1940 NFL Rushing

League Champion: Chicago Bears

Passing Leader: Sammy Baugh, 1367 Yds

Rushing Leader: Whizzer White, 514 Yds

Receiving Leader: Don Looney, 707 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	Whizzer White+	DET	23	TB	11	9	146	514	5	0	3.5	46.7	0
2	Johnny Drake*+	RAM	24	FB	11	8	134	480	9	0	3.6	43.6	0
3	Tuffy Leemans	NYG	28	FB	10	2	132	474	1	0	3.6	47.4	0
4	Clarke Hinkle*	GNB	31	FB	10	8	109	383	2	31	3.5	38.3	0
5	Davey O'Brien	PHI	23	QB	11	11	100	-180	1	0	-1.8	-16.4	0
6	Cecil Isbell	GNB	25	TB	10	5	97	270	4	0	2.8	27.0	0
7	Parker Hall	RAM	24	TB	11	7	94	365	1	0	3.9	33.2	0
8	Gary Famiglietti*	CHI	27	FB	11	2	93	320	4	0	3.4	29.1	0
9	Ace Parker+	BKN	28	TB	11	10	89	306	2	0	3.4	27.8	0
10	Marshall Goldberg	CRD	23	FB	11	7	87	325	2	0	3.7	29.5	0
11	Jimmy Johnston	WAS	23	FB	11	11	87	256	3	65	2.9	23.3	0
12	Billy Patterson	PIT	22	TB	11	9	87	171	0	0	2.0	15.5	0
13	Banks McFadden	BKN	23	HB	11	7	85	411	1	75	4.8	37.4	0
14	Joe Maniaci*	CHI	26	FB	11	4	84	368	2	0	4.4	33.5	0
15	Dick Riffle	PHI	25	FB	11	6	81	238	4	0	2.9	21.6	0
16	Pug Manders*	BKN	27	FB	11	11	80	311	5	0	3.9	28.3	0
17	Hank Soar	NYG	26		11	3	80	246	1	0	3.1	22.4	0
18	Howie Weiss	DET	23	FB	11	4	79	298	3	0	3.8	27.1	0
19	Ray Nolting*	CHI	27	LH	11	11	78	373	1	0	4.8	33.9	0
20	Dick Todd*	WAS	26		11	0	76	408	4	51	5.4	37.1	0
21	Walt Nielsen	NYG	23	FB	9	5	73	269	1	0	3.7	29.9	0
22	Andy Uram	GNB	25		11	4	71	270	1	0	3.8	24.5	0
23	Lou Tomasetti	PIT	24	HB	10	9	68	246	1	0	3.6	24.6	0
24	George Kiick	PIT	23	FB	11	4	66	212	0	0	3.2	19.3	0
25	Eddie Miller	NYG	24	TB	8	6	65	206	1	0	3.2	25.8	0
26	Dwight Sloan	DET	26	TB	11	5	58	225	0	0	3.9	20.5	0
27	Hugh McCullough	CRD	24	TB	11	7	57	278	3	0	4.9	25.3	0
28	Bob Seymour	WAS	24		9	0	57	170	4	0	3.0	18.9	0
29	Harry Clarke*	CHI	24		11	0	56	258	2	0	4.6	23.5	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
30	Marty Slovak	RAM	24		9	4	53	129	1	0	2.4	14.3	0
31	Merl Condit*	PIT	23		10	2	52	205	0	0	3.9	20.5	0
32	Mario Tonelli	CRD	24		9	3	51	148	1	0	2.9	16.4	0
33	Frank Filchock	WAS	24		10	0	50	126	2	0	2.5	12.6	0
34	Bill Osmanski*	CHI	25	FB	8	6	50	192	3	68	3.8	24.0	0
35	Len Barnum	NYG	28		10	3	48	128	0	0	2.7	12.8	0
36	Lloyd Cardwell	DET	27	WB	10	8	48	186	2	0	3.9	18.6	0
37	Ed Jankowski	GNB	27		7	1	48	211	2	0	4.4	30.1	0
38	Jim Meade	WAS	26		10	4	48	115	0	0	2.4	11.5	0
39	George McAfee	CHI	22	RH	10	8	47	253	2	0	5.4	25.3	0
40	Sam Francis	BKN	27		11	0	44	217	1	0	4.9	19.7	0
41	Cotton Price*	DET	22		9	1	42	122	2	0	2.9	13.6	0
42	George Cafego	BKN	25		10	4	41	109	0	0	2.7	10.9	0
