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Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
1 | Jim Brown*+ | CLE | 25 | FB | 14 | 14 | 305 | 1408 | 8 | 38 | 4.6 | 100.6 | 6 |
2 | Jim Taylor* | GNB | 26 | FB | 14 | 14 | 243 | 1307 | 15 | 53 | 5.4 | 93.4 | 2 |
3 | John Henry Johnson | PIT | 32 | FB | 14 | 13 | 213 | 787 | 6 | 44 | 3.7 | 56.2 | 7 |
4 | Nick Pietrosante* | DET | 24 | FB | 14 | 14 | 201 | 841 | 5 | 42 | 4.2 | 60.1 | 7 |
5 | Don Perkins* | DAL | 23 | LHB | 14 | 14 | 200 | 815 | 4 | 47 | 4.1 | 58.2 | 5 |
6 | Alex Webster* | NYG | 30 | FB/RHB | 14 | 14 | 196 | 928 | 2 | 59 | 4.7 | 66.3 | 5 |
7 | Joe Perry | BAL | 34 | FB | 13 | 13 | 168 | 675 | 3 | 27 | 4.0 | 51.9 | 3 |
8 | J.D. Smith | SFO | 29 | LHB/FB | 14 | 14 | 167 | 823 | 8 | 33 | 4.9 | 58.8 | 3 |
9 | Jon Arnett* | RAM | 26 | LHB | 14 | 14 | 158 | 609 | 4 | 26 | 3.9 | 43.5 | 3 |
10 | Willie Galimore | CHI | 26 | HB | 14 | 12 | 153 | 707 | 4 | 60 | 4.6 | 50.5 | 8 |
11 | Tom Tracy | PIT | 27 | HB | 14 | 14 | 147 | 402 | 2 | 26 | 2.7 | 28.7 | 1 |
12 | Rick Casares | CHI | 30 | FB | 13 | 10 | 135 | 588 | 8 | 23 | 4.4 | 45.2 | 1 |
13 | Clarence Peaks | PHI | 26 | FB | 13 | 11 | 135 | 471 | 5 | 33 | 3.5 | 36.2 | 2 |
14 | Prentice Gautt | STL | 23 | LHB | 14 | 13 | 129 | 523 | 3 | 54 | 4.1 | 37.4 | 3 |
15 | Paul Hornung+ | GNB | 26 | HB | 12 | 11 | 127 | 597 | 8 | 54 | 4.7 | 49.8 | 1 |
16 | Hugh McElhenny* | MIN | 33 | LHB/RHB | 13 | 13 | 120 | 570 | 3 | 41 | 4.8 | 43.8 | 8 |
17 | Bob Gaiters | NYG | 23 | LHB | 14 | 9 | 116 | 460 | 6 | 29 | 4.0 | 32.9 | 11 |
18 | Dan Lewis | DET | 25 | HB | 13 | 10 | 110 | 451 | 4 | 27 | 4.1 | 34.7 | 4 |
19 | Bobby Mitchell | CLE | 26 | HB | 14 | 13 | 101 | 548 | 5 | 56 | 5.4 | 39.1 | 6 |
20 | Dick Bass | RAM | 24 | FB | 14 | 9 | 98 | 608 | 4 | 73 | 6.2 | 43.4 | 6 |
21 | Sam Horner | WAS | 23 | LHB | 14 | 9 | 96 | 275 | 0 | 32 | 2.9 | 19.6 | 2 |
22 | Billy Kilmer | SFO | 22 | QB | 11 | 0 | 96 | 509 | 10 | 31 | 5.3 | 46.3 | 8 |
23 | Frank Mestnik | STL | 23 | FB | 13 | 5 | 95 | 334 | 1 | 26 | 3.5 | 25.7 | 6 |
24 | Billy Ray Barnes | PHI | 26 | LHB | 12 | 8 | 92 | 309 | 1 | 43 | 3.4 | 25.8 | 4 |
25 | Lenny Moore*+ | BAL | 28 | RHB | 13 | 13 | 92 | 648 | 7 | 54 | 7.0 | 49.8 | 1 |
26 | Alex Hawkins | BAL | 24 | LHB | 11 | 11 | 86 | 379 | 4 | 39 | 4.4 | 34.5 | 3 |
27 | Dick Hoak | PIT | 22 | FL | 14 | 7 | 85 | 302 | 0 | 22 | 3.6 | 21.6 | 1 |
28 | Amos Marsh | DAL | 22 | FB | 14 | 7 | 84 | 379 | 1 | 71 | 4.5 | 27.1 | 12 |
29 | Mel Triplett | MIN | 30 | FB | 14 | 8 | 80 | 407 | 1 | 37 | 5.1 | 29.1 | 4 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
30 | Don Bosseler | WAS | 25 | FB | 12 | 11 | 77 | 220 | 2 | 16 | 2.9 | 18.3 | 2 |
31 | J.W. Lockett | 2TM | 24 | FB | 14 | 9 | 77 | 298 | 1 | 21 | 3.9 | 21.3 | 8 |
32 | Ray Hayes | MIN | 26 | FB | 13 | 4 | 73 | 319 | 2 | 22 | 4.4 | 24.5 | 5 |
33 | Dick James* | WAS | 27 | RHB/LHB | 14 | 11 | 71 | 374 | 3 | 39 | 5.3 | 26.7 | 0 |
34 | Jim Cunningham | WAS | 22 | FB | 14 | 3 | 69 | 160 | 1 | 19 | 2.3 | 11.4 | 1 |
35 | Ted Dean* | PHI | 23 | FB | 14 | 5 | 66 | 321 | 2 | 44 | 4.9 | 22.9 | 6 |
