| 1956 NFL Rushing
Rushing | Rush | Yds | Avg | TD | Rick Casares, CHI | 234 | 1126 | 4.8 | 12 | Ollie Matson, CHC | 192 | 924 | 4.8 | 5 | Hugh McElhenny, SF | 185 | 916 | 5.0 | 8 | Alan Ameche, BAL | 178 | 858 | 4.8 | 8 | Frank Gifford, NYG | 159 | 819 | 5.2 | 5 | Preston Carpenter, CLE | 188 | 756 | 4.0 | 0 | Alex Webster, NYG | 178 | 694 | 3.9 | 7 | Lenny Moore, BAL | 86 | 649 | 7.5 | 8 | Johnny Olszewski, CHC | 157 | 598 | 3.8 | 2 | Leo Elter, WAS | 145 | 544 | 3.8 | 2 | Ron Waller, LAM | 83 | 543 | 6.5 | 1 | Joe Perry, SF | 115 | 520 | 4.5 | 3 | Tank Younger, LAM | 114 | 518 | 4.5 | 3 | Mel Triplett, NYG | 125 | 515 | 4.1 | 5 | Gene Gedman, DET | 135 | 479 | 3.5 | 7 | Fran Rogel, PIT | 131 | 476 | 3.6 | 2 | Tommy Wilson, LAM | 64 | 470 | 7.3 | 0 | Ken Keller, PHI | 112 | 433 | 3.9 | 4 | Ed Modzelewski, CLE | 107 | 431 | 4.0 | 2 | Hopalong Cassady, DET | 97 | 413 | 4.3 | 0 | Tobin Rote, GB | 84 | 398 | 4.7 | 11 | Don McIlhenny, DET | 87 | 372 | 4.3 | 3 | Howie Ferguson, GB | 99 | 367 | 3.7 | 0 | Leon Hart, DET | 76 | 348 | 4.6 | 5 | Curley Morrison, CLE | 83 | 340 | 4.1 | 1 | Tom Runnels, WAS | 96 | 334 | 3.5 | 0 | Don Schaefer, PHI | 102 | 320 | 3.1 | 2 | Perry Jeter, CHI | 60 | 316 | 5.3 | 2 | John Henry Johnson, SF | 80 | 301 | 3.8 | 2 | Sid Watson, PIT | 112 | 298 | 2.7 | 4 | Joe Marconi, LAM | 75 | 298 | 4.0 | 7 | Dick James, WAS | 58 | 280 | 4.8 | 1 | Bobby Watkins, CHI | 68 | 276 | 4.1 | 2 | John Hoffman, CHI | 56 | 272 | 4.9 | 2 | Billy Vessels, BAL | 44 | 215 | 4.9 | 2 | Fred Cone, GB | 49 | 211 | 4.3 | 2 | Joe Childress, CHC | 43 | 203 | 4.7 | 0 | Al Carmichael, GB | 32 | 199 | 6.2 | 0 | Billy Wells, WAS | 69 | 185 | 2.7 | 1 | L.G. Dupre, BAL | 49 | 182 | 3.7 | 2 | L.G. Dupre, BAL | 49 | 182 | 3.7 | 2 | Bobby Layne, DET | 46 | 169 | 3.7 | 5 | Ed Brown, CHI | 40 | 164 | 4.1 | 1 | Dale Atkeson, WAS | 63 | 163 | 2.6 | 1 | Dick Bielski, PHI | 52 | 162 | 3.1 | 1 | Lamar McHan, CHC | 58 | 161 | 2.8 | 5 | Johnny Unitas, BAL | 28 | 155 | 5.5 | 1 | Ted Marchibroda, PIT | 39 | 152 | 3.9 | 2 | Hal Giancanelli, PHI | 42 | 148 | 3.5 | 1 | J. C. Caroline, CHI | 34 | 141 | 4.1 | 2 | Lou Baldacci, PIT | 31 | 140 | 4.5 | 0 | Mo Bassett, CLE | 41 | 129 | 3.1 | 1 | Joe Johnson, GB | 35 | 129 | 3.7 | 0 | Ted Wegert, PHI | 47 | 127 | 2.7 | 1 | Lynn Chandois, PIT | 44 | 118 | 2.7 | 4 | Sam Baker, WAS | 25 | 117 | 4.7 | 0 | Dave Mann, CHC | 45 | 116 | 2.6 | 0 | Al Dorow, WAS | 30 | 105 | 3.5 | 0 | Billy Wade, LAM | 26 | 93 | 3.6 | 3 | Charlie Shepard, PIT | 30 | 91 | 3.0 | 0 | Gene Filipski, NYG | 13 | 85 | 6.5 | 1 | Bill Bowman, DET | 20 | 84 | 4.2 | 1 | Royce Womble, BAL | 20 | 72 | 3.6 | 0 | Will Berzinski, PHI | 15 | 72 | 4.8 | 0 | Y. A. Tittle, SF | 24 | 67 | 2.8 | 4 | Jug Girard, DET | 17 | 67 | 3.9 | 0 | Harland Carl, CHI | 29 | 66 | 2.3 | 1 | Babe Parilli, CLE | 18 | 65 | 3.6 | 0 | George Shaw, BAL | 20 | 63 | 3.2 | 0 | Adrian Burk, PHI | 17 | 61 | 3.6 | 0 | Bobby Thomason, PHI | 21 | 48 | 2.3 | 2 | George Blanda, CHI | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 0 | Jim Root, CHC | 17 | 45 | 2.6 | 2 | Jack Losch, GB | 19 | 43 | 2.3 | 0 | Tommy O'Connell, CLE | 24 | 40 | 1.7 | 2 | Breezy Reid, GB | 14 | 39 | 2.8 | 0 | Lowell Perry, PIT | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | Don Bingham, CHI | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 0 | Bart Starr, GB | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 0 | Brad Myers, LAM | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 0 | Tom Tracy, DET | 12 | 32 | 2.7 | 0 | Billy Kinard, CLE | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 1 | Henry Ford, PIT | 12 | 26 | 2.2 | 2 | Skeets Quinlan, LAM/CLE | 12 | 25 | 2.1 | 0 | Ray Renfro, CLE | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | Harlon Hill, CHI | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | George Ratterman, CLE | 10 | 19 | 1.9 | 1 | Harry Gilmer, DET | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 0 | Jack Scarbath, PIT | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | Bob Smith, CLE/PHI | 11 | 18 | 1.6 | 0 | Dicky Moegle, SF | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 0 | Charlie Conerly, NYG | 11 | 11 | 1.0 | 0 | Earl Morrall, SF | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 0 | Yale Lary, DET | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | Dave Middleton, DET | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | Rudy Bukich, LAM | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | Dorne Dibble, DET | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | Dick Young, BAL | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 0 | Don Chandler, NYG | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | Eddie LeBaron, WAS | 11 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | Art Davis, PIT | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | Jerry Planutis, WAS | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | Kyle Rote, NYG | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | Frank Bernardi, CHC | 14 | 4 | 0.3 | 0 | Tom McCormick, SF | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | Scooter Scudero, WAS | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | Carl Taseff, BAL | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | Alex Burl, CHC | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | Norm Van Brocklin, LAM | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | Jerry Reichow, DET | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | Bill Stits, DET | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | Jimmy Patton, NYG | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | Bert Rechicher, BAL | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | Henry Moore, NYG | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | Jim Parmer, PHI | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | Don Heinrich, NYG | 5 | -4 | -0.8 | 0 | Bob Boyd, LAM | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | 0 | Ray Mathews, PIT | 3 | -11 | -3.7 | 0 |
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