43	Johnny Hall	CRD	24	WB	11	7	41	88	1	0	2.1	8.0	0
44	Swede Johnston	PIT	30		10	3	41	113	0	0	2.8	11.3	0
45	Milt Popovich	CRD	27		10	1	41	138	0	0	3.4	13.8	0
46	Tommy Thompson	PIT	24		11	2	40	39	0	0	1.0	3.5	0
47	Beryl Clark	CRD	23		9	3	39	9	0	0	0.2	1.0	0
48	Hal Van Every	GNB	22		9	2	38	154	0	0	4.1	17.1	0
49	Larry Buhler	GNB	23		7	2	36	118	0	0	3.3	16.9	0
50	Dick Cassiano	BKN	23		10	1	35	84	0	0	2.4	8.4	0
51	Boyd Brumbaugh	PIT	25		8	4	32	79	0	0	2.5	9.9	0
52	Marty Christiansen	CRD	24		6	1	32	71	1	0	2.2	11.8	0
53	Elmer Hackney	PHI	24		8	1	32	101	1	0	3.2	12.6	0
54	Roy Zimmerman	WAS	22		6	0	31	127	0	0	4.1	21.2	0
55	Frank Emmons	PHI	22	FB	11	5	29	77	1	0	2.7	7.0	0
56	Lloyd Madden	CRD	22		9	4	29	186	2	0	6.4	20.7	0
57	John Cole	PHI	25		7	1	26	75	0	0	2.9	10.7	0
58	Frank Balazs	GNB	22		7	1	25	107	1	0	4.3	15.3	0
59	Olie Cordill*	RAM	24	WB	10	7	24	73	0	0	3.0	7.3	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
60	Bill Shepherd	DET	29		3	2	24	67	0	0	2.8	22.3	0
61	Sid Luckman*	CHI	24	QB	11	7	23	-65	0	0	-2.8	-5.9	0
62	Kent Ryan	DET	25		10	4	22	42	0	0	1.9	4.2	0
63	Sammy Baugh*+	WAS	26	TB	11	11	20	16	0	5	0.8	1.5	0
64	Len Janiak	RAM	25		11	3	19	44	0	0	2.3	4.0	0
65	Bill Leckonby	BKN	23		11	0	19	53	0	0	2.8	4.8	0
66	Gaylon Smith	RAM	24	BB	11	8	19	18	0	0	0.9	1.6	0
67	Lou Brock	GNB	23	HB	11	4	18	60	0	0	3.3	5.5	0
68	Joe Bukant	PHI	25	LH	11	4	18	50	1	0	2.8	4.5	0
69	Ward Cuff	NYG	28	WB	8	8	15	86	1	0	5.7	10.8	0
70	Coley McDonough	PIT	25		4	0	15	33	1	0	2.2	8.3	0
71	Wilbur Moore	WAS	24		10	0	15	89	2	23	5.9	8.9	0
72	Bob Swisher*	CHI	26		9	0	15	70	0	0	4.7	7.8	0
73	Kay Eakin	NYG	23		7	1	14	20	0	0	1.4	2.9	0
74	Ray McLean*	CHI	25		10	0	14	10	1	5	0.7	1.0	0
75	Foster Watkins	PHI	23	QB	9	0	14	-76	0	0	-5.4	-8.4	0
76	Ralph Kercheval	BKN	29		10	0	11	19	0	0	1.7	1.9	0
77	Dom Principe	NYG	23		6	1	11	8	0	0	0.7	1.3	0
78	Bernie Masterson*	CHI	29		7	2	10	-7	1	0	-0.7	-1.0	0
79	Bob Kellogg	CRD	23		3	0	9	31	0	0	3.4	10.3	0
80	Jack Manders	CHI	31		10	2	8	20	0	0	2.5	2.0	0
81	Fran Murray	PHI	25	RH	11	6	8	7	0	0	0.9	0.6	0
82	Solly Sherman*	CHI	23		7	2	8	10	0	0	1.3	1.4	0
83	Grenny Lansdell	NYG	22		2	1	7	9	0	0	1.3	4.5	0
84	Joe Laws	GNB	29		3	2	7	21	0	0	3.0	7.0	0
85	Dante Magnani	RAM	23		11	4	7	19	0	0	2.7	1.7	0
86	Lee Shaffer	NYG	28	WB	11	5	7	20	1	0	2.9	1.8	0
87	Rhoten Shetley	BKN	22	BB	11	8	7	30	0	0	4.3	2.7	0
88	Bob Snyder*	CHI	27		11	0	7	12	0	0	1.7	1.1	0
89	Ken Heineman	RAM	22		3	0	6	-5	0	0	-0.8	-1.7	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