36 | Joel Wells | NYG | 26 | HB | 14 | 3 | 65 | 216 | 1 | 17 | 3.3 | 15.4 | 6 |
37 | C.R. Roberts | SFO | 25 | FB | 12 | 7 | 63 | 338 | 1 | 54 | 5.4 | 28.2 | 2 |
38 | Tom Moore | GNB | 23 | HB | 13 | 2 | 61 | 302 | 1 | 69 | 5.0 | 23.2 | 2 |
39 | Tommy Mason | MIN | 22 | LHB | 13 | 4 | 60 | 226 | 3 | 21 | 3.8 | 17.4 | 7 |
40 | Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 21 | QB | 14 | 10 | 56 | 308 | 5 | 52 | 5.5 | 22.0 | 8 |
41 | Johnny Unitas* | BAL | 28 | QB | 14 | 14 | 54 | 190 | 2 | 18 | 3.5 | 13.6 | 9 |
42 | Timmy Brown | PHI | 24 | LHB | 13 | 4 | 50 | 338 | 1 | 47 | 6.8 | 26.0 | 4 |
43 | Charlie Scales | PIT | 23 | FB | 14 | 1 | 50 | 184 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 | 13.1 | 4 |
44 | John David Crow | STL | 26 | LHB | 8 | 7 | 48 | 192 | 1 | 17 | 4.0 | 24.0 | 1 |
45 | Bob Waters | SFO | 23 | QB | 8 | 0 | 47 | 233 | 3 | 35 | 5.0 | 29.1 | 3 |
46 | Billy Wade | CHI | 31 | QB | 13 | 9 | 45 | 255 | 2 | 29 | 5.7 | 19.6 | 3 |
47 | Tommy Wilson | RAM | 29 | FB | 11 | 5 | 44 | 220 | 1 | 34 | 5.0 | 20.0 | 2 |
48 | Charlie Bivins | CHI | 23 | HB | 14 | 1 | 43 | 188 | 1 | 30 | 4.4 | 13.4 | 1 |
49 | Tom Watkins | CLE | 24 | HB | 10 | 1 | 43 | 209 | 0 | 21 | 4.9 | 20.9 | 2 |
50 | Frank Ryan | RAM | 25 | QB | 14 | 3 | 38 | 139 | 0 | 28 | 3.7 | 9.9 | 3 |
51 | Joe Marconi | RAM | 27 | FB | 13 | 0 | 36 | 146 | 3 | 14 | 4.1 | 11.2 | 0 |
52 | Norm Snead | WAS | 22 | QB | 14 | 14 | 34 | 47 | 3 | 9 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 6 |
53 | Sam Etcheverry | STL | 31 | QB | 14 | 9 | 33 | 73 | 0 | 44 | 2.2 | 5.2 | 15 |
54 | Joe Morrison | NYG | 24 | HB | 13 | 7 | 33 | 48 | 1 | 14 | 1.5 | 3.7 | 4 |
55 | Jim Ninowski | DET | 25 | QB | 13 | 8 | 33 | 238 | 5 | 40 | 7.2 | 18.3 | 4 |
56 | Howard Cassady | DET | 27 | HB | 14 | 1 | 31 | 131 | 1 | 14 | 4.2 | 9.4 | 2 |
57 | Mark Smolinski | BAL | 22 | FB | 14 | 1 | 31 | 98 | 0 | 14 | 3.2 | 7.0 | 3 |
58 | Johnny Olszewski | DET | 31 | FB | 14 | 2 | 30 | 109 | 0 | 15 | 3.6 | 7.8 | 0 |
59 | John Brodie | SFO | 26 | QB | 14 | 14 | 28 | 90 | 2 | 29 | 3.2 | 6.4 | 1 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
60 | Y.A. Tittle* | NYG | 35 | QB | 13 | 10 | 25 | 85 | 3 | 17 | 3.4 | 6.5 | 0 |
61 | Ollie Matson | RAM | 31 | RHB | 14 | 13 | 24 | 181 | 2 | 69 | 7.5 | 12.9 | 0 |
62 | Milt Plum* | CLE | 26 | QB | 14 | 13 | 24 | -17 | 1 | 14 | -0.7 | -1.2 | 9 |
63 | Elijah Pitts | GNB | 23 | HB | 14 | 1 | 23 | 75 | 1 | 17 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 0 |
64 | Bill Brown | CHI | 23 | RB | 14 | 3 | 22 | 81 | 0 | 20 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 2 |
65 | Ralph Guglielmi | STL | 28 | QB | 9 | 5 | 22 | 101 | 1 | 23 | 4.6 | 11.2 | 7 |
66 | Don Meredith | DAL | 23 | QB | 8 | 4 | 22 | 176 | 1 | 28 | 8.0 | 22.0 | 9 |
67 | Bobby Joe Conrad | STL | 26 | RHB | 14 | 13 | 20 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2 |
68 | Sonny Jurgensen*+ | PHI | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 20 | 27 | 0 | 14 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 6 |
69 | Eddie LeBaron | DAL | 31 | QB | 14 | 10 | 20 | 72 | 0 | 21 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 7 |
