who led the nfl in rushing in 1940

Whizzer White had the most rushing yards in 1940, with 514 yards.

NAME RUSH YDS SEASON TM GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Whizzer White
W. White
514
1940
DET DET
11
146
3.5
46.7
5
55
4
13.8
5.0
0
2 Johnny Drake
J. Drake
480
1940
CLE CLE
11
134
3.6
43.6
9
81
8
10.1
7.4
0
3 Tuffy Leemans
T. Leemans
474
1940
NYG NYG
10
132
3.6
47.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
4 Banks McFadden
B. McFadden
411
1940
BKN
11
85
4.8
37.4
1
97
9
10.8
8.8
2
5 Dick Todd
D. Todd
408
1940
WAS WAS
11
76
5.4
37.1
4
402
20
20.1
36.5
4
6 Clarke Hinkle
C. Hinkle
383
1940
GB GB
10
109
3.5
38.3
2
28
4
7.0
2.8
1
7 Ray Nolting
R. Nolting
373
1940
CHB CHB
11
78
4.8
33.9
1
36
3
12.0
3.3
0
8 Joe Maniaci
J. Maniaci
368
1940
CHB CHB
11
84
4.4
33.5
2
-5
1
-5.0
-0.5
0
9 Parker Hall
P. Hall
365
1940
CLE CLE
11
94
3.9
33.2
1
0
0
0.0
0
10 Marshall Goldberg
M. Goldberg
325
1940
CHC CHC
11
87
3.7
29.5
2
29
2
14.5
2.6
1
11 Gary Famiglietti
G. Famiglietti
320
1940
CHB CHB
11
93
3.4
29.1
4
11
1
11.0
1.0
0
12 Pug Manders
P. Manders
311
1940
BKN
11
80
3.9
28.3
5
38
1
38.0
3.5
1
13 Ace Parker
A. Parker
306
1940
BKN
11
89
3.4
27.8
2
139
3
46.3
12.6
2
14 Howie Weiss
H. Weiss
298
1940
DET DET
11
79
3.8
27.1
3
56
4
14.0
5.1
0
15 Hugh McCullough
H. McCullough
278
1940
CHC CHC
11
57
4.9
25.3
3
0
0
0.0
0
16 Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
270
1940
GB GB
10
97
2.8
27.0
4
0
0
0.0
0
17 Andy Uram
A. Uram
270
1940
GB GB
11
71
3.8
24.5
1
188
10
18.8
17.1
2
18 Walt Nielsen
W. Nielsen
269
1940
NYG NYG
9
73
3.7
29.9
1
17
2
8.5
1.9
0
19 Harry Clarke
H. Clarke
258
1940
CHB CHB
11
56
4.6
23.5
2
80
3
26.7
7.3
0
20 Jimmy Johnston
J. Johnston
256
1940
WAS WAS
11
87
2.9
23.3
3
350
29
12.1
31.8
3
21 George McAfee
G. McAfee
253
1940
CHB CHB
10
47
5.4
25.3
2
117
7
16.7
11.7
0
22 Hank Soar
H. Soar
246
1940
NYG NYG
11
80
3.1
22.4
1
36
4
9.0
3.3
1
23 Lou Tomasetti
L. Tomasetti
246
1940
PIT PIT
10
68
3.6
24.6
1
129
6
21.5
12.9
1
24 Dick Riffle
D. Riffle
238
1940
PHI PHI
11
81
2.9
21.6
4
58
8
7.3
5.3
1
25 Dwight Sloan
D. Sloan
225
1940
DET DET
11
58
3.9
20.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
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PPG

34.3

2nd

OPP PPG

26.0

23rd

RUSH YDS/G

149.0

4th

PASS YDS/G

253.7

9th

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TEAM W L T PCT
Packers Packers
2
1
0
.667
Lions Lions
2
1
0
.667
Vikings Vikings
2
1
0
.667
Bears Bears
1
2
0
.333
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/28
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DET DET
@
CIN CIN
4:25 PM
Sun
10/12
DET DET
@
KC KC
8:20 PM
Mon
10/20
TB TB
@
DET DET
7:00 PM
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Last Game
BAL Ravens

1 - 2 - 0

30

Final

38

DET Lions

2 - 1 - 0

Mon 22 Sep 2025

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
3
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
1
0
.667
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
2
1
0
.667
Vikings Vikings
2
1
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
0
0
1.000
Panthers Panthers
1
2
0
.333
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
0
0
1.000
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
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Bills Bills
3
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
1
2
0
.333
AFC North W L T PCT
Bengals Bengals
2
1
0
.667
Steelers Steelers
2
1
0
.667
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Colts Colts
3
0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
2
1
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
0
0
1.000
Raiders Raiders
1
2
0
.333

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/28
MIN MIN
@
PIT PIT
9:30 AM
Sun
9/28
NO NO
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
WAS WAS
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM