0.1 | 3 |
130 | Fred Hill | PHI | 23 | LE | 14 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0 |
131 | Ken Iman | RAM | 27 | C | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0 |
132 | Jim Jones | CHI | 25 | LE | 14 | 14 | 1 | -7 | 0 | -7 | -7.0 | -0.5 | 1 |
133 | Joe Kantor | WAS | 24 | HB | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0 |
134 | Billy Lothridge | ATL | 24 | P | 14 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 1.6 | 0 |
135 | John Mackey*+ | BAL | 25 | TE | 14 | 14 | 1 | -6 | 0 | -6 | -6.0 | -0.4 | 0 |
136 | Eddie Meador* | RAM | 29 | FS | 14 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 0.5 | 0 |
137 | Ron Meyer | PIT | 22 | QB | 4 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | -2.0 | -0.5 | 1 |
138 | Dave Parks* | SFO | 25 | LE | 13 | 13 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | -0.1 | 0 |
139 | Larry Rakestraw | CHI | 24 | QB | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 0 | -5 | -5.0 | -5.0 | 1 |
140 | Dick Shiner | WAS | 24 | QB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 0.7 | 1 |
141 | Roy Shivers | STL | 25 | RB | 13 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0.4 | 3 |
142 | Jimmy Sidle | ATL | 23 | RB | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 2.0 | 1 |
143 | Jackie Smith* | STL | 26 | TE | 14 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 0.6 | 1 |
144 | Jerry Stovall* | STL | 25 | SS | 14 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 1.2 | 0 |
145 | Danny Villanueva | DAL | 29 | K | 14 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 1.6 | 0 |
146 | Willie Walker | DET | 24 | WR | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 0 |
147 | Jeff Williams | MIN | 23 | HB | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 1 |
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