1969 NFL Rushing

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AP MVP: Roman Gabriel

AP Offensive Rookie of the Year: Calvin Hill

AP Defensive Rookie of the Year: Joe Greene

Passing Leader: Sonny Jurgensen, 3102 Yds

Rushing Leader: Gale Sayers, 1032 Yds

Receiving Leader: Harold Jackson, 1116 Yds

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Rushing

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Rushing Table
					Games		Rushing
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
1	Gale Sayers*+	CHI	26	RB	14	14	236	1032	8	28	4.4	73.7	7
2	Tom Matte*	BAL	30	RB	14	14	235	909	11	26	3.9	64.9	4
3	Calvin Hill*+	DAL	22	RB	13	13	204	942	8	55	4.6	72.5	7
4	Larry Brown*	WAS	22	RB	14	13	202	888	4	57	4.4	63.4	6
5	Leroy Kelly*	CLE	27	RB	13	13	196	817	9	31	4.2	62.8	1
6	Dave Osborn	MIN	26	RB	14	14	186	643	7	58	3.5	45.9	3
7	Tom Woodeshick	PHI	28	RB	12	12	186	831	4	21	4.5	69.3	6
8	Andy Livingston*	NOR	25	RB	14	14	181	761	5	18	4.2	54.4	2
9	Walt Garrison	DAL	25	RB	13	13	176	818	2	21	4.6	62.9	4
10	Ken Willard*	SFO	26	RB	14	14	171	557	7	18	3.3	39.8	6
11	Larry Smith	RAM	22	RB	14	14	166	599	1	46	3.6	42.8	1
12	Cannonball Butler*	ATL	26	RB	14	14	163	655	3	39	4.0	46.8	3
13	Dick Hoak	PIT	30	RB	14	13	151	531	2	13	3.5	37.9	4
14	Doug Cunningham	SFO	24	RB	14	14	147	541	3	33	3.7	38.6	5
15	Charlie Harraway	WAS	25	RB	14	13	141	428	6	17	3.0	30.6	7
16	Ron Johnson	CLE	22	RB	14	13	138	472	7	48	3.4	33.7	4
17	Johnny Roland	STL	26	RB	14	14	138	498	5	21	3.6	35.6	4
18	Tony Baker*	NOR	24	FB	14	14	134	642	1	54	4.8	45.9	2
19	Junior Coffey	2TM	27	RB	12	11	131	511	2	20	3.9	42.6	4
20	Travis Williams	GNB	23	RB	13	11	129	536	4	39	4.2	41.2	5
21	Bill Brown	MIN	31	FB	12	12	126	430	3	30	3.4	35.8	3
22	Les Josephson	RAM	27	RB	14	14	124	461	0	17	3.7	32.9	4
23	Leroy Keyes	PHI	22	RB	14	11	121	361	3	28	3.0	25.8	3
24	Altie Taylor	DET	22	RB	10	4	118	348	0	26	2.9	34.8	4
25	Earl Gros	PIT	29	RB	13	11	116	343	4	16	3.0	26.4	4
26	Bill Triplett	DET	29	RB	14	9	111	377	3	33	3.4	26.9	1
27	Cid Edwards	STL	26	RB	14	9	107	504	3	48	4.7	36.0	3
28	Joe Morrison	NYG	32	RB	14	9	107	387	4	13	3.6	27.6	0
29	Donny Anderson	GNB	26	RB	14	8	87	288	1	16	3.3	20.6	4
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
30	Oscar Reed	MIN	25	RB	14	0	83	393	1	23	4.7	28.1	1
31	Dave Hampton	GNB	22	RB	14	0	80	365	4	53	4.6	26.1	7
32	Nick Eddy	DET	25	RB	11	7	78	272	2	26	3.5	24.7	1
33	Ernie Koy	NYG	27	RB	14	7	76	300	2	24	3.9	21.4	1
34	Terry Cole	BAL	24	RB	9	5	73	204	2	27	2.8	22.7	2
35	Jim Grabowski	GNB	25	RB	14	8	73	261	1	22	3.6	18.6	2
36	Harmon Wages	ATL	23	RB	14	8	72	375	2	66	5.2	26.8	3
