who led the nfl in rushing in 1955

Alan Ameche rushed for the most yards in 1955, with 961 yards in his rookie season.

NAME RUSH YDS SEASON TM GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
961
1955
BAL BAL
12
213
4.5
80.1
9
141
27
5.2
11.8
0
2 Howie Ferguson
H. Ferguson
859
1955
GB GB
12
192
4.5
71.6
4
153
22
7.0
12.8
0
3 Fred Morrison
F. Morrison
824
1955
CLE CLE
12
156
5.3
68.7
3
185
9
20.6
15.4
0
4 Ron Waller
R. Waller
716
1955
LA LA
12
151
4.7
59.7
7
228
24
9.5
19.0
1
5 Joe Perry
J. Perry
701
1955
SF SF
11
156
4.5
63.7
2
55
19
2.9
5.0
1
6 Rick Casares
R. Casares
672
1955
CHB CHB
12
125
5.4
56.0
4
136
16
8.5
11.3
1
7 Tank Younger
T. Younger
644
1955
LA LA
8
138
4.7
80.5
5
51
6
8.5
6.4
0
8 Alex Webster
A. Webster
634
1955
NYG NYG
12
128
5.0
52.8
5
269
22
12.2
22.4
1
9 Ed Modzelewski
E. Modzelewski
619
1955
CLE CLE
12
185
3.3
51.6
6
113
13
8.7
9.4
2
10 Fran Rogel
F. Rogel
588
1955
PIT PIT
12
168
3.5
49.0
2
222
24
9.3
18.5
0
11 Bobby Watkins
B. Watkins
553
1955
CHB CHB
12
110
5.0
46.1
8
79
6
13.2
6.6
0
12 Lew Carpenter
L. Carpenter
543
1955
DET DET
12
137
4.0
45.3
6
312
44
7.1
26.0
2
13 Ollie Matson
O. Matson
475
1955
CHC CHC
12
109
4.4
39.6
1
237
17
13.9
19.8
2
14 John Hoffman
J. Hoffman
454
1955
CHB CHB
12
94
4.8
37.8
0
153
11
13.9
12.8
1
15 Vic Janowicz
V. Janowicz
397
1955
WAS WAS
12
93
4.3
33.1
4
149
11
13.5
12.4
3
16 Bert Zagers
B. Zagers
395
1955
WAS WAS
11
89
4.4
35.9
2
306
14
21.9
27.8
0
17 Hal Giancanelli
H. Giancanelli
385
1955
PHI PHI
12
97
4.0
32.1
2
379
25
15.2
31.6
1
18 Bobby Epps
B. Epps
375
1955
NYG NYG
9
95
3.9
41.7
2
8
5
1.6
0.9
0
19 Leo Elter
L. Elter
361
1955
WAS WAS
11
97
3.7
32.8
3
219
13
16.8
19.9
1
20 Lynn Chandnois
L. Chandnois
353
1955
PIT PIT
8
105
3.4
44.1
5
385
27
14.3
48.1
0
21 Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
351
1955
NYG NYG
11
86
4.1
31.9
3
437
33
13.2
39.7
4
22 L.G. Dupre
L.G. Dupre
338
1955
BAL BAL
11
88
3.8
30.7
1
153
10
15.3
13.9
0
23 Dave Mann
D. Mann
336
1955
CHC CHC
12
87
3.9
28.0
4
137
16
8.6
11.4
1
24 Tobin Rote
T. Rote
332
1955
GB GB
12
74
4.5
27.7
5
0
0
0.0
0
25 Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
327
1955
SF SF
12
90
3.6
27.3
4
203
11
18.5
16.9
2
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PPG

34.3

2nd

OPP PPG

18.7

9th

RUSH YDS/G

153.3

3rd

PASS YDS/G

272.0

5th

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3
0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
2
1
0
.667
Titans Titans
0
3
0
.000
Texans Texans
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3
0
.000
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Sun
9/28
IND IND
@
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4:05 PM
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10/5
LV LV
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
ARI ARI
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IND IND
1:00 PM
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10/19
IND IND
@
LAC LAC
4:05 PM
Sun
10/26
TEN TEN
@
IND IND
4:25 PM
Last Game
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0 - 3 - 0

20

Final

41

IND Colts

3 - 0 - 0

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0
0
1.000
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1
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1
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1
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0
0
1.000
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2
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0
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1
0
.750
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3
0
0
1.000
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1
2
0
.333
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2
1
0
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1
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0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
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1
0
.667
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0
0
1.000
Raiders Raiders
1
2
0
.333

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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
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NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
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ATL ATL
23-20
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9/28
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Sun
9/28
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Sun
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DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
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ATL ATL
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