what rb had the most rushing yards in 1951

Eddie Price had the most rushing yards by a running back in 1951, with 971 yards.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Eddie Price E. Price	971	1951	NYG	12	271	3.6	80.9	7	19	5	3.8	1.6	0
2	Rob Goode R. Goode	951	1951	WAS	12	208	4.6	79.3	9	45	3	15.0	3.8	0
3	Dan Towler D. Towler	854	1951	LA	12	126	6.8	71.2	6	257	16	16.1	21.4	0
4	Bob Hoernschemeyer B. Hoernschemeyer	678	1951	DET	11	132	5.1	61.6	2	263	23	11.4	23.9	3
5	Joe Perry J. Perry	677	1951	SF	11	136	5.0	61.5	3	167	18	9.3	15.2	1
6	John Dottley J. Dottley	670	1951	CHB	12	127	5.3	55.8	3	225	14	16.1	18.8	1
7	Dick Hoerner D. Hoerner	569	1951	LA	12	94	6.1	47.4	6	102	8	12.8	8.5	1
8	Dub Jones D. Jones	492	1951	CLE	12	104	4.7	41.0	7	570	30	19.0	47.5	5
9	Frank Ziegler F. Ziegler	418	1951	PHI	12	113	3.7	34.8	2	59	8	7.4	4.9	0
10	George Gulyanics G. Gulyanics	403	1951	CHB	12	105	3.8	33.6	4	146	13	11.2	12.2	0
11	Ken Carpenter K. Carpenter	402	1951	CLE	11	85	4.7	36.5	4	183	12	15.3	16.6	2
12	Julie Rykovich J. Rykovich	399	1951	CHB	12	83	4.8	33.3	4	133	6	22.2	11.1	0
13	Bill Dudley B. Dudley	398	1951	WAS	12	91	4.4	33.2	2	303	22	13.8	25.3	1
14	Verl Lillywhite V. Lillywhite	397	1951	SF	12	67	5.9	33.1	1	125	11	11.4	10.4	1
15	Fran Rogel F. Rogel	385	1951	PIT	12	109	3.5	32.1	3	59	10	5.9	4.9	0
16	Zollie Toth Z. Toth	384	1951	NYY	10	119	3.2	38.4	4	100	10	10.0	10.0	0
17	Elmer Angsman E. Angsman	380	1951	CHC	12	121	3.1	31.7	3	195	9	21.7	16.3	1
18	Pat Harder P. Harder	380	1951	DET	12	101	3.8	31.7	6	193	17	11.4	16.1	2
19	Chuck Hunsinger C. Hunsinger	369	1951	CHB	12	73	5.1	30.8	3	59	6	9.8	4.9	1
20	Joe Scott J. Scott	367	1951	NYG	12	94	3.9	30.6	1	356	23	15.5	29.7	2
21	Doak Walker D. Walker	356	1951	DET	12	79	4.5	29.7	2	421	22	19.1	35.1	4
22	Sherman Howard S. Howard	343	1951	NYY	12	94	3.6	28.6	4	447	21	21.3	37.3	3
23	Lynn Chandnois L. Chandnois	332	1951	PIT	12	108	3.1	27.7	2	440	28	15.7	36.7	4
24	Chuck Ortmann C. Ortmann	327	1951	PIT	12	59	5.5	27.3	0	62	4	15.5	5.2	0
25	Steve Van Buren S. Van Buren	327	1951	PHI	10	112	2.9	32.7	6	28	4	7.0	2.8	0

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