37	Warren Bankston	PIT	22	RB	14	4	62	259	1	15	4.2	18.5	6
38	Paul Gipson	ATL	23	RB	10	0	62	303	1	33	4.9	30.3	8
39	Larry Watkins	DET	23	RB	14	3	62	201	1	12	3.2	14.4	0
40	Cyril Pinder	PHI	23	RB	14	4	60	309	1	50	5.2	22.1	1
41	Reece Morrison	CLE	24	RB	14	1	59	300	1	54	5.1	21.4	2
42	Dan Reeves	DAL	25	RB	13	1	59	173	4	12	2.9	13.3	2
43	Mel Farr	DET	25	RB	5	5	58	245	4	52	4.2	49.0	2
44	Willis Crenshaw	STL	28	RB	14	5	55	172	3	26	3.1	12.3	1
45	Clint Jones	MIN	24	RB	14	2	54	241	3	80	4.5	17.2	0
46	Bobby Douglass	CHI	22	QB	11	7	51	408	2	39	8.0	37.1	7
47	Charlie Bryant	ATL	28	RB	14	0	50	246	0	41	4.9	17.6	2
48	Jerry Hill	BAL	30	RB	14	6	49	143	2	14	2.9	10.2	3
49	Brian Piccolo	CHI	26	RB	9	3	45	148	2	15	3.3	16.4	2
50	Ronnie Bull	CHI	29	FB	6	6	44	187	0	16	4.3	31.2	1
51	Bo Scott	CLE	26	RB	13	1	44	157	0	20	3.6	12.1	1
52	Les Shy	DAL	25	RB	14	1	42	154	1	23	3.7	11.0	1
53	Fran Tarkenton*	NYG	29	QB	14	14	37	172	0	21	4.6	12.3	7
54	Roman Gabriel*+	RAM	29	QB	14	14	35	156	5	22	4.5	11.1	7
55	Randy Minniear	NYG	26	RB	11	3	35	141	1	16	4.0	12.8	2
56	Elijah Pitts	GNB	31	HB	14	1	35	134	0	13	3.8	9.6	2
57	Tucker Frederickson	NYG	26	RB	5	4	33	136	0	19	4.1	27.2	0
58	Greg Landry	DET	23	QB	10	7	33	243	1	26	7.4	24.3	2
59	Tommy Mason	RAM	30	RB	13	0	33	135	1	17	4.1	10.4	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
60	Don McCall	PIT	25	RB	13	0	30	98	0	14	3.3	7.5	1
61	Mike Hull	CHI	24	RB	10	4	29	81	1	14	2.8	8.1	1
62	Roy Shivers	STL	28	RB	12	0	27	115	2	17	4.3	9.6	2
63	MacArthur Lane	STL	27	RB	9	0	25	93	1	13	3.7	10.3	2
64	Ernie Wheelwright	NOR	30	RB	13	0	25	85	4	17	3.4	6.5	1
65	Preston Pearson	BAL	24	RB	14	2	24	81	0	10	3.4	5.8	2
66	Jimmy Thomas	SFO	22	RB	14	0	23	190	1	75	8.3	13.6	0
67	Jack Concannon	CHI	26	QB	14	5	22	62	1	30	2.8	4.4	2
68	Joe Kapp*	MIN	31	QB	13	13	22	104	0	18	4.7	8.0	1
69	Don Shy	NOR	24	RB	14	0	21	75	1	22	3.6	5.4	2
70	Bob Berry*	ATL	27	QB	7	7	20	68	0	30	3.4	9.7	6
71	Willie Ellison	RAM	24	RB	14	0	20	56	1	15	2.8	4.0	0
72	John Fuqua	NYG	23	RB	13	1	20	89	0	35	4.5	6.8	2
73	Bill Tucker	SFO	26	RB	13	0	20	72	2	24	3.6	5.5	0
74	Perry Williams	GNB	23	RB	14	0	18	55	0	13	3.1	3.9	1
75	Charley Johnson	STL	31	QB	12	9	17	51	1	15	3.0	4.3	4
76	Sonny Jurgensen*	WAS	35	QB	14	14	17	156	1	33	9.2	11.1	2
77	Craig Morton	DAL	26	QB	13	13	16	62	1	15	3.9	4.8	4
78	Ross Montgomery	CHI	23	RB	12	0	15	52	0	6	3.5	4.3	0
79	Roger Staubach	DAL	27	QB	6	1	15	60	1	19	4.0	10.0	2
80	Dick Shiner	PIT	27	QB	12	9	14	55	1	18	3.9	4.6	3
81	Perry Lee Dunn	BAL	28	RB	5	1	13	45	0	11	3.5	9.0	1
82	John Brodie	SFO	34	QB	13	10	11	62	0	15	5.6	4.8	1
83	Randy Johnson	ATL	25	QB	6	5	11	55	1	13	5.0	9.2	3
