what rb had the most rushing yards in 1954

Joe Perry had the most rushing yards by a running back in 1954, with 1,049 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	Joe Perry J. Perry	1,049	1954	SF	12	173	6.1	87.4	8	203	26	7.8	16.9	0
2	John Henry Johnson J. Henry Johnson	681	1954	SF	12	129	5.3	56.8	9	183	28	6.5	15.3	0
3	Tank Younger T. Younger	610	1954	LA	8	91	6.7	76.3	8	76	8	9.5	9.5	0
4	Dan Towler D. Towler	599	1954	LA	12	149	4.0	49.9	11	127	10	12.7	10.6	0
5	Mo Bassett M. Bassett	588	1954	CLE	12	144	4.1	49.0	6	205	20	10.3	17.1	0
6	Eddie Price E. Price	555	1954	NYG	12	135	4.1	46.3	2	352	28	12.6	29.3	3
7	Billy Wells B. Wells	516	1954	WAS	12	100	5.2	43.0	3	295	19	15.5	24.6	1
8	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	515	1954	SF	6	64	8.0	85.8	6	162	8	20.3	27.0	0
9	Breezy Reid B. Reid	507	1954	GB	12	99	5.1	42.3	5	129	14	9.2	10.8	0
10	Ollie Matson O. Matson	506	1954	CHC	10	101	5.0	50.6	4	611	34	18.0	61.1	3
11	Chick Jagade C. Jagade	498	1954	CHB	11	157	3.2	45.3	3	172	24	7.2	15.6	0
12	Skeets Quinlan S. Quinlan	490	1954	LA	11	82	6.0	44.5	4	324	18	18.0	29.5	2
13	Lew Carpenter L. Carpenter	476	1954	DET	11	104	4.6	43.3	3	145	16	9.1	13.2	2
14	Rob Goode R. Goode	462	1954	WAS	12	108	4.3	38.5	0	4	4	1.0	0.3	0
15	Fran Rogel F. Rogel	415	1954	PIT	12	111	3.7	34.6	1	51	18	2.8	4.3	1
16	Jim Parmer J. Parmer	408	1954	PHI	10	119	3.4	40.8	0	40	12	3.3	4.0	0
17	Bill Bowman B. Bowman	397	1954	DET	12	96	4.1	33.1	2	288	34	8.5	24.0	2
18	Frank Gifford F. Gifford	368	1954	NYG	9	66	5.6	40.9	2	154	14	11.0	17.1	1
19	Johnny Olszewski J. Olszewski	352	1954	CHC	11	106	3.3	32.0	1	133	12	11.1	12.1	1
20	Buddy Young B. Young	311	1954	BAL	10	70	4.4	31.1	2	272	15	18.1	27.2	3
21	Billy Stone B. Stone	306	1954	CHB	12	79	3.9	25.5	3	395	35	11.3	32.9	3
22	Zollie Toth Z. Toth	303	1954	BAL	12	86	3.5	25.3	1	51	11	4.6	4.3	0
23	Chet Hanulak C. Hanulak	296	1954	CLE	12	59	5.0	24.7	4	80	6	13.3	6.7	0
24	Howie Ferguson H. Ferguson	276	1954	GB	12	83	3.3	23.0	0	398	41	9.7	33.2	0
25	Charlie Justice C. Justice	254	1954	WAS	12	56	4.5	21.2	1	242	11	22.0	20.2	2

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