which running back had the rushing yards per game career

Gene Alford rushed for an average of 5.7 yards per game in his career.

NAMERUSH YDS/GGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Gene Alford
G. Alford
5.7
24
136
40
3.4
0
98
5
19.6
4.1
1
2Marger Apsit
M. Apsit
2.9
14
41
11
3.7
0
24
1
24.0
1.7
0
3Cliff Battles
C. Battles
58.5
60
3,511
839
4.2
23
546
38
14.4
9.1
4
4Johnny (Blood) McNally
J. (Blood) McNally
6.1
63
386
120
3.2
0
1,117
67
16.7
17.7
15
5Hank Bruder
H. Bruder
8.4
93
778
265
2.9
6
536
36
14.9
5.8
4
6Dale Burnett
D. Burnett
1.9
87
167
79
2.1
0
1,310
92
14.2
15.1
15
7Chris Cagle
C. Cagle
13.0
30
391
144
2.7
1
194
13
14.9
6.5
2
8Bob Campiglio
B. Campiglio
31.4
17
534
114
4.7
2
59
3
19.7
3.5
1
9John Cavosie
J. Cavosie
16.7
11
184
62
3.0
2
0
0
0.0
0
10Stu Clancy
S. Clancy
11.1
37
409
128
3.2
3
72
6
12.0
1.9
1
11Algy Clark
A. Clark
0.4
29
13
7
1.9
0
125
8
15.6
4.3
0
12Dutch Clark
D. Clark
43.3
64
2,772
606
4.6
27
341
28
12.2
5.3
6
13George Corbett
G. Corbett
14.0
25
351
107
3.3
0
166
8
20.8
6.6
1
14John Doehring
J. Doehring
7.9
28
220
87
2.5
1
42
3
14.0
1.5
0
15Wuert Engelmann
W. Engelmann
12.5
21
263
58
4.5
0
87
5
17.4
4.1
0
16Tiny Feather
T. Feather
3.4
14
47
28
1.7
0
41
5
8.2
2.9
0
17Bernie Finn
B. Finn
3.0
3
9
3
3.0
0
37
3
12.3
12.3
0
18Paul Fitzgibbon
P. Fitzgibbon
-0.3
4
-1
2
-0.5
0
25
1
25.0
6.3
0
19Dick Frahm
D. Frahm
0.7
11
8
1
8.0
0
10
2
5.0
0.9
0
20Paul Franklin
P. Franklin
1.8
8
14
26
0.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Benny Friedman
B. Friedman
24.1
19
458
152
3.0
0
67
5
13.4
3.5
0
22Red Grange
R. Grange
15.4
37
569
170
3.3
5
288
16
18.0
7.8
6
23Jack Grossman
J. Grossman
19.0
34
646
231
2.8
4
356
23
15.5
10.5
4
24Roger Grove
R. Grove
8.3
37
308
82
3.8
1
489
32
15.3
13.2
6
25Ace Gutowsky
A. Gutowsky
38.1
86
3,279
922
3.6
20
64
3
21.3
0.7
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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10
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5
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