84	Billy Kilmer	NOR	30	QB	14	14	11	18	0	12	1.6	1.3	5
85	Johnny Unitas	BAL	36	QB	13	12	11	23	0	13	2.1	1.8	2
86	Terry Hanratty	PIT	21	QB	8	5	10	106	0	31	10.6	13.3	3
87	Bruce Lemmerman	ATL	24	QB	7	2	10	57	1	20	5.7	8.1	4
88	Kent Nix	PIT	25	QB	5	0	10	70	0	20	7.0	14.0	1
89	Ronnie Blye	PHI	28	RB	14	0	8	25	0	11	3.1	1.8	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
90	Ralph Kurek	CHI	26	RB	14	1	8	24	0	6	3.0	1.7	0
91	Norm Snead	PHI	30	QB	13	13	8	2	2	5	0.3	0.2	4
92	Tom Barrington	NOR	25	RB	11	0	7	33	1	17	4.7	3.0	0
93	Jim Hart	STL	25	QB	9	5	7	16	2	10	2.3	1.8	1
94	Gary McDermott	ATL	23	RB	4	0	7	6	0	3	0.9	1.5	0
95	Bill Munson	DET	28	QB	8	7	7	31	0	13	4.4	3.9	3
96	Bart Starr	GNB	35	QB	12	9	7	60	0	18	8.6	5.0	4
97	Henry Dyer	WAS	24	RB	13	1	6	18	0	9	3.0	1.4	1
98	Billy Harris	MIN	23	RB	13	0	6	13	0	5	2.2	1.0	0
99	Jim Lindsey	MIN	25	RB	10	0	6	21	1	10	3.5	2.1	0
100	Claxton Welch	DAL	22	RB	6	0	6	21	0	6	3.5	3.5	0
101	Edd Hargett	NOR	22	QB	6	0	5	15	0	11	3.0	2.5	0
102	Sam Havrilak	BAL	22	RB	14	0	5	49	1	29	9.8	3.5	4
103	Tony Lorick	NOR	28	RB	14	0	5	11	0	6	2.2	0.8	1
104	Jim Mitchell*	ATL	22	TE	14	14	5	77	0	40	15.4	5.5	1
105	Bill Nelsen*	CLE	28	QB	14	14	5	-11	0	3	-2.2	-0.8	8
106	Pettis Norman	DAL	30	TE	10	10	5	20	0	21	4.0	2.0	1
107	Steve Spurrier	SFO	24	QB	6	4	5	49	0	29	9.8	8.2	2
108	Bob Windsor	SFO	27	TE	14	14	5	39	0	13	7.8	2.8	0
109	Virgil Carter	CHI	24	QB	3	2	4	19	0	11	4.8	6.3	0
110	Bob Hayes	DAL	27	WR	10	10	4	17	0	8	4.3	1.7	2
111	Roy Jefferson*+	PIT	26	WR	14	14	4	46	0	22	11.5	3.3	3
112	Gary Lewis	SFO	27	RB	9	0	4	5	0	4	1.3	0.6	0
113	Jackie Smith*	STL	29	TE	14	14	4	0	0	9	0.0	0.0	1
114	Jeff Stanciel	ATL	22	RB	2	0	4	-1	0	4	-0.3	-0.5	1
115	Bob Wallace	CHI	24	WR	14	14	4	16	0	15	4.0	1.1	1
116	Harry Wilson	PHI	25	RB	2	2	4	7	0	4	1.8	3.5	0
117	Danny Abramowicz+	NOR	24	WR	14	14	3	61	0	28	20.3	4.4	0
118	Lem Barney*+	DET	24	LCB	13	13	3	36	0	27	12.0	2.8	3
119	Craig Baynham	DAL	25	HB	10	0	3	-2	0	2	-0.7	-0.2	1
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
120	Gary Cuozzo	MIN	28	QB	9	1	3	-4	0	2	-1.3	-0.4	2
121	Al Dodd	NOR	24	WR	14	8	3	12	0	9	4.0	0.9	0
122	Don Horn	GNB	24	QB	9	5	3	-7	1	2	-2.3	-0.8	6
123	Homer Jones	NYG	28	WR	14	14	3	8	0	9	2.7	0.6	0
124	Dave Kopay	WAS	27	RB	13	0	3	4	0	3	1.3	0.3	0
125	Bob Lee	MIN	23	QB	14	0	3	9	0	7	3.0	0.6	2
126	Joe Don Looney	NOR	27	RB	3	0	3	-5	0	4	-1.7	-1.7	0
127	George Mira	PHI	27	QB	7	1	3	16	0	6	5.3	2.3	0
128	Ray Perkins	BAL	28	WR	11	4	3	36	0	18	12.0	3.3	0
129	Jerry Smith*+	WAS	26	TE	14	14	3	8	0	6	2.7	0.6	0
130	Charley Taylor	WAS	28	WR	14	14	3	24	0	18	8.0	1.7	1
131	Tommy Davis	SFO	35	K	7	0	2	21	0	16	10.5	3.0	0
