who holds the league in rushing yards for the nfl

Gene Alford had 50 rushing yards in 1932.

All-time
Regular season

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Gene Alford G. Alford	50	1932	POR	10	13	3.8	5.0	0	15	2	7.5	1.5	0
2	Marger Apsit M. Apsit	6	1932	GB	2	4	1.5	3.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
3	Cliff Battles C. Battles	576	1932	BOS	8	148	3.9	72.0	3	60	4	15.0	7.5	1
4	Johnny (Blood) McNally J. (Blood) McNally	130	1932	GB	13	37	3.5	10.0	0	168	14	12.0	12.9	3
5	Hank Bruder H. Bruder	209	1932	GB	14	75	2.8	14.9	2	143	8	17.9	10.2	2
6	Carl Brumbaugh C. Brumbaugh	14	1932	CHB	13	17	0.8	1.1	0	129	9	14.3	9.9	0
7	Dale Burnett D. Burnett	75	1932	NYG	12	28	2.7	6.3	0	125	11	11.4	10.4	1
8	Chris Cagle C. Cagle	205	1932	NYG	10	73	2.8	20.5	1	135	8	16.9	13.5	2
9	Bob Campiglio B. Campiglio	504	1932	SI	11	104	4.8	45.8	2	59	3	19.7	5.4	1
10	John Cavosie J. Cavosie	184	1932	POR	11	62	3.0	16.7	2	0	0		0.0	0
11	Stu Clancy S. Clancy	181	1932	TOT	12	54	3.4	15.1	0	58	4	14.5	4.8	1
12	Dutch Clark D. Clark	461	1932	POR	11	137	3.4	41.9	3	107	10	10.7	9.7	3
13	George Corbett G. Corbett	178	1932	CHB	12	52	3.4	14.8	0	164	7	23.4	13.7	1
14	John Doehring J. Doehring	28	1932	CHB	7	36	0.8	4.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
15	Wuert Engelmann W. Engelmann	184	1932	GB	12	35	5.3	15.3	0	33	1	33.0	2.8	0
16	Tiny Feather T. Feather	47	1932	NYG	9	28	1.7	5.2	0	15	2	7.5	1.7	0
17	Bernie Finn B. Finn	9	1932	TOT	3	3	3.0	3.0	0	37	3	12.3	12.3	0
18	Dick Frahm D. Frahm	8	1932	SI	9	1	8.0	0.9	0	10	2	5.0	1.1	0
19	Paul Franklin P. Franklin	14	1932	CHB	8	26	0.5	1.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Benny Friedman B. Friedman	250	1932	BKN	11	88	2.8	22.7	0	67	5	13.4	6.1	0
21	Red Grange R. Grange	136	1932	CHB	12	57	2.4	11.3	3	168	11	15.3	14.0	4
22	Jack Grossman J. Grossman	323	1932	BKN	12	129	2.5	26.9	2	129	8	16.1	10.8	3
23	Roger Grove R. Grove	21	1932	GB	11	12	1.8	1.9	0	149	9	16.6	13.5	3
24	Ace Gutowsky A. Gutowsky	247	1932	POR	8	63	3.9	30.9	3	0	0		0.0	0
25	Jack Hagerty J. Hagerty	22	1932	NYG	4	10	2.2	5.5	0	0	0		0.0	0

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