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1955 NFL Rushing

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League Champion: Cleveland Browns

Passing Leader: Jim Finks, 2270 Yds

Rushing Leader: Alan Ameche, 961 Yds

Receiving Leader: Pete Pihos, 864 Yds

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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	Alan Ameche*+	BAL	22	FB	12	12	213	961	9	79	4.5	80.1	3
2	Howie Ferguson*	GNB	25	FB	12	11	192	859	4	57	4.5	71.6	8
3	Ed Modzelewski	CLE	26	FB	12	10	185	619	6	25	3.3	51.6	3
4	Fran Rogel	PIT	28	FB	12	12	168	588	2	19	3.5	49.0	5
5	Fred Morrison*	CLE	29	RH	12	8	156	824	3	56	5.3	68.7	5
6	Joe Perry	SFO	28	FB	11	11	156	701	2	42	4.5	63.7	6
7	Ron Waller*	RAM	22	LH	12	12	151	716	7	55	4.7	59.7	6
8	Tank Younger*	RAM	27	FB	8	7	138	644	5	54	4.7	80.5	3
9	Lew Carpenter	DET	23	FB/RH	12	12	137	543	6	49	4.0	45.3	6
10	Alex Webster	NYG	24	RH	12	11	128	634	5	71	5.0	52.8	3
11	Rick Casares*	CHI	24	LH	12	5	125	672	4	81	5.4	56.0	3
12	Bobby Watkins	CHI	23	RH	12	8	110	553	8	33	5.0	46.1	5
13	Ollie Matson*+	CRD	25	LH	12	12	109	475	1	54	4.4	39.6	7
14	Lynn Chandnois	PIT	30	RH	9	9	105	353	5	23	3.4	39.2	2
15	Leo Elter	WAS	26	FB	11	3	97	361	3	33	3.7	32.8	4
16	Hal Giancanelli	PHI	26	LH	12	8	97	385	2	20	4.0	32.1	8
17	Bobby Epps	NYG	23	FB	9	7	95	375	2	24	3.9	41.7	1
18	John Hoffman*	CHI	30	LH	12	9	94	454	0	47	4.8	37.8	3
19	Vic Janowicz	WAS	25	LH	12	11	93	397	4	33	4.3	33.1	2
20	Hugh McElhenny	SFO	27	RH	12	8	90	327	4	44	3.6	27.3	3
21	Bert Zagers	WAS	22	RH	11	11	89	395	2	41	4.4	35.9	5
22	L.G. Dupre	BAL	23	LH	11	7	88	338	1	60	3.8	30.7	2
23	Dave Mann	CRD	23	RH	12	12	87	336	4	65	3.9	28.0	6
24	Frank Gifford*+	NYG	25	LH	11	11	86	351	3	49	4.1	31.9	5
25	Johnny Olszewski*	CRD	25	FB	11	9	84	326	1	41	3.9	29.6	9
26	Rob Goode	2TM	28	B-FB	11	6	83	297	0	36	3.6	27.0	4
27	Breezy Reid	GNB	28	LH	12	11	83	303	2	28	3.7	25.3	4
28	Dale Atkeson	WAS	25	FB	11	8	77	300	1	45	3.9	27.3	2
29	Tobin Rote	GNB	27	QB	12	12	74	332	5	49	4.5	27.7	10
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
30	Chick Jagade	CHI	29	FB	12	11	72	309	2	51	4.3	25.8	3
31	Otto Graham+	CLE	34	QB	12	12	68	121	6	36	1.8	10.1	7
32	George Shaw	BAL	22	QB	12	12	68	301	3	37	4.4	25.1	6
33	Dave Middleton	DET	22	RH/RE	12	11	59	201	2	16	3.4	16.8	0
34	Ray Mathews*	PIT	26	LH	12	12	57	187	1	23	3.3	15.6	1
35	Lamar McHan	CRD	23	QB	12	11	56	194	2	38	3.5	16.2	3