132	Dick Gordon	CHI	25	WR	14	12	2	28	0	22	14.0	2.0	0
133	Harold Jackson*	PHI	23	WR	14	14	2	10	0	6	5.0	0.7	0
134	John Mackey	BAL	28	TE	14	14	2	3	0	7	1.5	0.2	1
135	Tom McCauley	ATL	22	DB	14	0	2	49	0	32	24.5	3.5	1
136	Gene Moore	SFO	22	RB	5	0	2	4	0	2	2.0	0.8	0
137	Milt Morin	CLE	27	TE	14	12	2	30	0	22	15.0	2.1	1
138	Lance Rentzel	DAL	26	WR	14	14	2	11	0	14	5.5	0.8	0
139	Larry Walton	DET	22	WR	14	7	2	6	0	17	3.0	0.4	0
140	Paul Warfield*	CLE	27	WR	14	14	2	23	0	16	11.5	1.6	0
141	J.R. Wilburn	PIT	26	WR	10	9	2	29	0	35	14.5	2.9	0
142	Gerry Allen	WAS	28	RB	2	1	1	3	0	3	3.0	1.5	0
143	Dick Bass	RAM	32	RB	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.0	1.0	0
144	Bill Bradley	PHI	22	DB	14	0	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.4	2
145	Mike Bragg	WAS	23	P	14	0	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.2	0
146	Bob Campbell	PIT	22	WR	14	0	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.4	5
147	Larry Conjar	BAL	24	RB	6	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0
148	Austin Denney	CHI	25	TE	14	11	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.3	0
149	Dave Dunaway	NYG	24	WR	3	0	1	4	0	4	4.0	1.3	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
150	John Gilliam	STL	24	WR	14	14	1	-4	0	-4	-4.0	-0.3	1
151	Bobby Joe Green	CHI	33	P	14	0	1	17	0	17	17.0	1.2	0
152	Ben Hawkins	PHI	25	WR	14	14	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.2	1
153	Eddie Hinton	BAL	22	WR	12	3	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.3	0
154	Rich Houston	NYG	24	WR	6	0	1	11	0	11	11.0	1.8	0
155	Harry Jones	PHI	24	RB	12	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0
156	Izzy Lang	RAM	27	RB	12	0	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0
157	Earl McCullouch	DET	23	WR	14	14	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.3	0
158	Eddie Meador+	RAM	32	FS	14	14	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.4	0
159	Milt Plum	NYG	34	QB	1	0	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-1.0	1
160	Ray Poage	NOR	29	TE	14	6	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.2	1
161	Jerry Rhome	CLE	27	QB	11	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1
162	Charlie Sanders*	DET	23	TE	14	14	1	-8	0	-8	-8.0	-0.6	0
163	Karl Sweetan	RAM	27	QB	5	0	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.2	0
164	Gene Washington*	SFO	22	WR	14	14	1	-4	0	-4	-4.0	-0.3	0
165	Dave Williams	STL	24	WR	14	14	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	1
166	Gary Wood	NYG	27	QB	12	0	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.3	0

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