nfl qb rushing yards leaders 1953

Bobby Layne had the most rushing yards by a quarterback in 1953, with 343 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Bobby Layne
B. Layne
343
1953
DET DET
12
87
3.9
28.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
2Tobin Rote
T. Rote
180
1953
GB GB
12
33
5.5
15.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
3Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
171
1953
GB GB
12
42
4.1
14.3
4
0
0
0.0
0
4Otto Graham
O. Graham
143
1953
CLE CLE
12
43
3.3
11.9
6
0
0
0.0
0
5Jack Scarbath
J. Scarbath
98
1953
WAS WAS
12
22
4.5
8.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
6Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
95
1953
WAS WAS
12
21
4.5
7.9
2
0
0
0.0
0
7Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
91
1953
NYG NYG
12
24
3.8
7.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
8Fred Enke
F. Enke
91
1953
BAL BAL
8
28
3.3
11.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
9George Blanda
G. Blanda
62
1953
CHB CHB
12
24
2.6
5.2
0
7
0
0.6
0
10Adrian Burk
A. Burk
54
1953
PHI PHI
10
8
6.8
5.4
3
0
0
0.0
0
11Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
41
1953
SF SF
11
14
2.9
3.7
6
0
0
0.0
0
12Tom Dublinski
T. Dublinski
39
1953
DET DET
7
6
6.5
5.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
13Rudy Bukich
R. Bukich
28
1953
LA LA
8
14
2.0
3.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
14Bill Mackrides
B. Mackrides
27
1953
TOT
7
14
1.9
3.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
15Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
23
1953
PHI PHI
12
9
2.6
1.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
16Tommy O'Connell
T. O'Connell
16
1953
CHB CHB
12
7
2.3
1.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Ted Marchibroda
T. Marchibroda
15
1953
PIT PIT
4
1
15.0
3.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Jack Del Bello
J. Del Bello
14
1953
BAL BAL
5
14
1.0
2.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
19Jim Root
J. Root
12
1953
CHC CHC
11
26
0.5
1.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
20Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
11
1953
LA LA
12
8
1.4
0.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Ray Nagel
R. Nagel
8
1953
CHC CHC
4
4
2.0
2.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
22George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
6
1953
CLE CLE
9
2
3.0
0.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Hal Ledyard
H. Ledyard
3
1953
SF SF
10
1
3.0
0.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Arnie Galiffa
A. Galiffa
1
1953
NYG NYG
3
5
0.2
0.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Steve Romanik
S. Romanik
1
1953
TOT
7
2
0.5
0.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
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29.6

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22.1

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RUSH YDS/G

139.8

3rd

PASS YDS/G

252.0

9th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
8
3
0
.727
Packers Packers
7
3
1
.682
Lions Lions
7
4
0
.636
Vikings Vikings
4
7
0
.364
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
11/27
GB GB
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Thu
12/4
DAL DAL
@
DET DET
8:15 PM
Sun
12/14
DET DET
@
LAR LAR
4:25 PM
Sun
12/21
PIT PIT
@
DET DET
4:25 PM
Thu
12/25
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
4:30 PM
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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
10
2
0
.833
Bills Bills
7
4
0
.636
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Ravens Ravens
6
5
0
.545
Steelers Steelers
6
5
0
.545
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
8
3
0
.727
Jaguars Jaguars
7
4
0
.636
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
9
2
0
.818
Chargers Chargers
7
4
0
.636
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
3
0
.727
Cowboys Cowboys
5
5
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears
8
3
0
.727
Packers Packers
7
3
1
.682
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
5
0
.545
Panthers Panthers
6
5
0
.545
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
9
2
0
.818
Seahawks Seahawks
8
3
0
.727

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
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ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
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NE NE
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Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
11/24
CAR CAR
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SF SF
8:15 PM
Thu
11/27
GB GB
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Thu
11/27
KC KC
@
DAL DAL
4:30 PM
Thu
11/27
CIN CIN
@
BAL BAL
8:20 PM
Fri
11/28
CHI CHI
@
PHI PHI
3:00 PM