who led the nfl in rushing in 1951

Eddie Price rushed for the most yards in 1951, with 971 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 Eddie Price
E. Price
971
1951
NYG NYG
12
271
3.6
80.9
7
19
5
3.8
1.6
0
2 Rob Goode
R. Goode
951
1951
WAS WAS
12
208
4.6
79.3
9
45
3
15.0
3.8
0
3 Dan Towler
D. Towler
854
1951
LA LA
12
126
6.8
71.2
6
257
16
16.1
21.4
0
4 Bob Hoernschemeyer
B. Hoernschemeyer
678
1951
DET DET
11
132
5.1
61.6
2
263
23
11.4
23.9
3
5 Joe Perry
J. Perry
677
1951
SF SF
11
136
5.0
61.5
3
167
18
9.3
15.2
1
6 John Dottley
J. Dottley
670
1951
CHB CHB
12
127
5.3
55.8
3
225
14
16.1
18.8
1
7 Dick Hoerner
D. Hoerner
569
1951
LA LA
12
94
6.1
47.4
6
102
8
12.8
8.5
1
8 Tobin Rote
T. Rote
523
1951
GB GB
12
76
6.9
43.6
3
11
0
0.9
0
9 Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
501
1951
CHC CHC
12
78
6.4
41.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
10 Dub Jones
D. Jones
492
1951
CLE CLE
12
104
4.7
41.0
7
570
30
19.0
47.5
5
11 Frank Ziegler
F. Ziegler
418
1951
PHI PHI
12
113
3.7
34.8
2
59
8
7.4
4.9
0
12 George Gulyanics
G. Gulyanics
403
1951
CHB CHB
12
105
3.8
33.6
4
146
13
11.2
12.2
0
13 Ken Carpenter
K. Carpenter
402
1951
CLE CLE
11
85
4.7
36.5
4
183
12
15.3
16.6
2
14 Julie Rykovich
J. Rykovich
399
1951
CHB CHB
12
83
4.8
33.3
4
133
6
22.2
11.1
0
15 Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
398
1951
WAS WAS
12
91
4.4
33.2
2
303
22
13.8
25.3
1
16 Verl Lillywhite
V. Lillywhite
397
1951
SF SF
12
67
5.9
33.1
1
125
11
11.4
10.4
1
17 Fran Rogel
F. Rogel
385
1951
PIT PIT
12
109
3.5
32.1
3
59
10
5.9
4.9
0
18 Zollie Toth
Z. Toth
384
1951
NYY NYY
10
119
3.2
38.4
4
100
10
10.0
10.0
0
19 Elmer Angsman
E. Angsman
380
1951
CHC CHC
12
121
3.1
31.7
3
195
9
21.7
16.3
1
20 Pat Harder
P. Harder
380
1951
DET DET
12
101
3.8
31.7
6
193
17
11.4
16.1
2
21 Chuck Hunsinger
C. Hunsinger
369
1951
CHB CHB
12
73
5.1
30.8
3
59
6
9.8
4.9
1
22 Joe Scott
J. Scott
367
1951
NYG NYG
12
94
3.9
30.6
1
356
23
15.5
29.7
2
23 Doak Walker
D. Walker
356
1951
DET DET
12
79
4.5
29.7
2
421
22
19.1
35.1
4
24 Sherman Howard
S. Howard
343
1951
NYY NYY
12
94
3.6
28.6
4
447
21
21.3
37.3
3
25 Lynn Chandnois
L. Chandnois
332
1951
PIT PIT
12
108
3.1
27.7
2
440
28
15.7
36.7
4
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