70 | Earl Morrall | DET | 27 | QB | 13 | 6 | 20 | 86 | 0 | 25 | 4.3 | 6.6 | 6 |
71 | Mal Hammack | STL | 28 | FB | 7 | 2 | 18 | 79 | 1 | 28 | 4.4 | 11.3 | 0 |
72 | L.G. Dupre | DAL | 29 | HB | 10 | 0 | 16 | 60 | 0 | 12 | 3.8 | 6.0 | 2 |
73 | Taz Anderson | STL | 23 | TE | 14 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 1 | 19 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 1 |
74 | John Adams | CHI | 24 | FB | 13 | 2 | 14 | -2 | 1 | 10 | -0.1 | -0.2 | 1 |
75 | Rudy Bukich | PIT | 31 | QB | 11 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 7 |
76 | Abe Woodson* | SFO | 27 | LHB/LCB | 14 | 11 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 14 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 3 |
77 | Ed Brown | CHI | 33 | QB | 14 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1 |
78 | Charlie Conerly | NYG | 40 | QB | 13 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 4 |
79 | Tom Matte | BAL | 22 | HB | 8 | 2 | 13 | 54 | 0 | 11 | 4.2 | 6.8 | 0 |
80 | Doug Mayberry | MIN | 24 | FB | 4 | 0 | 13 | 40 | 0 | 13 | 3.1 | 10.0 | 0 |
81 | Zeke Bratkowski | RAM | 30 | QB | 13 | 11 | 12 | 36 | 3 | 16 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 4 |
82 | Bart Starr* | GNB | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 12 | 56 | 1 | 21 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 8 |
83 | Mike Sommer | 2TM | 27 | HB | 6 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 |
84 | Don McIlhenny | 2TM | 27 | HB | 8 | 0 | 10 | 34 | 0 | 15 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 0 |
85 | George Shaw | MIN | 28 | QB | 8 | 4 | 10 | 39 | 0 | 19 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 1 |
86 | Bill Cooper | SFO | 22 | FB | 12 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0 |
87 | Bobby Layne | PIT | 35 | QB | 8 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 4 |
88 | Johnny Morris | CHI | 26 | FL | 14 | 12 | 8 | 49 | 0 | 21 | 6.1 | 3.5 | 2 |
89 | Preston Carpenter | PIT | 27 | RE | 13 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
90 | Theron Sapp | PHI | 26 | FB | 14 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 1 |
91 | Ken Webb | DET | 26 | FB | 11 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1 |
92 | Terry Barr | DET | 26 | FL | 14 | 14 | 6 | -8 | 0 | 9 | -1.3 | -0.6 | 0 |
93 | Brady Keys | PIT | 25 | SS/RCB | 12 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 2 |
94 | Terry Nofsinger | PIT | 23 | QB | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0 |
95 | Allan Webb | NYG | 28 | DB | 10 | 3 | 6 | 51 | 0 | 21 | 8.5 | 5.1 | 1 |
96 | Pervis Atkins | RAM | 26 | HB | 14 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 1 |
97 | Merrill Douglas | DAL | 25 | HB | 6 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 0 |
98 | Ron Kramer | GNB | 26 | RE | 14 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0 |
99 | Phil King | NYG | 25 | FB | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0 |
100 | Lamar McHan | BAL | 29 | QB | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0 |
101 | Hugh McInnis | STL | 23 | TE | 3 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 16 | 7.5 | 10.0 | 0 |