36	Mal Hammack	CRD	22	FB	9	3	51	160	2	17	3.1	17.8	5
37	Joe Johnson	GNB	26	HB	12	3	49	210	0	21	4.3	17.5	4
38	Jim Monachino	WAS	26	HB	7	1	46	207	2	34	4.5	29.6	1
39	Bill Stits	DET	24	RDH	12	12	46	165	0	15	3.6	13.8	4
40	Ed Brown*	CHI	27	QB	12	12	43	203	2	32	4.7	16.9	4
41	Dan Towler	RAM	27	FB	7	3	43	137	3	14	3.2	19.6	2
42	Dicky Moegle*	SFO	21	FS/LH	11	10	41	235	5	39	5.7	21.4	2
43	Larry Morris	RAM	22	RLB	12	7	40	148	1	22	3.7	12.3	0
44	Maurice Bassett	CLE	24	FB	12	0	38	174	3	30	4.6	14.5	3
45	Joe Arenas	SFO	30	RDH/LH	12	11	37	150	0	30	4.1	12.5	4
46	Eddie LeBaron*	WAS	25	QB	12	8	37	190	4	25	5.1	15.8	5
47	Bob Smith	CLE	22	HB	10	0	37	142	1	31	3.8	14.2	1
48	Adrian Burk*	PHI	28	QB	12	8	36	132	2	30	3.7	11.0	4
49	Bob Hoernschemeyer	DET	30	B	5	2	36	109	1	10	3.0	21.8	1
50	Jerry Norton	PHI	24	LH	12	4	36	144	1	23	4.0	12.0	6
51	Jim Finks	PIT	28	QB	12	12	35	76	4	9	2.2	6.3	5
52	Leon Hart	DET	27	FB/LDE	11	8	35	159	0	21	4.5	14.5	2
53	Jim Parmer	PHI	28	FB	12	1	34	129	1	36	3.8	10.8	0
54	Mel Triplett	NYG	24	FB	12	3	34	138	0	19	4.1	11.5	3
55	Buddy Young	BAL	29	RH	11	10	32	87	1	25	2.7	7.9	1
56	Bobby Layne	DET	29	QB	12	10	31	111	0	19	3.6	9.3	4
57	Jimmy Carr	CRD	22	HB	12	1	30	115	0	41	3.8	9.6	1
58	Eddie Price	NYG	30	FB	6	2	30	109	0	29	3.6	18.2	1
59	Ray Renfro	CLE	26	FL	12	12	29	90	0	14	3.1	7.5	1
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
60	Sid Watson	PIT	23	HB	12	3	29	31	0	15	1.1	2.6	7
61	Dick Bielski	PHI	23	FB	12	9	28	67	1	8	2.4	5.6	1
62	Corky Taylor	RAM	22	DB	10	6	26	95	0	13	3.7	9.5	1
63	Ted Wegert	PHI	23	RH	7	4	26	120	2	38	4.6	17.1	2
64	Y.A. Tittle	SFO	29	QB	12	12	23	114	0	35	5.0	9.5	2
65	Doak Walker*	DET	28	LH	12	9	23	95	2	51	4.1	7.9	1
66	Toy Ledbetter	PHI	28	HB	8	4	21	48	0	7	2.3	6.0	0
67	Bud Laughlin	SFO	24	FB	10	1	20	58	0	14	2.9	5.8	4
68	John Henry Johnson	SFO	26	LH	7	3	19	69	1	12	3.6	9.9	0
69	Leon Campbell	PIT	28	FB	12	0	18	42	0	27	2.3	3.5	1
70	Ralph Guglielmi	WAS	22	QB	9	3	18	51	1	17	2.8	5.7	0
71	Bobby Thomason*	PHI	27	QB	10	4	17	29	0	20	1.7	2.9	4
72	Dick Young	BAL	25	FB	11	0	17	39	0	10	2.3	3.5	2
73	Tom McCormick	RAM	25	HB	6	2	16	66	1	14	4.1	11.0	0
74	Veryl Switzer	GNB	23	RH	12	4	16	101	0	38	6.3	8.4	6
75	George Blanda	CHI	28	QB	12	0	15	54	2	10	3.6	4.5	0
76	Harry Gilmer	DET	29	QB	8	2	15	67	0	19	4.5	8.4	2
77	Carroll Hardy	SFO	22	RHB	10	6	15	37	0	14	2.5	3.7	2
78	Skeet Quinlan	RAM	27	RH	6	4	15	70	0	12	4.7	11.7	2
