what rb had the most rushing yards in 1956

Rick Casares had the most rushing yards by a running back in 1956, with 1,126 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	Rick Casares R. Casares	1,126	1956	CHB	12	234	4.8	93.8	12	203	23	8.8	16.9	2
2	Ollie Matson O. Matson	924	1956	CHC	12	192	4.8	77.0	5	199	15	13.3	16.6	2
3	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	916	1956	SF	12	185	5.0	76.3	8	193	16	12.1	16.1	0
4	Alan Ameche A. Ameche	858	1956	BAL	12	178	4.8	71.5	8	189	26	7.3	15.8	0
5	Frank Gifford F. Gifford	819	1956	NYG	12	159	5.2	68.3	5	603	51	11.8	50.3	4
6	Preston Carpenter P. Carpenter	756	1956	CLE	12	188	4.0	63.0	0	124	16	7.8	10.3	0
7	Alex Webster A. Webster	694	1956	NYG	12	178	3.9	57.8	7	197	21	9.4	16.4	3
8	Lenny Moore L. Moore	649	1956	BAL	12	86	7.5	54.1	8	102	11	9.3	8.5	1
9	Johnny Olszewski J. Olszewski	598	1956	CHC	11	157	3.8	54.4	2	182	17	10.7	16.5	0
10	Leo Elter L. Elter	544	1956	WAS	12	145	3.8	45.3	2	99	11	9.0	8.3	0
11	Ron Waller R. Waller	543	1956	LA	9	83	6.5	60.3	1	76	9	8.4	8.4	0
12	Joe Perry J. Perry	520	1956	SF	11	115	4.5	47.3	3	104	18	5.8	9.5	0
13	Tank Younger T. Younger	518	1956	LA	12	114	4.5	43.2	3	268	18	14.9	22.3	0
14	Mel Triplett M. Triplett	515	1956	NYG	12	125	4.1	42.9	5	48	6	8.0	4.0	1
15	Gene Gedman G. Gedman	479	1956	DET	12	135	3.5	39.9	7	142	15	9.5	11.8	1
16	Fran Rogel F. Rogel	476	1956	PIT	12	131	3.6	39.7	2	88	23	3.8	7.3	0
17	Tommy Wilson T. Wilson	470	1956	LA	12	64	7.3	39.2	0	86	6	14.3	7.2	0
18	Ken Keller K. Keller	433	1956	PHI	11	112	3.9	39.4	4	36	7	5.1	3.3	0
19	Ed Modzelewski E. Modzelewski	431	1956	CLE	8	107	4.0	53.9	2	27	10	2.7	3.4	0
20	Howard Cassady H. Cassady	413	1956	DET	12	97	4.3	34.4	0	83	9	9.2	6.9	0
21	Don McIlhenny D. McIlhenny	372	1956	DET	9	87	4.3	41.3	3	70	8	8.8	7.8	2
22	Howie Ferguson H. Ferguson	367	1956	GB	11	99	3.7	33.4	0	214	22	9.7	19.5	0
23	Leon Hart L. Hart	348	1956	DET	11	76	4.6	31.6	5	116	14	8.3	10.5	1
24	Fred Morrison F. Morrison	340	1956	CLE	12	83	4.1	28.3	1	29	6	4.8	2.4	1
25	Tommy Runnels T. Runnels	334	1956	WAS	11	96	3.5	30.4	0	56	6	9.3	5.1	1

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