102 | Bill Anderson | WAS | 25 | TE | 14 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 1 |
103 | Jamie Caleb | MIN | 25 | HB | 10 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 0 |
104 | Don Chandler | NYG | 27 | P | 14 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 10.0 | 2.1 | 2 |
105 | Buddy Dial* | PIT | 24 | LE | 14 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 3 |
106 | George Izo | WAS | 24 | QB | 5 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 4 | -0.3 | -0.2 | 0 |
107 | Lew Luce | WAS | 23 | HB | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1 |
108 | Dale Messer | SFO | 24 | DB | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 0 |
109 | Jerry Reichow* | MIN | 27 | RHB | 14 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0 |
110 | J.D. Smith | CHI | 25 | HB | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0 |
111 | Bobby Joe Green | PIT | 25 | P | 14 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 33 | 18.5 | 2.6 | 0 |
112 | Lee Grosscup | NYG | 25 | QB | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 0 |
113 | King Hill | PHI | 25 | QB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 0 |
114 | Ray Norton | SFO | 24 | HB | 6 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 2 | -1.0 | -0.3 | 1 |
115 | John Roach | GNB | 28 | QB | 7 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 1 | 1 | -2.5 | -0.7 | 1 |
116 | Lew Carpenter | GNB | 29 | HB | 14 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0 |
117 | Bob Coronado | PIT | 25 | WR | 5 | 1 | 1 | -7 | 0 | -7 | -7.0 | -1.4 | 0 |
118 | Len Dawson | CLE | 26 | QB | 7 | 1 | 1 | -10 | 0 | -10 | -10.0 | -1.4 | 0 |
119 | Bobby Franklin | CLE | 25 | FS | 14 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0.9 | 1 |
Rk | Player | Tm | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||
120 | Jerry Hill | BAL | 22 | RB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0 |
121 | Billy Howton | DAL | 31 | LE | 14 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 0.6 | 1 |
122 | Charley Johnson | STL | 23 | QB | 4 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | -3.0 | -0.8 | 1 |
123 | Yale Lary* | DET | 31 | FS | 14 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 1.0 | 0 |
124 | Steve Meilinger | PIT | 31 | E | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 0 |
125 | Mike Mercer | MIN | 26 | K | 14 | 0 | 1 | -32 | 0 | -32 | -32.0 | -2.3 | 0 |
126 | Jerry Norton* | STL | 30 | SS | 14 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 1.1 | 0 |
127 | Preston Powell | CLE | 25 | FB | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0 |
128 | Pete Retzlaff | PHI | 30 | LE | 14 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 0.6 | 0 |
129 | Del Shofner*+ | NYG | 27 | LE | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 0.4 | 1 |
130 | Aaron Thomas | SFO | 24 | LE | 14 | 8 | 1 | -15 | 0 | -15 | -15.0 | -1.1 | 1 |
131 | Jim Welch | BAL | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 60 | 60.0 | 4.3 | 0 |
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