79	Ralph Goldston	PHI	26	HB	10	0	14	-7	0	7	-0.5	-0.7	2
80	Bob Williams	CHI	25	QB	10	0	13	79	0	19	6.1	7.9	0
81	Fred Cone	GNB	29	FB	12	1	12	25	0	14	2.1	2.1	0
82	Charlie Conerly	NYG	34	QB	12	4	12	10	0	12	0.8	0.8	4
83	Harry Hugasian	2TM	26	DB	6	1	12	34	0	15	2.8	5.7	1
84	Norm Van Brocklin*	RAM	29	QB	12	12	11	24	0	9	2.2	2.0	3
85	Billy Wade	RAM	25	QB	7	0	11	43	0	14	3.9	6.1	4
86	Ron Drzewiecki	CHI	22	HB	12	2	10	54	1	19	5.4	4.5	3
87	Jug Girard	DET	28	HB	12	6	10	27	0	10	2.7	2.3	2
88	Dub Jones	CLE	31	RH	12	6	10	44	0	13	4.4	3.7	1
89	Kyle Rote*	NYG	27	LE	12	4	10	46	0	14	4.6	3.8	1
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
90	Burrell Shields	BAL	26	HB	8	3	10	34	0	14	3.4	4.3	0
91	Frank Bernardi	CRD	22	FS	12	12	8	17	0	20	2.1	1.4	2
92	Al Dorow	WAS	26	QB	8	1	8	49	0	19	6.1	6.1	1
93	Joe Heap	NYG	24	HB	12	0	8	29	0	16	3.6	2.4	1
94	Les Goble	CRD	23	DB	9	0	7	11	0	5	1.6	1.2	0
95	Don Heinrich	NYG	25	QB	10	8	7	4	2	5	0.6	0.4	1
96	Al Carmichael	GNB	27	RH	10	6	6	45	0	20	7.5	4.5	0
97	Ogden Compton	CRD	23	QB	9	1	6	-8	0	5	-1.3	-0.9	0
98	Lem Harkey	SFO	21	FB	4	0	6	27	0	15	4.5	6.8	0
99	Gary Kerkorian	BAL	25	QB	7	0	6	20	1	12	3.3	2.9	1
100	Ted Marchibroda	PIT	24	QB	7	0	6	-1	1	8	-0.2	-0.1	3
101	George Ratterman	CLE	29	QB	10	0	6	8	1	10	1.3	0.8	2
102	Joe Scudero*	WAS	25	SS	12	12	6	27	0	13	4.5	2.3	2
103	Dean Renfro	BAL	23	HB	7	1	4	13	0	5	3.3	1.9	0
104	Royce Womble	BAL	24	HB	3	2	4	2	0	4	0.5	0.7	0
105	Don Johnson	PHI	24	HB	2	0	3	1	0	4	0.3	0.5	0
106	Henry Mosley	CHI	24	HB	1	0	3	10	0	4	3.3	10.0	0
107	Johnny Petitbon	CLE	24	FS	12	8	3	10	0	7	3.3	0.8	0
108	George Taliaferro	PHI	28	HB	3	0	3	-2	0	0	-0.7	-0.7	2
109	Larrye Weaver	NYG	24	HB	6	0	3	0	0	2	0.0	0.0	0
110	Walter Bryan	BAL	22	LDH	10	4	2	4	0	8	2.0	0.4	0
111	Henry Ford	CLE	24	DB	2	0	2	1	0	1	0.5	0.5	1
112	Marion Motley	PIT	35	FB	6	0	2	8	0	8	4.0	1.3	0
113	Pete Perini	2TM	27	FB	8	0	2	0	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
114	Bob Clatterbuck	NYG	23	QB	4	0	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.8	1
115	Maury Duncan	SFO	24	QB	11	0	1	-5	0	-5	-5.0	-0.5	1
116	Horace Gillom	CLE	34	P	12	0	1	-15	0	-15	-15.0	-1.3	0
117	Paul Held	GNB	27	QB	2	0	1	8	0	8	8.0	4.0	0
118	Tommy James	CLE	32	FS	8	4	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.3	0
119	Bobby Walston	PHI	27	LE	12	8	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.3	0

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