90	Arnie Herber	GNB	30	TB	10	4	6	-23	0	0	-3.8	-2.3	0
91	Bert Johnson	CRD	28	BB	10	7	6	15	0	0	2.5	1.5	0
92	Buddy Parker	CRD	27		10	4	6	8	1	0	1.3	0.8	0
93	Beattie Feathers	GNB	31		1	0	4	19	0	0	4.8	19.0	0
94	Max Krause	WAS	31	BB	9	8	4	21	0	0	5.3	2.3	0
95	Jay Arnold	PHI	28		9	3	3	9	0	0	3.0	1.0	0
96	Larry Craig	GNB	24	BB	11	5	3	9	0	0	3.0	0.8	0
97	Bob Hoffman	WAS	23		8	3	3	7	0	0	2.3	0.9	0
98	Ed Justice	WAS	28	WB	7	6	3	34	0	0	11.3	4.9	0
99	Wayne Millner	WAS	27	LE	10	10	3	31	0	0	10.3	3.1	0
100	Bill Fisk	DET	24		10	3	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0
101	Don Looney*	PHI	24	RE	11	8	2	-4	0	0	-2.0	-0.4	0
102	Les McDonald	2TM	26		10	0	2	-2	0	0	-1.0	-0.2	0
103	Paul McDonough	RAM	24	RE	11	7	2	5	0	0	2.5	0.5	0
104	Paul Moore	DET	22		7	0	2	4	0	0	2.0	0.6	0
105	John Noppenberg	PIT	23		9	4	2	4	0	0	2.0	0.4	0
106	Al Owen	NYG	27		5	0	2	10	0	5	5.0	2.0	0
107	Stillman Rouse	DET	23	LE	10	5	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0
108	Frank Zadworney	BKN	24		3	0	2	5	0	0	2.5	1.7	0
109	Bob Adkins	GNB	23	BB	10	5	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.5	0
110	Jim Benton	RAM	24	LE	10	5	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0
111	Joe Carter	PHI	31		6	4	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.5	0
112	Elwyn Dunstan	RAM	25	RT	10	6	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.4	0
113	Andy Farkas	WAS	24		1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0
114	Jim Gillette	RAM	23		4	0	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.3	0
115	Ray Hare	WAS	23		5	1	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.4	0
116	Bob Masterson	WAS	25		11	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0
117	Jack Morlock	DET	24		4	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0
118	Bob Nowaskey*	CHI	22		10	2	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.4	0
119	Maury Patt	RAM	25		10	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
120	Hank Rockwell	RAM	23		11	2	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.5	0
121	Mike Rodak	RAM	23		1	0	1	4	0	4	4.0	4.0	0
122	Theodore Schmitt	PHI	24		11	2	1	6	0	6	6.0	0.5	0
123	Gaynell Tinsley	CRD	25		7	4	1	17	0	17	17.0	2.4	0
124	Fred Vanzo	DET	24	BB	10	10	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0
125	Waddy Young	BKN	24	RE	11	10	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0
126	Lou Zontini	CRD	23		8	0	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0

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