who led the nfl in rushing in 1949

Steve Van Buren had the most rushing yards in 1949, with 1,146 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
1,146
1949
12
263
4.4
95.5
11
88
4
22.0
7.3
1
2Tony Canadeo
T. Canadeo
1,052
1949
12
208
5.1
87.7
4
-2
3
-0.7
-0.2
0
3Elmer Angsman
E. Angsman
674
1949
12
125
5.4
56.2
6
57
5
11.4
4.8
0
4Gene Roberts
G. Roberts
634
1949
12
152
4.2
52.8
9
711
35
20.3
59.3
8
5Jerry Nuzum
J. Nuzum
611
1949
12
139
4.4
50.9
5
81
4
20.3
6.8
2
6Dick Hoerner
D. Hoerner
582
1949
12
155
3.8
48.5
6
213
17
12.5
17.8
0
7Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
553
1949
12
112
4.9
46.1
3
412
34
12.1
34.3
6
8Joe Geri
J. Geri
543
1949
12
133
4.1
45.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
9Bosh Pritchard
B. Pritchard
506
1949
8
84
6.0
63.3
3
185
8
23.1
23.1
2
10George Gulyanics
G. Gulyanics
452
1949
11
102
4.4
41.1
5
165
16
10.3
15.0
1
11Pat Harder
P. Harder
447
1949
11
106
4.2
40.6
7
100
12
8.3
9.1
1
12George Papach
G. Papach
407
1949
12
99
4.1
33.9
0
18
6
3.0
1.5
0
13Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
402
1949
12
125
3.2
33.5
3
190
27
7.0
15.8
2
14Julie Rykovich
J. Rykovich
340
1949
11
88
3.9
30.9
6
210
16
13.1
19.1
2
15Joe Osmanski
J. Osmanski
312
1949
TOT
10
81
3.9
31.2
2
138
18
7.7
13.8
0
16Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
287
1949
12
68
4.2
23.9
1
326
22
14.8
27.2
4
17Frank Ziegler
F. Ziegler
283
1949
10
84
3.4
28.3
1
33
3
11.0
3.3
0
18Rob Goode
R. Goode
261
1949
12
61
4.3
21.8
2
279
16
17.4
23.3
0
19Pete Stout
P. Stout
245
1949
6
62
4.0
40.8
4
102
8
12.8
17.0
2
20Joe Golding
J. Golding
240
1949
11
63
3.8
21.8
0
78
12
6.5
7.1
2
21Harry Dowda
H. Dowda
239
1949
12
65
3.7
19.9
2
187
11
17.0
15.6
1
22Jim Parmer
J. Parmer
234
1949
12
66
3.5
19.5
5
33
5
6.6
2.8
0
23Bobby Gage
B. Gage
228
1949
12
46
5.0
19.0
3
8
1
8.0
0.7
0
24Ted Fritsch
T. Fritsch
227
1949
12
69
3.3
18.9
1
81
6
13.5
6.8
0
25Joe Scott
J. Scott
224
1949
8
70
3.2
28.0
6
111
15
7.4
13.9
1
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