who led the nfl in rushing in 1955

Alan Ameche had the most rushing yards in 1955, with 961 yards in his rookie season.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
961
1955
12
213
4.5
80.1
9
141
27
5.2
11.8
0
2Howie Ferguson
H. Ferguson
859
1955
12
192
4.5
71.6
4
153
22
7.0
12.8
0
3Fred Morrison
F. Morrison
824
1955
12
156
5.3
68.7
3
185
9
20.6
15.4
0
4Ron Waller
R. Waller
716
1955
12
151
4.7
59.7
7
228
24
9.5
19.0
1
5Joe Perry
J. Perry
701
1955
11
156
4.5
63.7
2
55
19
2.9
5.0
1
6Rick Casares
R. Casares
672
1955
12
125
5.4
56.0
4
136
16
8.5
11.3
1
7Tank Younger
T. Younger
644
1955
8
138
4.7
80.5
5
51
6
8.5
6.4
0
8Alex Webster
A. Webster
634
1955
12
128
5.0
52.8
5
269
22
12.2
22.4
1
9Ed Modzelewski
E. Modzelewski
619
1955
12
185
3.3
51.6
6
113
13
8.7
9.4
2
10Fran Rogel
F. Rogel
588
1955
12
168
3.5
49.0
2
222
24
9.3
18.5
0
11Bobby Watkins
B. Watkins
553
1955
12
110
5.0
46.1
8
79
6
13.2
6.6
0
12Lew Carpenter
L. Carpenter
543
1955
12
137
4.0
45.3
6
312
44
7.1
26.0
2
13Ollie Matson
O. Matson
475
1955
12
109
4.4
39.6
1
237
17
13.9
19.8
2
14John Hoffman
J. Hoffman
454
1955
12
94
4.8
37.8
0
153
11
13.9
12.8
1
15Vic Janowicz
V. Janowicz
397
1955
12
93
4.3
33.1
4
149
11
13.5
12.4
3
16Bert Zagers
B. Zagers
395
1955
11
89
4.4
35.9
2
306
14
21.9
27.8
0
17Hal Giancanelli
H. Giancanelli
385
1955
12
97
4.0
32.1
2
379
25
15.2
31.6
1
18Bobby Epps
B. Epps
375
1955
9
95
3.9
41.7
2
8
5
1.6
0.9
0
19Leo Elter
L. Elter
361
1955
11
97
3.7
32.8
3
219
13
16.8
19.9
1
20Lynn Chandnois
L. Chandnois
353
1955
8
105
3.4
44.1
5
385
27
14.3
48.1
0
21Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
351
1955
11
86
4.1
31.9
3
437
33
13.2
39.7
4
22L.G. Dupre
L.G. Dupre
338
1955
11
88
3.8
30.7
1
153
10
15.3
13.9
0
23Dave Mann
D. Mann
336
1955
12
87
3.9
28.0
4
137
16
8.6
11.4
1
24Tobin Rote
T. Rote
332
1955
12
74
4.5
27.7
5
0
0
0.0
0
25Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
327
1955
12
90
3.6
27.3
4
203
11
18.5
16.9
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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